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There are many teaching skills and issues covered in initial teacher training which student PE teachers must apply to their own subject. However, the complexity of PE can make this difficult to do. This book focuses, therefore, on the requirements of student PE teachers in relation to teaching skills and issues covered in initial teacher education courses. Throughout the book the theory underpinning those skills and issues is interlinked with tasks which can be undertaken alone, with another student or with a tutor. The book is designed to help student PE teachers to develop teaching skills, knowledge and understanding of the wider context of PE, along with the ability to reflect critically and to develop professional judgement. ... Read more

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There was a time when colored school teachers were revered by practically everybody in their communities, both white and colored. Being a colored teacher in the South was a kind of a status. That day extended from its post-slavery beginning to World War I, for a period afterwards, certainly to World War II, and is said to exist in some remote places till today. These respected mentors were predominantly female and taught in public elementary schools where the bulk of southern colored school attendance was concentrated. Traditionally these women were CCCthecream of the colored community,their character without public flaws; dedication to the classroom their faith and religion. They were choice ladies sought after and targeted maritally by a coterie of colored men, many who had not completed the elementary grades, and were low wage earners, whosethangwas to marry one of these women distinguished by their roll books and having principals as immediate bosses.Most of these men were decent, and some loved the women who would elevate them to statures they would never attain otherwise. ... Read more

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Another best seller by Sandra Bowen
Sandra Bowen has entertained some and enlightened others with a view of one segment of African American life as played out during the mid part of the 20th century.Those of us who lived in various southern states during that particular time could bring to memory actual people, places, and events that could easily fit into the fictional individuals she described as we cruised through her descriptive narrative. Ms. Bowen has a talent for handling language and story line in a fashion that stimulates an anticipation of what might be coming next, as well as how this fits into what happened before. This is a page turner, and an eye opening summation of relationships motivated by specific kinds of desires,needs, and unspoken mandates that occurred (and still occur)within the bounds of certain cultural and geographical settings. Within amusing incidents, serious messages are conveyed. Those with an open mind will hear them clearly. If you haven't read "This Day's Madness",the author's other novel,you may want to read that, also. At any rate, either of these novels are perfect for a quiet afternoon of pleasure. You won't be disappointed!

Thoroughly enjoyable
Echoes of the spirit of 'The Color Purple' with a dash of the old pulp murder mysteries thrown in (and i mean that as a compliment).I love books on studies of the racial experience, and this book takes the concept and runs elegantly with it.

Excellant book
Excellant book.I was expecting chic lit, but this is a book that
will interest pretty much anyone.It kept my attention to the last
page. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

Original Theme, Style and Characters
In THE CUL-LUD SCH-OOOL TEACH-UR, Sandra Bowen has created not only a terrific story to read, one of those page-turners, but I discovered how much I didn't know about those courageous, early black school teachers.

I was a product of the Black Studies movement at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, and had taught in Mumford High School in Detroit (there was only one white student by the time I got there.)When living in NYC and teaching at the Dalton School, I lived on the edge of Harlem, just south of Columbia University.Thus, I thought I knew a lot, but I didn't.I wish I had read this book years ago and hope that it is finding an important place in education, at all levels today.

What did I like?Bowen's writing style pulled me through the life of Dorothy Borden with ease.I was so captured by her life as a child, her teaching, her three male partners and felt I knew her character.Then all of a sudden she changes on me with new work, Paris and different loves.

It was the same with Johnnye Jamison.I admit to applauding her first poisoning, but then as the mystery continued, and she marries Dorothy's horrible husband, I'm thinking, "Oh, oh, we've got a problem here." I had never hear of a 'black bottle.'

Bowen very carefully develops the characters of these excellent women teachers, attractive, well educated, and very bright in contrast to the men who want to marry them. Some of the men were just fine, but others, like Joe Cephus, used the teachers for their own egotistical needs.

As the character of Joe Cephus moves through the book, the author, little by little brings the reader into an understanding of why he behaves as he does, thus enlightening the difficulties these extraordinary teachers experience.

Racism enters every aspect of the culture, and Bowen spares no secrets in exposing the ugliness of the system.Most of the book takes place in Granston, North Carolina, but readers know what it was and is like wherever they have lived.

