Social Sciences  /  Education
The University in the American Future Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9780813154565
Pub Date: 15 Jul 2014
Description:
In these four notable essays based on Centennial lectures, four eminent scholars analyze the tensions affecting university education today and the forces which will shape the American university of the future.Kenneth D. Benne, director of the Human Relations Center of Boston University, describes the fragmentation which has come to characterize the university in 1965 in three divergent philosophies of university education and calls for the universities to undertake a radical change of their social organization.
The Embattled Past Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 212
ISBN: 9780813142661
Pub Date: 07 Jan 2014
Illustrations: 15 b&w photos
Description:
Internationally recognized for having reinvigorated and redefined his field, distinguished military historian Edward M. Coffman is a dedicated and much-admired teacher and mentor. In The Embattled Past, several of his most important essays have been assembled into a collection that serves as an essential reference to the discipline and an initiation to the study of military history for aspiring scholars.
Surfing the Past Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9789088900815
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2012
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This books discusses one of the most frequently discussed subjects in history education during the last two decades, namely how secondary school pupils use the World Wide Web for their learning activities. Based on two case studies in two Dutch schools, the book shows some ways in which the use of the Web has changed history education in at least three respects: first, the findings of the two case studies show that the Web has a huge potential to turn the history class - previously described as boring and too abstract - into a livelier and more attractive environment, where concepts, events, phenomena and processes of the past almost always have textual and/or [audio]visual representations; second, strong indications were observed showing that the Web fosters historical understanding, not only by triggering thinking processes that take pupils beyond the shown contents, but also by prompting them to evaluate sources and sample relevant fragments for their assignments; third, the Web has brought into history education sources that were previously excluded, including those described as unconventional. This book shows, among other things, that convergence is underway on both the user side - since pupils use both conventional and unconventional online sources - and the content-production side, where heritage institutions are increasingly getting involved in unconventional platforms like Wikipedia.
Alpha Phi Alpha Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 412
ISBN: 9780813134215
Pub Date: 27 Jan 2012
Illustrations: 13 figures, 11 tables
Description:
On December 4, 1906, on Cornell University's campus, seven black men founded one of the greatest and most enduring organizations in American history. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. has brought together and shaped such esteemed men as Martin Luther King Jr.
A History of Education in Kentucky Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 546
ISBN: 9780813129778
Pub Date: 17 Jun 2011
Series: Topics in Kentucky History
Illustrations: 22 b&w photos
Description:
Kentucky is nationally renowned for horses, bourbon, rich natural resources, and unfortunately, hindered by a deficient educational system. Though its reputation is not always justified, in national rankings for grades K-12 and higher education, Kentucky consistently ranks among the lowest states in education funding, literacy, and student achievement.In A History of Education in Kentucky, William E.
Open Source in Education and Language Learning Online Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9789979548331
Pub Date: 15 Sep 2010
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
Learning and teaching languages in an online environment is one of contemporary education's great challenges. The challenge is made particularly difficult because language learners benefit from a social constructivist approach in which individual learners learn by doing together - negotiating meaning in collaborative interaction. The open source revolution in technology has opened up the possibility of communal efforts to develop technological solutions to such pedagogical challenges.
The History and Practice of College Health Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
ISBN: 9780813129662
Pub Date: 08 Jun 2010
Description:
This volume is the first definitive reference and textbook in the one-hundred-fifty year history of college health. Written for professionals and for those working in student services and higher education administration, it covers the history of college health, administrative matters including financing and accreditation, and clinical issues such as women's health, HIV/AIDS, and mental health. The book also focuses on prevention, including immunization and tuberculin testing.
Neither Fish, Nor Fowl Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9789185509157
Pub Date: 28 May 2010
Illustrations: b/w photos
Description:
Educational media has an immediate connection to education policies, new trends in schooling, child welfare, and pedagogical novelties. The transformation of the Swedish welfare state in the twentieth century was clearly visible in the structure and content of Swedish educational broadcasting. Media education mediated political and social change and reflected the changes of government policies as well as the fundamental cultural transformation of the Swedish society.
