1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455645703321

Autore

Wearmouth Janice

Titolo

Meeting difficulties in literacy development : research, policy and practice / / Janice Wearmouth, Janet Soler and Gavin Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40765-3

9786610036851

0-415-30471-7

1-280-03685-0

0-203-32898-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 341 p.)

Classificazione

05.15

Altri autori (Persone)

ReidGavin <1950->

SolerJanet

Disciplina

372.43

Soggetti

Reading disability

Reading - Remedial teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with the Open University and the University of Edinburgh.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Models or, and Debates Over, the Reading Process 2. Concepts of Dyslexia 3. Responses to Dyslexia 4. Socio-Cultural Models and Approaches 5. Gender, Ethnicity and Experiences of Difficulties in Literacy Development 6. Equity, Inclusion and the Law 7. National Curricula Frameworks for Literacy Development 8. Assessment of Barriers to Literacy Development 9. Framework for Planning 10. School Responses to Difficulties in Literacy 11. Supporting Students' Literary Acquisition at the Level of the Family 12. Towards Inclusive Schools: Considering Literacy Difficulties

Sommario/riassunto

Literacy development is a sensitive issue. The authors explore different conceptualisations of literacy and their implications in terms of addressing the barriers to literacy acquisition. They discuss strategies and programmes to help reduce barriers at school, community and family level.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451242903321

Autore

Davis Lance Edwin

Titolo

In pursuit of Leviathan [[electronic resource] ] : technology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906 / / Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, and Karin Gleiter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1997

ISBN

1-281-22328-X

9786611223281

0-226-13790-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (566 p.)

Collana

NBER series on long-term factors in economic development

Altri autori (Persone)

GallmanRobert E

GleiterKarin

Disciplina

338.3/7295/097309034

Soggetti

Whaling - Economic aspects - United States

Whaling - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-538) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. In Prospect -- 2. Whales and Whaling -- 3. Data Sets and Sources -- 4. Natural Resources -- 5. Labor -- 6. Capital -- 7. Technology -- 8. Productivity -- 9. Product Markets -- 10. Agents, Captains, and Owners -- 11. Profits -- 12. The Americans Replace the British -- 13. Modern Whaling -- 14. In Retrospect -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840's to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors



argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology and market conditions. Providing a wealth of historical information, In Pursuit of Leviathan is a classic industry study that will provide intriguing reading for anyone interested in the history of whaling.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163302603321

Autore

Pope Alexander

Titolo

The Poetry of Alexander Pope - Volume IX : “You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.”

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Copyright Group, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78543-643-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (53 pages)

Disciplina

821.5

Soggetti

English poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Robert Bridges was born in Walmer, Kent on the 23rd of October 1844. He went to study medicine intending to practice until the age of forty and then retire to write poetry. Lung disease forced him to retire in 1882, and from that point on he devoted himself to writing and literary research. However, Bridges' literary work started long before his retirement, his first collection of poems having been published in 1873. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1913 by George V, the only medical graduate to have held the office. He died in Oxford on the 21st of April 1930.