1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000173570203316

Autore

Pignataro, Marcello

Titolo

Stabilità, biforcazione e comportamento postcritico delle strutture elastiche / M. Pignataro, N. Rizzi, A. Luongo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : E.S.A., stampa 1988

Disciplina

624.17

Collocazione

624.17 PIG

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955019103321

Titolo

Experiences of single African-American women professors : with this Ph.D., I thee wed / / edited by Eletra S. Gilchrist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

979-82-16-34791-0

1-299-35649-4

0-7391-7088-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GilchristEletra S. <1978->

Disciplina

378.1/208996073

Soggetti

African American women college teachers - Social conditions

African Americans - Marriage

Single women - United States

Mate selection - United States

Universities and colleges - United States - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

EXPERIENCES OF SINGLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN PROFESSORS; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Precursors to



the Nonmarital Status of African-American Women Professors; SEXY: The First Reason I Married My Ph.D.; 1. Black, Educated, and Female: A Perspective on Contemporary Courtship and the Professoriate; 2. This House is Not a Home: Parents' Rhetoric and Perceptions of Marriage among Single African-American Women Academics from Single and Two-Parent Households; 3. "Acting Like a Lady and Doing Me": Rejecting the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype, Sexism, and Settling

Demands of the Professoriate: Balancing Pedagogical and Relational PursuitsSELF-CONSCIOUS: The Second Reason I Married My Ph.D.; 4. The Myth and Mismatch of Balance: Black Female Professors' Constructions of Balance, Integration, and Negotiation of Work and Life; 5. Jumping the Broom: Challenges of Relational and Academic Pursuits; 6. It Costs to be the Boss: Negotiating the Rewards and Costs of Marriage when Professional Obligations are Great; Multi-Layered Relational Challenges of Single African-American Women Professors; SANCTIFIED: The Third Reason I Married My Ph.D.

7. "I'm in the Middle of Nowhere!": The Dating Experiences of Black, Female Doctoral Students and Faculty at Predominantly White Environments8. Spirituality, Singleness, and Scholarship: Single Black Women Ph.D.s and the Christian HBCU; 9. Breaking the Silence: An Autoethnography of a Single, Black, Lesbian's Interpersonal Relationships at an HBCU; Identity Negotiation: Perceptions of Single African-American Women Professors; SASSY: The Fourth Reason I Married My Ph.D.

10. Neither an "Old Maid" nor a "Miss Independent": Deflating the Negative Perceptions of Single African-American Women Professors11. Searching for the New Black Woman: One Single, African-American Professor's Experience with the Strong Black Woman Myth; 12. You Can Have a Man OR a Career: Professional and Personal Identity Negotiation of Aspiring African-American Female Professors; SINGLE: The Fifth Reason I Married My Ph.D.; Epilogue; Index; About the Editor; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Experiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I Thee Wed, edited by Eletra S. Gilchrist, explores the unique lived experiences of single African-American women professors. Gilchrist's contributors are comprised of never-before-married and doctorate degree-holding African-American women professors. The authors and research participants speak candidly about their experiences, exploring a myriad of topics including dating costs and rewards, relationship challenges, work/life balance, multiple intersecting identities, negative perceptions, and identity negotiation.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974281603321

Autore

Starratt Robert J

Titolo

Building an ethical school : a practical response to the moral crisis in schools / / Robert J. Starratt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, D.C., : Falmer Press, 1994

ISBN

1-135-72262-5

1-135-72263-3

1-280-14158-1

0-203-97481-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Disciplina

174.9370973

370.11

Soggetti

Moral education (Secondary) - United States

Moral education - 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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Building a What?; Chapter 2 Moral Problematics in Schools; Chapter 3 Foundational Qualities of an Ethical Person; Chapter 4 A Multidimensional Ethical Framework; Chapter 5 What Might an Ethical School Look Like?; Chapter 6 Building an Ethical School Launching the Project; Chapter 7 Building an Ethical School: Designing a Plan; Chapter 8 Building an Ethical School; Chapter 9 Reality Versus the Plan; Appendix I Selected Resources in Ethical Education; Appendix II Annotated Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author argues for much greater attention to ethical education and responds to sceptics who say that it can't be done in the face of a pluralistic secular society badly fragmented over values. Seeking always for themes and issues that unite rather than divide, the author provides a conceptual foundation for ethical education broad enough for building consensus among teachers and parents, yet focused enough to provide guidance for highly specific learning activities. The second half of the book takes the reader through a carefully devised series of steps by which a school community might pro