1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456101803321

Titolo

Transforming teacher education [[electronic resource] ] : lessons in professional development / / edited by Hugh Sockett ... [et al.] ; foreword by David T. Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00403-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SockettHugh

Disciplina

370/.71/173

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of - United States

Teachers - In-service training - United States

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. [233]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Transforming Teacher Education; 2 From Educational Rhetoric to Program Reality; 3 Teacher as Citizen Professional Development and Democratic Responsibility; 4 Talking to Learn A Pedagogy Both Obvious and Obscure; 5 Teachers in School Based Teams Contesting Isolation in Schools; 6 Complexity in Morally Grounded Practice; 8 Illuminating Knowledge Three Modes of Inquiry; 9 Culture Clash Teacher and Student Identities and the Procession Toward Freedom; 10 No More Making Nice; 11 Toward a Common Goal Teachers and Immigrant Families in Dialogue

12 Sustaining the Moral Framework Tensions and Opportunities for Faculty13 The Standards of Learning One Teacher's Journey Through State Mandated Curriculum; 14 Leading a Transformative Innovation The Acceptance of Despair; Appendix; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teacher professional development requires a dynamic vision of education. This work argues that teaching and teacher education are moral rather than technical or instrumental endeavours, and describes an innovative master's programme for practicing teachers founded in 1992.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910583054903321

Titolo

Shale gas : exploration and environmental and economic impacts / / edited by Anurodh Mohan Dayal, Devleena Mani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, MA : , : Elsevier, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-12-809535-0

0-12-809573-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Disciplina

622.3385

Soggetti

Shale gas - Environmental aspects

Shale gas - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Shale / A.M. Dayal -- Deposition and diagenesis / A.M. Dayal -- Organic matter in gas shales : origin, evolution, and characterization / D. Mani, M.S. Kalpana, D.J. Patil, A.M. Dayal -- Basin structure, tectonics, and stratigraphy / A.M. Dayal -- Exploration technique. Shallow seismic / A.M. Dayal ; Geochemical exploration / A.M. Dayal ; Petrophysics / A.M. Dayal ; Shale mineralogy / A.K. Varma -- Hydraulic fracturing / A.M. Dayal -- Case studies. Producing countries ; Prospective countries -- Environmental concerns of shale gas production / A.M. Dayal -- Economics of the hydrocarbon industry with a volatile market / A.M. Dayal -- Role of nonconventional shale gas energy in the next century / A.M. Dayal.

Sommario/riassunto

"Shale Gas: Exploration and Economic and Environmental Impacts is a guide to shale gas exploration for geoscientists, the oil and gas industry, and others with a vested interest in unconventional oil and gas development. Provides wide-ranging coverage of both the environmental and economic impacts of shale gas exploration; Includes case studies that describe the prolific and potential shale gas systems from both producing and prospective countries; Appeals to both those in academia and those in the unconventional gas exploration industry"--Back cover.