Education

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hard Cover. 0875891632 . Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. No writing or marks. DJ has minor edge rubbing with small triangular tear at top front edge, and another closed triangular tear on back. 181 pp. Book examines the role of English departments in colleges and universities. Chapters: Structure and operations of the department; staffing department and rewarding faculty; departmental governance; teaching loads; department's responsibility to the college; freshman English; interdepartmental and special programs; general curriculum; the English major; the state of undergraduate English. Checklist for departments, bibliography, index.; 9.75" (25 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Institute for Services to Education. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Soft Cover. Booklet-style stapled binding is tight. Pages clean, off-white. Wraps have light shelf wear. 29 pp. plus appendixes. Descriptive statistics on enrollment trends in historically black colleges in the 1970s.; 8.25" (21 cm) Tall . more information

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Boston, Ma.: McDonald & Gill. Fair with no dust jacket. 1886. Hard Cover. Square with bumped corners, edge rubbing to cloth over boards. Gilt lettering on spine is clear although a bit dark; lettering and design on front of cloth over boards is clear and bright. Light scuffing on back. Binding and hinges sound (pp. 51-62 attached but binding is a bit fragile in that section of book; others held securely), pages clean and slightly age-darkened. Some light foxing throughout. Prescriptive literature for Protestant girls regarding health, hygeine, education, work, marriage, domesticity and faith.; 7.00" (18 cm) Tall . more information

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Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Library Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Soft Cover. Square, tightly stapled binding. One library stamp on title page. No other writing or marks. Displays no visible reading wear. Special theme of sports history. 46 pages. Articles by Steve Wilson (baseball and scholarly publishing), Russell S. Koonts (archiving sporting activities), Jim Sumner (museum-library partnerships for sport history), James R. Meier (surfing the internet for sources), Suzanne Wise (webliography of general sports sites), Lena Gonzalez (public libraries and rapidly changing communities), Suzanne Wise (sports fiction); best sport titles; regular features.; Ex-Library (Noncirculating); 11.0" (28 cm) Tall . more information

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North Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Shoe String Press, Incorporated. Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Half-Leather. 0208020829 . Exlibrary markings. Square with tight binding and hinges, bright pages. Book appears to be little used. 136 pp. Suggestions for providing high quality reference service over the telephone. Techniques of interviewing the patron, locating information, training, evaluation and more.; Ex-Library; 8.75" (21 cm) Tall . more information

