Post-Intellectualism and the Decline of Democracy: The Failure of Reason and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780275956615 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our society's institutional infrastructures--our democratic political system, economic structures, legal practices, and educational establishment--were all created as intellectual outgrowths of the Enlightenment. All our cultural institutions are based on the intellectual idea that an enlightened citizenry could govern its affairs with reason and responsibility. In the late 20th century, however, we are witnessing the disintegration of much of our cultural heritage. Wood argues that this is due to our evolution into a DEGREESUpost-intellectual society DEGREESR--a society characterized by a... Our society's institutional infrastructures--our democratic political system, economic structures, legal practices, and educational establishment--... |
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276,19 zł |
The History, Psychology, and Pedagogy of Geographic Literacy
ISBN: 9780275968045 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is widespread belief, confirmed by research, that geographic literacy levels are unacceptably low. This book brings to teachers and others concerned about enlivening the place of geography in the school curriculum information in the several dimensions that must be considered if the contribution of geography to one's general education is to be reasonably understood. Included are (1) the history of geography in the school curriculum, along with why and how this strand has come to occupy the place it does in the modern school curriculum; (2) information about the evolution of modern-day... There is widespread belief, confirmed by research, that geographic literacy levels are unacceptably low. This book brings to teachers and others co... |
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276,19 zł |
Math Wars: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
ISBN: 9780275984236 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is written for parents and other interested parties so that they can understand the great debate taking place in many states in this country about how to teach basic math. The debate centers around the standards written by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), which call for a radically different approach to mathematics education. Because the issues are so heated between the NCTM-oriented curricula and traditional curricula (the curricula that NCTM-oriented replaced), the term Math Wars was coined to describe them. Parents are concerned about their... This book is written for parents and other interested parties so that they can understand the great debate taking place in many states in this coun... |
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456,12 zł |
The New American Dilemma: Liberal Democracy and School Desegregation
ISBN: 9780300031140 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conventional wisdom and democratic theory hold that the best way to achieve controversial policy changes is in small, cautious steps and with participation of the various groups involved. Yet America's thirty years of experience with school desegregation shows this belief to be false. In this provocative new book, Jennifer Hochschild argues that when incremental and participatory methods are used to desegregate schools, both blacks and whites end up worse off--with little freedom and equality for blacks, much disruption and pain for both races, and few educational gains for anyone. However,...
Conventional wisdom and democratic theory hold that the best way to achieve controversial policy changes is in small, cautious steps and with particip...
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156,24 zł |
A Class Divided, Then and Now, Expanded Edition
ISBN: 9780300040487 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For two days after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Jane Elliott, a third-grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa, gave her pupils a unique lesson in discrimination. The first day, brown-eyed children were declared "superior," given special privileges, and encouraged to discriminate against their suddenly "inferior" blue-eyed classmates. The next day, roles were reversed. What happened astonished both students and teacher. On both days, children labeled "inferior" took on the look and behavior of genuinely inferior students; they did inferior work. "Superior" students excelled in their work and...
For two days after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, Jane Elliott, a third-grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa, gave her pupils a unique lesson in disc...
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108,36 zł |
Preschool in Three Cultures: Japan, China and the United States
ISBN: 9780300048124 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the numbers of mothers in the workforce grows, the role of the extended family diminishes, and parents feel under greater pressure to give their children an educational headstart, industrialized societies are increasingly turning to preschools to nurture, educate, and socialize young children. Drawing on their backgrounds in anthropology, human development, and education, Tobin, Wu, and Davidson present a unique comparison of the practices and philosophies of Japanese, Chinese, and American preschool education and discuss how changes in childcare both reflect and affect larger social...
As the numbers of mothers in the workforce grows, the role of the extended family diminishes, and parents feel under greater pressure to give their ch...
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121,91 zł |
Severe Personality Disorders: Psychotherapeutic Strategies (Revised)
ISBN: 9780300053494 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this important book, one of the world's foremost psychoanalysts provides the clinician with tools to diagnose and treat severe cases of personality disorder, including borderline and narcissistic structures. Dr. Kernberg not only describes techniques he has found useful in clinical practice but also further develops theories formulated in his previous work and critically reviews other recent contributions.
"A splendid book . . . of great value for anyone involved in psychotherapy with patients suffering from one or another variety of personality disorder, as well as for... In this important book, one of the world's foremost psychoanalysts provides the clinician with tools to diagnose and treat severe cases of personal... |
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294,19 zł |
Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading Since 1880
ISBN: 9780300054309 / Angielski / Miękka / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States is at a crucial moment in the history of literacy, a time when how well Americans read is the subject of newspaper headlines. In this insightful book, Carl F. Kaestle and his colleagues shed new light on this issue, providing a social history of literacy in America that broadens the definition of literacy and considers who was reading what, under what circumstances, and for what purposes.
The book explores diverse sources--from tests of reading ability, government surveys, and polls to nineteenth-century autobiographies and family budget studies--in order... The United States is at a crucial moment in the history of literacy, a time when how well Americans read is the subject of newspaper headlines. In ... |
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294,19 zł |
Grammar of the Machine: Technical Literacy and Early Industrial Expansion in the United States
ISBN: 9780300061062 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the American economy moved toward a manufacturing base and mass production, creating a demand for a literacy that encompassed not only the traditional alphabetic form of expression but also scientific and mathematical notation and spatial and graphic representation. How did the world of learning respond to this demand? What kinds of educational institutions, teachers, textbooks, and patterns of instruction emerged?
