1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782539403321

Autore

Grene David

Titolo

Of farming & classics [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / David Grene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-95700-3

9786611957001

0-226-30803-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PippinRobert B

Disciplina

880.9

B

Soggetti

Classicists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

"Selected bibliography, works by David Grene": p. 167-169.

Nota di contenuto

The beginning -- Origins -- Family -- Dublin (with animals) -- The theater -- Tipperary -- Schools -- Trinity College -- Vienna -- Return to Dublin : Ria Mooney -- America -- University of Chicago -- Farming -- Riding to hounds.

Sommario/riassunto

A fiercely independent thinker, colorful storyteller, and spirited teacher, David Grene devoted his life to two things: farming, which he began as a boy in Ireland and continued into old age; and classics, which he taught for several decades that culminated in his translating and editing, with Richmond Lattimore, of The Complete Greek Tragedies. In this charming memoir, which he wrote during the years leading up to his death in 2002 at the age of eighty-nine, Grene weaves together these interests to tell a quirky and absorbing story of the sometimes turbulent and always interesting life he split between the University of Chicago-where he helped found the Committee on Social Thought-and the farm he kept back in Ireland. Charting the path that took him from Europe to Chicago in 1937, and encompassing his sixty-five-year career at the university, Grene's book draws readers into the heady and invigorating climate of his time there. And it is elegantly balanced with reflections stemming from his work on the farm where he hunted, plowed and regularly traveled on horseback to bring his cows home for milking. Grene's form and humor are quite his own, and his brilliant



storytelling will enthrall anyone interested in the classics, rural Ireland, or twentieth-century intellectual history, especially as it pertains to the University of Chicago.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799226203321

Autore

Moeed Azra

Titolo

Playful Science Investigations in Early Childhood : A Longitudinal Case Study / / by Azra Moeed, Stephen Dobson, Sankari Saha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789819972869

9819972868

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Education, , 2211-193X

Altri autori (Persone)

DobsonStephen

SahaSankari

Disciplina

370.83

Soggetti

Education

Children

Science - Study and teaching

Teachers - Training of

Childhood Education

Science Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Playing Teaching and Learning through Science Investigations -- Chapter 2: Research Design and Methodology -- Chapter 3: Teaching Science in Early Childhood -- Chapter 4: Children Playing and Learning to Investigate -- Chapter 5: Discussion of Emerging Themes -- Chapter 6: Conclusion, and Final Thoughts. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book showcases a case study of the development of a generalist early childhood education (ECE) teacher into a confident and competent teacher of science in early childhood with support from a mentor. It argues that with guided mentoring, and later, timely support of a mentor as and when required, ECE teachers can deliver the curriculum,



teach science by providing opportunities to explore and then build on children’s interest through intentionally planned activities, dialogue, and discourse. It presents a comprehensive literature review and research design including theoretical frames and methodology. It includes a chapter on teacher development and discusses different approaches to science investigations practiced by the teacher in the case study. The book provides evidence of children’s science learning and presents the findings as response to research questions. It also includes a model of teaching as inquiry in the context of early childhood education.