W Meyer: 30 books
School Knowledge for the Masses
World Models and National Primary Curricular Categories in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
First published in 1992, this book presents unique quantitative data on the content coverage of primary education in a large number of countries since 1920. It demonstrates that these curricular outlines tend to be surprisingly similar across very disparate countries, and suggests the world processes...
Spurensuche zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Menschen
Der lange Weg zur Menschwerdung
Language: German
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts haben Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler eine bedeutende Anzahl fossiler Funde von Vormenschen- und Menschenformen, den Homininen, entdecken können. Durch den Einsatz moderner und häufig auch ungewöhnlicher Arbeits- und Untersuchungsmethoden in der Paläoanthropologie...
Überleben im Alltag
Welche Strategien für das Sozialwesen Mensch wichtig sind
Language: German
Release Date: March 14, 2019
Wir leben in einem Zeitalter der Ratlosigkeit. Schnelllebigkeit und Reizüberflutung im Alltag, der Zerfall von sozialen Strukturen und das geradezu leichtgläubige Vertrauen auf die Allmacht moderner Technik in unserer hochkomplexen Zivilisation stellen die heutigen Menschen vor immer neue Probleme....
Engaging Nature
Environmentalism and the Political Theory Canon
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Essays that put noted political thinkers of the past—including Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft, Marx, and Confucius—in dialogue with current environmental political theory.
Contemporary environmental political theory considers the implications of the environmental crisis for...
by James W. Goll, Chris Dupre, Jeff Deyo
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Worship—the Key
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Is your worship of the Lord bringing you closer to Him? Is it everything He is worthy of receiving?
The Lost Art of Pure Worship is a gathering of great spiritual leaders who share their unique experiences and desires about the precious act of...
More Than a Mentoring Program
Attacking Institutional Racism
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
In striving to reduce racial achievement gaps, schools and youth development programs are increasingly turning to youth mentoring programs. But how to ensure success? Here, accomplished educators Graig Meyer and George Noblit reveal how one such program challenged institutional racism and eliminated...
by Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces...
by Ina Asim, Anthony Deblasi, Peter Ditmanson
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earliest historical times to the dawn of the modern age. China is a vast country with a long history, and one which is by itself as complex as the...
Energy Policies in the European Union
Germany’s Ecological Tax Reform
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of world climate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and...
metamorphosen 11 - Außenrum
Magazin für Literatur und Kultur
Language: German
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Seit 2013 erscheinen die "metamorphosen" vierteljährlich in Berlin. Im jungen "Magazin für Literatur und Kultur" stehen unveröffentlichte, neue Lyrik und Prosa neben Essays, Rezensionen, Porträts und ausführlichen Interviews. Hier und jetzt, mit der elften Ausgabe, wird ein...
Rethinking Social Movements
Structure, Meaning, and Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
This landmark volume brings together some of the titans of social movement theory in a grand reassessment of its status. For some time, the field has been divided between a dominant structural approach and a cultural or constructivist tradition. The gaps and misunderstandings between the two sides—as...
by Sabine Rheinhold, Anni Wollrath, Joachim Frank
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Am schönsten ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte, wenn sie vorgelesen wird! Wenn die Christbaumkugeln im Kerzenlicht funkeln und der Blick aus dem Fenster auf die weiße Winterlandschaft fällt, dann ist der Moment gekommen, sich im Kreise der Lieben zusammenzufinden. Nichts ist dabei herrlicher, als gemeinsam...
by John C. Callaway, Stephen Faulkner, Mary A. Hague
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2004
The purpose of the Exploring Environmental Challenges: A Multidisciplinary Approach series is to publish a collection of short texts that each explore a specific environmental issue and describe the methodologies, theories, and findings pertaining to that issue from both natural and social science...
Evaluating Scholarship and Research Impact
History, Practices, and Policy Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Faculty members, scholars, and researchers often ask where they should publish their work; which outlets are most suitable to showcase their research? Which journals should they publish in to ensure their work is read and cited? How can the impact of their scholarly output be maximized?
The...