Rev. Thomas Perkins, M.A., The School, Shaftesbury, Dorset

The Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury 1801–1885

he became a member of the General Medical Council. He is also one of the foundation Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners, but it is interesting to note that the College is allowed only two of the briefest of entries in this book; nothing could illustrate more vividly the division between the LMC/BMA/GMSC world of medical politics and the apolitical RCGP. But this book is not, a...

Keith Thomas Graduate School of Management

Jobs are changing and with them, the skills needed for the world. In preparing the student and worker respectively for the challenges associated with the skills requirement of a knowledgebased economy, it is clear that both schools and business organisations have important roles to play. Consequently, it makes sense for give some thought to an integrating framework for what is essentially a par...

Clarify the Interrelationships among Perkins Ii Mandates and the Coordination of Perkins Ii Initiatives

This research suggests specific actions federal policymakers should take to improve the implementation of Perkins II measures and standards. Although our case studies were limited to four states, both our informal conversations with other vocational educators and previous research on the implementation of Perkins II measures and standards suggest that these concerns are widespread enough to war...

9.2.4 Sports E59 Perkins

A stumbling point for many learning to fly fish is being able to fly cast well enough to ‘present’ a fly to a feeding fish. Even among more skilled fly fishers, learning to fly cast better is often a bottleneck towards advancement in the sport. Fly casting instruction today relies on the visual inspection of the fly casting stroke and the resulting ‘loop’ of fly line. These qualitative visual c...

Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman