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False Cargo
by L. Ron HubbardDiscover intrigue. Brent Calloway is hired by an insurance firm to board a cargo vessel undercover and ensure it makes its way to San Diego in one piece. Once the voyage is underway, Calloway finds fraud, a pattern of organized scuttlings and the true fate of another vessel captained by an old friend. But when Calloway's true identity is revealed, he must fight for his life--and the real danger begins. ALSO INCLUDES THE ADVENTURE STORY "GROUNDED""...one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots."--Ellery Queen
False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers (Critical Perspectives on Youth)
by Casey StockstillWinner, 2024 Bourdieu Best Book Award, given by the Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological AssociationAn inside look at the racial and class divides between Head Start and private pre-K classrooms for children and their familiesThe benefits of preschool have been part of our national conversation since the 1960s, when Head Start, a publicly funded preschool program for low-income children, began. In the past two decades, forty-four states have expanded access to preschool, often citing preschool as an anti-poverty policy. Yet, as Casey Stockstill shows, two-thirds of American preschools are segregated—concentrating primarily poor children of color or affluent white children in separate schools. Stockstill argues that, as a result, segregated preschools entrench rather than disrupt inequality.Stockstill spent two years observing children and teachers at two preschools in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison, like many other small and medium cities in the United States, is segregated, with affluent and middle-class white people and working class or low-income people of color occupying different sectors of the city. Stockstill observed one preschool that was 95% white and another that was 95% children of color. She shows that this segregation was more than a background variable or inconvenient image; segregation had an impact on children’s experiences in multiple ways, but especially in the ways they spent their time, the supervision and instruction they received, and the ways they learned and socialized with other children. Stockstill shows that even in high-quality preschools that on paper have similar resources, de facto segregation creates different school experiences for children that ultimately reinforce racial and class inequality.False Starts suggests that as we continue to invest in preschool as an anti-poverty policy, we need a fuller understanding of how segregated classroom environments impact children's educational outcomes and their ability to thrive.
Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century
by Bethany KilcreaseFalsehood and Fallacy shows students how to evaluate what they read in a digital age now that old institutional gatekeepers, such as the media or institutions of higher education, no longer hold a monopoly on disseminating knowledge. Short chapters cover the problems that exist as a result of the current flow of unmediated information, Fake News, and bad arguments, and demonstrate how to critically evaluate sources – particularly those that appear online. Kilcrease provides a range of tools to help students evaluate the legitimacy of what they read. She discusses how to be on the lookout for bad arguments and logical fallacies and explains how students can produce clear and convincing academic writing. Exercises are included throughout the book to test student knowledge. Written in a positive style and full of useful tools and exercises, Falsehood and Fallacy embraces the idea that everyone is a writer and has aptitude for further growth.
Falsificar la historia
by Juan Miguel ZunzuneguiNos gustan las mentiras. Tenemos la facultad de mentir, la capacidad de construir mentiras y la maravillosa inclinación de creer en ellas. Ese es el inicio y la premisa de Falsificar la historia. Un recorrido de miles de años por la historia, la filosofía y la religión; una aventura a través de la psicología individual y la de las masas, un viaje que no deja de moverse entre la realidad y los mitos, y que nos lleva a cuestionarnos TODO LO QUE HEMOS CREÍDO.Por medio de algunos de los acontecimientos más simbólicos de la historia universal, que comienzan con la creación y llegan hasta la caída de la Unión Soviética, Juan Miguel Zunzunegui nos lleva a las complejidades de la mente humana, a las herramientas que se han usado para someterla y al camino para finalmente descubrir la verdad.
Fame School #5 (Tara's Triumph)
by Cindy JeffriesTara is following her dream of becoming a bass guitar rock star. But when roommates Pop and Lolly tell her about an African school for orphans, Tara decides that helping others is more important than becoming famous. <P><P>A charity CD seems like a great way to raise money, since Tara is surrounded by talented friends and teachers at Rockley Park school. But before long, she realizes that the CD is much more work, and trouble, than she bargained for. Tara needs a lot of help--and a little ingenuity--to pull it all together. Will she succeed? Or will all her hard work be wasted?
