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Author |
: Jennifer Lynn Peterson |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013-05-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0822354411 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822354413 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Education in the School of Dreams by : Jennifer Lynn Peterson
In the earliest years of cinema, travelogues were a staple of variety film programs in commercial motion picture theaters. These short films, also known as "scenics," depicted tourist destinations and exotic landscapes otherwise inaccessible to most viewers. Scenics were so popular that they were briefly touted as the future of film. But despite their pervasiveness during the early twentieth century, travelogues have been overlooked by film historians and critics. In Education in the School of Dreams, Jennifer Lynn Peterson recovers this lost archive. Through innovative readings of travelogues and other nonfiction films exhibited in the United States between 1907 and 1915, she offers fresh insights into the aesthetic and commercial history of early cinema and provides a new perspective on the intersection of American culture, imperialism, and modernity in the nickelodeon era. Peterson describes the travelogue's characteristic form and style and demonstrates how imperialist ideologies were realized and reshaped through the moving image. She argues that although educational films were intended to legitimate filmgoing for middle-class audiences, travelogues were not simply vehicles for elite ideology. As a form of instructive entertainment, these technological moving landscapes were both formulaic and also wondrous and dreamlike. Considering issues of spectatorship and affect, Peterson argues that scenics produced and disrupted viewers' complacency about their own place in the world.
Author |
: Edward Humes |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 403 |
Release |
: 2015-11-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780544821668 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0544821661 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis School Of Dreams by : Edward Humes
What is the price of an education at a top public high school? Whitney High delivers everything we ask of a school: a love of learning, a sense of mission, and SAT scores to die for. But there are unintended consequences to attending the school of our dreams, as author Edward Humes found during his year inside this world of high achievement and high pressure. Students work nearly around the clock, building futures to please parents as much as themselves. Their drug of choice? Caffeine. Their goal? Getting into a top college. Their biggest fear? Not living up to their families' stratospheric expectations. But what these kids have going for them is the extraordinary community within Whitney High-- a school with doors open seven days a week, where teachers love teaching and the students linger long after the school day ends.
Author |
: Jennifer Lynn Peterson |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2013-05-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822378914 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822378914 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Education in the School of Dreams by : Jennifer Lynn Peterson
In the earliest years of cinema, travelogues were a staple of variety film programs in commercial motion picture theaters. These short films, also known as "scenics," depicted tourist destinations and exotic landscapes otherwise inaccessible to most viewers. Scenics were so popular that they were briefly touted as the future of film. But despite their pervasiveness during the early twentieth century, travelogues have been overlooked by film historians and critics. In Education in the School of Dreams, Jennifer Lynn Peterson recovers this lost archive. Through innovative readings of travelogues and other nonfiction films exhibited in the United States between 1907 and 1915, she offers fresh insights into the aesthetic and commercial history of early cinema and provides a new perspective on the intersection of American culture, imperialism, and modernity in the nickelodeon era. Peterson describes the travelogue's characteristic form and style and demonstrates how imperialist ideologies were realized and reshaped through the moving image. She argues that although educational films were intended to legitimate filmgoing for middle-class audiences, travelogues were not simply vehicles for elite ideology. As a form of instructive entertainment, these technological moving landscapes were both formulaic and also wondrous and dreamlike. Considering issues of spectatorship and affect, Peterson argues that scenics produced and disrupted viewers' complacency about their own place in the world.
Author |
: Paul D. Houston |
Publisher |
: Corwin Press |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2010-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452271705 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452271704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Giving Wings to Children’s Dreams by : Paul D. Houston
"This book has the potential to recenter our national conversation on education policy by examining professional issues through powerful personal experience." —Kathleen Cushman, Author, Fires in the Mind "As an experienced teacher and administrator, I found myself moved, inspired, and motivated to do whatever it takes to provide meaningful learning experiences for all children." —Roberto A. Pamas, Principal, O.W. Holmes Middle School, Falls Church, VA Education reform begins when we reconnect with the common purpose behind every educational endeavor The former executive director of the American Association of School Administrators outlines a coherent countervision of the factors educators must consider in order to turn schools back into places that nurture children. There are basic truths about what motivates people, Paul D. Houston argues, and educators must embed these truths in the educational process. In this book, educators will find inspiration and guidance through: Eighteen beautifully written, thought-provoking essays on how we can transform our schools Chapter-by-chapter questions to inspire reflection, discussion, and professional development A broad range of topics spanning from the magic of learning to global education to the perils of accountability Houston′s words will resonate with anyone committed to improving schools, and will help educators examine their own beliefs, develop a common vision, and enact reform.
