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Community Service-Learning
Presents a comprehensive resource for those interested in youth involvement in community service as part of the public school curriculum.
The Cultural Pragmatics of Danger
This book addresses the problems and challenges of studying the discourse of "danger" cross-linguistically and cross-culturally, and proposes the cultural pragmatics of danger as a new field of inquiry. Detailed case studies of several linguacultures include Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, German, Japanese and Spanish. Focusing on global and local contexts surrounding “living in dangerous times”, this book showcases how the new model of cultural pragmatics can be used to illuminate cultural meanings in discourse. Unlike the universalist approaches to pragmatics, cultural pragmatics focuses on understanding the linguacultural logics of discourse, and in the case of “danger”, the mul...
Teaching for Results
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SONS LETTERS TO HIS FATHER
Based on letters written by a young soldier during World War II, A Son's Letters to his Father is compelling reading. Bill Calhoon, Class of 1941 who could have grown up in your hometown, was described by an early reviewer of the book as a regular GI, a simple man who understood the complexity of the war in which he found himself, not having any idea that he would not see his wife or as-yet-unborn child until the little boy was three years old. Bill was faithful in writing to both his wife and his father despite the fact that soldiers' letters were censored as to war campaigns and locations. However, because the letters are masterfully narrated in the context of the history, today's reader, with even a limited knowledge of WWII, is immersed in the daily coping on the homefront and the events in the Philippines as they were happening.
White Teachers / Diverse Classrooms
· Interviews with Black students and experienced educators provide guidance on how to teach successfully in multicultural classes· Insights and ideas to promote observation, reflection, and effective classroom practice· Ideal for initiating constructive discussion in pre-service courses, and for professional development· Defines the seven characteristics of successful multicultural teaching· Based on the acclaimed book These interviews with Black students, White and Black teachers, educational experts and school administrators poignantly bring to life the issues, strategies and competencies that teachers need to engage with–if they are to create the conditions that will enable their s...
The Medical Library Association Guide to Health Literacy
Helps you understand the role that medical, hospital, public, and health libraries are uniquely qualified to play in improving health literacy. This work teaches you ways to use collection development, the reference interview, community health information, and Web resources, as well as strategies for working with special needs populations.
