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Introduction to the Foundations of American Education (13th Edition)
James A. Johnson , Diann L. Musial , Gene E. Hall , Donna M. Gollnick , and Victor L. Dupuis Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0205395783 |
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Keeping pace with current issues and professional requirements, such as standards and teacher certification, this classic text offers solid coverage of the foundations of education. This best-selling text by respected authorities in their fields continues to develop successful teachers by providing a broad introduction to the foundations of education through interesting and current discussions of theory and practice. The book offers a thorough overview of the historical, legal, philosophical, social, and practical aspects of American education. The thirteenth edition includes features dedicated to classroom observation, INTASC standards, and teacher certification. Pre-service and in-service teachers.Customer Reviews:
I've seen better.......2004-01-23
Okay, but other books are out there........2003-04-21
I was shocked by how biased this book is. I am beginning to think that the publishers Allyn and Bacon have an agenda.
One of the only topics I liked about this book is the short parts at the end of each chapter that tells the reader different ideas for making a professional portfolio. But, I can imagine that there are other books better.
Okay, for a Textbook.......2002-02-25
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Understanding Curriculum: An Introduction to the Study of Historical and Contemporary Curriculum Discourses (Counterpoints : Studies in the Postmode)
William F. Pinar , William M. Reynolds , Patrick Slattery , and Peter M. Taubman Manufacturer: Peter Lang Pub Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0820426016 |
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Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community- Based Social Marketing (Education for Sustainability Series)
Doug McKenzie- Mohr , Doug McKenzie-Mohr , and William Smith Manufacturer: New Society Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0865714061 |
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Our consumption patterns are threatening to outstrip Earth's ability to support humanity and other species. A sustainable future will require sweeping changes in public behavior.
While conventional marketing can help create public awareness, social marketing identifies and overcomes barriers to long-lasting behavior change. This ground-breaking book is the primary resource for the emerging new field of community-based social marketing, and an invaluable guide for anyone involved in designing public education programs with the goal of promoting sustainable behavior, from recycling and energy efficiency, to alternative transportation.
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The Community-Based Social Marketing Primer.......2005-10-10
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Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction
Jane Haggis , and Susanne Schech Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0631209514 |
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This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about culture and development. The book integrates the recent scholarship in the area of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation. Rather than viewing culture as simply an attribute of the societies undergoing development, this text critically examines how development itself operates as a cultural process. The authors draw on theories of modernity, poststructuralism and post-colonial studies to show how development institutions, processes and practices are inevitably caught up in a web of cultural presuppositions, values and meanings.The authors use the themes of gender, tradition and identity, human rights and new communication technologies to explore the challenges that processes of cultural change pose to conventional understandings of development. The book concludes by considering the move beyond development to a post-development paradigm.The book is made up of thematic chapters which include outlines and overviews of the specific topics, as well as case studies to illustrate the issues. The authors have designed the book specifically for students and teachers and the material included has been class-tested during their own teaching.
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An Introduction to the Bible
Clyde E. Fant , Donald W. Musser , and Mitchell G. Reddish Manufacturer: Abingdon Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0687084563 |
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This text provides a comprehensive and definitive introduction to the literature, cultures, and theologies of the early Jewish and Christian traditions. Designed to be read with selected passages from the Bible and the Apocrypha, An Introduction to the Bible offers essential information to students with little or no experience in the academic study of religion. It will help students gain a solid background for future work in biblical studies. The revised edition includes information regarding new directions in biblical studies, a revised bibliography, and a subject index - as well as maps, charts and photographs. ""This volume is pedagogically self-aware. Here speak teachers who live close to the teaching environment. The narrative account of a great deal of material is patient, attentive to detail, willing to pause to provide small instructional clues, all the time keeping the big picture in focus. This second edition of the book attests both to the vitality of its authors and to the positive reception the book has already enjoyed. Given the large cultural crisis upon us, such instruction in a context that reaches beyond ""the choir"" is welcome and enormously important. Clear, well organized, up to date, and reflective of reliable scholarly consensus. Most important, I suspect, is the likelihood that its student-users will sign up for more scripture study....[The book] will help students generate not only a beginning with the Bible, but a long-term interest."" Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.Customer Reviews:
Useless.......2006-02-26
Very readable and well written.......2006-02-02
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An Introduction to Ecological Economics
Robert Costanza , John H Cumberland , Herman Daly , Robert Goodland , and Richard B Norgaard Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1884015727 |
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Ecological economics is a way of rethinking the relationship between humans and the environment and working out the implications of how we manage our lives and the planet. An Introduction to Ecological Economics offers a starting point for undergraduate and graduate students and environmental professionals interested in this transdisciplinary field. Beginning in Section 1 with a description of some current problems in society and their underlying causes, Section 2 then takes a historical perspective to explain how world views regarding economics and ecology have evolved. Section 3 presents the fundamental principles of ecological economics, and Part 4 outlines and discusses a set of policies for creating a sustainable society as well as instruments that could be used to implement those policies. A conclusions section summarizes the main points of the book and proposes prospects for the future. Let An Introduction to Ecological Economics introduce you to important issues affecting our ecology, our economy, our world.