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia
by Barbara O'ConnorWill a spelling bee be the answer to all of Bird's problems? All her life, all Bird has ever wanted is to be noticed in her small town and to get to Disney World. As it turns out, Bird just might have a chance to realize at least one of her goals because of a state spelling bee, and she might get to make a friend along the way--a boy named Harlem Tate who has just moved to Freedom. Harlem seems like a kindred spirit--someone like Bird, whom people don't usually take the time to find the good in. (Unless it's someone like Miss Delphine, who always makes Bird feel special. ) But as much as Bird tries to get his attention, Harlem is not easily won over. Then Harlem agrees to be her partner in the spelling bee, and if they study hard enough, the two might just win everything Bird's always wanted. In Barbara O'Connor's funny new novel, a spunky young girl discovers that sometimes all it takes to feel famous is a little recognition from true friends. Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Fame, Fortune, and the Bran Muffins of Doom
by Marty KelleySimon's latest scheme is to gain everlasting fame and glory by winning the school talent show. What stands in his way? A lot. There's the fact that he doesn't sing, dance, or play a musical instrument. There's nasty Mike McAlpine and his cronies. There's Stacy and her distracting brown eyes. And last, but certainly not least, is Mrs. Annand, who insists on bombarding Simon and his friends with dangerously hard muffins while they rehearse their act. Utter humiliation is looking a lot more likely than fame and glory for Simon's band, The Groovy Guys.
Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List
by Janette RallisonIt's been a week and a half since Brendan broke up with me, but I try not to think about him. He only crosses my mind when I see Lauren and him walking around the hallways holding hands, or when they eat lunch in the cafeteria sitting so close together you'd think they were Siamese twins, or when I cry myself to sleep every night. But besides all of that, I'm doing really well. On the night I met Jordan, I wasn't thinking about Brendan at all. After my shift at Wal-Mart was over, I walked out into the parking lot debating the merits of boy names for girls instead of dwelling on the fact that it was Friday night and Brendan and Lauren were out somewhere practicing their Siamese twins routine.
Familie im Wandel: Sozialwissenschaftliche, ethische und rechtliche Perspektiven (Kindheit – Bildung – Erziehung. Philosophische Perspektiven)
by Gottfried Schweiger Bernadette Breunig Angelika WalserDie Familie unterliegt einem steten Wandel, und zwar sowohl im Hinblick auf ihre Form als auch auf ihre Bedeutung und nicht zuletzt ihre Regulierung durch legale, kulturelle, religiöse oder moralische Normen. Welche Formen der Beziehung als konstitutiv für die Familie angesehen werden, steht ebenso zur Diskussion wie die Frage der Anerkennung und des Schutzes der Familie und verschiedener Familienformen durch den Staat. Insbesondere Techniken der Reproduktion und Veränderungen des sozialen Gefüges in Loslösung der ‚klassischen‘ Kernfamilie haben eine Vielzahl an neuen Familienformen wie Patchworkfamilien, Co-Parenting-Familien oder Familien mit gleichgeschlechtlichen Elternpaaren ermöglicht und normalisiert. Ziel dieses Bandes ist es, verschiedene disziplinären Perspektiven aus den Sozial- und Rechtswissenschaften, der Theologie und Philosophie zusammenzubringen, die auf die Familie und ihren Wandel mit Blick auf ausgewählte Fragestellungen und Familienformen reflektieren – wobei Co-Parenting und assistierte Reproduktion besonders im Fokus liegen.
Familie, Führung und Ich: Die Mehrfachbelastung von Eltern in Führungspositionen und wie sie besser damit umgehen können (essentials)
by Sandra Julia Diller Carolin GraßmannFührung ist eine herausfordernde Aufgabe im Unternehmen und ebenso herausfordernd ist es, Eltern zu sein. Darüber hinaus sind diese beiden Aufgaben sehr zeit- und energieintensiv. Berufstätige Eltern geraten daher oft in einen Konflikt zwischen Arbeit und Familie, ebenso wie Führungskräfte oft Probleme mit ihrer Work-Life-Balance haben. Was also, wenn beides aufeinander trifft? Risiken, Chancen und Implikationen werden im folgenden essential beleuchtet.