Edward Stevens, Jr., describes the important technological changes that took place in antebellum America and the... During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the American economy moved toward a manufacturing base and mass production, creating a dema...
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444,13 zł |
Moral Questions in the Classroom: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply about Real Life and Their Schoolwork
ISBN: 9780300101683 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What constitutes a just war? How does race matter in America? Are the interests of corporations the same as those of the public when it comes to the environment or public health? Middle and high school history, literature, and science classes abound with important moral, social, and political questions. But under pressure to cover required materials and out of fear of raising controversy, teachers often avoid classroom discussions of questions of profound importance to students and to society. This book investigates how schools can responsibly take an active role in moral education while...
What constitutes a just war? How does race matter in America? Are the interests of corporations the same as those of the public when it comes to the e...
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258,20 zł |
Social World of Pupil Career
ISBN: 9780304326426 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is the second part of a seven-year ethnography of individual pupils from the ages of four to eleven in an English primary school. It presents a sociological analysis of children coping with the social worlds of home, playground and classroom over the seven years of a primary school career. The study provides holistic insights into the biographies of four children during their primary school years and the case studies give prominence to the voices and perspectives of parents, children and teachers interacting over time. The reader is invited to engage personally with these... This text is the second part of a seven-year ethnography of individual pupils from the ages of four to eleven in an English primary school. It pres... |
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411,77 zł |
Education and the End of Work
ISBN: 9780304339488 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is the work ethic still viable as society evolves? This book engages with widespread current anxieties about the future of work and its place in a fulfilled human life. It is a philosophical treatment of the nature of work and reconsiders the aims and procedures of education. The author calls for a reshaping of school as the work culture has come to know it. Is the work ethic still viable as society evolves? This book engages with widespread current anxieties about the future of work and its place in a ... |
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514,71 zł |
Professionals and Policy: Management Strategy in a Competitive World
ISBN: 9780304701568 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By means of case studies in schools and hospitals, this text describes and evaluates the current issues faced by both education and health professionals. It argues that much can be learned by comparing the experiences of the two groups, and suggests ways in which education and health workers can respond positively to the changes of recent years to ensure that essential services are maintained and improved.
By means of case studies in schools and hospitals, this text describes and evaluates the current issues faced by both education and health professiona...
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952,21 zł |
Professionals and Policy: Management Strategy in a Competitive World
ISBN: 9780304701575 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By means of case studies in schools and hospitals, this text describes and evaluates the current issues faced by both education and health professionals. It argues that much can be learned by comparing the experiences of the two groups, and suggests ways in which education and health workers can respond positively to the changes of recent years to ensure that essential services are maintained and improved.
By means of case studies in schools and hospitals, this text describes and evaluates the current issues faced by both education and health professiona...
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334,51 zł |
Building a Better Delivery System: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership
ISBN: 9780309096430 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care professionals from their potential partners in systems engineering and related disciplines. The goal of this partnership is to transform the U.S. health care sector from an underperforming conglomerate of independent entities (individual practitioners, small group practices, clinics, hospitals, pharmacies, community health centers et. al.) into a high performance "system" in which every participating unit recognizes... In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness ... |
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238,39 zł |
Revolutionary Feminism: The Mind and Career of Mary Wollstonecraft
ISBN: 9780312129040 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describing the growth of Wollstonecraft's mind and career, this acclaimed study scrutinises all her writings as experiments in revolutionising writing in terms of her revolutionary feminism. ..clearly-argued and often informative...' - Vivien Jones, British Association for Romantic Studies Bulletin and Review 'Kelly's approach demystifies Wollstonecraft's life in a most refreshing way' - Syndy McMillen Conger, Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Describing the growth of Wollstonecraft's mind and career, this acclaimed study scrutinises all her writings as experiments in revolutionising writing...
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194,52 zł |
Deconstructing Images of the Turkish Woman
ISBN: 9780312235062 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Along with the rest of the world, the country of Turkey is beset by efforts to push women into a particular prototype. This collection of essays seeks to combat such efforts by delving below the surface of common stereotypes surrounding Turkish women. Encompassing such diverse fields of study as political science, economics, business, ethnography, history, and literature, Deconstructing Images of the Turkish Woman gathers experts from around the world to explore various images attributed to or imposed upon Turkish women. Written from the perspectives of the 1990s, the essays integrate around...
Along with the rest of the world, the country of Turkey is beset by efforts to push women into a particular prototype. This collection of essays seeks...
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155,61 zł |
Managing the Press: Origins of the Media Presidency, 1897-1933
ISBN: 9780312235079 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing the Press re-examines the emergence of the twentieth century media President, whose authority to govern depends largely on his ability to generate public support by appealing to the citizenry through the news media. From 1897 to 1933, White House successes and failures with the press established a foundation for modern executive leadership and helped to shape patterns of media practices and technologies through which Americans have viewed the presidency during most of the twentieth century. Author Stephen Ponder shows how these findings suggest a new context for contemporary...
Managing the Press re-examines the emergence of the twentieth century media President, whose authority to govern depends largely on his ability to gen...
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155,61 zł |
The Reform of Girls' Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England: A Study of Elites and Educational Change
ISBN: 9780815396505 / Angielski / Twarda / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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797,80 zł |
Reflective Thinking: The Method of Education
ISBN: 9780313200052 / Angielski / Twarda / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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456,12 zł |