Understanding Literacy in its Historical Contexts Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9789185509072
Pub Date: 16 Dec 2009
Illustrations: b/w illus, diagrams & photos
Description:
For nearly 30 years the work of the Swedish Lutheran pastor and pioneering social historian Egil Johansson astonished the international scholarly world. Working initially with parish registers, especially examination registers, from northern Sweden, Johansson discovered the extraordinary usefulness of these documents to detail the history of universal literacy in Sweden. In this book a group of renowned scholars review and explore the possibilities for the wider circulation and broader application of central dimensions of the early literacy studies.
Black Greek-letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 508
ISBN: 9780813124919
Pub Date: 13 Jun 2008
Illustrations: 22 b/w photos
Description:
For much of the twentieth century, black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs) united individuals dedicated to excellence, fostering kinship ties, and uplifting African Americans. Despite the profound influence of BGLOs, many now question the continuing relevance of these groups, arguing that their golden age has passed. Partly because of the influence of hip-hop culture, the image of BGLOs has been unfairly reduced to a stereotype -- a world of hazing and stepping without any real substance.
Inside Greek U. Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9780813124681
Pub Date: 12 Oct 2007
Description:
One in ten American college students joins a fraternity or sorority, and Greek social organizations produce a disproportionately large percentage of power brokers in business and politics. Statistics show that while these future leaders are on campus, they are much more likely than non-Greek students to engage in binge drinking and to be either the perpetrators or victims of sexual assault. In Inside Greek U.
Mathematical Educational in Iceland in Historical Context Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
ISBN: 9789979547266
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2006
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
This book surveys mathematical education in Iceland from medieval times to the present. Its main focus is on the international "modern" mathematics reform movement in the 1960s, promoted by the OECD. At that time mathematics education in Iceland had drifted into stagnation, characterized by a shortage of teachers, curricula and textbooks.

Pathways to Inclusion

A Guide to Staff Development
Format: Paperback
Pages: 244
ISBN: 9789979546467
Pub Date: 01 Apr 2006
Imprint: University of Iceland Press
Description:
The book is, as the title indicates, written to support staff development in schools working towards inclusive education. The purpose of the material is to diseminate to teachers, parents and support services elements of successful practices of inclusive schooling in four European countries. It was produced by a collaborative team from Austria, Iceland, Portugal and Spain as part of a Leonardo da Vinci, European Union project called Enhancing Teachers' Ability in Inclusion.
Transylvania Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
ISBN: 9780813191676
Pub Date: 10 Mar 2006
Description:
Chartered in 1780, Transylvania University played a significant role as an educational pioneer in the developing trans-Allegheny West and served as its first institution of higher education. Strategically located in the growing city of Lexington, Kentucky, the university established schools of law and medicine at a time when there were few such educational offerings in the country. Noted alumni include emancipationist Cassius M.
Berea College Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 264
ISBN: 9780813123790
Pub Date: 03 Mar 2006
Illustrations: 184 b&w photos
Description:
Berea College's spiritual motto, "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," has shaped the institution's unique culture and programs since its founding in 1855. Founder John G. Fee, an ardent abolitionist, held fast to the radical vision of a college and a community committed to interracial education, to the Appalachian region, and to the equality of women and men hailing from all "nations and climes.
Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 258
ISBN: 9780813123783
Pub Date: 03 Mar 2006
Illustrations: illus
Description:
Cora Wilson Stewart (1875--1958) was an elementary school teacher and county school superintendent in eastern Kentucky who, in the fall of 1911, decided to open the classrooms in her district to adult pupils. Convinced that education could eliminate the poverty that plagued the region, she founded the Moonlight School movement, ultimately designed to combat illiteracy. The movement's motto, "Each one teach one," characterized education as the responsibility of every literate citizen.