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Alternatives in Education: Critical Pedagogy for Disaffected Youth

Book by Greg S. Goodman; Peter Lang, 1999

Subjects:

Alternative Education--United States--Case Studies, Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, Critical Pedagogy--United States--Case Studies, Problem Youth--Education--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Greg S. Goodman currently works with at-risk youth as a school psychologist and teaches at California State University, Fresno.
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Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities in Schools? Gender Equality Initiatives in Education

Book by Kate Myers; Open University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Educational Change--Great Britain, Educational Equalization--Great Britain, Sex Differences In Education--Great Britain, Sex Discrimination In Education--Great Britain

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Gender equality initiatives in education Edited by Kate Myers Open...Britain. 2. Sex discrimination in education - Great Britain. 3. Sex differences in education - Great Britain. 4. Educational...
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Film and Television in Education: An Aesthetic Approach to the Moving Image

Book by Robert Watson; Falmer Press, 1990

Subjects:

Motion Pictures In Education--Great Britain--History, Motion Pictures--Aesthetics, Motion Pictures--Study And Teaching, Television Broadcasting--Study And Teaching

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

...extraordinary examples can be found in Kurosawas Throne of Blood , 1957...Samurai , 1954 . But some of the alternatives are probably better. Steven Spielbergs...the subject. 2.5 and 2.7 show two alternatives: in the first the camera is positioned...
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The Gender Question in Education: Theory, Pedagogy, and Politics

Book by Ann Diller, Barbara Houston, Kathryn Pauly Morgan, Maryann Ayim; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Politics And Education, Sex Differences In Education, Sex Discrimination In Education, Sexism In Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...expand our range of alternatives, alter our priorities...about long-standing educational problems. In Part 1 we begin...Chapter 4 . The three alternatives discussed in the subpart do not...course, exhaust the educational possibilities. Thus...
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Gender Equity in Education: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by Beverly A. Stitt; Southern Illinois University Press, 1994

Subjects:

Educational Equalization--United States, Sex Discrimination In Education--United States--Bibliography, Sexism In Education--United States--Bibliography, Women--Education--United States--Bibliography

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...in agricultural education. AI8...women working in various agricultural...including researching alternatives to herbicides...of Sex Equity in Vocational Education, 415 12th St...CG3 . Alternatives to Sex-Restrictive...

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Towards an Ethics of Engagement in Education in Global Times

Journal article by Pam Christie; Australian Journal of Education, Vol. 49, 2005

Subjects:

Education--Australia, Education--Ethical aspects, Motivation in education, Student motivation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...sense, to make it seem as if there are no alternatives, even if existing conditions are recognised...social suffering and social inequality in a liberal democratic society, and to...argues for the importance of an ethics of education which challenges simple acceptance of...
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Achieving Equity and Excellence in Education: Implications for Educational Policy

Journal article by George Ansalone; Review of Business, Vol. 25, 2004

Subjects:

Ability grouping (Education)--Analysis, Ability grouping (Education)--Methods, Ability grouping in education--Analysis, Ability grouping in education--Methods, Academic achievement--Analysis, Education and state, Education policy, Students--Behavior

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...seem to promote equity or excellence in education. Track placement is relatively permanent...all but the most gifted children. And in all probability, this improved achievement...teaching academically diverse classes, alternatives to tracking should be considered. Some...
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Reconstructing the Common Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas

Journal article by Kathleen Anderson Steeves; American Studies International, Vol. 39, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Reconstructing the Common Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...ways of seeing the common good in public education". Each of the areas is introduced by...of the contributing authors also have in common a relationship with David Tyack...common good is constricted, with few alternatives available for informed citizens to consider...
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Game on! Now Educators Can Translate Their Students' Love of Video Games into the Use of a Valuable, Multifaceted Learning Tool

Journal article by Patricia Deubel; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 33, 2006

Subjects:

Educators--Management, Simulation games (Education)--Usage, Simulation games in education--Usage, Student teaching--Methods, Student teaching--Technology application, Video games--Usage

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...differentiated instruction practices to provide alternatives for students who are not engaged by a particular...not certain that such a game could even survive in todays educational environment as our contemporary educational systems...
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Successful Alternatives to How Technologists Work with Schools

Journal article by Nancy Robbins, Bill Gordon; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 27, 2000

Subjects:

Elementary schools--Communication systems, High schools--Communication systems, Local area networks--Design and construction, Telecommunications equipment industry--Products

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students. GRAPH OMITTED Nancy Robbins received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University, specializing in Educational Administrative Practice in the Organization and Leadership Department. She received her Ed.M. with a concentration...

