1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455319803321

Autore

Johnston Bill <1960->

Titolo

Values in English language teaching [[electronic resource] /] / Bill Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2003

ISBN

1-135-63212-X

1-282-32193-5

9786612321931

1-4106-0698-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

400

428.24071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers - Moral and ethical aspects

English teachers - Professional ethics

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. 152-163) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Teacher as Moral Agent; 2 Morality in Classroom Interaction; 3 Values and the Politics of English Language Teaching; 4 The Morality of Testing and Assessment; 5 Three Facets of Language Teacher Identity; 6 Values in Teacher Development; 7 Dilemmas and Foundations in English Language Teaching; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it is to be a teacher. The teacher-student relation is central to this view, rather than the concept of language teaching as merely a technical matter of managing students' acquisition of language. The message is that all language teaching involves an interplay of deeply held values, but in each teaching situation these values are played out in different ways. Johnston does not tell readers what to think, but only suggests what to think about.  <b



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789648403321

Autore

Christian David <1946->

Titolo

Maps of time : an introduction to big history / / David Christian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-27973-8

9786613279736

0-520-95067-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 642 pages) : illustrations

Collana

California World History Library ; ; 2

Disciplina

901

Soggetti

Civilization - Philosophy

Human evolution

World history

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

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth? -- Part I. The Inanimate Universe -- Part II. Life on Earth -- Part III. Early Human History: Many Worlds -- Part IV. The Holocene: Few Worlds -- Part V. The Modern Era: One World -- Part VI. Perspectives on the Future -- Appendix 1. Dating Techniques, Chronologies, and Timelines -- Appendix 2 . Chaos and Order -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies-all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the



development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history-and Big History-true as never before to its name.