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Philadelphia: Westminster Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Pages clean and bright. Owner's name stamped on endpapers, top and bottom page edges (visible only when book is closed). Green cloth over boards has discoloration and fading, some edge rubbing, small marred area at lower spine where label adhesive residue remains (book was in private library that owner organized by means of attaching small subject labels to lower spine of books). 320 pp. Chapters on adult education in general, educational guidance, study groups, congregational life as a means to adult education, counseling, use of the Bible in adult education, growth through inner religious experiences, education in homemaking and parenting, social action, churchmanship (lay leadership), and teacher training.; 7.5" (19 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Abingdon. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hard Cover. Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. No writing or marks. DJ has light edgewear, bit of scuffing. 125 pp. Educational psychology as applied to Christian education in the Protestant church.; 7.75" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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Chapel Hill, NC: University News Bureau. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have slight general shelf wear. 127 pp. Public addresses of William Brantley Aycock to the University community as well as to other audiences.; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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Carbondale: University of Illinois Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Soft Cover. One library stamp on title page. No other writing or marks. No evidence that volume has been read. Wraps clean with very minor shelf wear. Text pages clean and bright. Tight binding. 121 pp. Contents: Angelo Caranfa, "The Aesthetic Harmony of How Life Should be Lived: Van Gogh, Socrates, Nietzsche"; Noel Carroll, "TV and Film: A Philosophical Perspective"; James M. Curtis, "The Backpack Generation and Art History"; Margaret MacIntyre Latta, "Letting Aesthetic Experience Tell Its Own Tale: A Reminder"; Maria B. Spychiger, "Understanding Musical Activity and Musical Learning as Sign Processes: Toward a Semiotic Approach to Music Education"; Aphrrodite Désirée Navab, "Re-Picturing Photography: A Language in the Making; Jette Kjeldsen, "What Can the Aesthetic Movement Tell Us about Aesthetic Education?"; David Carrier, "Walter Pater's 'Winckelmann'"; Paul C. Taylor, "Essay Review: Art, Identity and Difference: Three (double)takes on Visual Culture?"; Book Reviews.; Ex-Library; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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Moskva (Moscow): Pedagogika. Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Soft Cover. Serial publication is in the Russian language. Square, tight binding. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wraps age-darkened, slightly shelf-worn. 142 pp. Articles on early childhood education and training for children with developmental disabilities: Gavrilushkina, "Razvitie isobraznitel'noi de'iatel'nosti umstvenno otstal'ikh detei doshkol'nogo vozrasta"; Morozova, "Formirovaniepoznavatel'ni'ikh interesov u detei doshkol'nogo vozrasta s otkloneni'iami v razvitii"; Kataeva, "Razvitie nagladnogo mishleni'ia u detei doshkol'nogo vozrasta s narusheni'iami slukha i intellekta"; Golovchits, "Izuchenie clovarnogo sostava rechi glukhikh detei doshkol'nogo vozrasta"; Noskova, "Preemstvennost' v rabote doshkol'nogo otdeleni'ia i spetxial'noi shkol'i po formirovani'iu rechi glukhikh detei."; 8.00" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Cambridge University Press - American Political Science Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Minor edge rubbing to wraps. No sign of reading wear. Approx. 160 pp. Contents: symposium on interview methods in Political Science (Beth L. Leech, Kenneth Goldstein, Joel D. Aberbach, Bert A. Rockman, Laura R. Woliver, Jeffrey M. Berry, Sharon Werning Rivera, Polina M. Kozyreva, Eduard G. Sarovskii); John Gaus Lecture: "The Spirit of Public Administration" (Hugh Heclo); Stephen Baskerville, "The Politics of Fatherhood"; Alan I. Abramowitz, "Gubernatorial Influence in Presidential Elections: Fact or Myth"; various articles on teachers, pedagogy, graduate preparation, and professional concerns in the discipline of political science.; 11.0" (28 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Cambridge University Press - American Political Science Association. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. Suare, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Minor edge rubbing to wraps. No sign of reading wear. Approx. 325 pp. Contents: symposium on the future of the discipline of political science (Russell Hardin, Robert Jervis, Kristen Renwick Monroe, Elinor Ostrom, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Marion Smiley, Rogers Smith); Jonathan Krasno and Kenneth Goldstein, "The Facts about Television Advertising and the McCain-Feingold Bill"; pedagogical articles about using Shakespeare's Coriolanus and the television show "West Wing" in classrooms; other articles.; 2002 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program: Political Sicence and Pbulic Life: Knowledge, Politics, and Policy.; Ex-Library (Noncirculating); 11.0" (28 cm) Tall . more information

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Ann Arbor, MI: Association of Departments of Foreign Languages. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. Square, tightly stapled binding. One library stamp on first page. No other writing or marks. Book displays no reading wear. 92 pp. Articles grouped in the following sections: literature and culture in the emerging curriculum; of literature, cutlure, identity, and ethics; the interview: suggestions for search committees and candidates; in honor of Claire Kramsch; general announcements.; Ex-Library (Noncirculating); 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Phi Epsilon Kappa. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Soft Cover. Square, tightly stapled binding. One library stamp on title page. No other writing or marks. Pages clean and bright; no evidence of reading wear. Contents: Stephen W. Sanders, "Insights about Young Children Working with a Partner: Initiators, Responders, Collaborators, and the Non-Compliant"; Deborah Adams, "The Relative Effectiveness of Three Instructional Strategies on the Learning of an Overarm Throw for Force"; Daniel A. Gerdes, "Leadership Educaton: Physical Activity and the Affective Domain"; Michael J. Stewart and Donald J. Bengier, "An Analysis of Volleyball Coaches' Coaching Behavior in a Summer Volleyball Team Camp"; Melissa A. Chase, "Children's Accuracy of Self-Appraisal of Ability and Motivational Beliefs in Physical Education."; Ex-Library (Noncirculating); 10.5" (26 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Cambridge University Press - American Political Science Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Minor edge rubbing to wraps. No sign of reading wear. Approx. 160 pp. Contents: symposium on civic engagement in the post-9/11 world (Michael Traugott et al; Scott L. Althaus; Markus Prior; Brian J. Gaines; Theda Skocpol); Stephen Knack & Martha Kropf, "Who Uses Inferior Voting Technology"; Erin Dow and Mark Lendler, "Civil Liberties and the Moderate Thought Police"; articles on pedagogy; articles on professional issues for political scientists.; 11.0" (28 cm) Tall . more information

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