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In Between Tradition and Innovation, Ad Meskens traces the profound
influence of a group of Flemish Jesuits on the course of
mathematics in the seventeenth century. Using manuscript evidence,
this book argues that one of the Flemish mathematics school's
professors, Gregorio a San Vicente (1584-1667), had developed a
logically sound integration method more than a decade before the
Italian mathematician Bonaventura Cavalieri. Although San
Vincente's superiors refused to grant him permission to publish his
results, his methods went on to influence numerous other
mathematicians through his students, many of whom became famous
mathematicians in their own right. By carefully tracing their
careers and outlining their biographies, Meskens convincingly shows
that they made a number of ground-breaking contributions to fields
ranging from mathematics and mechanics to optics and architecture.
This volume presents a critical discussion that brings contemporary
academic debate about 'southern theory' to Global Citizenship
Education (GCE). It situates the discussion around GCE in the
Global South within a critical and post-colonial paradigm informed
by the values and knowledge of critical pedagogy ingrained in
social justice. Global Citizenship Education in the Global South
invites the reader into chapters written by educators exploring,
analysing, and celebrating ideas and concepts on GCE in the Global
South. The book is presented as a pedagogical tool for discussion
that invites educators to reflect critically on the possible
origins and implications of GCE discourses they are exposed to. The
book is designed with the intent to contribute towards the
possibility of imagining a 'yet-to-come' critical-transformative
and post-colonial and value-creating GCE curriculum beyond a
westernised, market-oriented and apolitical practices towards a
more sustainable paradigm based on principles of mutuality and
reciprocity.
As the recent pandemic illustrated, many folks are only one or two
paychecks away from bankruptcy. The economic disparities made
starkly clear in the wake of shutdowns have brought home the need
for thinking critically about class in ways that many U.S. citizens
have traditionally resisted. This collection of memoirs and
cultural analyses by established and newer scholars from a variety
of disciplines seeks to reintroduce class in sophisticated, yet
accessible, ways so that students may increase their critical
literacy and consider the power of rhetoric to fight for equitable
distribution of income and class power. Contributors are: : Sarah
Attfield, Jennifer Beech, Phil Bratta, Ryan Cooper Carl, Christina
V. Cedillo, Jose M. Cortez, William DeGenaro, David Engen, Kelli R.
Gill, Abby Graves, Matthew Wayne Guy, Katherine Highfill, Nancy
Mack, Heather Palmer, Irvin Peckham, Valerie Murrenus Pilmaier,
Philip L. Simpson, William Thelin and Edward J. Whitelock.
Build and reinforce essential math skills with dozens of activity
pages that feature striking designs based on motifs from cultures
around the world. First students solve math problems and then
follow a key to color the designs. Includes multiplication,
division (with and without remainders), fractions, decimals, place
value, bonus brain-teaser questions, and more. A motivating way for
students to get the practice they need. For use with Grades 4-6.
Short, weekly fluency-building activities designed by phonics
expert Wiley Blevins give teachers of grades 3-6 the tools they
need to help struggling readers decode multisyllabic words and read
grade-level texts with confidence. Each set of activities includes
a skill-building mini-lesson targeting multisyllabic words,
follow-up practice pages to help students apply what they've
learned, a speed drill, and an activity that helps students master
the top 322 syllables, ten at a time. For use with Grades 3-6.
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