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This book makes the case that school Health and Physical Education
(HPE) can make a unique contribution to young people's physical,
emotional and social health outcomes when teachers of HPE engage in
pedagogies for social justice that emphasise inclusion, democracy
and equity. Drawing on observations and teacher interviews across
Sweden, Norway and New Zealand, the book explores successful school
teaching practices that promote social justice and equitable health
outcomes. In particular, it draws attention to the importance of
building relationships, teaching for social cohesion and explicitly
teaching about and acting on social inequities as pedagogies for
social justice. The book also argues that context matters and that
pedagogies for social justice need to recognise how both approaches
to, and focus on, social justice vary in different contexts. This
is essential reading for academics and students interested in
social justice and working in the fields of education, HPE and
teacher education.
In OCLC 1967--1997: Thirty Years of Furthering Access to the
World's Information, you'll see how libraries, librarians, and
librarianship have changed dramatically since the late sixties,
when OCLC was founded as a nonprofit, membership, computer library
service and research organization. You'll also see how far
information professionals have come in their common crusade to
provide access to the ever-expanding body of information worldwide.
OCLC 1967--1997 gives you both a look back and a look forward
across thirty years of continuous technological change as OCLC
grows from an Ohio network of 54 academic libraries to a global
network of 26,000 libraries in 65 countries. Eighteen experienced
authors give you a panoramic overview and specific insight into
OCLC as both a membership organization and a provider of computer
services. You'll see how libraries and librarians have an
institutionalized voice for libraries in OCLC's strategic
directions. And, you'll better understand how the shared commitment
of OCLC members to the ideals of research, scholarship, and
education has created a unique library resource--WorldCat--which
has become the most consulted database in higher education.
Specifically, you'll read about: the changing tasks of cataloging,
from automatic processing of print materials to the new challenges
of electronic metadata the revolution in reference services and
resource sharing OCLC in Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America
today's leading-edge electronic libraries--GALILEO and the CIC VEL
research at OCLC the new electronic scholarshipOCLC 1967--1997 is
for library professionals in libraries of all types. It is a
definitive guidebook to today's OCLC and to all those who are
helping their libraries and staffs deal with the challenges and
opportunities of the Information Age.
This book makes the case that school Health and Physical Education
(HPE) can make a unique contribution to young people's physical,
emotional and social health outcomes when teachers of HPE engage in
pedagogies for social justice that emphasise inclusion, democracy
and equity. Drawing on observations and teacher interviews across
Sweden, Norway and New Zealand, the book explores successful school
teaching practices that promote social justice and equitable health
outcomes. In particular, it draws attention to the importance of
building relationships, teaching for social cohesion and explicitly
teaching about and acting on social inequities as pedagogies for
social justice. The book also argues that context matters and that
pedagogies for social justice need to recognise how both approaches
to, and focus on, social justice vary in different contexts. This
is essential reading for academics and students interested in
social justice and working in the fields of education, HPE and
teacher education.
Originally published in 1976. This book grew out of a series of
articles about paperback distribution which the author wrote and
which Publishers Weekly published in March and April of 1975.
The work of French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher
Pierre Bourdieu has been influential across a set of cognate
disciplines that can be classified as physical culture studies.
Concepts such as field, capital, habitus and symbolic violence have
been used as theoretical tools by scholars and students looking to
understand the nature and purpose of sport, leisure, physical
education and human movement within wider society. Pierre Bourdieu
and Physical Culture is the first book to focus on the significance
of Bourdieu's work for, and in, physical culture. Bringing together
the work of leading and emerging international researchers, it
introduces the core concepts in Bourdieu's thought and work, and
presents a series of fascinating demonstrations of the application
of his theory to physical culture studies. A concluding section
discusses the inherent difficulties of choosing and using theory to
understand the world around us. By providing an in-depth and
multi-layered example of how theory can be used across the many and
varied components of sport, leisure, physical education and human
movement, this book should help all serious students and
researchers in physical culture to better understand the importance
of social theory in their work.
Published in 1997. This book develops a postmodernist critique of
philosophy - although not the postmodernism of literary
philosophers such as Derrida. This postmodernism is one of
ecological limitationism coupled with a practical common sense
'realism'. The authors affirm the reality of life-world and the
primacy of practice against materialists, physicalists and
reductionists. They attempt to show that orthodox Anglo-American
analytic philosophy is not merely incapable of completing its own
quest to supply a regionally justified system of reality, but, more
importantly, it fails as well to meet the challenges of the age.