Familie, wozu?: Eine Bestandsaufnahme konzeptioneller und theoretischer Perspektiven in der erziehungswissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Familie
by Jutta Ecarius Anja Schierbaum Dominik Krinninger Uwe UhlendorffDas Buch fragt: Familie wozu? und dokumentiert konzeptionelle und theoretische Perspektiven, Entwicklungen und Kontroversen in der erziehungswissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Familie. Mit der Frage Familie – wozu? werden gezielt Themen zu Familie und Gesellschaft, Familienbeziehungen und -konstellationen, privater und öffentlicher Erziehung und Bildung aufgegriffen und diese aus spezifischen erziehungswissenschaftlichen Perspektiven diskutiert.
Familienalltag: Ein systematisches Review zur Entwicklung eines konzeptionellen Modells (Familienforschung)
by Doreen MüllerUnter erziehungswissenschaftlicher Perspektive hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten die Familie als (informelle) alltägliche Lernumwelt an Bedeutung gewonnen. Nicht nur in der Erziehungswissenschaft, sondern auch andere Disziplinen wie Psychologie und Soziologie analysieren die Bedeutung der Familie und des Familienalltags. Sowohl zwischen als auch innerhalb der Disziplinen liegen heterogene Konzeptualisierungen von Familie und ihrem Alltag vor. Mittels eines systematischen Reviews entwirft Doreen Müller ein interdisziplinäres Gesamtmodell zum Familienalltag. Neben der Verdeutlichung von existierenden Forschungslücken zum Familienalltag kann das erarbeitete Modell als Grundlage für eine Operationalisierung herangezogen werden und bietet einen Rahmen für zukünftige Forschung, je nach Fragestellung die wichtigsten Aspekte (umfangreich) zu erfassen.
Familiengerichtliche Anhörungen nach elterlicher Trennung: Eine Analyse aus der Perspektive von Kindern und Jugendlichen
by Annemarie Graf-van KesterenDie Forschungsarbeit untersucht die subjektive Bedeutung von familiengerichtlichen Anhörungen nach elterlicher Trennung und Scheidung. Wie erleben betroffene Kinder dieses Beteiligungsformat? Welche Bedingungen und Herausforderungen bestehen aus der Sicht dieser Kinder für ihr Sprechen vor Gericht? Welche Handlungsspielräume gibt es in den familiengerichtlichen Verfahren? Zur theoretischen Einbettung wurden in der ungleichheitsinformierten Arbeit theoretische Bezüge zu Agency, Generationaler Ordnung und Partizipation verschränkt. Zur empirischen Beantwortung der Fragen wurden zehn leitfadengestützte Interviews mit familiengerichtserfahrenen Kindern und Jugendlichen (9-16 Jahre) erhoben. Die Auswertung erfolgte mit neueren qualitativen Methoden wie Integrativen Basisverfahren und Agency-Analyse. Die vorliegende Studie ist eine der wenigen, welche auf mit Kindern direkt erhobenen Daten basiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, wie die Akteur*innen die Anhörungen, ihre Handlungsmächtigkeit sowie ihr Partizipationshandeln als relational erleben: Konstitutiv gebunden an die familiären Beziehungen und konstitutiv gebunden an die Beziehungen zu den als justiznah-assoziierten Fachkräften. Insgesamt lässt sich eine Skala subjektiver Handlungsmächtigkeit rekonstruieren, welche von subjektiv erlebter Partizipation bis hin zu widerfahrener Ausgrenzung und (epistemischer) Gewalt reicht.