Bowen's ability to allow Dorothy Borden to change from the sweet child to battling her husbands and then on to Part II where she is retired and an author utterly fascinates readers.The dialogue style between Dorothy and Jackie as they drive through the streets of Granston, remembering their past lives and teaching experiences, gives the authora chance to present needed information in a unique manner.I'll long remember that delicious Christmas dinner as well as the Sunday dinners.

Thank you Sandra Bowen for writing this valuable book. I can't think of a better way to honor Martin Luther King's birthday than reading THE CUL-LUD SCH-OOOL TEACH-ER.

An excellant read
This is a trip back into time, it is also an introduction to three unforgetable characters.You will meet Joe Cephus Divine, an egomanical police officer and his wives--Dorothy Borden and Johnnye Jamison.They are the teachers he marries and tries to subjugate.He learns, slowly and painfully, that the very qualities and talents which attracted him to them, are their salvation and his very deserved downfall. ... Read more

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Ecological Futures argues that history can be used as a guide to possible socioeconomic, political, and ecological scenarios that will transform our globalized world. ... Read more

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This book therefore focuses on the key skills of teaching modern foreign languages. A practical focus is underpinned by theoretical perspective. The book assists student-teachers and also provides support for mentors and tutors working with modern foreign language students.

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Not your ordinary environmentalist book
David Owen comes down hard on the typical environmentalist. (Think of the type who moves to the middle of nowhere, gets new wheels via Cash for Clunkers, upgrades his home rather than repair, etc.) The Sierra Club isn't perfect. (Typical environmentalist is shrieking!!!) The suburbs aren't the answer. (Did anyone think they were?) Neither is rural living. (Typical environmentalist won't be spending all of his or her time kayaking - he or she will be driving everywhere to complete basic chores!)

So, how do we save the environment? Think of New York City and its old European sisters. Density is the key. Solid public transportation makes city life A LOT easier. (Especially the NYC subways.)

p. 120 " 'You can't have successful transit if you create an environment that doesn't support it. '" Owen quotes Zupan.

"Transit leverage" p. 121

Owen doesn't think New Yorkers are more sophisticated than other Americans. Just look at these passages:

"New Yorkers don't ride the subway because they're more enlightened or more environmentally aware; New Yorkers ride the subway because owning and driving a car in the city is almost ridiculously disagreeable." p. 122

"As committed as New Yorkers appear to be walking and riding the subway, it wouldn't take much to turn them into car owners. If every Manhatten apartment came with a free garage parking space, Manhattanites would have cars, too." p. 123

Owen also highlights the stupidity of green remodeling. It's more wasteful to rebuild an entire house just to make it more green.

Is plastic the enemy? Ask the president of a plastics manufacturing company who wastefully remodelled his home to make it more "green". Plastic isn't his enemy on payday. In fact, we wouldn't be living as well as we do if we didn't have plastic.

However, the book does have its boring stretches. I had to skim technical descriptions of windows - just didn;t hold my interest. If you're debating the merits of "green" windows, then you'll want to study these passages. (That's why it gets four stars.)

In conclusion, a book highlighting the hypocrisy of the green movement is much needed. And there's plenty of footnotes and references so that you can continue the research on your own. I highly recommend everyone who has ever had any interest in the green movement to at least read the first two chapters. And, in the interest of not being wasteful, borrow Green Metropolis from your local library!

Great read, but the ideas seem a little too idealistic
What's the best way to live green? Move to the country, right? Wrong. Move to the city. Manhattan, for instance. That's the best way to reduce the amount of resources you use. You live "smaller," drive less, and save on fuel and other resources.

Sounds great. But hard to do. In fact, even though the author makes a great case for doing that, he and his family do just the opposite. Move from Manhattan to the country. Go figure.

Another great book by David
Not a doomed and gloom we're all going to die soon if we don't change book.
I'm a contractor who has read all Davids previous books and love the topics and really like his style of writing.
I learned a lot from this book and it completely changed my view on things. The best part is you don't feel like you're getting lectured by a know-it-all, you just learn interesting things.

What About Resilience in Urban Centers?
I have not read this book. My bias is in favor of Transition Towns approaches.
That said, I do not see any mention made of food production, just the observation that trucking food from California is cheaper than trucking food from upstate New York. (I question whether that is so even in the present. As for the future, think of peak oil and of roads crumbling from lack of maintenance.) Detroit's experiment with urban agriculture is promising, but New York real estate is still too expensive and densely packed to make that an option.
Generally, the issue of resilience (ability to recover from an external shock, such as food or energy interruption) is ignored. What is New York to do after three days of food interruption? For buildings higher than, say, five stories, how are people going to get to their homes when electricity for elevators fails, or power to run the elevators becomes prohibitively expensive?
It is arguable that small towns and even small cities will be more successful than rural enclaves, but Manhattan?

