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Historical Development of Teacher Education in Chile - Facts, Policies and Issues (Hardcover): Beatrice Avalos, Leonora Reyes Historical Development of Teacher Education in Chile - Facts, Policies and Issues (Hardcover)
Beatrice Avalos, Leonora Reyes
R2,814 Discovery Miles 28 140 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Teacher education history in Chile can be traced back to its first institutions in the nineteenth century. From secondary-level origins, to its current university-based status, this book highlights the intermingling of policy with structural and process definitions of teacher education throughout Chilean history, up until recent market policies, to offer a comprehensive account of educational development in Chile. The authors investigate the complex role played by governments in supporting teacher education, strengthening programme quality, in constructing policies around institutional development and accountability, and in controlling educational development through standards and external evaluations. Beyond these broad themes, the book focuses on interesting periods and issues surrounding teacher education development throughout Chilean history. It recalls the early twentieth century emergence of a strong professional teacher movement, and dedicates a specific chapter to the role of women in teacher education. The authors also offer insight into the role of inclusive preparation, and the limited options for indigenous people in this respect. This book will be valuable to researchers and professionals interested in comparative teacher education issues and policy developments.

Curriculum Windows - What Curriculum Theorists of the 2000s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today (Hardcover): Thomas... Curriculum Windows - What Curriculum Theorists of the 2000s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today (Hardcover)
Thomas Poetter
R2,530 Discovery Miles 25 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 2000s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 2000s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 2000s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today: How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 2000s still resonate with us, allow us to see backward in time and forward in time - all at the same time? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently about curriculum, teaching, learning, students, education, leadership, and schools? Further, how might they help us see more clearly, even perhaps put us on a path to correct the mistakes and missteps of intervening decades and of today? The chapter authors and editors revisit and interpret several of the most important works in the curriculum field of the 2000s. The book's Foreword is by renowned curriculum theorist William H. Schubert.

Studies in the History of the English Language II - Unfolding Conversations (Hardcover, Reprint 2012): Anne Curzan, Kimberly... Studies in the History of the English Language II - Unfolding Conversations (Hardcover, Reprint 2012)
Anne Curzan, Kimberly Emmons
R4,549 Discovery Miles 45 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding Conversations contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. In the volume, scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax. In each of the four sections - Philology and linguistics; Corpus- and text-based studies; Constraint-based studies; Dialectology - a key article provides the focal point for a discussion between leading scholars, who respond directly to each other's arguments within the volume. In Section 1, Donka Minkova and Lesley Milroy explore the possibilities of historical sociolinguistics as part of a discussion of the distinction between philology and linguistics. In Section 2, Susan M. Fitzmaurice and Erik Smitterberg provide new research findings on the history and usage of progressive constructions. In Section 3, Geoffrey Russom and Robert D. Fulk reanalyze the development of Middle English alliterative meter. In Section 4, Michael Montgomery, Connie Eble, and Guy Bailey interpret new historical evidence of the pen/pin merger in Southern American English. The remaining articles address equally salient problems and possibilities within the field of historical English linguistics. The volume spans topics and time periods from Proto-Germanic sound change to twenty-first century dialect variation, and methodologies from painstaking philological work with written texts to high-speed data gathering in computerized corpora. As a whole, the volume captures an ongoing conversation at the heart of historical English linguistics: the question of evidence and historical reconstruction.

Ski Pioneers of Stowe, Vermont - The First Twenty-Five Years (Hardcover): Haslam Lord and Ruschp Ski Pioneers of Stowe, Vermont - The First Twenty-Five Years (Hardcover)
Haslam Lord and Ruschp
R806 R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Save R90 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The history of the development of the ski industry on Mt. Mansfield in Stowe, VT, the Ski Capitol of the East. Details and anecdotes of the process are told by two of the major players, Sepp Ruschp and Charlie Lord, (in their own words). Each trail, each building and each lift are chronicled. Through these documents donated to the Stowe Historical Society, we learn how trails were cut by hand, men were carried by horse and wagon, buildings (dorms, ski huts, camps, shelters, etc.) were erected as the needs became obvious and how Austrian, Scandinavian, and local natives carved a place in the style of skiing and ski instruction in Stowe, and how safety on the mountain drove the development of the first ski patrol. This is a very compelling story of passion, creativity, engineering, employing state and federal programs available at the time and hard work by a lot of people who came to work and settle in Stowe. There are 35 mini biographies of people who were there. Each are fascinating, educational, and entertaining.

