wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Illiterate America
ISBN: 9780452262034 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot read the poison warnings on a can of pesticide, a letter from their child's teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. An additional 35 million read below the level needed to function successfully in our society. The United States ranks forty-ninth among 158 member nations of the UN in literacy, and wastes over $100 billion annually as a result. The problem is not merely an embarrassment, it is a social and economic disaster. In...
It is startling and it is shaming: in a country that prides itself on being among the most enlightened in the world, 25 million American adults cannot...
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Letters to a Young Teacher
ISBN: 9780307393722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This is the book for readers of Jonathan Kozol's previous works on education, including The Shame of the Nation and On Being a Teacher; for readers of memoirs like Frank McCourt's Teacher Man; for new teachers looking for guidance and inspiration; and for educators, administrators, and children's advocates of all levels of experience.
From the award-winning author of bestsellers Shame of the Nation, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, Death at an Early Age, and Ordinary Resurrections, Jonathan Kozol's most personally insightful and revealing work to date... This is the book for readers of Jonathan Kozol's previous works on education, including The Shame of the Nation and On Being a Teacher; ...
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96,33 zł |
On Being a Teacher
ISBN: 9781851680658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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On Being a Teacher
ISBN: 9781851686315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jonathan Kozol, National Book Award-winning author and one of America s foremost writers on social issues, offers a passionate and provocative critique on the role of the teacher in America s public school system. Writing as a teacher, Kozol advocates an approach to education that is infused with ethical values: fairness, truth, and integrity, and a driving compassion for the world beyond the classroom. Kozol not only sheds light on what it means to be a teacher, but gives constructive suggestions on how teachers can work conscientiously within the system to foster these values in concert...
Jonathan Kozol, National Book Award-winning author and one of America s foremost writers on social issues, offers a passionate and provocative critiqu...
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61,91 zł |
The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System
ISBN: 9780892553778 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) There are more than 450,000 children living in foster care. The Heart Knows Something Different collects over three dozen personal narratives by young writers, ages 15 to 20, and provides an insider's account of growing up in "the system." It takes us into a world largely hidden from public view, and attests to the mix of pain and fear, and sometimes hope, and sometimes even happiness that the foster care experience involves.
There are more than 450,000 children living in foster care. The Heart Knows Something Different collects over three dozen personal narratives by young...
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153,25 zł |
Death at an Early Age: The Classic Indictment of Inner-City Education
ISBN: 9780452262928 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most overcrowded inner-city schools. Here, he unflinchingly exposes the disturbing "destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school." Death at an Early Age is the unsparing, heart-wrenching account of the year he spent there--the most shocking and powerful personal story ever told by a young teacher, now updated with a new epilogue by the author. "Honest and terrifying... the heartbreaking story it tells has to be...
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most ...
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Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education
ISBN: 9780395947975 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "It is only when we forget our learning that we begin to know", Thoreau wrote. Ideas about education permeate Thoreau's writing. "Uncommon Learning" brings those ideas together in a single volume for the first time. Part of "The Spirit of Thoreau Series". 20-30 drawings by Thoreau.
"It is only when we forget our learning that we begin to know", Thoreau wrote. Ideas about education permeate Thoreau's writing. "Uncommon Learning" b...
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70,01 zł |