Böcker av Paul Connolly

When Matildas star Sam Kerr was just a kid, when the inaugural A-League Women's season was still years away, and when a World Cup on Australian soil was a fanciful idea, a mob of mature Melbourne women threw caution, asthma inhalers and orthopaedic inserts to the wind and formed a team to play in the lowest division of the metropolitan league. Were the Mighty 'Bras, as this Brunswick Zebras team became known, the unheralded catalyst for the change of fortunes in women's football? No-one can say for sure. What's certain, however, is that this motley team of footballing novices became (their results notwithstanding) a roaring and enduring success.As their coach, author Paul Connolly, documents in this hilarious and heartwarming memoir, the Mighty 'Bras fell in love with a game; a love more intense for its late blossoming and the knowledge that injury, pregnancy, or perhaps even osteoporosis, could end it in a second. More importantly, these footballing novices discovered that their seemingly whimsical adventure turned out to be so much more, and forged lasting friendships and a sense of community that made all the bumps, bruises and calamitous losses worthwhile.

Drawing on their own extensive experience of running RCTs, this book provides a thorough, practical introduction to the use of RCTs in education. It also examines the controversial aspects of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT) in education and sets out the potential and pitfalls of the method.

A guide to quantitative data analysis in education for students and researchers. This book assumes no prior knowledge of quantitative methods or statistics. Beginning with the basics, it provides the reader with the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to undertake routine quantitative data analysis to a level expected of published research.

This book draws upon original research to examine the specific issues affecting boys and education in the first three years of schooling, and uses this research as a basis from which to explore the implications for teachers and early years workers.

This book offers a fascinating yet disturbing account of the significance of racism in the lives of young children and shows how they make sense of experiences with their understanding of race, gender and sexuality.

TEARS ARE FOR ANGELSWhen Jean finds Harry London, there isn’t much left of the man. He lives alone in a shack, spends all his time drunk on moonshine. He’s forgotten about shaving, washing. All he does is shoot at empty cans of beans…and pretends he’s shooting Dick Stewart…Jean is there to find out what happened to her friend, Lucy. The last letter she received from her, she was happily married to Harry, living on his farm, settling into her new life. Now she’s dead, a suicide. What happened to Lucy? And what has turned her loving husband into this brooding wreck of a man, whose sole reason for living is to take revenge against a man who once did him wrong…?

The captivating sequel to 'The Fifth Voice' - a tale of four voices and a single passion for music.

'The Fifth Voice' is a poignant and comic tale of four lives and a single passion for music.