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Author: Melanie Phillips Publisher: ISBN: 9780316641203 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 384
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British education is regarded as being in a state of meltdown. Throughout the system, from nursery classes to degree courses, the relationship between teacher and pupil has been undermined, and the idea that children should be taught a body of rules at all, whether in maths or grammar, is now taboo in many schools. Systematic instruction has given way to approximations and guesswork, resulting in a rising tide of illiteracy. This text aims to present the inside story of a social debacle. The collapse of education is not viewed in isolation; according to the author, at the heart of the problem lies cultural and moral relativism, the doctrine that no values can be judged to be any better or worse than any others. She regards the primary effect of this, particularly in the last 20 years, to be the collapse of the authority of institutions. Sounding a warning, she offers a blueprint to restore authority and meaning to society.
Author: Melanie Phillips Publisher: ISBN: 9780316641203 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
British education is regarded as being in a state of meltdown. Throughout the system, from nursery classes to degree courses, the relationship between teacher and pupil has been undermined, and the idea that children should be taught a body of rules at all, whether in maths or grammar, is now taboo in many schools. Systematic instruction has given way to approximations and guesswork, resulting in a rising tide of illiteracy. This text aims to present the inside story of a social debacle. The collapse of education is not viewed in isolation; according to the author, at the heart of the problem lies cultural and moral relativism, the doctrine that no values can be judged to be any better or worse than any others. She regards the primary effect of this, particularly in the last 20 years, to be the collapse of the authority of institutions. Sounding a warning, she offers a blueprint to restore authority and meaning to society.
Author: Melanie Phillips Publisher: ISBN: 9780316881807 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 384
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An analysis of British education which claims that the relationship between teacher and pupil has been undermined and that systematic instruction has given way to approximations and guesswork - resulting in an increase in illiteracy. Offers a blueprint to restore authority and meaning to society.
Author: John Taliaferro Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416597417 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 688
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The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a century. John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place. Private secretary to Lincoln and secretary of state to Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history—from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to World War I. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the twentieth century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, and the establishment of America as a world leader. Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. His peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known.” But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams. All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in eighty years, renders a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.
Author: Lewis Carroll Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026805089 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1323
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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll With All the Original Illustrations + The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of Contents: Novels: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Sylvie and Bruno Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Stories: A Tangled Tale Bruno’s Revenge and Other Stories What the Tortoise Said to Achilles Poems: Early Verse Puzzles from Wonderland Prologues to Plays Rhyme? And Reason? College Rhymes and Notes by an Oxford Chiel Acrostics, Inscriptions and Other Verses Three Sunsets and Other Poems The Hunting of the Snark The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll is a biography written by Carroll's nephew, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, and published in 1898. It accidentally started the entire image of Lewis Carroll as a pedophile by deliberately suppressing all the evidence for his sometimes unconventional relationships with women, explaining that some of those women had been little girls… The Victorians had no concept of our modern idea of pedophilia. In fact, a man who loved pre-pubescent girls was considered especially saintly and innocent, and this was why Collingwood over-emphasized this aspect of his uncle's character so much. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (1870–1937) was an English clergyman and headmaster. He wrote two books about his uncle, Lewis Carroll.
Author: Lewis Carroll Publisher: Cosimo, Inc. ISBN: 1616402253 Category : Fantasy Languages : en Pages : 214
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A shortened, simplified version of the tale in which a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
Author: Lewis Carroll Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108059589 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 211
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Published in 1865, this world-famous classic with its cast of much-loved characters transformed children's literature, bringing its author lasting fame.
Author: Thomas Nelson Publisher: Applesauce Press ISBN: 1400252156 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 544
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The Illustrated Treasury of Classic Children's Stories allows kids to enjoy classic works of children's literature illustrated by Charles Santore, a bestselling illustrator! Enjoy the ultimate collection of illustrated children's classics, featuring the beautiful artwork of best-selling illustrator Charles Santore. Stunning watercolor artwork brings these cherished stories to life like never before. This treasury contains fourteen stories, from beloved tales of mischievous bunnies to fairy tale classics like Snow White. These timeless tales will captivate readers of all ages, and are sure to be treasured for generations to come. Children will be delighted and adults can reminisce on childhood favorites, making storytime that much more special.
