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Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education: Policies, Provision, and the National Interest (Language Policy #17)
by Jennifer Joan BaldwinThis book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences. Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest.The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.
Languaging Relations for Transforming the Literacy and Language Arts Classroom
by Richard Beach David BloomeApplying a languaging perspective, this volume frames the teaching and learning of literacy, literature, language, and the language arts as social and linguistic actions that generate new questions to make visible social, cultural, psychological, linguistic, and educational processes. Chapter authors explore diverse aspects of a languaging framework, the perspective of language as a series of ongoing and evolving interactional social actions and processes over time. Based on their research, the authors suggest directions for addressing substantive engagement as well as the marginalization, superficiality, and violence (symbolic and otherwise) that characterize the educational experience of so many students. Responding to the need to foster and support students’ intellectual, social, and affective worlds, this book showcases how languaging relations among teachers and students can deepen interactions and engagement with texts; enhance understandings of agency, personhood, and power relations in order to transform literacy, literature, and language arts classrooms; and improve the lives of teachers and students in educational settings.
Lanterns
by Marian Wright EdelmanI am grateful beyond words for the example of the lanterns shared in this memoir whose lives I hope will illuminate my children's, your children's, and the paths of countless others coming behind.--Marian Wright Edelman, from the PrefaceMarian Wright Edelman, "the most influential children's advocate in the country" (The Washington Post), shares stories from her life at the center of this century's most dramatic civil rights struggles. She pays tribute to the extraordinary personal mentors who helped light her way: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Fannie Lou Hamer, William Sloane Coffin, Ella Baker, Mae Bertha Carter, and many others.She celebrates the lives of the great Black women of Bennettsville, South Carolina-Miz Tee, Miz Lucy, Miz Kate-who along with her parents formed a formidable and loving network of community support for the young Marian Wright as a Black girl growing up in the segregated South. We follow the author to Spelman College in the late 1950s, when the school was a hotbed of civil rights activism, and where, through excerpts from her honest and passionate college journal, we witness a national leader in the making and meet the people who inspired and empowered her, including Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Howard Zinn, and Charles E. Merrill, Jr.Lanterns takes us to Mississippi in the 1960s, where Edelman was the first and only Black woman lawyer. Her account of those years is a riveting first-hand addition to the literature of civil rights: "The only person I recognized in the menacing crowd as I walked towards the front courthouse steps was [a] veteran New York Times reporter. He neither acknowledged me nor met my eyes. I knew then what it was like to be a poor Black person in Mississippi: alone." And we follow Edelman as she leads Bobby Kennedy on his fateful trip to see Mississippi poverty and hunger for himself, a powerful personal experience for the young RFK that helped awaken a nation's conscience to child hunger and poverty. Lanterns is illustrated with thirty of the author's personal photographs and includes "A Parent's Pledge" and "Twenty-five More Lessons for Life," an inspiration to all of us-parents, grandparents, teachers, religious and civic leaders-to guide, protect, and love our children every day so that they will become, in Marian Wright Edelman's moving vision, the healing agents for national transformation.
Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors
by Marian Wright EdelmanMemoir by founder of the Children's Defense Fund with portraits of the many mentors who helped shape her.
Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building
by Myint Swe Khine Issa M. Saleh Ian R. HaslamThis book introduces and explores the nature of large scale reform, and offers a fresh insight into the importance of social capital and professional development leadership for teachers and school management. It synthesizes research on the role of the professional development leader and the importance of social capital in schools, and examines its potential to impact large scale, system-wide, reform projects. The text presents a range of international examples and theories from renowned researchers and educationists, which illustrate the challenge of raising the prominence of education social capital in schools. Considering crucial research that informs effective adult learning interventions, underlying themes supporting constructivist and transformative interventions are identified and woven into the narrative. Factors and variables needed to encourage and implement initiatives are examined, and each section is accompanied by case studies from around the world. The book is split into five sections and twelve parts which include: -The Lesson of Large Scale Reform for Leadership Development-Assessment of Wide Scale Educational Reform Initiatives-Developing Social Capital through National Education Reform-System Improvement through Professional Learning Communities Large Scale School Reform and Social Capital Building will be of interest to policy makers and system reform leaders, along with researchers and postgraduate students with a focus on continuous professional development, educational reform and school leadership.
