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Tracing the development of initial teacher education since the large-scale expansion of the teaching profession after the Second World War to the present day, The Transformation of Initial Teacher E……続きを見る

Los caminos del Rionegro relata la aventura de buscar la comunicación de Bogotá con el río Magdalena a través de la rica y agreste región del valle del río Negro desde los tiempos de Tomás Cipriano ……続きを見る

Launched in 1914, two years after the ill-fated voyage of her sister ship, RMS Titanic, the Britannic was intended to be superior to her tragic twin in every way. But war intervened and in 1915 she ……続きを見る

'The unmistakable voice of Moto GP' - Valentino Rossi As 'The Voice' of motorcycle racing for forty years, commentator Nick Harris became the biggest star not on two wheels in the paddock, and this ……続きを見る

An exploration of the architecture of dormitories that exposes deeply held American beliefs about education, youth, and citizenship Every fall on move-in day, parents tearfully bid farewell to their……続きを見る

Here is the story of airshipsーmanmade flying machines without wingsーfrom their earliest beginnings to the modern era of blimps. In postcards and advertisements, the sleek, silver, cigar-shaped air……続きを見る

Samson Benderly inaugurated the first Bureau of Jewish Education in 1910 amid a hodgepodge of congregational schools, khayders, community Talmud Torahs, and private tutors. Drawing on the theories o……続きを見る

The book is addressed to Armenians in Diaspora and to readers living in various countries who are interested in history and culture of Armenia. The book is a brief review of the history of Armenia b……続きを見る

Paola Piacenza plantea en esta obra la posibilidad de leer los años sesenta en la Argentina a partir de la hipótesis de un "relato de formación" que caracteriza a la retórica de distintos discursos ……続きを見る

The alumni of Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) have made remarkable strides in medicine, academia, public health, and industry. In this they follow in the footst……続きを見る

Svazlian is an ethnographer and folklorist at the Armenian Academy of Sciences. Since the mid-1950s she interviewed Armenian survivors of the Turkish Genocide of Armenians.Those efforts are presente……続きを見る

The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail. Presently, "Pony Express" is a trademark for postal services in the US (by the United States Postal Service). "This lit……続きを見る

Sovereign Schools tells the epic story of one of the early battles for reservation public schools. For centuries indigenous peoples in North America have struggled to preserve their religious practi……続きを見る

"The book presents discussions of Armenocide – the most genocidal genocide. It elucidates the motivations for Arab historiography to study the Armenian genocide and the classification of Arab histor……続きを見る

At speeds of over 230 miles per hour, the Indy open-wheel race cars set the bar for American Championship car racing. For over 100 years, the Indy cars and their drivers have drawn hundreds of thous……続きを見る

Волею судеб многие из наших соотечественников проживают ныне в России и в странах СНГ. Среди них много желающих знать историю своего народа, его вклад во всемирную историю. К сожалению, очень немног……続きを見る

In A Class by Themselves?, Jason Ellis provides an erudite and balanced history of special needs education, an early twentieth century educational innovation that continues to polarize school commun……続きを見る

A powerful case for the importance of universities as an antidote to the “secular dogmatism” that increasingly infects political discourse   John Sexton argues that over six decades, a “secular dogm……続きを見る

Standing along the coast of today’s Outer Banks, it can be hard to envision the barrier island world at Kitty Hawk as it appeared to Wilbur and Orville Wright when they first arrived in 1900 to begi……続きを見る

This is a simple short book I have created in honor and celebration of the amazing automotive community. In this book I go over what makes a dream car just that, and add some of my personal works of……続きを見る

This book illustrates a pathway for knowledge production to benefit from interweaving the seemingly disparate historical experiences of Indigenous Peoples and computer science education. The resulti……続きを見る

In the mid-20th century, university-based business schools re-oriented themselves to increased alignment with the preferences of the university and decreased alignment with the preferences of busine……続きを見る

In welchem Verhältnis steht die Erziehungswissenschaft zur Normativität pädagogischer Theorie und Praxis, aber auch zu den Erwartungen von Bildungspolitik und Bildungsplanung? Inwiefern versteht sie……続きを見る

For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwrecks and whaling are found alongside oft-forgotten odd……続きを見る

Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the c……続きを見る

On the cusp of the Great Depression, Denver mayor Benjamin Stapleton pushed for the development of the first city-operated airport. Denver Municipal Airport opened in 1929 with three hub airlines. W……続きを見る

Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an info……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ____________________ This exciting historical adventur……続きを見る

Composing a Community is not only a history of early WAC programs but also of how the people developing those programs were in touch with one another, exchanging ideas and information, forming first……続きを見る

A product of extensive archival research and numerous interviews, 1977: A Cultural Moment In Composition examines the local, state, and national forces (economic, political, cultural, and academic) ……続きを見る