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too simplistic for the well-informed.......2001-08-15
Far more helpful than this vacuous tome is the Worldwatch Institute series "State of the World," issued every year on selected topics edited by Lester R. Brown, with a variety of individually written well-footnoted articles, each on a specific aspect of development and its effects on the environment and people all over the earth. These volumes will remain useful for years to come, and you can get three of the latest books in the series for less than the cost of "An Introduction to Ecological Economics," which you won't want to keep after reading anyway.
An anticipated merge of economics with the environment.......2000-06-13
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Third World Cities 2nd Edition (Routledge Introductions to Development.)
Drakakis-Smith Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0415198828 |
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Third World Cities is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of a classic text which examines urbanisation in developing areas. Using case studies of cities drawn from around the world, David Smith confronts three main questions: Is there still a Third World, does it have a common urban form and what is the relationship between urbanisation and sustainability? This text provides an invaulable introduction to the issues and processes of the city in the Third World.
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Global Inequality: A Comprehensive Introduction
Ayse Kaya Manufacturer: Polity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0745638872 |
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What is global inequality? How can it be measured? What are the major trends and patterns? What are the implications of global inequality for the world economy and multilateral governance? What role does and should inequality play in national and international policy-making? In this comprehensive overview, the authors address these key questions. They examine all the major issues that need to be confronted in conceptualising, measuring and analysing contemporary patterns of global inequality. In addition, they explore the implications of these patterns for politics and public policy. In explaining the complex global patterns of social stratification, they highlight an intensive debate about whether and to what extent inequality matters. The book also addresses this debate, and seeks to set out the major alternative positions. The book's authors include many of the most distinguished figures in the field including David Dollar, Gosta Esping-Andersen, Nancy Fraser, James K. Galbraith, Ravi Kanbur, Branko Milanovic, Thomas W. Pogge, Bob Sutcliffe, Grahame F. Thompson, Anthony J. Venables, and Robert H. Wade. This book will be of great interest to students in politics, sociology and international relations as well as to all those interested in this key topic.Customer Reviews:
thoughtful discussion of trends.......2007-02-08
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An Introduction to Sustainable Development (Routledge Perspectives on Development)
J. Elliot Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0415335582 |
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Sustainable development continues to be the key idea around which environment and development are structured. This extensively revised third edition continues to provide a concise, accessible introduction to the ideas behind and the practices flowing from the notion of sustainable development with a particular focus on the developing world.
The new edition has been extensively revised to highlight recent developments in the theory and practice of sustainable development. The theoretical framework underpinning the book has also been strengthened and explicit attention is now given to the significance of geography and place. It also reviews recent activity in the arena of developing indicators of sustainable development.
Containing a wealth of new case studies from across the globe, discussion question, guides for further reading and a glossary, this text provides an invaluable introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development.
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International Communication and Globalization: A Critical Introduction
Manufacturer: Sage Publications Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0761955542 Release Date: 1997-09-15 |
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Communication between nations is being transformed in ways unthinkable even a generation ago. As the pace of this revolution increases so does the need to address the impact of this process on culture and society. International Communication and Globalization provides an essential and timely survey of the area. The contributors trace the development of international communication while also offering new approaches to this complex and rapidly-growing field of media and communication studies. The essays in this volume scrutinize the impact of market relations, deregulation, and technology of the countries of the Third World, as well as the ethics of the global communication industry. This collection offers a range of perspectives on the relationship between the globalization of process and international communication and, as such, makes an important intervention in current debates about media, technology, and society. International Communication and Globalization is an essential resource for all students of communication, media, and international relations.Books:
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