Does some things well
This book does two things well.

First, it sets out a strong affirmative case for the environmental soundness of compact cities - not just because urbanites drive less but also because they use up less space, causing lower levels of energy use.For example, the average New York household uses less than 1/3 as much electricity as the average Dallas household, and New Yorkers emit a lower share of greenhouse gases than their proportion of national population (2.7% of Americans, only 1% of emissions).

Second, by criticizing other ideas commonly proposed by environmentalists (e.g. eating locally, recycling, more efficient cars) it shows that the U.S. is unlikely to reduce emissions without reurbanizing.For example, buying a more fuel-efficient car might reduce emissions slightly -- but won't have any effect if you drive more out of a newfound feeling of virtue.And a more fuel-efficient car won't reduce the environmental impact of the extra parking spaces, roads and electricity use required by suburban life.Similarly, "eating locally" is unlikely to have a positive environmental impact if you drive to reach locally-grown food- especially since nonlocal food often travels with a wide variety of other goods, which means each additional pint of nonlocal strawberries has zero environmental impact (unlike each additional drive to a farmers' market).

However, Owen sometimes gives short shrift to topics that deserve more extensive discussion.For example, he notes that recycling may cost as much energy as it saves but doesn't elaborate.

Another weakness: Owen doesn't address pro-sprawl commentators' arguments (e.g. the idea that fast traffic and smooth traffic flow, by reducing idling, creates energy savings that balance out the energy savings of more compact development and slower traffic). ... Read more

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By transforming math "problems" into games, this easy-to-follow book gives parents a fun way to help their children learn math.With an expanded section on problem solving, fun word problems, and entertaining visual concepts, it proves that math can be interesting. ... Read more

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Kind of helpful
As the book suggests, the book is geared for parents who want to teach their children math.It might be a good system for a home-school parent, but I find that since my 6 year old daughter is in 1st grade the lessons are going to be a tad different from what she's learning in school.Since she's having a hard time as it is, I don't want to confuse her further.

The book starts with some really basic sorting and describing games. It was really funny when I held the cat on my lap and asked my two children what I was holding and why it was a cat. They both liked that.But when I went on to ask them to describe a ball as suggested by the author they lost interest. I tried the same game later with my 4 year old son and a few different cups, but he became bored almost immediatly and told me he wanted to play that game "later".Not helpful.

I wonder if this book wouldn't be better had it been created as a workbook.The author assumes you have access to a photocopy machine to copy the pages in the book. Somehow I don't think photocopied, black and white drawings of pigs are really going to get my already-not-interested-in-math child interested in math.

I'm not sure if the author has children or has worked with children.It might just be that the author is used to working with kids who already like math and find it interesting. Or maybe his enthusiasm for math is contagious in person. I don't know. I do know that my own enthusiasm for math is minimal.I was hoping to find a book that would get both me and my kids into math. It hasn't inspired me and the excersises don't seem to be exciting my children. So if you don't find math all that interesting, and if the kids you're trying to teach are having a hard time with math, then this book probably won't be very helpful.

More for the older child
I bought this book for my 5 year old- to get many fun ideas on how to introduce math to her, but was disappointed to find that only the first two chapters are devoted to that age group. It is more geared towards the 2nd grader and up. So until I can find a better book, we are just counting shells, beans and whatnot,adding and subtracting.

What a great idea
I read this book because, although I don't have any kids yet, I want to do some substitute teaching this spring.I thought I might be able to capture some of the fun that math games can entail.This book does the job.Bear in mind, these exercises are for YOUNGER children, up to 3rd grade or so.The authors are full of ideas, and seem to have a grasp both of child psychology, and the trials of parenting.The parenting part doesn't apply to me at this point, but I hope to be able to pass on some of the fun spirit these guys infuse their book with.

