1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163894603321

Autore

Shiverdecker Terry <1956->

Titolo

Inquiring scientists, inquiring readers in middle school : using nonfiction to promote science literacy, grades 6-8 / / Terry Shiverdecker, Jessica Fries-Gaither

Pubbl/distr/stampa

NSTA Press

Arlington, Virginia : , : National Science Teachers Association, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

1-68140-004-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 376 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

507.1/273

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Middle school) - United States

Science - Methodology - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Language arts (Middle school) - United States

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Report writing - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Inquiry-based learning

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Integrating science and literacy instruction -- pt. 2. The inquiry units.

Sommario/riassunto

This book blends inquiry-based science and literacy instruction to support learning and maximize time, and provides lessons that integrate all aspects of literacy, a learning-cycle framework, and investigations that support current standards and encompass life, physical, and Earth and space sciences. Units include scientific background, common misconceptions, annotated text lists, safety considerations, differentiation strategies, reproducible student pages, and assessments.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824635103321

Autore

Harrington Sean

Titolo

The Disney fetish [[electronic resource] /] / Seán Harrington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hertfordshire, England : , : John Libbey Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-86196-908-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/34

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One The Homunculus; Chapter 1 A Theoretical Context; Chapter 2 Psycho-mythology; Walt Disney; Alice in Cartoon-land; Chapter 3 The Phallus and Disney Animation; Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, the Ego Ideal and the Id; Steamboat Willy; The Duck; Analysis; Chapter 4 The Conceptual Homunculus; Fetishism; Anality and Rivalry in the Silly Symphonies series; Part Two The Regressive Apparatus; Chapter 5 Disney Character Tropes; Mass Appeal and Regression; A Disney Apparatus

Snow White Disney Character Tropes; Chapter 6 The Industrial Process and the Father; A Lexicon of Regression; Absent Fathers: Disney and the Real Boy; Malevolence and the Castrating Fathers; Threat to the Homuncule Body; Chapter 7 Fantasia and Eroticism; Fantasia's Utopia; Pastoral Symphony; The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Death of the Dinosaurs; A Night on Bald Mountain; Chapter 8 Regression and Jouissance; The Regressive; The Law and the Primordial in Regression; Dumbo: Regressive Narratives; Ugly Children; Bambi: Death of the Mother and Jouissance; Violence and the Cartoon Body in Bambi

Part Three The Hybrid Utopia Chapter 9 Hegemony; Unionisation and the Disney Strike; Films Made in Studio During the Strike; Chapter 10 Disney's 'Good Neighbour'; The Three Caballeros: Hyper-real Sexuality and Cartoon Jouissance; Communist witch-hunts and red fear; Chapter 11 World War II and Propaganda; The Production of Canadian Propaganda; The United States Enters the War; Donald gets Drafted;



The Cartoon Body: Sadism, Exaggeration and Manipulation; Propaganda, pornography and utopia; Chapter 12 The Consumerist Utopia; Television and Disneyland

Feature-length Films of the 50's and 60's: Familial Sexuality Walt Disney's Death and Walt Disney World; Conclusion; Future Research and End Notes; References, Filmography, Studios, Digital Rights; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Long considered a figurehead of family values and wholesome adolescence, the Disney franchise has faced increasing criticism over its gendered representations of children in film, its stereotypical representations of race and non-white cultures, and its emphasis on the heterosexual couple. Against a historical backdrop of studio history, audience reception, and the industrial-organizational apparatus of Disney media, Seán Harrington examines the Disney classics through a psychoanalytical framework to explore the spirit of devotion, fandom, and frenzy that is instilled in consumers of Disney