Author: Hans Jürgen Eysenck Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 9781560009382 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 368
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Hans Eysenck is one of the world's leading psychologists and undoubtedly the most controversial. Throughout a long and illustrious career his work on personality and intelligence has aroused impassioned debate and attacks, both verbal and physical, on Eysenck himself. In his compelling and absorbing autobiography, Eysenck recounts in some detail the battles he had to fight in order to establish his major conclusions, as well as the reasons why he investigated these subjects. He also discusses his work on such topics as the health hazards of smoking, the prophylactic effects of behavior therapy on cancer and coronary heart disease, parapsychology, astrology, and other matters. In a new foreword, written for this edition, Eysenck expresses his pleasure regarding the fact that his autobiography is now being published in the United States. He discusses how much of his scientific life has been bound up with American psychology. Also new to this American edition is a chapter titled "Genius, Creativity, and Vitamins," in which Eysenck talks about the research he has worked on since his retirement in 1983. Rebel with a Cause is an intriguing autobiography and will be of paramount interest to psychologists, sociologists, and genetic scientists.
Author: Alan Bleakley Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 152750073X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 325
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Returning to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey for inspiration, this book uses these epics as a medium through which we might think imaginatively about key issues in contemporary medicine and medical education. These issues include doctors as heroes, and the legacy of heroic medicine in an age of clinical teamwork, collaboration and a more feminine medicine. The authors challenge ingrained habits in medical education, such as the way we characteristically “train” medical students to communicate with patients and colleagues; the reduction of compassion to the “skill” of empathy; the rote recital of the medical history as a “song”; and the new vogue for “resilience” as response to increasing levels of stress and burnout in the profession. A Homeric lens also shows new ways of thinking about translation of medical lingo into patients’ understanding, the relatively high levels of anger and error shown in clinical interactions, and modern phenomena such as “whistleblowing” in the face of unacceptable error or misbehaviour. While exhaustion and burnout are becoming more common in medicine, the authors ask if a more lyrical, rather than epic and tragic stance, might benefit medical work. Drawing on a wealth of experience in the field, the book promotes a new kind of medicine and medical education fit for the 21st century, but envisages these through the ancient lens of Homer’s two epics. In the heroic glory elaborated in the Iliad and the themes of homecoming and hospitality set out in the Odyssey, Homer provides a narrative arc that is a blueprint of modern medicine’s development from a heroic endeavour to a contemporary collaborative provision of hospitality, where the hospital remains true to its name and doctors engage in work of care rather than “fighting” disease with the hospital as battleground.
Author: 路易斯．卡羅（Lewis Carroll） Publisher: 東西文坊 ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 120
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【西洋英文經典有聲系列】旨在打造一個在閱讀經典名著的同時，還能親耳聆聽道地英文讀音的友善環境。讓讀者在欣賞大師的精彩文章之餘，還能一舉兩得，以耳朵來品嘗不同於單純文字的滋味。如果您的英文已達中級以上程度，與其讀些簡化的名著改寫版本，不如精讀原汁原味的原典吧，這才是貨真價實的文藝賞析。 《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》（Alice in Wonderland）是由英國作家查爾斯．路德維希．道奇森（Charles Lutwidge Dodgson）以筆名路易斯．卡羅（Lewis Carroll）創作的童話。這原本是作者本人隨興為友人的三個女兒所講的故事，後來他又增補了一些新情節與多首詩，終於完成了此書。 故事以一個名叫愛麗絲的小女孩為主角，她在夢中追逐一隻兔子而掉進一個充滿奇珍異獸的幻境。這部奇幻的童話突破了傳統兒童文學道德化說教的刻板公式，至今已經被翻譯成百餘種語言，並多次被拍成電影，成為最具影響力的童話故事之一。
Author: Melanie Phillips
Author: Melanie Phillips
Author: Melanie Phillips
Author: John Taliaferro
Author: Lewis Carroll
Author: Lewis Carroll
Author: Lewis Carroll
Author: Thomas Nelson
Author: Hans Jürgen Eysenck
Author: Alan Bleakley
Author: 路易斯．卡羅（Lewis Carroll）