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UNINA9910557644003321 |
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Gibson Heidi (Educator) |
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From ideas to action : transforming learning to inspire action on critical global issues / / Heidi Gibson |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Smithsonian Scholarly Press, , 2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic resource (77 p.) |
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Collana |
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Global method of teaching |
Education - Curricula - United States |
Science - Study and teaching - United States |
Social sciences - Study and teaching - United States |
Sustainable development - International cooperation |
Education - Curricula |
Science - Study and teaching |
Social sciences - Study and teaching |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72) and index. |
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Transforming learning from a passive to an active endeavor is critically important in today’s world. In 2015, the United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals that represent a global consensus on the world’s most pressing issues. Realizing these ambitious goals will require concerted action at all levels, including local action. Young people are valuable components of this, and their learning experiences should both inform and inspire them as current and future changemakers. From Ideas to Action articulates the theoretical basis of Smithsonian Science for Global Goals, a series of socio-scientific community research guides focused on achieving a systemic understanding of global problems with the goal of inspiring young people to take informed and sustained action to help address |
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UNINA9910813876703321 |
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Autore |
Morrissey Suzanne |
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Motherhood, poverty, and the WIC program in urban America : life strategies / / Suzanne Morrissey |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Maternal and infant welfare - Government policy - United States |
Food relief - United States - Cost control |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover-Page; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sick Cities: Poverty and Infant Mortality in Central New York; 2 Imperatives and Impacts of the Federal WIC Program; 3 Methodological Persuasions: Solving Public Health Problems When "Problem" Holds Multiple Meanings; 4 Inside WIC: Bureaucracy, Barriers, and Provider Values; 5 Strategizing Motherhood and Public Health in Urban America; 6 Metaphorical Thought and the Construction of WIC Frames of Reference; 7 Hidden Rationalities; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
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This urban ethnography examines the relationship between urban residence and endemic poverty and health inequalities, particularly racial disparities in infant mortality in the United States. Starting from the everyday lives of women struggling to make ends meet, it represents an institutional ethnography of the WIC Program that identifies and explores how bureaucratic rigidity and hierarchy relate to personal decision-making in a context of pregnancy, parenting, and |
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