This book grew out of a series of articles about paperback
distribution which I wrote and which Publishers Weekly pub-lished
in March and April of 1975. The idea for the series came from Lila
Freilicher, assistant editor of P~ and to her I wish to express
special thanks. Other PW colleagues offered help, criticism and
encouragement when my enthusiasm was flagging; among them Arnold W.
Ehrlich, Chandler B. Grannis, Jean Norrington and Miriam Phelps.
Many people in the paperback industry, in granting me inter-views
and behind-the-scenes scenarios, were generous with their time and
their counsel. I want to thank particularly Stanley Budner, Ronald
Busch, Edward L. Butler, Joe Byrne, Ross Claiborne, Alun Davies,
Robert Fair de Graff, John Dessauer, Robert G. Diforio, Oscar
Dystel, Sidney Graedon, Dr. Donald Hauss, Howard Kaminski, Abe
Koppleman, Freeman Lewis, Esther Margolis, Peter M. Mayer, Helen
Meyer, John Meszaros, David Moscow, Patrick O'Connor, Ed
Pendergast, Russell Reynolds, Gerald Rubinsky, Louis Satz, Herbert
K. Schnall, Leon Shimkin, Roysce Smith, Richard Snyder, Carl W.
Tobey, George Wright and Francis Zinni. Whatever collective wisdom
is in this book is theirs. The mistakes, of course, are mine.
Published in 1997. This book develops a postmodernist critique of
philosophy - although not the postmodernism of literary
philosophers such as Derrida. This postmodernism is one of
ecological limitationism coupled with a practical common sense
'realism'. The authors affirm the reality of life-world and the
primacy of practice against materialists, physicalists and
reductionists. They attempt to show that orthodox Anglo-American
analytic philosophy is not merely incapable of completing its own
quest to supply a regionally justified system of reality, but, more
importantly, it fails as well to meet the challenges of the age.
Leukocyte adhesion molecules have been the subject of intense basic
and preclinical research. Results from clinical trials obtained
sofar with antibodies directed towards these surface proteins offer
promise for the prevention of graft rejection and effective
treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory disease. This volume
presents a comprehensive review of contemporary research on the
structure, function and regulation of leukocyte adhesion molecules
and their ligands, from the molecular to the clinical level. The
blend of basic science and clinical applications presented in
Structure, Function and Regulation of Molecules Involved in
Leukocyte Adhesion provides clear evidence of the biological
importance of cell-cell interactions and the many potential
clinical dividends afforded by understanding the molecular basis of
cell adhesion. It will appeal to a broad range of readers in
immunology and cell biology.
Economic globalization--the creation of a one-world economy with
the free-flow of capital, goods and services across national
boundaries--is eroding the economic sovereignty of nations and
producing a trail of unemployment and social turmoil in its wake.
Further, the irresistible force of economic globalization is set to
crash into the immovable object of the global environmental crisis,
producing a breakdown of civilized order in the world and
threatening the continuation of human life itself. This book is a
systematic critique of orthodox neoclassical economics, which has
supplied a philosophical and ideological framework for economic
globalization, unending economic growth and the ceaseless
exploitation of nature.
We live in times of uncertainty and insecurity, at a personal,
national and global level. Writers such as Samuel P. Huntington and
Robert D. Kaplan, respectively, have spoken of an emerging 'clash
of civilizations' and of 'coming anarchy'. This book is also
concerned with the future of civilization, in particular with the
conflict between economic growth and the sustainability of the
biophysical lifesupport systems of the planet, arguing that the
flawed system of orthodox neo-classical economics has justified the
modernist belief in the necessity of unending economic growth and
the ceaseless exploitation of nature.
The work of French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher
Pierre Bourdieu has been hugely influential across the set of
cognate disciplines that can be classified as physical culture
studies. Concepts such as field, capital, habitus and symbolic
violence have been used as theoretical tools by scholars and
students looking to understand the nature and purpose of sport,
leisure, physical education and human movement within wider
society. Pierre Bourdieu and Physical Culture is the first book to
focus on the significance of Bourdieu's work for, and in, physical
culture. Bringing together the work of leading and emerging
international researchers, it introduces the core concepts in
Bourdieu's thought and work, and presents a series of fascinating
case studies of the application of his theory to physical culture
studies. A concluding section discusses the inherent difficulties
of choosing and using theory to understand the world around us.By
providing an in-depth and multi-layered example of how theory can
be used across the many and varied components of sport, leisure,
physical education and human movement, this book should help all
serious students and researchers in physical culture to better
understand the importance of social theory in their work.
An overview of the nature of Anglican worship and the inherent
simplicity within the rites and rubrics gleaned from primary and
secondary sources in the tradition, combined with a good dose of
reason.
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