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UNINA9910154759903321 |
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Autore |
McGregor Gaile <1943-> |
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Eccentric visions [[electronic resource] ] : re constructing Australia / / Gaile McGregor |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1994 |
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1-282-23291-6 |
9786613810656 |
0-88920-700-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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Australian literature - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
Australia Civilization 1976-1990 |
Australia Social conditions 1976- |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 IMAGE/SELF-IMAGE; 3 COMING INTO THE COUNTRY; 4 ALTERNATIVE READINGS; 5 AFTER WORDS; APPENDIX A: ""Voice in the Wilderness"": A Note on Grounds and Precedents; APPENDIX B: Notes on Selected Australian Novels; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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What this book represents is, quite literally, a ""slice"" of (white) Australian life. By noting the patterns and parallels that emerge in a random sampling of social phenomena of widely varying types, from soap operas to political behaviour, Gaile McGregor has constructed a model that, in its challenge to uniformitarianism, is a test case in ethnographic theory. Using methods ranging from the hermeneutic through the structuralist to the psychoanalytic, McGregor deploys the self-evidence of communal life and language to establish not only that all cultural phenomena are ""patterned,"" but |
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UNINA9910827641303321 |
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Medina John <1956-> |
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Attack of the teenage brain! : understanding and supporting the weird and wonderful adolescent learner / / John Medina |
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Alexandria, Virginia : , : ASCD, , [2018] |
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�2018 |
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9781416625513 |
1-4166-2552-6 |
1-4166-2551-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Learning, Psychology of |
Adolescent psychology |
Executive functions (Neuropsychology) |
Cognition in adolescence |
Teenagers - Education |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. A bridge over an educational chasm -- pt. 2. Why rational teens make rash choices -- pt. 3. A better school for the teen brain : what adults can do -- pt. 4. Better school for the teen brain : what teens can do (and how adults can help). |
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This book explores the neurological and evolutionary factors that drive teenage behavior and can affect both achievement and engagement. The author proposes a redesign of educational practices and learning environments to deliberately develop teens' cognitive capacity to manage their emotions, prioritize, and focus. |
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