1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462929603321

Titolo

Gay, lesbian, and transgender issues in education : programs, policies, and practices / / James T. Sears, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Harrington Park Press, , 2005

ISBN

0-203-46259-9

1-283-96664-6

1-136-61417-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Haworth series in GLBT community & youth studies

Altri autori (Persone)

SearsJames T <1951-> (James Thomas)

Disciplina

371.826/6

Soggetti

Homosexuality and education

Sexual minorities - Education

Gender identity

Queer studies

LGBTQ people

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book is a compilation of articles that appeared previously in the Journal of gay & lesbian issues in education, 1(1) (2003): 33-71; 1(2) (2003): 29-58, 77-87; 1(3) (2004): 7-22, 37-66; 1(4) (2004): 3-36, 41-60"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; SECTION I: YOUTH VOICES; Reflections on Growing Up Lesbian in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States; Chapter 1. My Story; Chapter 2. What I Would  Have Liked My Teachers to Know; Chapter 3. On Being "Queer"; Chapter 4. Commentaries; Chapter 5. Authors' Reactions; Reflections on Being Gay in Japan and China; Chapter 6. Difficulties Japanese Gay Youth Encounter; Chapter 7. Growing Up Gay in China; Chapter 8. Commentaries; Chapter 9. Authors' Reactions; SECTION II: RESEARCH AND POLICY

Chapter 10. School Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender YouthHow Many GLBT Youth Are There?; GLBT Youth of Color; Education Policy Issues Affecting GLBT Students; Anti-GLBT



Harassment and Violence in the Nation's Schools; Children of GLBT Parents in Schools; Strength and Resiliency of GLBT Students; Conclusion; Chapter 11. The Research Terrain: A Brief Overview of the Historical Framework for LGBTQ Studies in Education; School Climate; LGBTQ Educational Research and Scholarship; Queer Theories

Chapter 12. Bullying and Homophobia in Canadian Schools: The Politics of Policies, Programs, and Educational LeadershipBullying As Political; "Safety" for Some, but Not for All; A Call for Leadership in Schools; SECTION III: PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES; Chapter 13. Serving the Needs of Transgender College Students; A Note on Language; Trans-Sexology; Transgender in College; Institutional Support for Transgender Students; Conclusion; Chapter 14. It's Elementary in Appalachia: Helping Prospective Teachers and Their Students Understand Sexuality and Gender; Challenging Teachers in Appalachia

Confronting Prejudice in the ClassroomWriting Through Homophobia; Connecting Oppressions; Parents and Families; Challenging Dominant Thinking; Heterosexual Teachers' Responsibilities; Pedagogical and Personal Struggles; Chapter 15. A School-Based Program to Improve Life Skills and to Prevent HIV Infection in Multicultural Transgendered Youth in Hawaii; Methods; Results; Discussion; Chapter 16. Describing Roles That Gay-Straight Alliances Play in Schools: From Individual Support to School Change; Setting, Participants, Data Collection, and Analysis; Roles GSAs Play in Schools; Discussion

Chapter 17. Some Challenges Facing Queer Youth Programs in Urban High Schools: Racial Segregation and Denormalizing WhitenessRacial Segregation; Normalization of Whiteness; Developing an Awareness of the Relationship Between Contexts and Participation; Denormalizing Whiteness; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understand the challenges from the voices involved?today's LGBT youth AND the leading educators and scholars in the field!Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Issues in Education presents LGBT youth issues through the words of the adolescents themselves, along with clear up-to-date essays about LGBT youth programs, policies, and practices around the world. Leading international educators and scholars examine personal experiences of LGBT youth, cutting-edge programs, and research first presented in the international Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education. Dynamic and thought-provokin



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695914703321

Autore

Subramanian Rajesh

Titolo

Analysis of crashes involving 15-passenger vans [[electronic resource] /] / Rajesh Subramanian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Springfield, VA : , : Available from the National Technical Information Service, , [2004]

Descrizione fisica

41 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Technical report

Soggetti

Vans - Crashworthiness - United States

Traffic accidents - United States

Traffic fatalities - United States

Crash injuries - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 15, 2007).

"May 2004."

"DOT HS 809 735."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 33).



3.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0124110

Autore

Field, Michael J.

Titolo

Essential Real Analysis / Michael Field

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2017

Titolo uniforme

Essential Real Analysis

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

26-XX - Real functions [MSC 2020]

26Axx - Functions of one variable [MSC 2020]

42Axx - Harmonic analysis in one variable [MSC 2020]

40-XX - Sequences, series, summability [MSC 2020]

34A12 - Initial value problems, existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence and continuation of solutions to ordinary differential equations [MSC 2020]

26Bxx - Functions of several variables [MSC 2020]

54Exx - Topological spaces with richer structures [MSC 2020]

40Axx - Convergence and divergence of infinite limiting processes [MSC 2020]

26Exx - Miscellaneous topics in real functions [MSC 2020]

33Bxx - Elementary classical functions [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia