Interest shown on entrepreneurs has been increasing for many years. Researchers are keen to know the behavior and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. The purpose of this paper is to determine the contributing roles of Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence in terms of entrepreneurial innovation and creativity. The study used both quantitative and qualitative approach. A total of 88 entrepreneurs took part in the study which span over a period of 1 year. It was found that successful entrepreneurs had strong levels of "Emotions Direct Cognition" and "Understanding Others Emotions". In terms of the level of "Spiritual Intelligence", successful entrepreneurs had high strong connections with many of the elements which included "Discernment"
This topical book is not just for the starting teacher -it is a valuable source of information fo r anyone involved with the education of special children.Children with special needs can be successfully integrated into mainstream primary schools. The authors provide a wealth of practical information on how to do it. They stress the importance of teachers' attitudes, and willingness to seek advice and new ideas on how to adapt curriculum and activities for students with learning difficulties. Chapters 5 and 6, about children with emotional and behavioral difficulties, include a section on the abused child and the teacher's role, as well as a problem-solving approach for dealing with difficult behavior. General information, issues of integration and teaching implica tions are discussed for 6 groups of children with special educationa! needs (i.e. the hearing impaired; visually impaired; physi cally disabled; mentally handicapped; autistic; and those with speech & language disorders).Chapter 8 provides background information of general inter est about early identification and interventions with pre-school children. Chapter 9 deals with recent education legislation in the U. K.Every chapter has its own useful "suggestions for extra reading," an annotated listing.Marika Asimakopulos is a former high school teacher and now a reference librarian at the Physica l Sciences & Engineering Library, Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada. In 1985 the staff at the center fo r Early Adolescence was concerned by the results of a study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress showing poor reading and writing skills among young adolescents in the middle grades. As a result, the Project on Adolescent Literacy (PAL) was fo rmed to find 1i teracy programs that succeeded in helping young adolescents master reading and writing skills through school, non school and sum mer literacy programs as well as after-school and summer pro grams.Recommendation fo rms were mailed to educators, youthworkers and policymakers and members of the Interna tional Reading Association and the American Library Associa tion. Written questionnaires were sent to recommended pro grams and eventually, out of thirty-two site visits, five outstand ing programs were selected.Adolescent Literacy: what works and why presented the findings of the PAL project, including a detailed look at the five reading projects: three in-school programs and two summer programs.The book was co-edited by Judith Davidson, the project director and David Koppenhaver, project researcher, assisted by Education Libraries • Vol 18, No. 1 a team of education specialists .The content of the second edition is very similar to the original book. The discussion of the PAL proj ect and its five programs remain unchanged. Beyond a few cosmetic alterations, only the chapter: "Translating what works into programs and policies" and a revised annotated resource list are new. However there are helpful recommendations on ways to improve the literacy support and instruction that young people with r...
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