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Special education law and practice in public schools
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Larry D. Bartlett,Greg R. Weisenstein,Susan Etscheidt,Larry Dean Bartlett |
xvii, 380 p. : 23 cm |
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Resilience education
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Bonnie Benard,Joel H. Brown,Marianne D'Emidio-Caston,Joel H Brown |
xvi, 105 p. : 26 cm |
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Ateisten och den heliga staden
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George Klein |
xiv, 223 p. ; 24 cm |
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The better angels of our nature
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Steven Pinker |
From Goodreads: Selected by *The New York Times Book Review* as a Notable Book of the Year The author of *The New York Times* bestseller *The Stuff* of Thought offers a controversial history of viole… |
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Parents Matter
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Lesley Abbott |
This book explores the important role of parents and the extended family in the lives of babies and young children. It complements and extends the DfES Birth to Three Matters framework, which support… |
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Excellent Sheep
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William Deresiewicz |
This book is a groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation's top schools should be -- but aren't -- providing: "The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless … |
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Leonardo's foot
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Carol Ann Rinzler |
Step right up for a toe-curling cultural biography of humanity's earthbound extremity! |
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Scienza e societa
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Massimiano Bucchi |
The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society's relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fasci… |
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For White folks who teach in the hood ... and the rest of y'all too
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Christopher Emdin |
"Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. Drawing on his own experience o… |
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On becoming an effective teacher
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Rogers, Carl R. |
"On Becoming an Effective Teacher presents the final unpublished writings of Rogers and as such has a unique historical value. It also documents the research results of four highly relevant, related … |
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Crash course
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Kim Bearden |
"The ... true story of a teacher's experiences with her students and the life lessons she learned that can help others find joy and success"-- |
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Virtually human
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Martine Aliana Rothblatt |
"Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness--simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology--becomes part of our daily lives. … |
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Galileo's middle finger
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Alice Domurat Dreger |
"An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, Galileo's Middle Finger describes Alice Dreger's experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades… |
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The crash detectives
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Christine Negroni |
"In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including t… |
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Origins
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Ariel Adrien Roth |
Are the worlds of science and religion irreconcilable? Has modern science with its theory of evolution disproved the biblical account of the origin of life? If one accepts the biblical account of ori… |
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Environmental ethics
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Marion Hourdequin |
"Environmental Ethics offers an up-to-date and balanced overview of environmental ethics, focusing on theory and practice. Written in clear and engaging prose, the book provides an historical perspec… |
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The economics of science
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James R. Wible |
Science is difficult and costly to do well. This study systematically creates an economics of science. Many aspects of science are explored from an economic point of view. The scientist is treated as… |
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John Dewey and the art of teaching
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Michael J. B. Jackson,Judy C. Aycock,Douglas J. Simpson |
"John Dewey and the Art of Teaching: Toward Reflective and Imaginative Practice is an engaging and accessible introduction to the art of teaching as seen through the eyes of John Dewey. Authors Dougl… |
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Trust in Numbers
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Theodore M. Porter |
This investigation of the overwhelming appeal of quantification in the modern world discusses the development of cultural meanings of objectivity over two centuries. How are we to account for the cur… |
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Biocosm
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Seth Shostak,James N. Gardner |
Publisher's description: Biocosm challenges both sides of the controversy over evolution and creationism. This carefully reasoned book proposes that life and intelligence have not emerged as a series… |
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