Large-Scale Cognitive Assessment: Analyzing PIAAC Data (Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment)
by Débora B. Maehler Beatrice RammstedtThis open access methodological book summarises existing analysing techniques using data from PIAAC, a study initiated by the OECD that assesses key cognitive and occupational skills of the adult population in more than 40 countries. The approximately 65 PIAAC datasets that has been published worldwide to date has been widely received and used by an interdisciplinary research community. Due to the complex structure of the data, analyses with PIAAC datasets are very challenging. To ensure the quality and significance of these data analyses, it is necessary to instruct users in the correct handling of the data. This methodological book provides a standardised approach to successfully implementing these data analyses. It contains examples of and tools for the analysis of the PIAAC data using different statistical approaches and software, and it offers perspectives from various disciplines. The contributing authors have hands-on experience of using PIAAC data, and/or they have conducted data analysis workshops with these data.
Large-Scale Studies in Mathematics Education
by Stephen Hwang James A. Middleton Jinfa CaiIn recent years, funding agencies like the Institute of Educational Sciences and the National Science Foundation have increasingly emphasized large-scale studies with experimental and quasi-experimental designs looking for 'objective truths' Educational researchers have recently begun to use large-scale studies to understand what really works, from developing interventions, to validation studies of the intervention, and then to efficacy studies and the final "scale-up" for large implementation of an intervention. Moreover, modeling student learning developmentally, taking into account cohort factors, issues of socioeconomics, local political context and the presence or absence of interventions requires the use of large data sets, wherein these variables can be sampled adequately and inferences made Inroads in quantitative methods have been made in the psychometric and sociometric literatures, but these methods are not yet common knowledge in the mathematics education community. In fact, currently there is no volume devoted to discussion of issues related to large-scale studies and to report findings from them This volume is unique as it directly discusses methodological issue in large-scale studies and reports empirical data from large-scale studies.
Large-scale Assessment Programs for All Students: Validity, Technical Adequacy, and Implementation
by Thomas M. Haladyna Gerald TindalThe need for a comprehensive volume that reviews both the processes and issues involved in developing, administering, and validating large-scale assessment programs has never been greater. These programs are used for many purposes, including instructional program evaluation, promotion, certification, graduation, and accountability. One of the greatest problems we face is how to deal with special needs and bilingual populations. Examining these processes and issues is the mission of this book. It is organized into the following five sections: Introduction, Validity Issues, Technical Issues, Implementation Issues, and Epilogue. Each chapter follows a common structure: Overview of critical issues, review of relevant research, descriptions of current assessment methodologies, and recommendations for the future research and practice. Written by nationally recognized scholars,Large-Scale Assessment Programs for All Students: Validity, Technical Adequacy, and Implementation will appeal to anyone seriously involved in large scale testing, including educators, policymakers, testing company personnel, and researchers in education, psychology, and public policy.
Large-scale Testing of Students With Disabilities: A Special Issue of exceptionality
by Gerald TindalLarge Scale Testing of Students With Disabilities addresses three issues: accommodations, modifications, and reporting of outcomes. The purpose is not to present an exhaustive summary of the research in these areas but to focus attention on how the issues are considered and empirically validated. The research summarized in this issue should serve as a model for state departments to consider in adoption of policy, either as findings upon which to inform policy or as a method to adopt in generating findings themselves. The studies reflect critical methodologies that are either experimental in design or use extant data sets as well as present a theoretical framework in how to interpret empirical results.
Larry Makes a Choice: Level 1 (I Can Read! / Big Idea Books / VeggieTales)
by Karen PothA Lesson in Doing the Right ThingWill Cowboy Larry take the long, hard road, or will he cheat and take the easy path during his cattle-drive test? Ride along to see how he realizes the importance of choosing to do what&’s right.This is a Level One I Can Read! book, which means it&’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. It aligns with guided reading level J and will be of interest to children Pre-K to 3rd grade.
