wyszukanych pozycji: 21
Race, Women of Color, and the State University System: Critical Reflections
ISBN: 9780761854418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Race, Women of Color, and the State University System focuses on challenges women of color experience or have experienced while teaching or pursuing administrative duties within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The book systematically examines how women of color --- administrators, faculty, and staff --- cope with the demands of the profession, their disciplines, the expectations from the system, and the isolation that comes with working in institutions and/or environments that are predominately all white. The book identifies challenges that are unique to the state system,...
Race, Women of Color, and the State University System focuses on challenges women of color experience or have experienced while teaching or pursuing a...
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308,76 zł |
Fairy Tales with a Black Consciousness: Essays on Adaptations of Familiar Stories
ISBN: 9780786471294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The all new essays in this book discuss Black cultural retellings of traditional, European fairy tales. The representation of Black protagonists in such tales helps to shape children's ideas about themselves and the world beyond their limited experiences. Allowing them to see themselves in traditional tales strengthens connections with the world and can ignite a will to read books representing diverse ethnic and cultural characters. Also discussed is the need for a multicultural text set which includes the multiplicity of cultures within the Black Diaspora.
The tales referenced in the... The all new essays in this book discuss Black cultural retellings of traditional, European fairy tales. The representation of Black protagonists in su...
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191,22 zł |
Press Lake Varsity Girls
ISBN: 9789956615490 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Twelve-year-old Bridget and her friends are excited when they get admitted into one of the most prestigious boarding secondary schools in Kumba, Cameroon. Passing exams is the least of their worries. But surviving the new academic and social culture with hormone driven adolescent boys and unscrupulous seniors remain a challenge. Can the ground rules for survival Bridget and her new girlfriends adopt protect them from the threats they face constantly from the seniors, teachers and the adults in the local community? Can they handle all the distractions in addition to the changes their pubescent...
Twelve-year-old Bridget and her friends are excited when they get admitted into one of the most prestigious boarding secondary schools in Kumba, Camer...
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165,46 zł |
African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Identity Quest
ISBN: 9780415709057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they attempt to construct personal and cultural identities through popular culture and social media outlets. The contributors approach the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective, looking at images in children s and adolescent literature from Africa, and the African diaspora, from Nollywood and Hollywood movies, from popular magazines, and from youth cultures encountered directly through field experiences. The findings reveal that there are many... This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they at... |
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747,78 zł |
Representing Africa in Children's Literature : Old and New Ways of Seeing
ISBN: 9780415974684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Representing Africa in Children 's Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children 's and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children. Representing Africa in Children 's Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically ... |
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747,78 zł |
Representing Africa in Children's Literature : Old and New Ways of Seeing
ISBN: 9780415699563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Representing Africa in Children's Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children's and young adult literature set in Africa, examining issues regarding colonialism, the politics of representation, and the challenges posed to both "insiders" and "outsiders" writing about Africa for children.
Representing Africa in Children's Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically exam...
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237,17 zł |
Adolescents Rewrite Their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms
ISBN: 9781475813234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first-century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices. Therefore culture is quite central in how we approach, explore, and express through any medium. The chapters consider ways to motivate students to become critically-conscious and active writers who are aware of their...
Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the ...
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190,00 zł |
Adolescents Rewrite Their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms
ISBN: 9781475813227 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first-century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices. Therefore culture is quite central in how we approach, explore, and express through any medium. The chapters consider ways to motivate students to become critically-conscious and active writers who are aware of their...
Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the ...
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363,71 zł |
African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Identity Quest
ISBN: 9781138092402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they attempt to construct personal and cultural identities through popular culture and social media outlets. The contributors approach the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective, looking at images in children's and adolescent literature from Africa, and the African diaspora, from Nollywood and Hollywood movies, from popular magazines, and from youth cultures encountered directly through field experiences. The findings reveal that there are many... This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture, and discusses the different ways by which they at... |
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247,49 zł |
Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms: Critical Approaches
ISBN: 9781475842326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators might guide students to engage these issues effectively and critically.
The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators ...
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260,57 zł |
Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms: Critical Approaches
ISBN: 9781475842333 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators might guide students to engage these issues effectively and critically.
The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators ...
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135,71 zł |
Exploring Nonfiction Literacies: Innovative Practices in Classrooms
ISBN: 9781475843422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.
The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.
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135,71 zł |
Exploring Nonfiction Literacies: Innovative Practices in Classrooms
ISBN: 9781475843415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.
The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.
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282,28 zł |
Real Mothers
ISBN: 9780595382668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this breath-taking story we read through the struggles of three women and how they balance between their roles as mothers and breadwinners in a hostile community. Set in Kumba a town in Cameroon, West Africa, the story chronicles their domestic and professional experiences also showing readers how children can enrich and complicate women's lives.
In this breath-taking story we read through the struggles of three women and how they balance between their roles as mothers and breadwinners in a hos...
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43,88 zł |
Plantation Stories and Rhymes from Cameroon
ISBN: 9780595482177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Plantation Stories, we participate in the daily rituals of family life as parents and children make the best that life has handed out to them. This compelling collection entertains as it exposes readers to the contradictions and tensions that are forever present on a colonial plantation. Set on one of the oldest oil palm plantations in Cameroon, West Africa, the stories tease and dare the readers to rethink their understanding of justice.
How far would people go in their quest for a "good" life? What are parents willing to sacrifice in order to provide basic necessities for their... In Plantation Stories, we participate in the daily rituals of family life as parents and children make the best that life has handed out to them. This...
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39,47 zł |
Honeymoon and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780595292240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book deals with family experiences in a contemporary West African country.
This book deals with family experiences in a contemporary West African country.
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39,47 zł |
Mango Fever
ISBN: 9780595398928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Mango Fever" is a captivating story that is suitable for children ages 9-12, who are interested in adventure stories. In this novel, we read about an eleven-year-old girl's attempt to rescue her friend from a tight spot. In the course of rendering assistance, Boti and four of her best friends get lost in the heart of a Cameroonian rainforest. They must not only face the usual perils that loom around a tropical forest as they struggle to hold on to their sacks of mangoes, but must accept the fact that their greatest danger comes from an unlikely source-the poachers!
The novel is filled... "Mango Fever" is a captivating story that is suitable for children ages 9-12, who are interested in adventure stories. In this novel, we read about an...
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43,88 zł |
A Day with Papa
ISBN: 9781951469818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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52,73 zł |
Imitation Whiteman
ISBN: 9789956558803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This intriguing novel chronicles one migrant worker's experiences on a colonial plantation in West Africa. Martin Tebi cannot wait to board a truck to the south where he hopes to become a pioneer at a newly established oil palm plantation. Once he arrives, he realizes that becoming a 'Big man' in a new environment would not be as easy as he had thought. Set in the South West Region of Cameroon near the Bakassi region, this captivating story told in an authentic voice that fuses Pidgin and Standard English would keep readers spellbound as they follow Martin through his many struggles to become...
This intriguing novel chronicles one migrant worker's experiences on a colonial plantation in West Africa. Martin Tebi cannot wait to board a truck to...
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165,46 zł |
Does Nonfiction Equate Truth?: Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries Through Critical Literacy
ISBN: 9781475842302 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book offers a rationale for why educators should approach nonfiction literature for children from a critical stance.
This book offers a rationale for why educators should approach nonfiction literature for children from a critical stance.
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135,71 zł |