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Understanding Exercise Purpose And Progressions
Shots In The Dark : Japan, Zen, And The West

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Shoji Yamada ; translated by Earl HartmanPublication Details
BookThe University of Chicago Press2009Description
In the years after World War II, Westerners and Japanese alike elevated Zen to the quintessence of spirituality in Japan. Pursuing the sources of Zen as a Japanese ideal, Shoji Yamada uncovers the surprising role of two cultural touchstones: Eugen Herrigel’s “Zen in the Art of Archery” and the Ryoanji dry-landscape rock garden. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
Controversies In The Classroom : A Radical Teacher Reader

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edited by Joseph Entin, Robert C. Rosen, Leonard Vogt ; foreword by Deborah MeierPublication Details
BookTeachers College Press2008Description
Dialogues About 9/11, the Media and Race: Lessons from a Secondary Classroom by Rita Verma Part II: Teaching About Globalization 4. Bartolome and Pepi Leistyna Part IV: Teaching About Gender and Sexualities 10. Nuns, Midwives and Witches: Women’s Studies in the Elementary Classroom by Sarah Napier Part V: Threats to Public Education: Testing, Tracking and Privatization 13. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) LC196.5.U6 C68 2008 DUE 02-11-10
Teaching General Chemistry : A History And Philosophy Of Science Approach

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Mansoor NiazPublication Details
BookNova Science Publishers2008Description
The main objective of this monograph is to incorporate history and philosophy of science in the chemistry curriculum in order to provide students an overview of the dynamics of scientific research, which involves controversies, conflicts and rivalries among scientists, that is the humanizing aspects of science. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
Educating Democratic Citizens In Troubled Times : Qualitative Studies Of Current Efforts

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edited by Janet S. Bixby & Judith L. PacePublication Details
BookSUNY Press2008Description
Examines various aspects of citizen education programs that serve contemporary youth in the United States. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) LC1091 .E3835 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
What’s Math Got To Do With It? : Helping Children Learn To Love Their Most Hated Subject–and Why It’s Important For America

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Jo BoalerPublication Details
BookViking2008Links
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An alarming look at what?s wrong with math education in the United States, and what we can do to change it The United States is rapidly falling behind the rest of the developed world in terms of math education, and the future of our economy depends on the quality of teaching that our children receive today. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) QA11.2 .B635 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
Educating For Human Rights And Global Citizenship

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edited by Ali A. Abdi and Lynette ShultzPublication Details
BookState University of New York Press2008Links
Description
Essays that highlight the role of education in bringing about inclusive citizenship and human rights norms. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) LC1090 .E2275 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
New York And Slavery : Time To Teach The Truth

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Alan J. SingerPublication Details
BookExcelsior Editions/State University of New York Press2008Description
Challenges readers to rethink the way we view the nation’s past and race relations in the present. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F128.4 .S58 2008 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
Building Racial And Cultural Competence In The Classroom : Strategies From Urban Educators

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edited by Karen Manheim Teel and Jennifer ObidahPublication Details
BookTeachers College Press2008Description
”For educators and policymakers who are passionate about social justice in public schools, Teel and Obidah have given us a valuable gift: real people, real stories, real data, real strategies. Providing an inspiring and practical tool for engaging in successful, meaningful education with K-12 students of color, the stellar group of contributors offers concrete ideas and advice on what educators can do to support teachers to become more racially and culturally competent, multiple perspectives providing a variety of new insights on current research and practice, and honest and thought-provoking personal narratives on race and schooling. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) LC1099.3 .B845 2008 AVAILABLE
Understanding Geometry For A Changing World

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Timothy V. Craine, seventy-first yearbook editorPublication Details
BookNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics2009Description
Geometry is currently enjoying a revival, partly as a result of the emergence of interactive geometry software. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) QA461 .U53 2009 AVAILABLE
The SAGE Handbook Of Tourism Studies

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edited by Tazim Jamal and Mike RobinsonPublication Details
BookSAGE2009Description
Tourist Studies developed as a sub-branch of older disciplines in the social sciences, such as anthropology, sociology and economics, and newer applied fields of study in hospitality management, civil rights and transport studies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) G155.7 .S24 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)
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