David Hopkins Books
This author's work is deeply committed to improving educational quality and helping students reach their full potential. His professional interests span learning and adventure, teacher and school development, leadership, and educational change and policy implementation. He champions personalized learning and 'whole school' approaches to improvement, driven by a belief in achieving the best possible outcomes for all learners. With extensive experience leading school improvement programs, he is recognized internationally for his research, development, and hands-on interventions that demonstrably impact student achievement.
After Modern Art
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Review from previous edition An invaluable guide to art of the second half of the twentieth century Sandy Nairne, former Director, National Portrait Gallery
After modern art, 1945-2000
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Following a clear timeline, the author highlights key movements of modern art, giving careful attention to the artists' political and cultural worlds. Styles include Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Postmodernism, and performance art. 65 color illustrations. 65 halftones.
The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, attitudes to women, fetishism, and primitivism. The international nature of these movements is examined, covering the cities of Zurich, New York, Berlin, Cologne, Barcelona, Paris, London, and recently discovered examples in Eastern Europe. Hopkins explores the huge range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism (collage, painting, found objects, performance art, photography, film), whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. He also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body.
The Empowered School
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
An account of how the current pressures for change in education can be harnessed to improve the quality of schooling. It argues that the school needs to take greater ownership over the changes it pursues, and that the infrastructure for managing change needs to be created first.
Cambridge International AS and A Level Accounting Coursebook
Second Edition
- 672 pages
- 24 hours of reading
This revised set of resources for Cambridge International AS and A Level Accounting syllabus (9706) is thoroughly updated for the latest version of the curriculum. Written by experienced authors, this coursebook unpacks accounting concepts in an engaging and accessible style. With clear definitions of up-to-date terminology, this resource is ideal for learners with a wide range of abilities, including those whose first language is not English. Practical walkthroughs illustrate the application of key accounting policies and practices, and activities reinforce knowledge and build analytical and evaluation skills. At the end of each chapter there are opportunities to practice multiple-choice and structured questions to help prepare students for their assessment.
