Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori
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Publisher : Diversion Books
Total Pages : 594
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ISBN-10 : 9781635761092
ISBN-13 : 1635761093
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Maria Montessori by : Rita Kramer

The definitive biography of a physician, feminist, social reformer, educator, and one of the most influential, and controversial women of the 20th century. Maria Montessori effected a worldwide revolution in the classroom. She developed a new method of educating the young and inspired a movement that carried it into every corner of the world. This is the story of the woman behind the public figure—her accomplishments, her ideas, and her passions. Montessori broke the mold imposed on women in the nineteenth century and forged a new one, first for herself and eventually for those who came after her. Against formidable odds she became the first woman to graduate from the medical school of the University of Rome and then devoted herself to the condition of children considered uneducable at the time. She developed a teaching method that enabled them to do as well as normal children, a method which then led her to found a new kind of school—the Casa dei Bambini, or House of Children—which gained her worldwide fame and still pervades classrooms wherever young children learn. This biography is not only the story of a groundbreaking feminist but a vital chapter in the history of education. “Highly recommended for educators, parents, and moderate feminists who seek inspiration from one of the most accomplished women of this or any other age.”—Publishers Weekly

Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation

Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 618
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ISBN-10 : 9780415896863
ISBN-13 : 041589686X
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation by : Dafna Kariv

Women represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs today. Tracing women's journey along the venture creation process, Kariv's book highlights the creatively different ways in which women approach the entrepreneurial enterprise.

The 20th Century Go-N

The 20th Century Go-N
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 2946
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ISBN-10 : 9781317740599
ISBN-13 : 1317740599
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The 20th Century Go-N by : Frank N. Magill

Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence with a quick reference section that provides basic facts on the individual's life and achievements. The extended biography places the life and works of the individual within an historical context, and the summary at the end of each essay provides a synopsis of the individual's place in history. All entries conclude with a fully annotated bibliography.

Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools

Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9780393246179
ISBN-13 : 0393246175
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools by : Tom Little

Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners. The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this book, his life’s work, he interweaves his teaching experience, the knowledge he gleaned from his trip, and the history of Progressive Education. As Little and Katherine Ellison reveal, these educators and schools invigorate learning and promote inquisitiveness by allowing the curriculum to grow organically out of children's questions—whether they lead to studying the senses, working on a farm, or re-creating a desert ecosystem in the classroom. We see curious students draw on information across disciplines to think in imaginative yet practical ways, like in a "Mini-Maker Faire" or designing and building a chair from scratch. Becoming good citizens was another of Little's goals. He believed in the need for students to learn how to become advocates for themselves, from setting rules on the playground to engaging in issues of social justice in the wider community. Using the philosophy of Progressive Education, schools can prepare students to shape a vibrant future in the arts and sciences for themselves and the nation.

Books in Series

Books in Series
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1404
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105015640464
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Books in Series by :

Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class

Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9781137442635
ISBN-13 : 1137442638
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class by : S. Henry

Bringing together sociology of the body with powerful examinations of educational theory and social class, Henry examines how children's experiences of school and pedagogy are shaped by their bodies and the ideas of social class and class identity that their bodies carry.

Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror

Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 520
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000019629605
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror by : Frank Northen Magill

This five volume work examines the lives of 450 individuals whose contributions greatly influenced the world's cultures that flourished from the Renaissance through 1900. An annotated bibliography accompanies each entry. - Publisher.

A Feast Of Words

A Feast Of Words
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Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Total Pages : 540
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015032301338
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis A Feast Of Words by : Cynthia Griffin Wolff

**** Reprint of the Oxford U. Press edition of 1977 (which is cited in BCL3. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dictionary of World Biography

Dictionary of World Biography
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1504
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105025111282
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Dictionary of World Biography by : Frank Northen Magill

A revision and reordering, with new entries added, of the material in the thirty vols. comprising the various subsets designated "series" published under the collective title : Great lives from history, 1987-1995.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson
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Publisher : Doubleday
Total Pages : 1007
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ISBN-10 : 9780804153461
ISBN-13 : 0804153469
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Emily Dickinson by : Cynthia Griffin Wolff

Emily Dickinson led a quiet life, treasuring her privacy and eventually giving herself over completely to her art: it was in her poetry that she “deliberately decided to live” and there that she is most clearly revealed to us. Yet until now, no biography of this most enigmatic of American poets has attempted to unravel the intricate relationship between the poet’s life and her poetry, between the life of her mind and the voice of her poems. Now, Cynthia Griffin Wolff (author of the highly acclaimed A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton) gives us a brilliantly literary biography of Emily Dickinson that reveals this relationship through a rich, comprehensive understanding of Dickinson herself and a new, extraordinarily illuminating reading of her exquisite yet often daunting poems.