At what price entry? Philosopher of education Jane Roland Martin contends that feminist scholars have traded in their idealism for a place in the academy. In Coming of Age in Academe, she looks at the ways that academic feminists have become estranged from women. Determining that this is the "membership fee" the academy exacts on all its members, she calls for the academy's transformation. Part one explores the chilly research climate for femi...
Poverty or Development" offers a unique look at world inequality, by comparing the development problems and prospects of southern Mexico and the U.S. South in the context of global restructuring and NAFTA. Both regions have a history and legacy as labor-repressive producers of primary commodities. However, the U.S. South today encompasses poles of considerable wealth and poverty, while the Mexican South remains mired in the world periphery. Ra...
100 key items of vocabulary covering 8 everyday topics: at home, around town, clothes, parts of the body, the countryside, animals, opposites, useful expressions. Modern teaching methods: flashcards, matching games, memory games, joining exercises, word searches, etc. Review, round-up and tests: a final revision of all the 100 words together. 100 tear-out flashcards: help with whole word recognition.
These shared reading books come in an easily handled lap size, and feature large, well-spaced type, attractive illustrations, and novelty features such as flip pages and die-cuts. The books are an introduction to stories and characters the children will meet in some of the Storyteller guided reading books. They offer many opportunities for developing phonemic awareness and other early reading skills in context. Each book comes with a 16 page T...
In der 1958 gegründeten Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Zeitungsforschung erscheinen wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu den Kernthemen des Instituts, der Entwicklung der Printmedien und des Journalismus. Die Beiträge greifen historische und aktuelle medien- und kommunikationswissenschaftliche Themen und Fragestellungen auf. Die Reihe umfasst Monographien und Sammelbände sowie Nachschlagewerke, Biografien und Textdokumentationen.
Poverty or Development" offers a unique look at world inequality, by comparing the development problems and prospects of southern Mexico and the U.S. South in the context of global restructuring and NAFTA. Both regions have a history and legacy as labor-repressive producers of primary commodities. However, the U.S. South today encompasses poles of considerable wealth and poverty, while the Mexican South remains mired in the world periphery. Ra...
Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. It's not part of a sinister stratagem in the "gay agenda." Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness. Queer elementary classrooms are those where parents and educators care enough about their child...
Recent advances in pure and applied physics are explored by award-winning author David E. Newton. Among the topics covered are the top quark, carbon nanotubes, updates on black holes, and single molecule studies of DNA. Many of the topics covered are strongly interdisciplinary, reflecting the nature of much scientific research today.