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The Invincible (Paperback)
Stanislaw Lem; Foreword by N. Katherine Hayles; Translated by Bill Johnston
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R380
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A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings
descended from self-replicating machines. In the grand tradition of
H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible tells
the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine
the fate of a sister spaceship whose communication with Earth has
abruptly ceased. Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan
and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved
from autonomous, self-replicating machines-perhaps the survivors of
a "robot war." Rohan and his men are forced to confront the classic
quandary: what course of action can humanity take once it has
reached the limits of its knowledge? In The Invincible, Lem has his
characters confront the inexplicable and the bizarre: the problem
that lies just beyond analytical reach.
This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing
moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it
is to be a teacher. The teacher-student relation is central to this
view, rather than the concept of language teaching as merely a
technical matter of managing students' acquisition of language. The
message is that all language teaching involves an interplay of
deeply held values, but in each teaching situation these values are
played out in different ways. Johnston does not tell readers "what"
to think, but only suggests what to think "about."
"Values in English Language Teaching" explores the complex and
often contradictory moral landscape of the language classroom,
gradually revealing how teaching is not a matter of clear-cut
choices but of wrestling with dilemmas and making difficult
decisions in situations often riven with conflict. It examines the
underlying values that teachers hold as individuals and as members
of their profession, and demonstrates how those values are played
out in the real world of language classrooms. Matters addressed
include connections between the moral and political dimensions in
English language teaching, and between values and religious
beliefs; relationship(s) between teacher identity and values; the
meaning of professionalism and how it is associated with morality
and values; the ways in which teacher development is a moral issue;
and the marginality of English language teaching.
All the examples are taken from real-life teaching situations--the
complexity and messiness of these situations is always
acknowledged, including both individual influences and broader
social, cultural, and political forces at play in English language
classrooms. By using actual situations as the starting point for
analysis, Johnston offers a philosophy based in practice, and
recognizes the primacy of lived experience as a basis for moral
analysis. Examples come from teaching contexts around the world,
including Brazil, Thailand, Poland, Japan, Central African
Republic, Turkey, and Taiwan, as well as various settings in the
United States.
This book will change the way teachers see language
classrooms--their own or those of others. It is a valuable resource
for teachers of ESL and EFL and all those who work with them,
especially teacher educators, researchers, and
administrators.
This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing
moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it
is to be a teacher. The teacher-student relation is central to this
view, rather than the concept of language teaching as merely a
technical matter of managing students' acquisition of language. The
message is that all language teaching involves an interplay of
deeply held values, but in each teaching situation these values are
played out in different ways. Johnston does not tell readers "what"
to think, but only suggests what to think "about."
"Values in English Language Teaching" explores the complex and
often contradictory moral landscape of the language classroom,
gradually revealing how teaching is not a matter of clear-cut
choices but of wrestling with dilemmas and making difficult
decisions in situations often riven with conflict. It examines the
underlying values that teachers hold as individuals and as members
of their profession, and demonstrates how those values are played
out in the real world of language classrooms. Matters addressed
include connections between the moral and political dimensions in
English language teaching, and between values and religious
beliefs; relationship(s) between teacher identity and values; the
meaning of professionalism and how it is associated with morality
and values; the ways in which teacher development is a moral issue;
and the marginality of English language teaching.
All the examples are taken from real-life teaching situations--the
complexity and messiness of these situations is always
acknowledged, including both individual influences and broader
social, cultural, and political forces at play in English language
classrooms. By using actual situations as the starting point for
analysis, Johnston offers a philosophy based in practice, and
recognizes the primacy of lived experience as a basis for moral
analysis. Examples come from teaching contexts around the world,
including Brazil, Thailand, Poland, Japan, Central African
Republic, Turkey, and Taiwan, as well as various settings in the
United States.
This book will change the way teachers see language
classrooms--their own or those of others. It is a valuable resource
for teachers of ESL and EFL and all those who work with them,
especially teacher educators, researchers, and
administrators.
Cary Buzzelli and Bill Johnson reinvigorate the enduring question:
What is the place of morality in the classroom? Departing from
notions of a morality that can only be abstract and absolute, these
authors ground their investigation in analyses of actual
teacher-student interactions. This approach illuminates the ways in
which language, power and culture impact "the moral" in teaching.
Buzzelli and Johnson's study addresses a wide range of moral issues
in various classroom contexts. Its practical and diverse examples
make it a valuable resource for teachers and teacher development
programs.
This unique book examines the important roles teachers play as moral agents of the classroom. Thorough analysis of the moral issues educators face is given, as are practical strategies for actual classroom use.
One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in
Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . .
. . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating
from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a
group portrait of a working-class district emerges. In Casablanca
Story, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a
bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the
powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of
migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a
desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining
fiction. Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts
his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both
north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the
equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is
no better than they are.
Despite the increasing ubiquity of the term, the concept of the
digital university remains diffuse and indeterminate. This book
examines what the term 'digital university' should encapsulate and
the resulting challenges, possibilities and implications that
digital technology and practice brings to higher education.
Critiquing the current state of definition of the digital
university construct, the authors propose a more holistic,
integrated account that acknowledges the inherent diffuseness of
the concept. The authors also question the extent to which digital
technologies and practices can allow us to re-think the location of
universities and curricula; and how they can extend higher
education as a public good within the current wider political
context. Framed inside a critical pedagogy perspective, this volume
debates the role of the university in fostering the learning
environments, skills and capabilities needed for critical
engagement, active open participation and reflection in the digital
age. This pioneering volume will be of interest and value to
students and scholars of digital education, as well as policy
makers and practitioners.
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The Child Who (Paperback)
Jeanne Benameur; Translated by Bill Johnston
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R333
R269
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This is a heartrending meditation on fate and chance in life and
history.
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Ennemonde (Paperback)
Jean Giono, Bill Johnston
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R395
R319
Discovery Miles 3 190
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A towering achievement in European literature, Pan Tadeusz is the
central work of the Polish literary canon, heralded for its
lovingly detailed recreation of a bygone world. The traditions of
the Polish gentry and the social and natural landscape of the
Lithuanian countryside are captured in verse of astounding beauty,
simplicity, and power. Bill Johnston's translation of this seminal
text allows English-language readers to experience the richness,
humour, and narrative energy of the original.
Debates about the place of mission work in English Language
Teaching continue to rage, and yet full-length studies of what
really happens at the intersection of ELT and evangelical
Christianity are rare. In this book, Johnston conducts a detailed
ethnography of an evangelical language school in Poland, looking at
its Bible-based curriculum, and analyzing interaction in classes
for adults. He also explores the idea of 'relationship' in the
context of the school and its mission activity, and more broadly
the cultural encounter between North American evangelicalism and
Polish Catholicism. The book comprises an in-depth examination of a
key issue facing TEFL in the 21st century, and will be of interest
to all practitioners and scholars in the field, whatever their
position on this topic.
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Fado (Paperback)
Andrzej Stasiuk; Translated by Bill Johnston
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R418
R344
Discovery Miles 3 440
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In this delightful collection of essays -- by turns wry and
reflective, wistful and witty -- contemporary Polish writer Andrzej
Stasiuk turns his attention to the villages and small towns of
Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, and of course his native
Poland. Stasiuk travels to places no tourist would think of
visiting, and in his characteristically lyrical prose, lays out his
own unique and challenging perspective on the fascinating, unknown
heart of Central Europe. He reminds us of the area's
extraordinarily rich cultural and ethnic makeup, explores its
literature, and shows how its history is inscribed permanently in
its landscapes. Above all, he describes with fascination how past,
present, and future co-exist and intertwine along the highways and
back roads of the region.
From Information Literacy to Social Epistemology: Insights from
Psychology focuses on information and the ways in which information
literacy relates to critical thinking in education, the workplace,
and in our social life. The broad context for our interest is the
development in internet technologies often characterised by terms
like the 'digital age', leading to questions of digital
participation, digital divides, and the role of thinking in the
information society. In short, to what extent is the 'digital age'
engendering changes in learning directed towards the better use of
information, and in addition, encouraging or even requiring
improvements in critical thinking?
A masterpiece of postwar Polish literature, Stone Upon Stone is
Wies?aw My?liwski s grand epic in The rural tradition -- a profound
and irreverent stream of memory cutting through the rich and varied
terrain of one man's connection to the land, to his family and
community, to women, to tradition, to God, to death, and to what it
means to be alive. Wise and impetuous, plainspoken and
compassionate Szymek, recalls his youth in their village, his time
as a guerrilla soldier, as a wedding official, barber, policeman,
lover, drinker, and caretaker for his invalid brother. Filled with
interwoven stories and voices, by turns hilarious and moving,
Szymek's narrative exudes the profound wisdom of one who has
suffered, yet who loves life to the very core.
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Holidays on a Mountain (Paperback)
Jacque Jacobs; Illustrated by Ken Czarnomski; Photographs by Bill Johnston
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R457
R403
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Life on a Mountain (Paperback)
Jacque Jacobs; Illustrated by Ken Czarnomski; Photographs by Bill Johnston
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R442
R378
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Settled on a Mountain (Paperback)
Jacque Jacobs; Contributions by Ken Czarnomski; Photographs by Bill Johnston
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R446
R382
Discovery Miles 3 820
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