Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions or Building Community in Schools

Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions

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This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the revolutionary developments occurring in the world's financial markets and institutions —i.e., innovation, globalization, and deregulation —with a focus on the actual practices of financial institutions, investors, and financial instruments. KEY TOPICS: Extensive coverage of the markets for derivative securities. Coverage of Depository Institutions is included. For professionals in the field of financial markets.

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Describes the wide array of financial securities that are now available for investing, funding operations, and controlling various types of financial risk, while helping students see each kind of security as a response to the needs of those who manage assets and liabilities. Chapters also discuss how the world's key financial institutions support that management; basics of financial regulation and international finance; the securitization of assets and the large mortgage market; and the markets for derivative securities such as options, futures, and swaps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Building Community in Schools

Author: Thomas J Sergiovanni

"Sergiovanni documents cases of schools that have successfully reinvented themselves in order to establish a sense of 'community' as the foundation for all curriculum and instruction decisions. . . . Teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and communities seeking advice and motivation for restructuring schools for the 21st century would be well advised to consult this work."
--Choice
"Provides the practitioner with both a theoretical blueprint with which to build learning communities and a rich supply of benchmark illustrations to use as prototypes. . . . thought-provoking and challenging."
--NASSP Bulletin
Both in and out of schools, people are experiencing a loss of community. In this book, Thomas J. Sergiovanni explains why a sense of community is so vital to the success of any school and shows teachers, parents, and administrators what they can do to rebuild it. Filled with case studies and other school examples, Building Community in Schools provides the necessary intellectual framework for understanding the need to create communities that are inclusive, meaningful, and democratic.

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Sergiovanni (education and administration, Trinity University) explains why a sense of community is vital to the success of any school and shows teachers, parents, and administrators what they can do to create school communities that are inclusive, meaningful, and democratic. He describes case studies and examples of schools that have successfully reinvented themselves in order to establish a sense of community as the foundation for all curriculum and instruction decisions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	The Author
1	Changing Our Theory of Schooling	1
2	Relationships in Communities	15
3	Emerging School Communities	34
4	Understanding Our Need for Community	54
5	Becoming a Purposeful Community	71
6	Using Curriculum to Build Community	96
7	The Classroom as Democratic Community	117
8	Becoming a Professional Community	139
9	Becoming a Community of Learners	154
10	Becoming a Community of Leaders	169
11	The Challenge of Leadership	190
	References	205
	Index	215