Author: Virginia State College. Petersburg. Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Bibliography of Master's Theses, 1937-1962
Author: Virginia State College. Petersburg. Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
The Highlander Folk School
Author: Aimee Isgrig HortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background information on Myles Horton, the founder of the school, and on circumstances that led him to establish the school. Horton's experience growing up in the South, as well as his educational experience as a sociology and theology student, served to strengthen his dedication to democratic social change through education. The next four sections of the book describe the programs developed during the school's 30-year history, including educational programs for the unemployed and impoverished residents of Cumberland Mountain during the Great Depression; for new leaders in the southern industrial union movement during its critical period; for groups of small farmers when the National Farmers Union sought to organize in the South; and for adult and student leadership in the emerging civil rights movement. Horton's pragmatic leadership allowed educational programs to evolve in order to meet community needs. For example, Highlander's civil rights programs began with a workshop on school desegregation and evolved more broadly to prepare volunteers from civil rights groups to teach "citizenship schools," where Blacks could learn basic literacy skills needed to pass voter registration tests. Beginning in 1958, and until the school's charter was revoked and its property confiscated by the State of Tennessee in 1961, the school was under mounting attacks by highly-placed government leaders and others because of its support of the growing civil rights movement. Contains 270 references, chapter notes, and an index. (LP)
The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893-1958
Author: Herbert M. KliebardPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415948913
Category : Curriculum planning
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge
Author: Joseph D. NovakPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135184461
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information society rests upon the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge creators. Novak’s pioneering theory of education presented in the first edition remains viable and useful. This new edition updates his theory for meaningful learning and autonomous knowledge building along with tools to make it operational ─ that is, concept maps, created with the use of CMapTools and the V diagram. The theory is easy to put into practice, since it includes resources to facilitate the process, especially concept maps, now optimised by CMapTools software. CMapTools software is highly intuitive and easy to use. People who have until now been reluctant to use the new technologies in their professional lives are will find this book particularly helpful. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge is essential reading for educators at all levels and corporate managers who seek to enhance worker productivity.
My Urban Wilderness in the Hollywood Hills
Author: Richard Gordon LillardPublisher: UPA
ISBN: 1461752566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A rich, fresh, anecdotal, and thoughtful account. Beautifully written, the book tells the story of modern families in technological Los Angeles who live compatibly amid chaparral with the scores of wild species on the hillsides and in the canyon. For students of ecology, conservation, and the environment.
The Junior and Community College
Author: Anne M. BaileyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Letters from the Orange Empire
Author: George Harold PowellPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Powell was a pomologist who influenced fruit growers to better pack their fruit to prevent spoilage. He worked both in government and in industry. Afterword by his son.
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Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Teachers colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Advise & Dissent
Author: James AbourezkPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1569763623
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
The life story of the founder of ADC, from his parents' farm in South Dakota to the halls of the Senate, where he refused to compromise his principles.