Search Results: Education from Diatrope Books

Oberlin College, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. Includes addresses by Henry T. Heald, Frank W. Abrams, John W Gardner, and others. 53p. Measures 7x10.5 inches. Founded in 1833, Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio.

Stenhouse Publishers, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Covers getting started, activities, advanced conversations, conversations in various subjects, and more. Appendix. Reference. Index. 234p. Measures 7.25x9.25 inches.

Zone Books, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x9. Unmarked text. Essays by Joel Beinin, Judith Butler, Beshara Doumani, Kathleen J. Frydl, Amy Newhall, Robert Post, and Philippa Strum. Provides a solid platform for informed classroom and public discussions on the philosophical foundations, institutional practices, and political dimensions of academic freedom in the twenty-first century. 328p. Measures 5.5x9 inches.

British Museum Education Service, 1998. Unbound. Very Good. Unmarked, aside from previous owner's name on cover. Booklet and loose worksheets in folder. Total of 32p. Black-and-white illustrations. A tour of The Greek rooms in the British Museum with descriptive materials and student exercise sheets.

Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services (AWAIR), 1991. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Unmarked text. Stamped by previous owner. Illustrated by Carol El-Shaieb. Topics include multicultural education, conflict resolution, activities, foods from Arab Lands, and more. 62p.

Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Clipped Dust Jacket with a closed tear. Illustrated in color and B/W. Develops an art program that encourages each child to mirror the world in his or her own artwork, with all the basics of art instruction at the elementary level. Units on people, architecture, urban planning, nature and ecology, and more. 8.25 inches square. Bibliography. Index. 143p.

Washington DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1973. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Ex-library. A few marks. Foreword by Harold G. Shane. References. 30p.

Berkeley, CA: Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Number Two in the Chapters in the History of the University of California series. 10 black-and-white illustrations. Notes. 50p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Barth examines higher education in 19th-century California, drawing connections between the 1855 College of California (and its successor, the 1868 University of California) and the elements of design that evolved out of the early cemetery and park traditions. He stresses the character of the men of this "practical period," particularly their political, economic, and intellectual behavior. Acutely aware of the complex relationship between land and ideas, and dreams and practicality, Barth captures the ironies of their juxtaposition in early California.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. Hardcover. Good/good. Ex-library. Front page stamped Property of Trinity Grammar and Prep. Dust jacket has a small tear on front and a small bend on front flap. Library tag on spine. Examines Catholic education in the 20th Century.

National Council of Teachers of English, 1944. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked text. Some fading on cover. 78p. Pamphlet Publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, No. 7. Compiled by Fannie J. Ragland. Topics include child growth in organizing and expressing ideas, a fourth grade writes a poem, vocabulary growth, writing as a part of the elementary school experience, learning to spell words correctly and more. "The chief distinction of this pamphlet lies in the artistic and thoughtful combination of the why and the how of guiding children to express themselves in writing.

Hong Kong: Chinese Foundation Secondary School, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Text in English and Chinese. Includes DVD and 39-page prospectus. Beautifully illustrated. 240p. Founded in 2000, The Chinese Foundation Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school located in Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong. It is a Direct Subsidy Scheme school.

Beacon Press, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Embossed by previous owner and name written on front end page. 242p. Index. This book places the controversy between creationists and evolutionists, as a group of religious fundamentalists who defined themselves as scientists have challenged the most basic assumptions of contemporary biology.

Wiley Blackwell, 2017. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Unmarked text. A comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations. 358p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Community Development Society, 1973. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Acceptable. Unmarked text. Cover loose. Essays from a conference that examined what should be included in introductory courses in community development. Includes "Community Development Education" by Edward J. Blakely, "The Urban Community Development Program" by Clifford Ham, "A Generic Approach to Professional Education in Community Development" by Marc R. Levy, "Curriculum Essay on an Introductory Course from Community Development Professionals" by Boyd Faulkner, "Proposal for a Program in Community Development" by Isao Fujimoto and a summary by Blakely. Appendices. 48p.

Cambridge: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Articles by Karen Seashore Louis, Daniel W. Bromley, Richard R. John, Thomas P. Hughes, Robert L. Hampel, Seymour B. Sarason, Victoria J. Marsick, and others. 258p. Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Volume 127, Number 4. Fall 1998.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. End pages corners bent. Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Volume 126, Number 4. Fall 1997. Covers the issues and problems of the U.S. academic profession in the second half of the 20th century. Articles by Arthur Levine, Walter E. Massey, Jay A. Labinger, and Philip G. Altbach, and others. 338p.

Cambridge: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Issued as Volume 124, Number 4. Contributors include Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Howard Gardner, Gerald Holton, Stephen R. Graubard, and Paul Schwarz. 182p.

Dartmouth College Library, 1955. Sewn Binding. Very Good. Unmarked. 15p. Includes a loose introduction to Willey by the President of the University of California, Robert Gordon Sproul. Published by the Archives Department of the Dartmouth College Library. Wiley was a member class of 1845. In 1898, then in his seventy-eighth year, he was asked to give these recollections of his college days at a meeting of Dartmouth alumni in San Francisco.

Alameda County Waste Management Authority, 1997. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated. Includes introductory activities and basic composting. Glossary. 80p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Remediation Associates, 1976. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Includes verbal sub-tests and performance sub-tests. 68p. A common assessment instrument used by psychologists to evaluate IQ.