Hey, whoever is reading this -- you might want to think about sharing this book with someone in your life who couldn't afford it, when you're finished getting ideas from it.Or even more than one person -- go on a parenting listserv and talk about the book, and pass the word along.Maybe you have a poor cleaning woman who comes to your house, and only speaks Spanish.You could try to share a few of the games with her, if she has kids, and show her how her kids might benefit if she played these games with them.Think about it.It can only help. ... Read more

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When significant numbers of college-educated American women began, in the early twenty-first century, to leave paid work to become stay-at-home mothers, an emotionally charged national debate erupted. Karine Moe and Dianna Shandy, a professional economist and an anthropologist, respectively, decided to step back from the sometimes overheated rhetoric around the so-called mommy wars. They wondered what really inspired women to opt out, and they wanted to gauge the phenomenon's genuine repercussions. Glass Ceilings and 100-Hour Couples is the fruit of their investigation--a rigorous, accessible, and sympathetic reckoning with this hot-button issue in contemporary life.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews from around the country, original survey research, and national labor force data, Moe and Shandy refocus the discussion of women who opt out from one where they are the object of scrutiny to one where their aspirations and struggles tell us about the far broader swath of American women who continue to juggle paid work and family. Moe and Shandy examine the many pressures that influence a woman's decision to resign, reduce, or reorient her career. These include the mismatch between child-care options and workplace demands, the fact that these women married men with demanding careers, the professionalization of stay-at-home motherhood, and broad failures in public policy. But Moe and Shandy are equally attentive to the resilience of women in the face of life decisions that might otherwise threaten their sense of self-worth. Moe and Shandy find, for instance, that women who have downsized their careers stress the value of social networks--of "running with a pack of smart women" who've also chosen to emphasize motherhood over paid work. ... Read more

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Perfect Book for All the (Formerly) High-Powered Moms on Your Block!
Do you feel crazy to have left your high-powered career once you had kids?This book helps explain why it felt necessary and lets you know that you're definitely not alone.I was nodding my head on every page as the authors discussed the challenge of finding high quality childcare and the guilt of insufficient "mama time".It was also thought provoking to consider the perils of divorce for stay-home moms who have limited their earnings power by getting off the fast track and the need for adequate disability and life insurance when your family's finances rely on just dad.Finally, the authors offer a few ideas about how to maintain your connections and skills so you can eventually re-enter the workforce and find that elusive work-family balance.This is a compelling book that I've recommended to all the moms in my playgroup and beyond.The book lets us know, we're in it together! ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Teach-in," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Teach-in in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Teach-in when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Teach-in, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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"Fascinating...clearly stated, interesting and provoking.... A plainspoken account of living in Asia."--San Francisco Chronicle

Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply knowledgeable reporter and now he brings this erudition and humor to the five years he spent in Japan--where he served as The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief.He provides unique insights into the country and its 2,500-year-old Confucian tradition, a powerful ethical system that has played an integral role in the continent's "postwar miracle."

Whether describing his neighbor calmly asserting that his son's loud bass playing brings disrepute on the neighborhood, or the Japanese custom of having students clean the schools, Reid inspires us to consider the many benefits of the Asian Way--as well as its drawbacks--and to use this to come to a greater understanding of both Japanese culture and America.
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Despite setbacks, the economic "miracles" achieved by manyAsian countries in the latter 20th century have been impressive. Thisentertaining and thoughtful book invites the reader to consider EastAsia's other miracle: its dramatically low rates of crime, divorce,drug abuse, and other social ills. T.R. Reid, an NPR commentator andformer Tokyo bureau chief for the Washington Post, lived inJapan for five years, and he draws on this experience to show how thecountries of East Asia have built modern industrial societiescharacterized by the safest streets, the best schools, and the moststable families in the world.

Reid credits Asia's success to the ethical values of Chinesephilosopher Confucius, born in 551 B.C., who taught the value ofharmony and the importance of treating others decently. This is not anew perception--Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore and others have ratherheavy-handedly invoked it to claim moral superiority over theWest--but the author's vivid anecdotes strengthen itsrelevance. Public messages constantly remind Asian citizens of theirresponsibilities to society. To enhance a sense of belonging, civicceremonies encourage individuals' allegiance to a greater good; acrossJapan, for example, April 1 is Nyu-Sha-Shiki day, when corporationsofficially welcome new employees, most of whom remain loyal to theircompany for life. Citing Malaysia's ideas of a "reverse Peace Corps,"Reid sees a case for Asians coming to teach the West in the same waythat Westerners have evangelized in Asia for over fourcenturies. --John Stevenson ... Read more

