Books by Robert Nelson

In this book, Robert Nelson reminds us that one of the most important elements of teaching and learning is to inspire and to be inspired. Given that inspiration itself has evolved through metaphor, the inquiry distinguishes inspirational learning by its peculiarly metaphoric character.

On the Epistle of James is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

In Creativity Crisis Robert Nelson argues that university education is systematically uncreative and suggests how this might be changed. Constructive alignment, the centrepiece of todays university pedagogy, promotes mechanistic thinking and the anxious gathering of manipulative skills. Learning happens more effectively when students take their study in new directions derived from their intimate, imagined relations with the new material they are encountering. Richly steeped in the history of ideas, from ancient Greece to the present, this book radically revises the concept of student-centredness, explores the language that encourages creativity, and helps teachers cultivate imaginative enthusiasm. Creativity Crisis is essential reading for those concerned with the nature and quality of instruction at university level. This book is one of a kind. Roberts purpose is to arrive at a creative new vision, where education is less constrained, less instrumentalist, more encouraging and open to the imagination. Professor David Boud, Director, Centre For Research In Assessment And Digital Learning, Deakin University, Melbourne.

Cet ouvrage s'adresse essentiellement aux chefs ou dirigeants d'entreprise, aux personnes qui souhaitent s'engager dans cette carriere et aux conseillers en gestion. Les auteurs sont tous trois des specialistes du conseil en management et de la formation a la gestion, qui ont travaille pour des entreprises appartenant a des branches tres diverses des services, du commerce ou de l'industrie, dans les pays developpes comme dans les pays en developpement. L'ouvrage comprend trois parties. La partie I evoque la personnalite et le comportement du chef d'entreprise. La partie II aborde les aspects financiers de la gestion, qui conditionnent le plus souvent le succes de l'entreprise. La partie III traite des rapports du chef d'entreprise avec le monde exterieur, notamment pour le recrutement du personnel, la commercialisation des produits et l'exploitation des ressources exterieures a l'entreprise. Cet ouvrage devrait etre un instrument utile de formation dans un secteur dont on mesure mieux aujourd'hui l'importance economique et sociale et le role dans le developpement.