1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480289303321

Autore

Ramsey Janet L

Titolo

Spiritual resiliency in older women [[electronic resource] ] : models of strength for challenges through the life span / / Janet L. Ramsey and Rosemary Blieszner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-322-41900-0

0-7619-1276-2

1-4522-6374-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BliesznerRosemary

Disciplina

261.83426

Soggetti

Church work with women

Older women - Religious life - United States

Older women - Religious life - Germany

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. [170]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Introduction to Spiritual Resiliency; Chapter 1 - An Invitation to Listen; Chapter 2 - Questions of Meaning, Stories of Faith; Chapter 3 - Overview of Study Methods; Part II - The Stories; Chapter 4 - The Gracious Encounters Begin; Chapter 5 - The American Women; Chapter 6 - The German Women; Chapter 7 - Resiliency and Community; Chapter 8 - Resiliency and Emotion; Chapter 9 - Resiliency and Personal Relationships; Part III - Conclusion; Chapter 10 - Implications for Thinking, Being, and Telling; Chapter 11 - Implications for Gerontology

Postscript: The Gracious Encounters ContinueAppendix: Research Journal; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Spiritual Resiliency records the narratives of spiritually resilient German and American women, who represent a group rarely considered: strong, old women. They point to the need to incorporate spiritual coping in the counselling repertoire.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780096003321

Autore

Klein Gillian

Titolo

Reading into racism : bias in children's literature and learning materials / / Gillian Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Boston : , : Routledge & Kegan Paul, , 1985

ISBN

1-134-93083-6

1-280-32897-5

0-203-07670-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

Routledge education books

Disciplina

371.3/2

Soggetti

Racism in textbooks

Textbook bias

Children's literature

Children - Books and reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Reading into racism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 What is a biased book? Recognition and responses; 2 Negative bias-does it matter?; 3 Oh, but you're different; 4 Issues in fiction; 5 Issues in World Studies; 6 Bias in materials in other areas of the curriculum; 7 The cumulative and the concealed: curriculum implications; 8 Strategies for Combat I: Sanitize or sensitize?; 9 Strategies for Combat II: Censorship or selection?; 10 Conclusions: The watershed; Bibliography; Further reading; List of organizations; Author and citation index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Published in the year 1985, Reading into Racism is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.