Paul Cooper

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'You need to read this book' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment 'Cooper is a phenomenon' Max Hastings, Sunday Times **Based on the hit podcast with over 200 million streams** The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins has a different history, but all of them are places where, one day, the future ended. In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper tells the stories behind our greatest civilizations, how they rose to power and what life was like for the people who witnessed their downfall. Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, this extraordinary book turns a clear eye on to humanity’s past mistakes – and whether we are doomed to repeat them.

Abandoned, underestimated, and dismissed as a "Walter Mitty, type character" in a job reference, Paul Cooper defied expectations to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming a police officer - only to face a decision that would change his life forever.Paul was never expected to succeed. Raised in the care system after suffering, neglect, and many setbacks, he overcame all of the odds to wear the uniform he had always dreamed of. But policing wasn't just a career - it was where he was struck by inspiration.One chaotic shift, as his paperwork was blown into muddy puddles, he had a eureka moment - an idea that few believed in. While serving as an officer, he built Pocket Sergeant, a mobile app designed to revolutionise frontline policing. As its success grew, Paul faced a dilemma, continue his career in the police or take a leap of faith to turn his vision into something bigger.From rejection to recognition and from self-doubt to success, Paul's journey is one of resilience, determination, and proving the doubters wrong.From Trauma to Triumph is a gripping true story of perseverance and innovation, and is for anyone who has ever been told they can't. Because sometimes, the greatest risks lead to the most remarkable rewards.

This book draws on a framework of enregisterment and indexicality to chart the ways in which the Yorkshire dialect came to be associated with particular linguistic repertoires and social stereotypes from the nineteenth century through to today. Cooper situates the work within a historical enregisterment framework, rooted in an ideological approach to the study of language.Focusing on representations of the Yorkshire dialect in a corpus of nineteenth-century writing, comprising poetry, ballads, songs, and plays, Cooper explores how the dialect came to be enregistered and indexical of social values such as friendliness, directness, or authenticity, and how sub-varieties impacted the division of communities along ideological lines. The volume also includes qualitative analyses of metalinguistic commentary from such historical sources as dictionaries, glossaries, and magazines. Taken together, the book offers a holistic picture of the evolution of the Yorkshire dialect and in turn, stereotypes of “Yorkshireness” which persist to this day. Cooper shows how an enregisterment approach can offer a deeper understanding of the historical relationships between dialect and identity and in turn, contemporary perceptions of dialects and their speakers.This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in historical sociolinguistics, dialectology, and English language.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'You need to read this book' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment 'Cooper is a phenomenon' Max Hastings, Sunday Times **Based on the hit podcast with over 200 million streams** The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins has a different history, but all of them are places where, one day, the future ended. In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper tells the stories behind our greatest civilizations, how they rose to power and what life was like for the people who witnessed their downfall. Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, this extraordinary book turns a clear eye on to humanity’s past mistakes – and whether we are doomed to repeat them.

In the USA per year approximately 10,000 people are either murdered, raped or seriously assaulted by repeat offenders. Such figures are repeated all over the planet.What if you were the richest peron in the world and you wanted to right this wrong. What lengths would you go to? What risks would you take?What if you were a police detective intent on upholding law and order. What lengths would you go to to support law and order? What risks would you take? Particuarly if it involved members of your family.

The Big Bang. The Ice Age. That's two. On the 17 December 2019 1.5 billion lives were lost due to tsunami, tornadoes and volcanic eruptions the intensity of which exceeded all previous records. Was this the start of the third?

Everybody wants to change the world...but how? This slim volume addresses some of the key ideas that catalyze successful change efforts, empowering leaders to make things better in their neighborhood...or across the world. Writing in a breezy, easy-to-read style, Paul Cooper touches on the concepts and approaches that can help anyone become a more effective change agent.His premise: We are a worldwide nation of change agents. With less connection to our employers, roles, or professions, any one of us can look at a problem and propose a way to fix it. We can collect information from experts around the globe, and energize people who share our passions. Whether we choose to aim big, or aim small, work within the system or overthrow it, each of us has the power to change the world. This book is designed to help.

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is the most common behavioural disorder affecting up to five per cent of children in the UK. This book provides a concise and comprehensive guide to educating children with AD/HD, offering a theoretical introduction to the disorder, and practical guidance for the classroom teacher on how to support children with this condition.This practical guide is divided into three clear sections which focus on:* the nature of AD/HD and its impact on the individual in school, as well as the ways in which it can be most accurately diagnosed* the principles and practices of intervention, including specific educational interventions and behaviour management techniques* a series of case studies illustrating the nature of AD/HD and its relationship with other difficulties making suggestions for school-based interventions.Rooted in the experiences of practitioners who work with children with AD/HD every day, this book draws on up-to-date research evidence to challenge crude assumptions about AD/HD and argue that the best way to understand it is as a condition in which biological and environmental factors interact.

