Henry James: The Ibsen years (Vision critical studies)

Egan, Michael

Barnes_and_Noble

Chronicles the activist career of Barry Commoner, one of the most influential American environmental thinkers, and his role in recasting the environmental movement after World War II.For over half a century, the biologist Barry Commoner has been one of the most prominent and charismatic defenders of the American environment, appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1970 as the standard-bearer of "the emerging science of survival." In Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival, Michael Egan examines Commoner's social and scientific activism and charts an important shift in American environmental values since World War II.Throughout his career, Commoner believed that scientists had a social responsibility, and that one of their most important obligations was to provide citizens with accessible scientific information so they could be included in public debates that concerned them. Egan shows how Commoner moved naturally from calling attention to the hazards of nuclear fallout to raising public awareness of the environmental dangers posed by the petrochemical industry. He argues that Commoner's belief in the importance of dissent, the dissemination of scientific information, and the need for citizen empowerment were critical planks in the remaking of American environmentalism. Commoner's activist career can be defined as an attempt to weave together a larger vision of social justice. Since the 1960s, he has called attention to parallels between the environmental, civil rights, labor, and peace movements, and connected environmental decline with poverty, injustice, exploitation, and war, arguing that the root cause of environmental problems was the American economic system and its manifestations. He was instrumental in pointing out that there was a direct association between socioeconomic standing and exposure to environmental pollutants and that economics, not social responsibility, was guiding technological decision making. Egan argues that careful study of Commoner's career could help reinvigorate the contemporary environmental movement at a point when the environmental stakes have never been so high.

Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival: The Remaking of American Environmentalism (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Mit Pr

Chronicles the activist career of Barry Commoner, one of the most influential American environmental thinkers, and his role in recasting the environmental movement after World War II.

Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival: The Remaking of American Environmentalism (Urban and Industrial Environments (Paperback))

MIT Press]

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study has shown that American schools have consistently helped students understand algebraic and statistical concepts, leading to high achievement internationally. Now it's time to do the same for geometry. Mark Driscoll, author of the powerful and popular Fostering Algebraic Thinking, takes up the challenge and leads you to new, research-based ways to improve how your students conceptualize and apply geometric ideas. With Fostering Geometric Thinking any math teacher can discover essential, practical ideas for helping students cultivate geometric habits of mind that lead to success in this crucial mathematical subject. The book focuses on rigorous, problem-based teaching that encourages students to deepen their thinking in three key geometric strands: 
<ul>
<li>geometric properties </li> <li>geometric transformations </li> <li>measurement of geometric objects.</li> </ul>
Fostering Geometric Thinking shows you how the interplay of these strands helps students devise multiple solutions and develop a broader sense of geometric principles. It's loaded with helpful resources, including: <ul>
<li>engaging problems to use in your classroom</li> <li>examples of student solutions to these problems</li> <li>transcripts of classroom interactions</li> <li>a DVD featuring in-the-field footage of students working through open-ended problems highlighted in the book.</li> </ul> Geometry is a vital component of mathematical understanding, and it's time that it received the same attention that algebra and statistics do. With engaging problems and straightforward suggestions that can help students deepen, recognize, and describe their thinking, Fostering Geometric Thinking is the resource you need to ensure that when it comes to geometry, your students know all the angles.

Fostering Geometric Thinking: A Guide for Teachers, Grades 5-10

Science & Math

Driscoll, Mark

Nikula, Johannah

Wing DiMatteo, Rachel

Mathematics

Heinemann

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study has shown that American schools have consistently helped students understand algebraic and statistical concepts, leading to high achievement internationally. Now it's time to do the same for geometry. Mark Driscoll, author of the powerful and popular Fostering Algebraic Thinking, takes up the challenge and leads you to new, research-based ways to improve how your students conceptualize and apply geometric ideas. With Fostering Geometric Thinking any math teacher can discover essential, practical ideas for helping students cultivate geometric habits of mind that lead to success in this crucial mathematical subject. The book focuses on rigorous, problem-based teaching that encourages students to deepen their thinking in three key geometric strands: <ul>
<li>geometric properties </li> <li>geometric transformations </li> <li>measurement of geometric objects.</li> </ul> Fostering Geometric Thinking shows you how the interplay of these strands helps students devise multiple solutions and develop a broader sense of geometric principles. It's loaded with helpful resources, including: <ul>
<li>engaging problems to use in your classroom</li> <li>examples of student solutions to these problems</li> <li>transcripts of classroom interactions</li> <li>online resources featuring in-the-field footage of students working through open-ended problems highlighted in the book.</li> </ul> Geometry is a vital component of mathematical understanding, and it's time that it received the same attention that algebra and statistics do. With engaging problems and straightforward suggestions that can help students deepen, recognize, and describe their thinking, Fostering Geometric Thinking is the resource you need to ensure that when it comes to geometry, your students know all the angles.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Series: Critical HeritageHardcover: 523 pagesPublisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books; y First edition edition (April 6, 1972)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0710072554ISBN-13: 978-0710072559

Ibsen, the critical heritage (The Critical heritage series)

Literature & Fiction

Routledge and K. Paul

Ibsen (International Library of Philosophy)

Routledge & Kegan Paul Books

Follow the trials and tribulations of Declan Kirby and his team at Smithgreen Gaelic football club, a recently formed but promising GAA team. Although they have a talented team, there are problems beneath the surface - will their temperamental star player Dereck produce the goods when it is really needed? Meanwhile, someone seems to be hatching a secret plan to have the manager replaced, just when they need him most. Declan also carries a secret wish - that his dad will once again come and see him play. Maybe if they make the championship final his dream will come true? Written by teacher and underage GAA coach Michael Egan, these exciting books are ideal for GAA loving children aged 7+. &nbsp;

Declan Kirby - GAA Star: Championship Journey

Children's Books

Sports & Outdoors

Gill Books

Declan Kirby can't believe it when he's selected for the county team. What's more, a few of his Smithgreen teammates are chosen as well. Declan and his friends band together to try and win an All-Ireland underage competition and travel to Galway where they find out all is not what it seems. The second book in the exciting new series written by teacher and underage GAA coach Michael Egan,&nbsp;Declan Kirby - GAA Star: Away Days&nbsp;is ideal for GAA loving children aged 7+.&nbsp;

Declan Kirby - GAA Star: Away Days (Declan Kirby: GAA Star, 2)

Declan Kirby GAA Star: Over the Bar

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