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Based in the riches of Christian worship and tradition, this brief,
eloquently written introduction to Christian thinking and worldview
helps readers put back together again faith and reason, truth and
beauty, and the fragmented academic disciplines. By reclaiming the
classic liberal arts and viewing disciplines such as science and
mathematics through a poetic lens, the author explains that unity
is present within diversity. Now repackaged with a new foreword by
Ken Myers, this book will continue to benefit parents,
homeschoolers, lifelong learners, Christian students, and readers
interested in the history of ideas.
Although technology education is in desperate need of reform, the
new refuses to be born. Despite the introduction of technological
literacy, the evolving merger with science, mathematics and
engineering (STEM), and even a proposed merger between STEM and the
arts (STEAM), nothing has changed. The subject continues to be a
craft-based, vocationally orientated subject. Human beings have
always had a relationship with technology, but never before has the
progression of technological development had such an impact on the
environment, one which has led to the birth of the Anthropocene.
This poses the greatest existential threat ever known to the future
of human existence. Those in power continue to turn a blind eye to
this threat. Moreover, technology education today does not reflect
issues relating to our technologically textured lifeworld. Given
that it is the young who will inherit this potentially dystopic
future, they must be given a voice, one in which they can reimagine
their futures in a sustainable way. This book explores the
development of ethnotechnological literacy, as delivered by a
radical new nomadic pedagogy inspired by the philosophy of Deleuze
and Guattari; one that can enable these voices to be expressed and
more importantly, to be heard.
Although technology education is in desperate need of reform, the
new refuses to be born. Despite the introduction of technological
literacy, the evolving merger with science, mathematics and
engineering (STEM), and even a proposed merger between STEM and the
arts (STEAM), nothing has changed. The subject continues to be a
craft-based, vocationally orientated subject. Human beings have
always had a relationship with technology, but never before has the
progression of technological development had such an impact on the
environment, one which has led to the birth of the Anthropocene.
This poses the greatest existential threat ever known to the future
of human existence. Those in power continue to turn a blind eye to
this threat. Moreover, technology education today does not reflect
issues relating to our technologically textured lifeworld. Given
that it is the young who will inherit this potentially dystopic
future, they must be given a voice, one in which they can reimagine
their futures in a sustainable way. This book explores the
development of ethnotechnological literacy, as delivered by a
radical new nomadic pedagogy inspired by the philosophy of Deleuze
and Guattari; one that can enable these voices to be expressed and
more importantly, to be heard.
Scholarship on artistic output during second wave feminism (SWF)
primarily reflects art-genres such as visual art, performance art,
literature, and poetry. In The Women's Music Movement: Music as
Feminist Praxis, 1973-1980, Paul Ambrose Shaw III contends the
women's music movement (WMM) was a vibrant locus of feminist
activity during SWF but received comparatively less scholarly
attention. Specifically, Shaw conducts a content analysis of five
songs recorded between 1973 and 1980. As such, he draws on musical
elements and structures, poetic and lyrical devices, personal
insights from the artists, and feminist theory to explore the
following important questions: What can we learn about second wave
feminist movement through the lens of the women's music movement?
Was the women's music movement, as some scholars and activists
assert, simply a cultural and lifestyle movement, or an impactful
locus of feminist praxis? Through a detailed analysis of five songs
recorded by stalwarts of WMM-Meg Christian, Cris Williamson,
Ferron, Holly Near, and Linda Tillery-Shaw argues for the
importance of WMM as a vibrant center of struggle, growth, and
creativity that serves as a model for modern social movement
cultural activity.
Scholarship on artistic output during second wave feminism (SWF)
primarily reflects art-genres such as visual art, performance art,
literature, and poetry. In The Women's Music Movement: Music as
Feminist Praxis, 1973-1980, Paul Ambrose Shaw III contends the
women's music movement (WMM) was a vibrant locus of feminist
activity during SWF but received comparatively less scholarly
attention. Specifically, Shaw conducts a content analysis of five
songs recorded between 1973 and 1980. As such, he draws on musical
elements and structures, poetic and lyrical devices, personal
insights from the artists, and feminist theory to explore the
following important questions: What can we learn about second wave
feminist movement through the lens of the women's music movement?
Was the women's music movement, as some scholars and activists
assert, simply a cultural and lifestyle movement, or an impactful
locus of feminist praxis? Through a detailed analysis of five songs
recorded by stalwarts of WMM-Meg Christian, Cris Williamson,
Ferron, Holly Near, and Linda Tillery-Shaw argues for the
importance of WMM as a vibrant center of struggle, growth, and
creativity that serves as a model for modern social movement
cultural activity.
The Ancient Schools of Gloucester traces the history of education
in the City of Gloucester from its origins in the cloister school
of St Peter's Abbey about a thousand years ago. Starting in the
early Middle Ages, the rivalries between the two Gloucester grammar
schools maintained by St Oswald's and Llanthony priories are
described. The contributions of the Benedictines, Augustinian
canons and founders of the medieval chantries are assessed. The
creation of new grammar schools in the reign of Henry VIII at the
Crypt and King's is fully documented along with the development of
these schools through the pivotal years of the Civil War and into
the 18th century. There is a special focus on the career of Maurice
Wheeler, Gloucester's most distinguished schoolmaster. As the
country began to move towards mass education during the 18th
century, the role of other initiatives, such as private schools for
girls, Sunday Schools and Sir Thomas Rich's Bluecoat school for
apprentice boys, is also covered. Whilst several histories have
been published in the past of individual schools, this
chronological and fully illustrated study is the first time an
author has brought together the early histories of the ancient
schools of the City into a single volume, which sets the Gloucester
experience in its national context.
Kids will be eager to complete these math practice pages to solve
the silly riddles that are guaranteed to make them giggle
Leveled for different abilities, each activity sheet reinforces a
key math skill and includes a series of math problems that offer
kids plenty of practice. Topics include identifying, comparing, and
reducing fractions; renaming improper fractions as mixed numbers;
converting fractions to decimals; adding, subtracting, multiplying,
and dividing fractions and decimals; percents, and much more.
Flexible and easy to use as independent work, at centers, as day
starters or homework. For use with Grades 3-5.
Marginal Comment, which attracted keen and widespread interest on
its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one
of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era. Its
author, Sir Kenneth Dover, whose academic publications included the
pathbreaking book Greek Homosexuality (1978, reissued by Bloomsbury
in 2016), conceived of it as an 'experimental' autobiography -
ruthlessly candid in retracing the full range of the author's
experiences, both private and public, and unflinching in its
attempt to analyse the entanglements between the life of the mind
and the life of the body. Dover's distinguished career involved not
only an influential series of writings about the ancient Greeks but
also a number of prominent positions of leadership, including the
presidencies of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the British
Academy. It was in those positions that he became involved in
several high-profile controversies, including the blocking of an
honorary degree for Margaret Thatcher from Oxford University, and a
bitter debate in the British Academy over the fellowship of Anthony
Blunt after his exposure as a former Soviet spy. This edition of
Marginal Comment is much more than a reissue: it includes an
introduction which frames the book in relation to its author's life
and work, as well as annotations based in part on materials
originally excluded by Dover but left in his personal papers on
this death. Now newly available, the memoir provides not only the
self-portrait of an exceptional individual but a rich case-study in
the intersections between an intellectual life and its social
contexts.
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