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 Allen C. Guelzo, "Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction" English | 2020 | pages: 192 | ISBN: 0190454792 | EPUB | 1,9 mb The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Among its chief failures was the inability to chart a progressive course for race relations after the abolition of  Lorraine Nencel, "Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale " English | ISBN: 1138613061 | 2021 | 226 pages | PDF | 14 MB Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale is about the production and effects of stigma in sex work or prostitution with contributions from four continents and different disciplines that taken together explore how such stigma is conditioned by differences in time, place, citizenship, gender, sexuality, class and race.  Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History By Vicki Callahan, Vicki Callahan, Victoria Duckett, Anna Everett, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, Terri Simone Francis, Joanne Hershfield, Sumiko Higashi, Soyoung Kim, Annette Kuhn, Suzanne Leonard, Laura Mulvey, Giuliana Muscio, Ayako Saito, Michele Schreiber 2010 | 472 Pages | ISBN: 0814333001 | PDF | 10 MB Reclaiming the Archive: Feminism and Film History brings together a diverse group of international feminist scholars to examine the intersections of feminism, history, and feminist theory in film. Editor Vicki Callahan has assembled essays that reflect a range of methodological approaches-including archival work, visual culture, reception studies, biography, ethno-historical studies, historiography, and textual analysis-by a diverse group of film and media studies scholars to prove that feminist theory, film history, and social practice are inevitably and productively intertwined. Essays in Reclaiming the Archive investigate the different models available in feminist film history and how those feminist strategies might serve as paradigmatic for other sites of feminist intervention. Chapters have an international focus and range chronologically from early cinema to post-feminist texts, organized around the key areas of reception, stars, and authorship. A final section examines the very definitions of feminism (post-feminism), cinema (transmedia), and archives (virtual and online) in place today. The essays in Reclaiming the Archive prove that a significant heritage of film studies lies in the study of feminism in film and feminist film theory. Scholars of film history and feminist studies will appreciate the breadth of work in this volume.  Paul Spickard, "Race in Mind: Critical Essays" English | 2015 | ISBN: 0268041482 | PDF | pages: 409 | 3.4 mb These essays analyze how race affects people's lives and relationships in all settings, from the United States to Great Britain and from Hawaiʻi to Chinese Central Asia. They contemplate the racial positions in various societies of people called Black and people called White, of Asians and Pacific Islanders, and especially of those people whose racial ancestries and identifications are multiple. Here for the first time are Spickard's trenchant analyses of the creation of race in the South Pacific, of DNA testing for racial ancestry, and of the meaning of multiplicity in the age of Barack Obama.
 Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers by Robin K. Morgan, Kimberly T. Olivares English | December 22nd, 2021 | ISBN: 0253006120 | 148 pages | True EPUB | 2.77 MB "A wealth of good ideas" for using technology in education, from increasing student engagement to managing hybrid and distance learning (Teachers College Record).
 Nicole Mockler, "Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education: Reclaiming Meaning " English | ISBN: 1138698202 | 2018 | 166 pages | PDF | 734 KB Questioning the Language of Improvement and Reform in Education challenges the language used in education by linking the language of both the public and professional domains with the changing intentions of the governance of education. Exploring various issues, which embody the many manifestations of the manner in which strident, conservative language has captured the public view of education, the book covers topics such as the importance of language in the context of educational practice, the media's portrayal of teachers globally, the role of students in the face of curriculum reform and the language used in educational policy worldwide.  Pulling Strings: The Legacy of Melville A. Clark By Linda Kaiser 2010 | 185 Pages | ISBN: 0815609507 | PDF | 7 MB In Pulling Strings, Kaiser explores the extraordinary career of Melville A. Clark (1883â€"1953), a musician, inventor, entrepreneur, community leader, and collector whose colorful story is largely unknown. Beginning with an account of Clark's musical family, Kaiser chronicles the founding in 1859 of the Clark Music Company, of which Melville Clark became president in 1919. Originally just a tinkers shed, the business ultimately moved into a six-story building in the center of Syracuse. The music company celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Clark also combined his talents as a gifted musician and astute entrepreneur to start the first Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Kaiser recounts the development of the Clark Irish harp, the first portable harp manufactured in the United States, that could easily play accidentals. There were other Clark inventions, such as the first nylon strings for instruments. In addition, Clark designed balloons that the British used in 1918 to drop more than 1,250,000 pamphlets over Germany. Clark's story unfolds in fascinating detail: a musical encounter with President Wilson, entertaining President F. D. Roosevelt, a visit to Buckingham Palace to present Princess Elizabeth with a music box, and the journey of a Clark Irish harp to Antarctica with Admiral Byrd. Lavishly illustrated, Pulling Strings not only uncovers the life of a musical genius but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in Syracuse history.
 Juliana Othman, "Professional Development through Mentoring: Novice ESL Teachers' Identity Formation and Professional Practice " English | ISBN: 113836052X | 2019 | 126 pages | PDF | 1340 KB In their book, Othman and Senom provide a unique insight into the challenges faced by novice English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and establish how mentoring can provide effective support for new teachers' professional development. The book demonstrates the theoretical background for viewing mentoring as a process crucial to novice teachers' development, particularly to the teachers' ability to succeed and grow in a specific workplace environment. Using case studies from a Malaysian context, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of how mentoring can serve as a strategy to facilitate the transition of novice ESL teachers from a teacher education programme to life in real classrooms. Through its case studies, the book will examine both theoretical and practical issues for mentors, teacher educators, policymakers, and administrators when mentoring new ESL teachers. This book will be valuable to researchers who are particularly interested in exploring novice teachers' identity development, and experienced teachers to help guide new teachers through the socialization process in their schools.
 Lena Heine, "Problem Solving in a Foreign Language: A Study in Content and Language Integrated Learning " English | ISBN: 3110224453 | 2010 | 228 pages | PDF | 2 MB Although Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a popular teaching method, research on CLIL has nearly exclusively focused on aspects of language learning. Besides that, we are still lacking any cognitively well-grounded theory about the special features of contexts in which the focus is on content learning, but in which a foreign language is used as the medium of communicating information. This book re-examines the basis for CLIL from a cognitive perspective and investigates how the use of a foreign language as a working language influences the processing of content. It summarizes findings from cognitive psychology on thinking, problem solving and conceptual processing, and integrates them with models of language-specific mental activities such as speech processing and text composition. This provides a theoretically well-grounded basis for the understanding of the special features of CLIL, and promotes a Cognitive Linguistic perspective on CLIL pedagogy.The theoretical considerations form the basis for an empirical study that offers the first insights into what CLIL learners actually do when they solve content-focused tasks while using an L2. Through spontaneous verbalization of thought, detailed verbal protocols were elicited and analysed into language and content focused cognitive processes. The analysis shows that both language and conceptual thought interact closely and that a focus on language in general has positive effects on the processing of semantic content; the use of an L2 as working language can enhance this effect. Additionally, the study offers a thorough reflection and new perspectives on verbal protocols as research tools, in particular in L2 contexts.
 Kenneth A. Bamberger, "Privacy on the Ground: Driving Corporate Behavior in the United States and Europe " English | ISBN: 0262029987 | 2015 | 352 pages | PDF | 812 KB An examination of corporate privacy management in the United States, Germany, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, identifying international best practices and making policy recommendations. |
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