1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703904703321

Autore

Kane Michael D.

Titolo

Financial statistics of the largest dairy cooperatives, 1980-1995 / / Michael D. Kane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, , 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 35 pages) : illustrations

Collana

RBS research report ; ; 164

Soggetti

Dairying, Cooperative - United States

Agriculture, Cooperative - United States

Statistics.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 1998."

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 5, 2014).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967801803321

Autore

Grant Gerald

Titolo

Teaching in America : the slow revolution / / Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1999

ISBN

9780674037892

0674037898

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayChristine E

Disciplina

371.100973

Soggetti

Teachers - United States

Teaching - United States

Professions - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Two Professions? -- 2. Assessing America’s Teachers and Schools -- 3. The Essential Acts of Teaching -- 4. Three Questions Every Teacher Must Answer -- 5 The Modern Origins of the Profession: Florence’s Story, 1890–1920 -- 6. Reforming Teaching in the Midst of Social Crisis: Andrena’s Story, 1960–1990 -- 7. Teachers’ Struggle to Take Charge of Their Practice: The Rochester Story, 1987–1997 -- 8. The Progress of the Slow Revolution throughout the Nation -- 9. Teaching in 2020 -- Research Methods -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors describe the evolution of teaching in America over the last 100 years. They compare college professors with school teachers and analyse the essential acts of teaching in a way that should help teachers become bettter practitioners