LarryBoy Meets the Bubblegum Bandit: Level 1 (I Can Read! / Big Idea Books / VeggieTales)
by Karen PothA Lesson in Doing Your BestAll the residents of Bumblyburg are feeling lazy. Can LarryBoy save the day or will the Bubblegum Bandit take over Bumblyburg?This is a Level One I Can Read! book, which means it&’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. It aligns with guided reading level J and will be of interest to children Pre-K to 3rd grade.
LarryBoy and the Mudslingers: Level 1 (I Can Read! / Big Idea Books / VeggieTales)
by Doug PetersonA Lesson in Saying SorryA day at the water park turns messy for some Veggie friends. Can LarryBoy and Alfred lend a hand and save the day?This is a Level One I Can Read! book, which means it&’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. It aligns with guided reading level J and will be of interest to children Pre-K to 3rd grade.
Larson's Book of Spiritual Warfare
by Bob LarsonLarson's Book of Spiritual Warfare is a window into a world many Christians have no idea exists. An expert on the occult, cults and supernatural phenomena, Bob Larson provides a comprehensive guide to the motivating factors of much of the deviant behavior occuring in society today.
Las 8 verdades sobre Jesús: Hechos que nos dan esperanza
by Danilo H. GomesLa gran mayoría de los cristianos no conoce las 8 verdades fundamentales sobre Jesucristo. ¿Y tú… las conoces? ¿Quién es Jesús? Difícilmente encontraremos a alguien que no haya oído hablar de Jesús, pero la pregunta es: ¿Cuántos lo conocen realmente? Debemos abandonar urgentemente nuestra superficialidad en el conocimiento sobre Cristo para sumergirnos en su persona. Por mucho que haya divergencias dentro del cristianismo, hay 8 verdades bíblicas incuestionables sobre el Salvador. El libro LAS 8 VERDADES SOBRE JESÚS trata sobre estos 8 hechos que son la base de la fe cristiana. No es un resumen ni una reflexión, sino una visión edificante sobre la vida y la obra de Jesucristo. Renueva tu fe y enamórate del Hijo unigénito de Dios Padre. Aprende sobre: La eternidad de Cristo, su vida como hombre en el mundo, sus milagros y maravillas, su santidad, su muerte en la cruz, y otros temas.
Las Aventuras Del Cangrejito Pellizquitos Y Ramón D’Escargot
by Dan AlatorreLa familia de una niña va a la playa, donde ella se hace amiga de un cangrejito y de los amigos de este. Todo va bien hasta que, después de una tormenta, aparece en la orilla un pequeño extraño y la niña decide, con sus nuevos amigos, ayudarlo a regresar a casa... ¡en Francia!Disfruta con tu retoño de este libro para niños ilustrado a todo color. ¡Perfecto para leer a los pequeños o para que los niños algo más grandes te lo lean!
Las Cinco Claves para Aprobar el DELE A2
by Kennedy IbudeLas cinco claves para aprobar el DELE A2, examen. Las cinco (5) claves para aprobar el DELE A2, examen de nacionalidad. Un libro de nueva edición con mucha atención y revisado contundente. Es imprescindible para incrementar su nivel requerido; prepararte para aprobar el examen A2 está en tus manos.
Las Manzanas del Sr. Peabody
by Loren Long MadonnaEste libro está inspirado en un cuento de casi 300 años de antigüedad que me contó mi maestro de Kabbalah. El cuento vivió en mí durante mucho tiempo y, cuando empecé a escribir cuentos para niños, decidí que en uno de ellos transmitiría su esencia.
Las Parábolas de Jesús: Una guía para entender y aplicar las enseñanzas de Jesús
by R. T. KendallLas parábolas de Jesús Una guía para entender y aplicar las enseñanzas de Jesús El hijo pródigo, La semilla de mostaza, Las ovejas y las cabras … A través de estas y de docenas de otras parabolas, Jesús ayudó a sus discípulos -entonces y ahora- a entender las verdades acerca del reino de Dios. El autor desmenuza las sencillas historias de Jesús una por una y devela su profundo significado. Mientras el lector comienza a entender el propósito, la promesa y la paradoja de las parábolas conocerá de una manera fresca a aquel que las relató.