Author |
: William S. Burroughs |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2012-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141975726 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141975725 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Education by : William S. Burroughs
My Education is Burroughs's last novel, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, collected over several decades and as close to a memoir as we will see. The dreams cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with his friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Always a rich source of imagery in Burroughs's own fiction, in this book dreams become a direct and powerful force in themselves.
Author |
: Rucker C. Johnson |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2019-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781541672697 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1541672690 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Children of the Dream by : Rucker C. Johnson
An acclaimed economist reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful -- and argues that we must renew our commitment to integration for the sake of all Americans We are frequently told that school integration was a social experiment doomed from the start. But as Rucker C. Johnson demonstrates in Children of the Dream, it was, in fact, a spectacular achievement. Drawing on longitudinal studies going back to the 1960s, he shows that students who attended integrated and well-funded schools were more successful in life than those who did not -- and this held true for children of all races. Yet as a society we have given up on integration. Since the high point of integration in 1988, we have regressed and segregation again prevails. Contending that integrated, well-funded schools are the primary engine of social mobility, Children of the Dream offers a radical new take on social policy. It is essential reading in our divided times.
Author |
: Janet Wilson |
Publisher |
: Second Story Press |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2011-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781926920412 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1926920414 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shannen and the Dream for a School by : Janet Wilson
The true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a native Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. Shannen's fight took her all the way to Parliament Hill and was taken up by children around the world. Shannen’s dream continues today with the work of the Shannen's Dream organization and those everywhere who are fighting for the rights of Aboriginal children.
Author |
: Beth Zasloff |
Publisher |
: New Press, The |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2015-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781595589286 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1595589287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hold Fast to Dreams by : Beth Zasloff
An “invaluable” memoir by a counselor who left the elite private-school world to help poor and working-class kids get into college (Washington Monthly). Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award Joshua Steckel left an elite Manhattan school to serve as the first-ever college guidance counselor at a Brooklyn public high school—and has helped hundreds of disadvantaged kids gain acceptance. But getting in is only one part of the drama. This riveting work of narrative nonfiction follows the lives of ten of Josh’s students as they navigate the vast, obstacle-ridden landscape of college in America, where students for whom the stakes of education are highest find unequal access and inadequate support. Among the students we meet are Mike, who writes his essays from a homeless shelter and is torn between his longing to get away to an idyllic campus and his fear of leaving his family in desperate circumstances; Santiago, a talented, motivated, and undocumented student, who battles bureaucracy and low expectations as he seeks a life outside the low-wage world of manual labor; and Ashley, who pursues her ambition to become a doctor with almost superhuman drive—but then forges a path that challenges received wisdom about the value of an elite liberal arts education. At a time when the idea of “college for all” is hotly debated, this book uncovers, in heartrending detail, the ways the American education system fails in its promise as a ladder to opportunity—yet provides hope in its portrayal of the intelligence, resilience, and everyday heroics of young people whose potential is too often ignored. “A profound examination of the obstacles faced by low-income students . . . and the kinds of reforms needed to make higher education and the upward mobility it promises more accessible.” —Booklist
Author |
: Chris Liska Carger |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807735221 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807735220 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Of Borders and Dreams by : Chris Liska Carger
Of Borders and Dreams is an intelligent, probing portrayal of the problems that face bilingual and bicultural children. Through Alejandro's story, we are moved and enraged by the failure of the American school system to offer better opportunities for all children regardless of race, sex, or class. This book is of enormous importance to teachers and educators on all levels, and anyone interested in the future of education in America
Author |
: Randy Pausch |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0340978503 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780340978504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Lecture by : Randy Pausch
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.