How political correctness weakens schools : stop losing and start winning educational excellence / / Jim Dueck |
Autore | Dueck Jim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Political correctness - United States
Right and left (Political science) |
ISBN | 1-4758-2987-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Learning well and living well -- Low expectations provides for mediocre education -- Moving from intuition to intelligence -- Harnessing power through comparability -- Choice : a democratic right -- Coaches are not evaluators -- Birth rather than worth matters too much -- Teachers' professional development -- Reducing administration costs -- Maximizing students' work year -- Unions belong in the accountability tent -- Accountability for university departments of education -- Job-for-life is a wrong practice -- Rewarding performance -- Holding parents accountable -- Reducing unfairness to students -- Meeting the costs. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798869803321 |
Dueck Jim | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How political correctness weakens schools : stop losing and start winning educational excellence / / Jim Dueck |
Autore | Dueck Jim |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Soggetto topico |
Political correctness - United States
Right and left (Political science) |
ISBN | 1-4758-2987-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Learning well and living well -- Low expectations provides for mediocre education -- Moving from intuition to intelligence -- Harnessing power through comparability -- Choice : a democratic right -- Coaches are not evaluators -- Birth rather than worth matters too much -- Teachers' professional development -- Reducing administration costs -- Maximizing students' work year -- Unions belong in the accountability tent -- Accountability for university departments of education -- Job-for-life is a wrong practice -- Rewarding performance -- Holding parents accountable -- Reducing unfairness to students -- Meeting the costs. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818375103321 |
Dueck Jim | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Real American ethics [[electronic resource] ] : taking responsibility for our country / / Albert Borgmann |
Autore | Borgmann Albert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Soggetto topico | Ethics - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-64624-9
9786612646249 0-226-06635-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface Introduction: The Place of Ethics -- 1. Real American Ethics -- 2. Decency and Passion -- 3. Kinds of Ethics -- 4. Moral Landmarks -- 5. Jefferson and Kant -- 6. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 7. Evolutionary Psychology -- 8. John Rawls -- 9. Theory and Practice -- 10. Personal Virtues -- 11. Political Virtues -- 12. Recognizing Reality -- 13. The Economy of the Household -- 14. The Design of Public Space -- 15. Realizing American Ethics -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459511103321 |
Borgmann Albert | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Real American ethics [[electronic resource] ] : taking responsibility for our country / / Albert Borgmann |
Autore | Borgmann Albert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Soggetto topico | Ethics - United States |
Soggetto non controllato | ethical, morals, values, america, united states, usa, responsible, responsibility, philosophy, philosophical, academic, scholarly, research, theory, theoretical, national, nation, freedom, prosperity, war, justice, unjust, illegal, culture, opinion, approval, citizens, nature, natural world, environment, conservation, global warming, climate change, materialism, consumerism, institutions, improvement, progress |
ISBN |
1-282-64624-9
9786612646249 0-226-06635-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface Introduction: The Place of Ethics -- 1. Real American Ethics -- 2. Decency and Passion -- 3. Kinds of Ethics -- 4. Moral Landmarks -- 5. Jefferson and Kant -- 6. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 7. Evolutionary Psychology -- 8. John Rawls -- 9. Theory and Practice -- 10. Personal Virtues -- 11. Political Virtues -- 12. Recognizing Reality -- 13. The Economy of the Household -- 14. The Design of Public Space -- 15. Realizing American Ethics -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784948403321 |
Borgmann Albert | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Real American ethics : taking responsibility for our country / / Albert Borgmann |
Autore | Borgmann Albert |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Soggetto topico | Ethics - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-64624-9
9786612646249 0-226-06635-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface Introduction: The Place of Ethics -- 1. Real American Ethics -- 2. Decency and Passion -- 3. Kinds of Ethics -- 4. Moral Landmarks -- 5. Jefferson and Kant -- 6. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 7. Evolutionary Psychology -- 8. John Rawls -- 9. Theory and Practice -- 10. Personal Virtues -- 11. Political Virtues -- 12. Recognizing Reality -- 13. The Economy of the Household -- 14. The Design of Public Space -- 15. Realizing American Ethics -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808781403321 |
Borgmann Albert | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sin no more [[electronic resource] ] : from abortion to stem cells, understanding crime, law, and morality in America / / John Dombrink and Daniel Hillyard |
Autore | Dombrink John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York Univeristy Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillyardDaniel <1962-> |
Soggetto topico |
Social values - United States
Social problems - Moral and ethical aspects Social ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8147-8514-X
0-8147-2024-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Changing moralities : shifts in American attitudes and law in the moral values debate? -- Painless prosperity : the spread of legal gambling -- Abortion : contestation and ambivalence in the long era of Roe v. Wade -- Gay rights : beyond tolerance and privacy to equality -- Assisted suicide : the road to new rules of dying -- Stem cells : framing battles and the race for a cure -- Conclusion: To form a more purple union? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451830403321 |
Dombrink John | ||
New York, : New York Univeristy Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sin no more [[electronic resource] ] : from abortion to stem cells, understanding crime, law, and morality in America / / John Dombrink and Daniel Hillyard |
Autore | Dombrink John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillyardDaniel <1962-> |
Soggetto topico |
Social values - United States
Social problems - Moral and ethical aspects Social ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
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abortion assisted cell disputed examination gambling issues legalized morally most offers politically research rights some stem suicide time vivid |
ISBN |
0-8147-8514-X
0-8147-2024-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Changing moralities : shifts in American attitudes and law in the moral values debate? -- Painless prosperity : the spread of legal gambling -- Abortion : contestation and ambivalence in the long era of Roe v. Wade -- Gay rights : beyond tolerance and privacy to equality -- Assisted suicide : the road to new rules of dying -- Stem cells : framing battles and the race for a cure -- Conclusion: To form a more purple union? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778245503321 |
Dombrink John | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sin no more : from abortion to stem cells, understanding crime, law, and morality in America / / John Dombrink and Daniel Hillyard |
Autore | Dombrink John |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 170.973 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillyardDaniel <1962-> |
Soggetto topico |
Social values - United States
Social problems - Moral and ethical aspects Social ethics |
ISBN |
0-8147-8514-X
0-8147-2024-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Changing moralities : shifts in American attitudes and law in the moral values debate? -- Painless prosperity : the spread of legal gambling -- Abortion : contestation and ambivalence in the long era of Roe v. Wade -- Gay rights : beyond tolerance and privacy to equality -- Assisted suicide : the road to new rules of dying -- Stem cells : framing battles and the race for a cure -- Conclusion: To form a more purple union? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808271503321 |
Dombrink John | ||
New York, : New York University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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