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East Meeting West, and all the Rest
J picked this paperback up for me during her business trip in the U.S., due in part for her own interest in it, but also because we both had enjoyed Reid's informal talks with Bob Edwards on NPR's Morning Edition where he often provided a great first-hand view of an ex-patriate. Since we've been in that position for just a little over 18 months now, she thought I would find Reid's view of what the East gets right, and gets wrong, interesting. And I did. Reid is clear in his thesis, which may have aged somewhat since the book was written in the late 90s and thus doesn't cover some of the world changes that have occurred since. The background idea, that Asia is rapidly coming into its own and displacing the 20th century to make the 21st century the Asian century, is hard to refute. Reid's thesis, however, that this is due to a philosophy born out of Confucian thought, is a little tougher to follow, although he provides plenty of examples, both anecdotal and statistical.

The best thing about the book, however, is that Reid adopts a Japanese idea and points out the flaws in his own theory in an afterward (an atogaki). This is where I understood what was bugging me the most about the book, and that is trying to define Asia as a homogenous group. My personal perspective, having lived in Malaysia and visited (albeit too briefly for many of these places) other Asian locations, is that while some shared perspective is present, there's a lot more cracks in the impenetrable front that is often portrayed within and without the region. Malaysia, in particular, has a schizophrenia from its mixed racial identity and the growth of Islamic economic power. Reid, at one point, quotes a Chinese Malaysian as saying the affirmative action put in place to bring the Malay population out of poverty (in comparison to the Chinese population) was not perfect, but necessary for the culture, might still be said today, but that commentator would also say that it is time to change that affirmative action to one based on income, rather than race, as the ongoing New Economic Plan is increasingly seen as a racial divider rather than one that is actually improving race relations.

Finally, the other nice point that Reid emphasizes is that Confucian thought is actually not that far different from Christian teaching, with the golden rule of "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" expressed as "Do not impose on others what you do not want for yourself." He then proceeds to make connections between other Judeo-Christian and Classical ethical guidance and Confucius, coming to the conclusion that, in a nutshell, ethics = ethics, in all languages and cultures. The difference may lie in how much individuals are willing to concede to groups, and vice versa (i.e., where are the commons, or where does your face end and my fist begin?).

More Nihonjinron
The author seems to have done little investigation into all of the forces at work in Japanese society. He simply regurgitates the Nihonjinron stereotypes that make discourse on Japan all the more difficult.

Low crime? Sure. On the other hand did he once mention the abhorrent practices of police brutality, forced confessions, broken kneecaps and busted skulls, 98% conviction rates, no habeas corpus, fudging of crime statistics and prison conditions that essentially amount to death sentences?

Low divorce rate? Until recently women were not entitled to a dime of their husbands money upon divorce. Now that they are, divorce rates are skyrocketing.

Contrary to what the author claims, Japan is not a homogeneous and harmonious society as any educated sociologist specializing in Japan knows. There are very distinct regional cultures, generational differences and dialects which greatly influence people's eating habits, language, thought patterns, housing styles, culturally influenced behavior etc...

There are great income and educational disparities. Minority, ethnic and gender issues DO exist however they often do not receive the attention from the media that they might elsewhere. One reason may be that Japan's freedom of the press is very low in comparison with other developed nations and groups fighting hard battles for recognition and rights are too often swept under the rug and ignored.

Any half-educated economist could tell you the real ECONOMIC factors that were behind Japan's boom and why it was not based upon Confucianism and "Asian Values". Lifetime employment is dying because companies found out the hard way that it does not work. There have been massive layoffs and a growing unemployment rate.

I could go on for pages citing realities and facts that contradict all of Reid's laughable stereotypes.

Asia has just as many problems as the west. They are equally as complex and difficult to solve. There is no Confucian quick-fix and anyone who says there is is seriously deluded.

Before making sweeping generalizations about the 120 million varied and diverse inhabitants of the islands of Japan, Reid needs to take a closer look at not only the omote (surface), tatemae (facade), and soto (outward) phenomenon of Japanese society (already covered in Japanese and foreign media ad nauseam), but its more intricate ura (undersurface), honne (true intentions), and uchi (inner) undercurrents.

If you are looking for a real balanced and objective view of Japanese society that neither overly-praises or degrades it, check out Yoshio Sugimoto's "An Introduction to Japanese society" which is a work that is actually based in reliable evidence, research, and solid conclusions.

