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Education

Looking at Jewelry A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques

Gansicke Susanne, Markowitz Yvonne J.

ISBN: PB: 9781606065990, Getty Publications, June 2019
304 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, colour illus.

The fascination with personal adornment is universal. It is a preoccupation that is primal, instinctive, and uniquely human. 'Jewelry' encompasses a seemingly endless number of ornaments produced across time and in all cultures. The range of material...

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Sign Language

Education

Case Studies in Deaf Education Inquiry, Application, and Resources

Guardino Caroline, Beal Jennifer S., Cannon Joanna E., Voss Jenna, Bergeron Jessica P.

ISBN: HB: 9781944838188, Gallaudet University Press, July 2018
264 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 38 figures, 4 tables

"Case Studies in Deaf Education" provides comprehensive materials that will prepare prospective teachers to work with the diverse spectrum of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) and empower them to better understand these complex and...

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Education

What Do You Think, Mr. Ramirez? The American Revolution in Education

Galt Harpham Geoffrey

ISBN: PB: 9780226480817, ISBN: HB: 9780226480787, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Geoffrey Galt Harpham's book takes its title from a telling anecdote. A few years ago Harpham met a Cuban immigrant on a college campus, who told of arriving, penniless and undocumented, in the 1960s and eventually earning a GED and making his way to...

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Education

Paying the Price College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream

Goldrick-Rab Sara

ISBN: PB: 9780226527147, ISBN: HB: 9780226404349, University of Chicago Press, July 2017
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 figures, 21 tables

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with "Paying the Price", she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite...

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Sign Language

Education

Change and Promise Bilingual Deaf Education and Deaf Culture in Latin America

Gerner de Garcia Barbara, Becker Karnopp Lodenir

ISBN: HB: 9781563686740, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
240 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 13 photographs, 11 figures, 6 tables

Within the past few decades, there has been great progress in deaf education in Latin America and growth in the empowerment of their Deaf communities. However, there is little awareness outside that region of these successes. For the first time, this...

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Education

Psychology

Boys and Girls Superheroes in the Doll Corner

Gussin Paley Vivian

ISBN: PB: 9780226130101, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
144 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

With the publication of "Boys and Girls" in 1984, Vivian Gussin Paley took readers inside a kindergarten classroom to show them how boys and girls play – and how, by playing and fantasizing in different ways, they work through complicated notions of...

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Education

Business & Economics

Education Policy in Developing Countries

Glewwe Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226078717, ISBN: HB: 9780226078687, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 line drawings, 36 tables

Almost any economist will agree that education plays a key role in determining a country's economic growth and standard of living, but what we know about education policy in developing countries is remarkably incomplete and scattered over decades and...

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Education

How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying) A Professor's Inside Advice

Gould Jon B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226304663, ISBN: HB: 9780226304656, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
192 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 1 line illus.

After years of preparation and anticipation, many students arrive at college without any real knowledge of the ins and outs of college life. They've been focused on finding the right school and have been carefully guided through the nuances of the ad...

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History

Philosophy

Exploring the Scientific Method Cases and Questions

Gimbel Steven

ISBN: PB: 9780226294834, ISBN: HB: 9780226294810, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
424 pp., 22.4x15.2 cm, 4 tables

From their grade school classrooms forward, students of science are encouraged to memorize and adhere to the "scientific method" – a model of inquiry consisting of five to seven neatly laid-out steps, often in the form of a flowchart. But walk into t...

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History of Art

Education

Art Education and Human Development

Gardner Howard

ISBN: PB: 9780892361793, Getty Publications, March 2006
80 pp., 26x22.9 cm, 1 black&white illus.

The production and appreciation of art involves thought processes that have excluded from traditional measures of human intelligence. This book, written by a leading cognitive scientist, makes a compelling case for broadening these definitions and di...

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