This is a clear and concise guide to classroom practice for teachers dealing with pupils with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, a condition that is estimated to affect on average one in every twenty-five children. In this new and revised edition, the authors present in an accessible style and with regard for the everyday realities of the classroom life: key issues commonly raised by teachers about AD/HD; sources of information on the nature and assessment of AD/HD; advice to teachers on how to communicate with both parents and professionals; and practical classroom strategies and interventions for effectively tackling the condition. All teachers of pupils in the 5-16 age range will benefit from the explanation and advice on AD/HD offered in this resource book. It will be of particular interest to SENCOs, teachers concerned with Home School Liaison and those concerned with emotional and behavioral difficulties in the classroom.

Designed for individual teachers and school teams alike, this text demonstrates how to approach and manage disruptive students and behaviour. At the book’s core is a series of detailed strategies for dealing with commonly occurring problems. Some of the chapters in the book focus on:* The Nature and Causes of Disruption* Responding to Disruption* Basic Principles* Understanding and Dealing with Gambits* Sharing Good PracticeThe ideas and theories are presented in the context of a research base and come complete with case studies.This text is published in association with the Times Educational Supplement.

Teachers in mainstream schools are increasingly confronted with children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, for whose performance and effect on the rest of the class they are held accountable. Often exclusion seems to be the only option. This book shows that it is not. It provides a concise, clearly written guide to the major approaches which can be used to deal with emotional and behavioural difficulties - their possibilities and their pitfalls. It will be invaluable reading for special needs coordinators, individual teachers reflecting on the issue in their own classrooms and heads wishing to establish whole school approaches to the problem.

Conceptual gardens depend on inspiration which is the result of an exhaustive intellectual process. The starting point is an IDEA or stimulus that pushes the design along, rather than observing more conventional styles - whether classical of modernist - into which idea or relationships are fitted. Horticultural considerations, architectural or aesthetic doctrines and practically-based problem-solving are either abandoned or regarded as a means to an end, rather than the end in itself. Idea-driven design, therefore, cannot be taught by a 'rule-of-thumb' methodology. So, the way to design a conceptualist garden is not the theme of this book; nor does it contain 'of-the-peg' solutions for garden and landscape designers. Rather it encourages student and professional designers to think further towards their designed solutions.

From Inclusion to Engagement challenges the ideologically driven academic discourse that has come to dominate inclusive education by presenting research-based knowledge about what actually works. Presents an innovative approach rooted in a biopsychosocial theoretical perspective – an approach that is still relatively misunderstood within the educational sphereOffers insights based on an extensive review of contemporary international research in the fieldAvoids the biases of ideology in favour of science-based social and educational outcomesThe first comprehensive account of evidence-based interventions for students with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Resilience is a set of qualities that enable children to adapt and transform, to overcome risk and adversity, and to develop social competence, problem-solving skills, autonomy and a sense of purpose. For children and young people it is as vital to possess these qualities in school environments as in the family and the community at large.This handbook for teachers and educators explores ways of nurturing resilience in vulnerable students. It proposes a new, positive way of thinking about schools as institutions that can foster cognitive and socio-emotional competence in all students.Individual chapters examine effective practices in schools and classrooms, and assess a range of classroom processes, such as engagement, inclusion, collaboration and prosocial behaviour. The author makes use of case studies throughout to bring to life classroom activities and concrete strategies that will promote best practice for enhancing student resilience, and offers a framework that can be adapted to the existing nature, culture and needs of each individual school community and its members.Promoting Resilience in the Classroom is a valuable resource for educational practitioners as well as educational officers and policy makers engaged in school development and educational improvement.

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This book explores the ways in which pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties can be effectively engaged in schooling - either in school or at home. It explains the social and emotional underpinnings of learning and presents practical strategies for aiding engagement.Nurture groups, originally devised and implemented in the 1970s, are specially designed classes that cater for pupils having difficulties in adjusting to the requirements of mainstream classrooms. Paul Cooper and Yonca Tiknaz present evidence of the success of nurture groups from the perspectives of the children participating in them, their parents and school staff members who manage nurture groups in schools, and examine what factors affect the success of the group. From this they draw key messages for effective practice, including the fundamental importance of recognising a child's emotional needs and meeting them, and the pivotal role of the relationship between the teaching staff co-ordinating the group.Nurture Groups in School and at Home will provide essential information and accessible advice for teaching professionals running nurture groups in schools and for parents and carers running them at home.

This is a clear and concise guide to classroom practice for teachers dealing with pupils with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, a condition that is estimated to affect on average one in every twenty-five children. In this new and revised edition, the authors present in an accessible style and with regard for the everyday realities of the classroom life: key issues commonly raised by teachers about AD/HD; sources of information on the nature and assessment of AD/HD; advice to teachers on how to communicate with both parents and professionals; and practical classroom strategies and interventions for effectively tackling the condition. All teachers of pupils in the 5-16 age range will benefit from the explanation and advice on AD/HD offered in this resource book. It will be of particular interest to SENCOs, teachers concerned with Home School Liaison and those concerned with emotional and behavioral difficulties in the classroom.