Las Ranas (National Geographic Readers #1)
by Elizabeth CarneyAprende todo sobre las ranas en este emocionante libro para niños en español.Está lleno de imágenes bellas e interesantes que les enseñan a los niños todo sobre estos animales asombrosos. Este libro de Nivel 1 es apropiado para los primeros pasos de lectura independiente o para una experiencia de lectura en voz alta, ¡perfecto para motivar a futuros científicos y exploradores!
Las aventuras de Batgirl en Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls #3)
by Lisa YeeEl insti no es nada fácil...¡Tener superpoderes todavía menos! Ponte la capa y descubre las aventuras de Batgirl en Super Hero High. Barbara Gordon siempre ha sido un cerebrito y un genio de la tecnología, pero no tiene superpoderes más allá de su mente prodigiosa y su memoria fotográfica. Sin embargo, cuando Supergirl se entera de sus habilidades, a Barbara le llega la oportunidad de su vida: una invitación para estudiar en Super Hero High, la escuela de élite para superheroínas. Por supuesto, Barbara no duda ni un segundo en aceptar el desafío de entrenar junto a las adolescentes más poderosas de la Galaxia y se convierte en Batgirl, la nueva chica del insti. Barbara siempre ha tenido el corazón de una heroína... pero ahora tendrá que demostrar que ¡lo es de verdad!
Las aventuras de Katana en Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls #4)
by Lisa YeeEl insti no es nada fácil...¡Tener superpoderes todavía menos! Ponte la capa y descubre las aventuras de Katana en Super Hero High. La espadachina Katana no es una adolescente normal... pero con amigas como Wonder Woman, Batgirl y Supergirl, ¡quién lo es! Además de entrenar como ellas para convertirse en una superheroína, Katana también sigue las nobles tradiciones guerreras de los Samurái. Pero Katana tiene mucho lío: acaban de nombrarla capitana del equipo de esgrima, tiene que entregar un trabajo megaimportante en el cole y debe luchar contra un villano que está reuniendo a un ejército... Con todo este jaleo, ¿cómo va a conseguir salvar a la humanidad?
Las aventuras de Supergirl en Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls #2)
by Lisa YeeEl insti no es nada fácil...¡Tener superpoderes todavía menos! Ponte la capa y descubre las aventuras de Supergirl en Super Hero High. Supergirl es la adolescente más poderosa de la galaxia, pero tras perder a su familia y su hogar en el planeta Krypton no tiene claro que Super Hero High sea el lugar ideal para ella... Tanto sus nuevos amigos como la simpática bibliotecaria del insti la han recibido con una cálida acogida, pero las pesadillas y villanos la atormentan. ¿Cómo se las arreglará para salvar el mundo? Supergirl es la nueva chica en el insti... ¡Y también en la Tierra!
Las aventuras de Wonder Woman en Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls #1)
by Lisa YeeEl insti no es nada fácil...¡Tener superpoderes todavía menos! Ponte la capa y descubre las aventuras de Wonder Woman en Super Hero High. Wonder Woman es una princesa que nunca ha salido de su hogar en Isla Paraíso, pero ha llegado el momento de convertirse en súper heroína y para eso tiene que ir a estudiar a Super Hero High. En el nuevo insti, Wonder Woman no solo tendrá que aprender a dominar sus poderes y superar entrenamientos muy exigentes, también deberá hacer nuevas amigas y lidiar con su compañera de cuarto, que se pasa el día posteando sus momentos más humillantes en internet... pero eso no es nada comparado con el hecho que Wonder Woman no ha visto a un chico en su vida. Ir al insti será mucho más difícil de lo que pensaba...
Las cosas son como son (Pasito a pasito)
by Julie GassmanMelvin tiene grandes rabietas cuando no consigue lo que quiere. Debe aprender a controlarse cuando sufre una decepcio´n. Al fin y al cabo, las cosas son como son y una rabieta no es la solucio´n.