1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910524855203321

Autore

Cooper Lane <1875-1959, >

Titolo

Louis Agassiz as a teacher : illustrative extracts on his method of instruction : with an introductory note / / Lane Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019

©1917

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 74 pages)

Disciplina

925.9

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

By a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their own words the process by which they were led to nature through direct and independent observation. The enthusiasm of their accounts is contagious.  This collection of illustrative extracts on the ideals and practice of Louis Agassiz is probably unique in giving the actual methods of a great man of science in developing good students who could, in their turn, wisely instruct others. The book should be in the hands of all teachers, and of those who are preparing to teach.  By a succession of living pictures, as it were, this book shows the eminent naturalist in the very act of teaching. Sometimes he himself speaks, sometimes distinguished pupils of his reveal in their own words the process by which they were led to nature through direct and independent observation. The enthusiasm of their accounts is contagious.  This collection of illustrative extracts on the ideals and practice of Louis Agassiz is probably unique in giving the actual methods of a great man of science in developing good students who could, in their turn, wisely instruct others. The book should be in the hands of all teachers, and of those who are preparing to teach.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812074903321

Autore

Barnes John C. <1958->

Titolo

Same players, different game : an examination of the commercial college athletics industry / / John C. Barnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-8263-6130-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

796.0430973

Soggetti

College sports - Economic aspects - United States

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

College athletes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ivory Towers: A Business Model -- An Unstable Marriage: Academics in College Athletics -- Students, Athletes, and Student Athletes -- The Athlete, Not the Enterprise -- The Doomsday Machine -- Television Creates a Monster: NCAA's 1% -- Some Are More Equal.

Sommario/riassunto

""[This book] not only covers historical issues and precedents in the crazy world of commercialized college sports in America, but it also includes a focus on the current and relevant issues of intercollegiate athletics literally as they are happening. . . . This book eloquently covers the issues outside the fields and courts that will shape intercollegiate athletics far into the future and shows how different it may one day look."-B. David Ridpath, author of Tainted Glory: Marshall University, the NCAA, and One Man's Fight for Justice In this thought-provoking new book, John C. Barnes examines the current state of commercial college athletics as a guide for potential administrators, coaches, regents, and others involved in collegiate athletic operations and decision-making. Each chapter provides an overview of an industry shaped by such current realities as Title IX requirements, commercial investments, student testing, and television contracts. Barnes provides an accessible outline of the historical background and potential future of the commercial college athletics industry from a non-judgmental



perspective. Same Players, Different Game not only serves as a text and guide for governance and leadership but also as a primer for the economic and political realities of modern college athletics that students and sports fans will find fascinating"--