The Death of Class - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death of Class write by Jan Pakulski. This book was released on 1996-04-04. The Death of Class available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Argues that the "class perspective" has become a political straightjacket, which obstructs understanding of contemporary social, cultural and political processes. This book guides the reader through the essentials of the class debate and asks whether class analysis still has validity.
The Death Class
The Death Class - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death Class write by Erika Hayasaki. This book was released on 2014-01-14. The Death Class available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The poignant, “powerful” (The Boston Globe) look at how to appreciate life from an extraordinary professor who teaches about death: “Poetic passages and assorted revelations you’ll likely not forget” (Chicago Tribune). Why does a college course on death have a three-year waiting list? When nurse Norma Bowe decided to teach a course on death at a college in New Jersey, she never expected it to be popular. But year after year students crowd into her classroom, and the reason is clear: Norma’s “death class” is really about how to make the most of what poet Mary Oliver famously called our “one wild and precious life.” Under the guise of discussions about last wills and last breaths and visits to cemeteries and crematoriums, Norma teaches her students to find grace in one another. In The Death Class, award-winning journalist Erika Hayasaki followed Norma for more than four years, showing how she steers four extraordinary students from their tormented families and neighborhoods toward happiness: she rescues one young woman from her suicidal mother, helps a young man manage his schizophrenic brother, and inspires another to leave his gang life behind. Through this unorthodox class on death, Norma helps kids who are barely hanging on to understand not only the value of their own lives, but also the secret of fulfillment: to throw yourself into helping others. Hayasaki’s expert reporting and literary prose bring Norma’s wisdom out of the classroom, transforming it into an inspiring lesson for all. In the end, Norma’s very own life—and how she lives it—is the lecture that sticks. “Readers will come away struck by Bowe’s compassion—and by the unexpectedly life-affirming messages of courage that spring from her students’ harrowing experiences” (Entertainment Weekly).
Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920
Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920 write by Michael K. Rosenow. This book was released on 2015-04-15. Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865-1920 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Michael K. Rosenow investigates working people's beliefs, rituals of dying, and the politics of death by honing in on three overarching questions: How did workers, their families, and their communities experience death? Did various identities of class, race, gender, and religion coalesce to form distinct cultures of death for working people? And how did people's attitudes toward death reflect notions of who mattered in U.S. society? Drawing from an eclectic array of sources ranging from Andrew Carnegie to grave markers in Chicago's potter's field, Rosenow portrays the complex political, social, and cultural relationships that fueled the United States' industrial ascent. The result is an undertaking that adds emotional depth to existing history while challenging our understanding of modes of cultural transmission.
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
The Death and Life of the Great American School System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death and Life of the Great American School System write by Diane Ravitch. This book was released on 2010-03-02. The Death and Life of the Great American School System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and presents arguments for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.
An Empty Seat in Class
An Empty Seat in Class - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Empty Seat in Class write by Rick Ayers. This book was released on 2014-11-01. An Empty Seat in Class available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The death of a student, especially to gun violence, is a life-changing experience that occurs with more and more frequency in America's schools. For each of those tragedies, there is a classroom and there is a teacher. Yet student death is often a forbidden subject, removed from teacher education and professional development classes where the curriculum is focused instead on learning about standards, lesson plans, and pedagogy. What can and should teachers do when the unbearable happens? An Empty Seat in the Class illuminates the tragedy of student death and suggests ways of dealing and healing within the classroom community. This book weaves the story of the author's very personal experience of a student's fatal shooting with short pieces by other educators who have worked through equally terrible events and also includes contributions from counsellors, therapists, and school principals. Through accumulated wisdom, educators are given the means and resources to find their own path to healing their students, their communities, and themselves.