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Crossing the Line: Transdisciplinary Education Works Because Environmental Problems and Their Solutions Seldom Respect Faculty Lines

Magazine article by Linda Carson; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 33, November 2007

Subjects:

Environmental education--Study and teaching, Interdisciplinary approach (Education), Interdisciplinary approach in education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the Line: Transdisciplinary Education Works Because Environmental...scholars encounter an elephant in the dark. Scholar 1: "A wall...introduce a new degree program in 2008. The Bachelor of Knowledge...students a "transdisciplinary" education--one that crosses traditional...
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Towards Excellence in Education

Magazine article by Chester E. Finn Jr.; Public Interest, Summer 1995

Subjects:

Education and state--Analysis, United States. Department of Education--Social policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...however, many people understand public education as a network of schools that all serve the public but may be organized and run in a thousand different ways. Federal programs, however, discriminate against such alternatives as non-government schools, charter schools...
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Character Education and Media Literacy-Finding Common Ground: Media Literacy and Character Education Are Two Hot Topics in Education That Have Become Closely Intertwined, Perhaps Unwittingly. Knowledge and Understanding of Media-Media Literacy-Can Be a Successful Strategy for Promoting Critical Thinking and Intelligent Decision Making about Risky Behaviors

Magazine article by Scott D. Herrington, Cindy C. Emmans; Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology, Vol. 11, Summer 2002

Subjects:

Mass media--Study and teaching, Moral education--Research, Student ethics--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Sides--Clashing Views on Controversial Educational Issues. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/ McGraw-Hill...Children, Adolescents, and the Media in the 21st Century." Adolescent Medicine...violent themes, and teaching children alternatives to violence. * Parents can help children...
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Business Sees Profits in Education: Challenging Public Schools

Magazine article by Irving H. Buchen; The Futurist, Vol. 33, May 1999

Subjects:

Education--Economic aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...with no viable private or parochial school alternatives. Home-schooling parents have transformed...equalizer by providing home schoolers with educational products that often surpass those available in regular schools. Finally, the homeschool...
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Artifact and Artifice in Education Policy Analysis: It's Not All in the Data

Magazine article by Richard M. Jaeger, John A. Hattie; School Administrator, Vol. 53, May 1996

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Analysis, Education--Standards, United States--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...policy outcome compares with realistic alternatives that would make use of the same resources...public schooling does not take place in a vacuum. More appropriate as a benchmark is the effect of the average education policy innovation. Invalid Indicators...

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Classics a Solid Ingredient in Education

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 23, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...parents, hold. In the early 1980s...because the alternatives available failed to deliver an education that was consistent...the kind of education that Patrick...his father. In the next five...effort spent in vain." Classical education is generally...
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'Wake-Up' Call to Parents over Teen Pregnancy Rate Rise; Figures from the Welsh Assembly Government This Week Revealed Teenage Pregnancy Rates Are Once Again on the Rise in South Wales - despite Safe Sex Campaigns and Sex Education in the Country's Classrooms. BEN GLAZE Investigates

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 11, 2008

Subjects:

Pregnant women--Investigations, Pregnant women--Statistics, Sex education--Investigations, Sex education--Statistics, Teenage pregnancy--Investigations, Teenage pregnancy--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...whether there is proper informed consent in all of these cases. Often people are offered no alternatives and there is no legal requirement for...shows good quality sex and relationships education from a young age, together with access...
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Montgomery Panel Seeks Answers to Gang Problems; Young People Need 'Alternatives,' Witnesses Tell Officials in Rockville

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 29, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...they will turn to gangs. "Give young people alternatives. Think about kids who are not in school," said Juan Patheco, 28, who came to...into neighborhoods to the kids" to encourage education and provide jobs to help them and their families...
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PERSPECTIVE: We Need Education That's Really Special; Andrew Sutton, the Man Behind the Conductive Education Centre in Moseley, Explains Why Mainstream Schools Are Not the Place for Children with Special Educational Needs

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 22, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...moral drive to do away with them, but in little over 20 years we have lost a national system of special education. Indeed, Government and its servants...simple: keep digging. But are there alternatives? Widely advocated is more money. True...
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Kids Get the Taste for Veggie Good Food! FOOD: Fruity Fun as School Runs a Week of Activities to Promote Healthy Eating

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), May 10, 2007

Subjects:

Activity programs (Education), Activity programs in education, Diet, Vegetables

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...out healthy breakfast alternatives in the playground. The give-away...have been taking part in a host of activities...about healthier food alternatives. Learning mentor Nicola...have got lots of fruit in them." Staff from the...

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Nicaragua

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...redistributed, and social services such as health care and education were improved. In 1981 the United States, politically unsupportive...Sandinistas (FSLN) and Liberals to limit voters alternatives in the November local elections. The elections...
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Canada

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a complex package of constitutional changes (the Charlottetown Accord) intended to provide alternatives that would discourage the separatist movement in Quebec. Canadas new constitution also opened the way for native land claims that have changed...

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