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Category : Arts surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Reading at Risk
Author: U.S. Industrial Outlook
Author: United States Industrial Outlook for 200 Industries with Projections for ...
Author: The Global History of Childhood Reader
Author: Heidi MorrisonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135764875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The Global History of Childhood Reader provides an essential collection of chapters and articles on the global history of childhood. The Reader is structured thematically so as to provide both a representative sampling of the historiography as well as an overview of the key issues of the field, such as childhood as a social construct, commonalities and differences globally, and why the twentieth century was not the "century of the child" for most of the world’s children. The Reader is divided into four parts: Theories and methodologies of the history of childhood Constructions of childhood in different times and places Children’s experiences in different times and places Usage of the past to articulate solutions to problems facing children today. Topics covered include theories and methodologies in the global history of childhood, sources for writing a global history of childhood, education, gender, disability, race, class and religion, the individual in history and emotions, violence, labour and illiteracy. With introductions that contextualize each of the four parts and the articles, further reading sections and questions; this is the perfect guide for all students of the history of childhood.
To Read Or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence
Author: Dana GioiaPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422399965
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Executive Summary for a report which gathers & collates the best national data available to provide a reliable & comprehensive overview of American reading today. This report relies on large, nat. studies conducted on a regular basis by U.S. fed. agencies, supplemented by academic, foundation, & business surveys. Although there has been measurable progress in recent years in reading ability at the elementary school level, all progress appears to halt as children enter their teenage years. There is a general decline in reading among teenage & adult Americans. Both reading ability & the habit of regular reading have greatly declined among college grad. The declines have demonstrable social, economic, cultural, & civic implications. Charts & tables.
Iron Age and Hardware, Iron and Industrial Reporter
Author: PISA Learning beyond Fifteen Ten Years after PISA
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264172106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
This report focuses on the development of reading proficiency during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood.
U.S. Industrial Outlook for ... Industries with Projections for ...
Author: Annual Planning Information Report for Reading MSA.
Author: The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Author: Robert J. GordonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400888956
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated. Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions. A critical voice in the most pressing debates of our time, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come.