This was mostly good,informative, and often funny.
I enjoyed this book.A lot of facts, a lot of social commentary, politics, predictions, and history.I most enjoyed the author's stories of his family's adventures and misadventures in Shibuya, Tokyo. I skimmed about ten percent of this book, because there were some things that just didn't interest me. Also it starts a little slow and boggy, but stick with it and you'll learn a lot and laugh a lot too.

Refreshing! Its fun to read Reid!
Refreshing! Like a cool summer breeze. It's not only fun to read but also informative. It's about Reid's journey to the East with his very western background and family. Be careful! One will experience bursts of laughter while reading this book. Its also about Confucius and its contagious - I could not stop reading it. So, grab a copy! And enjoy it with a cup of Coffee or Tea!

The Ethical System....
Many books on Japan or Asia deal in the military or the schools or the business point of view when dealing with that region of the world.The author decided to deal with the ethics, the ideals and codes of behavior passed down from Confucius.The ideals of respect, group unity and just plain manners.He uses it to try to explain why, for example, when there are problems with the economy there are no links to crime or unemployment.Why?In America and Europe one is always linked to the other.
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This last work from internationally respected educator Paulo Freire makes his ideas on education and social reform accessible to a broad audience of teachers, students, and parents. Freire shows how a teacher's success depends on observing individual students' approaches to learning and by the teacher's adapting teaching methods to students' learning methods. ... Read more

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Teacher Professionalism
This book was recommended reading for the professional leadership team of a summer program for highly able, but economically disadvantaged youth.For those of us working in the field of education for several years, it is a wonderful reminder of why we chose this profession.
It is worthwhile reading -- especially for those who are getting 'tired'.

Very Pleased
The book was in perfect condition.I dropped the class and had to return it.No problem from the vendor.l

Disappointing Rambling
The presence of the word "letters" in the title should perhaps have warned me what to expect, but as my first exposure to Freire's writing it fell far short of his reputation. I did learn something from the 95 pages of this book, but I could have learned as much in ten were it not for the rambling and repetition throughout. I suspect that starting with Freire's classic Pedagogy of the Oppressed would have been a better use of my time.

Another "problem" with this book is that Freire's critique is specific to the context of his work in Brazil: not just the words but the lessons themselves may require translation. For those who are more interested in a radical critique of education in the US, I'd recommend Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life as a better starting point.

Required Reading ~ You're killing me
I get it.Freire's an academic and if it's too easy to read then no one will take him seriously.

Seriously dude, You're killing me.Some of the most important nuggets were lost on me because of all the $50 words used rather than straightforward speak.

That being said there is some value in this work, particularly if you will be teaching any ELL's or children coming from any socialist country.It's good to know what the expectations will be of the new learners and their families. ... Read more

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Media studies is a fast-growing academic area, expanding from the study of film to encompass television, print journalism and other areas. This book provides an introduction for those embarking on a course of study and the interested non-specialist. ... Read more

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In response to requests by science teachers for guidance on the process of mentoring in schools, this text provides an interactive, activities-based resource. It takes into account the progressive development of skills and competencies, for all those involved in the training of science teachers; pre-service, in-service and quality control. Activities are directly related to classroom and laboratory planning, organisation and management and include general question and answer exercises.; The book covers nine areas of science teacher competence crossed with five levels of progression to give a flexible programme of training. Each activity has a commentary for mentors and notes for student teachers, and discusses the rationale behind each activity. Five activities are written specifically to help mentors review progress at each of the five levels.; Additionally, it can be used by: experienced teachers for refreshing their own practice; Heads of Science Departments for upgrading science teaching within the departments; and those concerned with quality control and certification to recommend activities, taken from the book, to aid further professional development. ... Read more

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ICT is one of the youngest subjects on the secondary curriculum. In this new book the authors provide the first text designed specifically for students training to teach it in the secondary school, useful also to practising teachers. ... Read more

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In the United Kingdom up to the recent past - unlike other countries - very little attention has been paid to the art of pedagogy, that is, the means by which relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes can be transmitted to the classroom teacher.

This book deals with these problems in a straightforward and practical manner. The core of the book deals with the various practical models of training and links them very closely with current developments, particularly the specific key requirements for the newly designed 'advanced skill' specified by the DfEE two years ago.

Equally important is the examination of existing literature and practice, culminating in an attempt to formulate a theory of teaching. This promises to initiate a lively and long-overdue debate on the topic.