Familiensoziologie: Eine kompakte Einführung (Studienskripten zur Soziologie)
by Johannes Kopp Karsten Hank Paul B. Hill Anja SteinbachDer Band gibt einen fundierten Einblick in die Familiensoziologie. Dabei werden zunächst die historischen und ethnologischen Variationen der Formen familialen Lebens thematisiert und die wichtigsten Theorietraditionen der Familiensoziologie vorgestellt. Für die zentralen Gegenstandsbereiche - etwa Partnerwahl, Heiratsverhalten, innerfamiliale Interaktion, Fertilität, Familienformen sowie Trennung und Scheidung - wird der theoretische und empirische Stand der Forschung vorgestellt und diskutiert.
Familienzentren in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Eine empirische Analyse
by Sybille Stöbe-Blossey Linda Hagemann E. Katharina Klaudy Brigitte Micheel Iris NiedingFamilienzentren sind Kindertageseinrichtungen, die in Kooperation mit unterschiedlichen Partnern ein breites und niederschwelliges Angebot für die Beratung, Unterstützung und Bildung von Familien im Sozialraum bereithalten. In Nordrhein-Westfalen wird seit 2006 im Rahmen eines Landesprogramms mehr als ein Drittel der Kindertageseinrichtungen zu Familienzentren weiterentwickelt. Das Buch enthält die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie und zeigt, wie Familienzentren die erweiterte Familien-, Kooperations- und Sozialraumorientierung in der Praxis umsetzen.
Families And Faith: How Religion is Passed Down Across Generations
by Vern L. Bengtson Norella M. Putney Susan HarrisFew things are more likely to cause heartache to devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is religious change between generations common? How does religion get passed down from one generation to the next? Why do some families maintain one faith while others do not? What factors are likely to push people away from their childhood faith? What role does the particular faith play? The family? The wider society? Does atheism get passed down as well? In Families and Faith, Vern Bengtson seeks to answer these questions and more by drawing on an extraordinary study, conducted over more than four decades, of more than 350 families composed of more than 2400 people whose lives span more than a century: the oldest was born in 1881, the youngest in 1988. Bengtson argues that a child is actually more likely to remain within the fold than to leave it, and, more surprisingly, that parents' influence has remained relatively stable since the early 1970s. Even the nonreligious, in fact, are much more likely to be following their parents than rebelling against them. And while outside social forces play a role, the most important factor in whether a child keeps the faith is the presence of a strong fatherly bond. Armed with this unprecedented data, Bengtson offers remarkable insight into American religion over the course of several decades.
Families Creating Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Understanding the Contribution of Familial Entrepreneurship (Routledge Research in Special Educational Needs)
by Jennifer PercivalThis volume provides an in-depth, qualitative exploration of familial entrepreneurship as an innovative employment model, being established by families in response to difficulties faced by individuals with developmental disabilities in entering the labor market. Drawing on rich qualitative data collected via research with families, this volume explores how and why familial entrepreneurs in the United States have chosen to develop businesses to employ their loved ones. Chapters offer close analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with familial entrepreneurship and highlight the ways in which this practice supports people with developmental disabilities by providing opportunities for skill development, social interaction, and participation in meaningful activity. Recognizing familial entrepreneurship as a new and distinct hybrid employment model, the text goes on to consider how curricula, policy, and state services might better support families and underpin this form of inclusive work. The volume provides important conclusions that contribute to the fields of Disability Studies, Entrepreneurship, Inclusive Education, Adult Education, Exceptional Student Education, Transition, and Vocational Rehabilitation. It is a key reading for scholars in these fields and across Education more widely.
Families Growing in Faith (Families Growing in Faith #01)
by Vanessa FortenberryThis eBook series contains both children's eBook picture books - Mama, I Want To See God and Daddy, I Want to Know God. In these beautifully illustrated eBooks, Christian Children's Author Vanessa Fortenberry puts the concepts of God and his everlasting love into words that children understand. These beautifully illustrated stories convey the Christian concepts of God and love.
Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region
by Jennifer E. Lansford Anis Ben Brik Abdallah M. BadahdahThis timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It addresses several major deficits in knowledge regarding family issues in the Gulf countries, bringing a critical perspective to the emerging challenges facing families in this region. Lansford, Ben Brik, and Badahdah examine the role of urbanization, educational progress, emigration, globalization, and changes in the status of women on social change, as well as tackling issues related to marriage, fertility and parenthood, and family well-being. This book explores how family relationships and social policies can promote physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, safety, cognitive development, and economic security in the Gulf countries, placing a unique emphasis on contemporary families in this region. Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region is essential reading for scholars from psychology, sociology, education, law, and public policy. It will also be of interest to graduate students in these disciplines.
Families and Transition to School
by Bob Perry Sue Dockett Wilfried GriebelThis collection addresses issues related to families and transition, and pays special attention to the transition to school, the effect of this on the family, as well as the effect of the family on that transition. It celebrates the roles of families, locating them as integral partners in time of transition and identifying a variety of ways in which families and educators can work together with children to promote positive transitions. The book draws on a range of theoretical frameworks and research projects to provide multiple perspectives of family involvement in education, family-educator partnerships, the nature of collaboration, issues for families in marginalised or complex circumstances, as well as the multiple intersections of families and transition processes. The research projects reported range from in-depth case studies to the analysis of large-scale data sets and all have multiple messages for practitioners, policy makers and researchers as they seek ways to engage with families as their children start school.
Families and their Learning Environments: An Empirical Analysis (Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education #34)
by Kevin MarjoribanksFirst published in 1979, this study is one of the first works of educational research to include detailed assessments of family environments in an analysis of performance of children at their schools. Much of the research is based on data collected from families in Australia, Canada and England and the findings have been integrated with results from other family environments research. The study also explores social and psychological conceptual positions that will have relevance for further educational investigations. This book will be of particular interest to those studying the relationship between family environments and education, as well as the sociology of education.
Families as Partners in Education: Families and Schools Working Together
by Eugenia Berger Mari Riojas-CortezEngaging families in children’s education through partnerships and collaboration Families as Partners in Education is the most comprehensive book on the market covering the history of family/school collaboration, current issues and population trends affecting American schools and communities, diverse family structures, and techniques for establishing connections with parents and encouraging involvement with their child’s learning. Among other themes, the book emphasizes the importance of funds of knowledge for children’s development and for effective partnerships with families (the knowledge that children acquire from their families) and the concept of funds of identity as a catalyst for educators to understand their own identity. Throughout the book, the authors make connections to these concepts not only to help educators understand child development, but also to show how children develop within the context of their families. <P><P> The 10th Edition continues to highlight important parent involvement programs and how such programs are often successful because of their asset-based view of families, particularly those that are diverse, as well as those with children with special abilities. Updated theory and research are included throughout the text, as well as new situational vignettes that illustrate typical parent-school situations.
Families at Play: Connecting and Learning through Video Games (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)
by Elisabeth Gee Sinem SiyahhanHow family video game play promotes intergenerational communication, connection, and learning.Video games have a bad reputation in the mainstream media. They are blamed for encouraging social isolation, promoting violence, and creating tensions between parents and children. In this book, Sinem Siyahhan and Elisabeth Gee offer another view. They show that video games can be a tool for connection, not isolation, creating opportunities for families to communicate and learn together.Like smartphones, Skype, and social media, games help families stay connected. Siyahhan and Gee offer examples: One family treats video game playing as a regular and valued activity, and bonds over Halo. A father tries to pass on his enthusiasm for Star Wars by playing Lego Star Wars with his young son. Families express their feelings and share their experiences and understanding of the world through playing video games like The Sims, Civilization, and Minecraft. Some video games are designed specifically to support family conversations around such real-world issues and sensitive topics as bullying and peer pressure.Siyahhan and Gee draw on a decade of research to look at how learning and teaching take place when families play video games together. With video games, they argue, the parents are not necessarily the teachers and experts; all family members can be both teachers and learners. They suggest video games can help families form, develop, and sustain their learning culture as well as develop skills that are valued in the twenty-first century workplace. Educators and game designers should take note.
Families in Context
by Barry CarpenterFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.