Literacy is important foundational knowledge for all teaching areas and classroom settings. Language and Literacy covers the building blocks of literacy, as well as the developmental skills all pre-……続きを見る
In a saturated and complex workd of information, how can students be helped to seek, evaluate and verify information?
Over the past two decades, the use of the internet and social media has enabled ……続きを見る
Student Engagement: Promoting Positive Classroom Behaviour encourages pre-service teachers in Australian primary and secondary schools to make choices about how best to design and manage their class……続きを見る
A plane crash in the Portuguese Azores in October 1949 was devastating to the worlds of boxing and concert music. The tragedy took the life of Marcel Cerdan, a former middleweight champion and the m……続きを見る
Sergio Mantovani was an Italian race car driver from Milan, Italy, who had bright prospects when he was chosen as a Masrati works driver in 1953. Unfortunately his career was all too brief lasting o……続きを見る
An American Airlines transcontinental flight crashed into the Mississippi River near midnight on February 10, 1944. The cause of the crash has never been entirely explained. The Civil Aeronautics Bo……続きを見る
On her launch in 1969, QE2 began a long career as Cunard's luxurious flagship – the last great transatlantic liner from a vanishing era. However, this leisure service was interrupted in 1982 when sh……続きを見る
How ed tech was born: Twentieth-century teaching machines--from Sidney Pressey's mechanized test-giver to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box.
Contrary to popular belief, ed tech did not be……続きを見る
Corvette is the most coveted and longest enduring American sports car. The General Motors car, introduced in 1953, has a worldwide following and has appeared internationally in countless auto shows.……続きを見る
The Soviet ship Indigirka was trapped in a violent snowstorm off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. On December 13, 1939 she wrecked with the loss of 741 lives. The majority of deaths were pr……続きを見る
The inspirational autobiography of the hero pilot who landed a crippled flight in New York’s Hudson Riverーnow a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks.
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a r……続きを見る
Friedrich Froebel, the 'father of kindergarten', is one of the most influential pedagogues of the 19th century. However, relatively little is known about his life, his successes and failures, and hi……続きを見る
Una historia que se dice de 500 años, pero que está anclada en los añejos devenires de los dos lados del océano, dio por resultado, entre otras cosas, a Veracruz: ayuntamiento, ciudad y puerto y……続きを見る
The regulation of modern civil aviation can be traced back to the later years of the Second World War. An intense debate about the future regulatory regime resulted in a compromise which to this day……続きを見る
A history of the Rudge-Whitworth cycle and motorcycle company, from the late 1800s to the 1940s, including full production histories of the motorcycle models. Topics covered include: the origins of ……続きを見る
The compelling chronicle of 120 years of motorcycle making in the Empire State.
The Motorcycle Industry in New York State is the first book to focus on the over 120-year history of motorcycle constr……続きを見る
Estos ensayos responden a interrogantes sobre diferentes aspectos, regiones, etnias, épocas, funciones, continuidades y cambios experimentados por tres señoríos prehispánicos, en los 300 años de la ……続きを見る
El propósito de esta obra es dar cuenta del desarrollo histórico de Coyoacán, de su vasto señorío desde los tiempos previos a la Conquista y de su extensa jurisdicción a lo largo de la época novohis……続きを見る
The history of a railroad includes the personal histories of the individuals who worked for it. In 1880 the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka, Kansas employed executives, clerks, yard s……続きを見る
For centuries, the idea of collegiality has been integral to the British understanding of higher education. This book examines how its values are being restructured in response to the 21st-century p……続きを見る
Northern Pacific Railway Employees in Fargo North Dakota contains lots of information for genealogical/ancestral researchers. It profiles individual employees, i.e. where they lived in Fargo/Moorhea……続きを見る
S-51 sank almost immediately after it was rammed around 10:30 p.m. off Block Island Sound on Saturday evening, September 25, 1925. Her crew of 34 was in the water, sailors who begged for a line to s……続きを見る
Although the line from Newport to Blaenavon Low Level lost its passenger services from April 1962 before the notorious Beeching cuts denuded significant parts of Wales of their railways, it remained……続きを見る
An American Airlines Boeing 727 that crashed on its approach to landing at Greater Cincinnati Airport in November 1965 was the second Boeing 727 to come down in only a few months time. One exploded ……続きを見る
In the introduction of Automotive Engineering Fundamentals, Richard Stone and Jeffrey K. Ball provide a fascinating and often amusing history of the passenger vehicle, showcasing the various highs a……続きを見る
The huge KLM Super Constellation with its 4 propeller driven engines crashed into the Atlantic Ocean around dawn on August 14, 1958. The plane's flight originated in Amsterdam and the difficulty beg……続きを見る
Of the 17th century French explorers of North America, La Salle was among the most ambitious. The Griffon or Griffin was a ship that was built from the white oak trees native to the Niagara Falls re……続きを見る
A $1 million Eastern Air Line propeller plane with 84 people on board exploded suddenly approximately five minutes after takeoff on February 8, 1965. The causes of the crash involved an incoming Pan……続きを見る
Jo Siffert combined determinism, youth and great speed as a promising sports car and Formula 1 driver coming along in the early 1960s. He began racing F1 cars in 1962, soon purchasing his own Britis……続きを見る
Alan Stacey was a promising English driver for an upstart Team Lotus headed by manager and owner Colin Chapman. A few years into the 1960s Team Lotus would compete as an equal with the great factory……続きを見る
