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With each new edition, I’ve found myself traveling a familiar path. When it is first
published, I am relieved after many months of intense effort, and I am thrilled—sure
that it is my best effort yet. But before long, as new research appears,…

I still remember that hot day in June. There we were, my husband and I, packing up my classroom as I had done so many times before. But this time it wasn’t just for the summer. This time it was for good.

It is almost impossible to imagine the work of thinking, speaking, listening, reading, and writing without stumbling into the history of one’s education. The very thought directs a timeless affected world. We may be reminded of how uncertain its…

Human factors/ergonomics is defined as the systematic process of
designing for human use through the application of our knowledge of
human beings to the equipment they use, the environments in which they
operate, the tasks they perform, and the…

Perhaps our biggest failure with student teachers is in not preparing them adequately for the emotional pressures on them and for the way their own emotional responses will help determine their reactions and behaviour in the classroom. However much I…

Working life ain’t simple any more. Th ere was a time
when you worked hard, your employer looked after you,
and you just carried on until you received your golden
carriage clock on retirement. But that simple career
path is dead. Th ere are…

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) (1995) about 58 per cent of the
world’s population over the age of 10 years spend one-third of their time at work. This
collective work generates US $21.6 trillion as gross domestic product which…

Any mature discipline and profession requires understanding of its core competencies. Also, the exercise of
defining core competencies is itself well worth while,
because it prompts a profession to look closely at itself,
its goals and its…

Believe it or not, task analysis has foundations going back to the turn of the last century. One of
the reasons for its longevity is that task analysis methods have adapted. Evolutionary changes
in its associated disciplines have been accompanied…