Eight Hateful Miles - A Sideline Pass to Tennessee's Fiercest Rivalry (Hardcover): Stephen Hargis Eight Hateful Miles - A Sideline Pass to Tennessee's Fiercest Rivalry (Hardcover)
Stephen Hargis
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling (Hardcover): J Kafka The History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling (Hardcover)
J Kafka
R1,175 R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Save R196 (17%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of the twentieth century in response to pressures exerted by teachers, parents, students, principals, and local politicians - often at different historical moments, and for different purposes. Kafka demonstrates that the racial inequities produced by today's school discipline policies were not inevitable, nor are they immutable.

No One Was Turned Away - The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City Since 1900 (Hardcover): Sandra Opdycke No One Was Turned Away - The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City Since 1900 (Hardcover)
Sandra Opdycke
R4,294 Discovery Miles 42 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For more than a century, New York City's public hospitals have played a major role in ensuring that people of every class had a place to turn for care. A comparison of the history of Bellevue Hospital with that of the private New York Hospital illuminates the unique contribution that public hospitals have made to the city and confirms their continued value today. This book is set against the rich economic, cultural and political backdrop of new York City, which played an important role in the fortunes of both hospitals.

The Wheel; v. 13 no. 1-24 Sept. 30 1887-Feb. 24 1888 (Hardcover): Anonymous The Wheel; v. 13 no. 1-24 Sept. 30 1887-Feb. 24 1888 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Cultural History of Madrid - Modernism and the Urban Spectacle (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Deborah L. Parsons A Cultural History of Madrid - Modernism and the Urban Spectacle (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Deborah L. Parsons
R3,655 Discovery Miles 36 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite its international significance, Madrid has been almost entirely ignored by urban, literary and cultural studies published in English. A Cultural History of Madrid: Modernism and the Urban Spectacle corrects that oversight by presenting an urban and cultural history of the city from the turn of the century to the early 1930s.Between 1900 and 1930, Madrid's population doubled to almost one million, with less than half the population being indigenous to the city itself. Far from the 'Castilian' capital it was made out to be, Madrid was fast becoming a socially magnetic, increasingly secular and cosmopolitan metropolis. Parsons explores the interface between elite, mass and popular culture in Madrid while considering the construction of a modern madrileno identity that developed alongside urban and social modernization. She emphasizes the interconnection of art and popular culture in the creation of a metropolitan personality and temperament.The book draws on literary, theatrical, cinematic and photographic texts, including the work of such figures as Ramon Mesonero Romanos, Benito Perez Galdos, Pio Baroja, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, Ramon Valle-Inclan and Maruja Mallo. In addition, the author examines the development of new urban-based art forms and entertainments such as the zarzuela, music halls and cinema, and considers their interaction with more traditional cultural identities and activities. In arguing that traditional aspects of culture were incorporated into the everyday life of urban modernity, Parsons shows how the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture became increasingly blurred as a new identity influenced by modern consumerism emerged. She investigates theinteraction of the geographical landscape of the city with its expression in both the popular imagination and in aesthetic representations, detailing and interrogating the new freedoms, desires and perspectives of the Madrid modernista.

Global History of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Public Policy - Europe (Hardcover): Gary J. Previts, Peter Walton, Peter... Global History of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Public Policy - Europe (Hardcover)
Gary J. Previts, Peter Walton, Peter Wolnizer; Series edited by Gary J. Previts, Robert Bricker
R3,714 Discovery Miles 37 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Global Accounting History" four volume set aims to establish a benchmark reference source that covers the evolution of accounting, financial reporting and related institutions for all major economies in the world in a comparable way. Volume One addresses ten European economies, including France, Germany, Italy and the UK as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. Each chapter is authored by a specialist from the country concerned.

Grandma's Wartime Baking Book - World War II and the Way We Baked (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): Joanne Lamb Hayes Grandma's Wartime Baking Book - World War II and the Way We Baked (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
Joanne Lamb Hayes
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Ultimate Detroit Tigers Time Machine Book (Paperback): Martin Gitlin The Ultimate Detroit Tigers Time Machine Book (Paperback)
Martin Gitlin
R459 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Detroit Tigers have been marked neither by dynasties nor doldrums. The Tigers captured just four World Series championships since becoming a charter member of the junior circuit in 1901. They compiled a record barely above .500 during that 120-year span. They have suffered through seasons of failure so pronounced that they have gone down as some of the worst in the annals of baseball. But their periodic years of greatness have proven so memorable that they have remained in the hearts and minds of Tigers fans forever. They have provided a sense of pride and optimism to even the most fervent and critical followers during the most woeful periods. This book covers the entirety of Tigers history and even delves into the birth of professional baseball in Detroit in the National League to its continuation in the Western League, which morphed into the American League. This book details the Tigers' greatest and most interesting teams, players, moments, and eras.

Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey (Hardcover): Laurel Zeisler Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey (Hardcover)
Laurel Zeisler
R4,978 Discovery Miles 49 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The earliest forms of ice hockey developed over the centuries in numerous cold weather countries. In the 17th century, a game similar to hockey was played in Holland known as kolven. But the modern sport of ice hockey arose from the efforts of college students and British soldiers in eastern Canada in the mid-19th century. Since then, ice hockey has moved from neighborhood lakes and ponds to international competitions, such as the Summit Series and the Winter Olympics. Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey traces the history and evolution of hockey in general, as well as individual topics, from their beginnings to the present, through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on the players, general managers, managers, coaches, and referees, as well as entries for teams, leagues, rules, and statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about ice hockey.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (Hardcover): Carter Godwin Woodson The Mis-Education of the Negro (Hardcover)
Carter Godwin Woodson
R577 R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Globalizing Ideal Beauty - Women, Advertising, and the Power of Marketing (Hardcover): D. Sutton Globalizing Ideal Beauty - Women, Advertising, and the Power of Marketing (Hardcover)
D. Sutton
R2,647 Discovery Miles 26 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Globalizing Ideal Beauty" is the forgotten story of a group of women copywriters whose successful ad campaigns went international in the 1920s and spread an American notion of feminine appeal from Bangor to Bangkok. Sutton's approach has all the complexity of the real world and is grounded in a huge body of original archival research that has so far remained largely untapped.

The American Civil War - An Enthralling Overview of the War Between States (Hardcover): Enthralling History The American Civil War - An Enthralling Overview of the War Between States (Hardcover)
Enthralling History
R631 R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Save R61 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History (Hardcover): Robert W. Cohen The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History (Hardcover)
Robert W. Cohen
R1,905 Discovery Miles 19 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The New York Giants joined the National Football League back in 1925, and have since been one of the league's flagship franchises. The Giants have appeared in nineteen NFL championship games-more than any other team-and have won eight league championships. Iconic figures such as Eli Manning, Phil Simms, Harry Carson, Michael Strahan, and Frank Gifford have all played for the Giants. Twenty-five players who spent at least one full season with the Giants have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, and fifteen of those men spent the majority of their careers playing for the team. This book carefully measures the careers of those players who made the greatest impact on the team. The ranking was determined by such factors as the extent to which each player added to the Giants' legacy, the degree to which he impacted the fortunes of his team, and the level of dominance he attained while wearing the Big Blue uniform. Features of The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History include: *Each player's notable achievements *Recaps of the player's most memorable performances *Summaries of each player's best season *Quotes from former teammates and opposing players Football fans will find The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History a fascinating collection of bios, stats, recaps, quotes, and more. And with such iconic figures as Lawrence Taylor, Emlen Tunnell, Roosevelt Brown, and Mel Hein leading the list, this book is sure to inspire debate and controversy among true Giants supporters.

National Cooper's Jorunal, Vol. 36; 36 (Hardcover): Anonymous National Cooper's Jorunal, Vol. 36; 36 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Rise of Modern Logic: from Leibniz to Frege, Volume 3 (Hardcover, REV and): Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods The Rise of Modern Logic: from Leibniz to Frege, Volume 3 (Hardcover, REV and)
Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods
R5,406 Discovery Miles 54 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the publication of the present volume, the Handbook of the History of Logic turns its attention to the rise of modern logic. The period covered is 1685-1900, with this volume carving out the territory from Leibniz to Frege. What is striking about this period is the earliness and persistence of what could be called 'the mathematical turn in logic'. Virtually every working logician is aware that, after a centuries-long run, the logic that originated in antiquity came to be displaced by a new approach with a dominantly mathematical character. It is, however, a substantial error to suppose that the mathematization of logic was, in all essentials, Frege's accomplishment or, if not his alone, a development ensuing from the second half of the nineteenth century. The mathematical turn in logic, although given considerable torque by events of the nineteenth century, can with assurance be dated from the final quarter of the seventeenth century in the impressively prescient work of Leibniz. It is true that, in the three hundred year run-up to the Begriffsschrift, one does not see a smoothly continuous evolution of the mathematical turn, but the idea that logic is mathematics, albeit perhaps only the most general part of mathematics, is one that attracted some degree of support throughout the entire period in question. Still, as Alfred North Whitehead once noted, the relationship between mathematics and symbolic logic has been an "uneasy" one, as is the present-day association of mathematics with computing. Some of this unease has a philosophical texture. For example, those who equate mathematics and logic sometimes disagree about the directionality of the purported identity. Frege and Russell made themselves famous by insisting (though for different reasons) that logic was the senior partner. Indeed logicism is the view that mathematics can be re-expressed without relevant loss in a suitably framed symbolic logic. But for a number of thinkers who took an algebraic approach to logic, the dependency relation was reversed, with mathematics in some form emerging as the senior partner. This was the precursor of the modern view that, in its four main precincts (set theory, proof theory, model theory and recursion theory), logic is indeed a branch of pure mathematics. It would be a mistake to leave the impression that the mathematization of logic (or the logicization of mathematics) was the sole concern of the history of logic between 1665 and 1900. There are, in this long interval, aspects of the modern unfolding of logic that bear no stamp of the imperial designs of mathematicians, as the chapters on Kant and Hegcl make clear. Of the two, Hcgel's influence on logic is arguably the greater, serving as a spur to the unfolding of an idealist tradition in logic - a development that will be covered in a further volume, British Logic in the Nineteenth Century.

Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse (Paperback):... Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse (Paperback)
Nicholas D. Young
R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Lutherans (Hardcover): L.DeAne Lagerquist The Lutherans (Hardcover)
L.DeAne Lagerquist
R1,895 Discovery Miles 18 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lutheran churches in the United States have included multiple ethnic cultures since the colonial era and continue to wrestle with increasing internal variety as one component of their identity. By combining the concerns of social history with an awareness for theological themes, this volume explores the history of this family of Lutheran churches and traces the development from the colonial era through the formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988. An introduction details the origins of Lutheranism in the European Reformation and the practices significant to the group's life in the United States. Organized chronologically, subsequent chapters follow the churches' maturation as they form institutions, provide themselves with leaders, and expand their membership and geographic range. Attention is given throughout to the contributions of the laity and women within the context of the Lutherans' continued individual and corporate effort to be both authentically Lutheran and genuinely American. Offering a rich portrayal of the Lutherans' lives and their churches, the social historical approach of this study brings the Lutheran people to the foreground. The dynamic relationship between pietist, orthodox, and critical expressions of the tradition has remained among Lutherans even though they have divided themselves by several factors including ethnicity and confessional stance. Of interest to scholars and researchers of Lutheran history and religion in America, this engaging, multifaceted work balances narrative history with brief biographical essays. A chronological listing of important dates in the development of the Lutheran church is especially helpful.

Military Heretics - The Unorthodox in Policy and Strategy (Hardcover, New): Roch Legault Military Heretics - The Unorthodox in Policy and Strategy (Hardcover, New)
Roch Legault
R2,539 Discovery Miles 25 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection uses a series of case studies to assess the impact of heretical military leaders who developed policy and strategy during war and peace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The issue for each contributor is not necessarily to show whether the endeavors of individuals and their unorthodoxy were successful or unsuccessful--though this important consideration is not ignored. Rather, each chapter offers differing points of view on accomplishments and failure because, as is so often the experience in historical study, the record is mixed; and this is especially so in terms of the application of military power in the period since the Napoleonic wars. Technological and scientific innovation, the rise of mass armies, the advent of total war, and the need to develop effective armed forces in a period of rapid change prompted new approaches in policy and strategy. In this period, it is clear that a dialectic in military thinking existed between those who followed what can be thought of as orthodox ideas, based generally on the lessons of preceding wars, and heretics who advocate new policies and strategies.

Surfing in Santa Cruz (Hardcover): Thomas Hickenbottom, Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Soc Surfing in Santa Cruz (Hardcover)
Thomas Hickenbottom, Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Soc
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Russian Intelligentsia - From Torment to Silence (Hardcover): Vladimir C Nahirny The Russian Intelligentsia - From Torment to Silence (Hardcover)
Vladimir C Nahirny
R3,571 Discovery Miles 35 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Vladimir C. Nahirny's brilliant study of major issues in Russian social and intellectual history synthesizes historical and sociological perspectives in an analysis of the nineteenth century Russian intelligentsia. He clarifies the concept of the intelligentsia itself, analyzes findings bearing on the social origins of different generations of intelligentsia, and enlarges understanding of conditions that facilitated the emergence of ideological groups among them. The Russian Intelligentsia develops a conceptually focused view of this distinct social group, arguing that the Russian intelligentsia can best be understood on the basis of orientation to ideas rather than on social or occupational position. Rather than simply providing an intellectual history or biographical sketches of major figures, Nahirny illuminates these concepts through data, creating an immersive context unlike other discussions of these groups. This book was, and will be, of interest to those interested in the problematic and contradictory social-political roles of intellectuals during this time.

Surfing Corpus Christi and Port Aransas (Hardcover): Dan Parker, Michelle Christenson, Texas Surf Museum Surfing Corpus Christi and Port Aransas (Hardcover)
Dan Parker, Michelle Christenson, Texas Surf Museum
R719 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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