1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910690100903321

Autore

Hamilton Thomas D (Thomas Dudley), <1936->

Titolo

Late Cenozoic history of the interior basins of Alaska and the Yukon / / L. David Carter, Thomas D. Hamilton, and John P. Galloway, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Virginia] : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1989

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Printing Office, , 1989

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 114 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey circular ; ; 1026

Soggetti

Geology, Stratigraphic - Quaternary

Basins (Geology) - Yukon

Basins (Geology) - Alaska

Geology - Yukon

Geology - Alaska

Geology

Geology, Stratigraphic

Quaternary Geologic Period

Conference papers and proceedings.

Yukon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of a cooperative workshop between earth scientists from Canada and the United States of America."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784255103321

Autore

Buell John

Titolo

Closing The Book On Homework [[electronic resource] ] : Enhancing Public Education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-09363-7

9786611093631

1-59213-768-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Teaching/Learning Social Justi

Disciplina

371.3/028/1

371.30281

Soggetti

Education - Parent participation - United States

Educational change - United States

Home and school - United States

Home and school

Homework - Social aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Homework as an Issue in American Politics; 1 Revisiting the Evidence; 2 A History Lesson about Work and Homework; 3 Educating Global Citizens or Global Workers?; 4 Education at the Epicenter; Conclusion: On Character and Public Education in Democratic Society; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this, the sequel to his critically acclaimed and controversial The End of Homework, John Buell extends his case against homework. Arguing that homework robs children-and parents-of unstructured time for play and intellectual and emotional development, Closing the Book on Homework offers a convincing case for why homework is an outgrowth of broader cultural anxieties about the sanctity of work itself. After the publication of Buell's previous book, many professional educators portrayed reducing homework as a dangerous idea, while at the same time parents and teachers incre