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Rousseau and Dignity: Art Serving Humanity is a richly illustrated volume relating a series of events-a photography exhibit, lectures, commentary, and audience reactions by people ages seven to ninety-two-held in the name of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's...

"100 Careers to Know in Film and Television" is the third edutainment book, curated and written by Ashley Támar Davis, as a conduit to provide awareness into the vast careers in the Entertainment Business. As art programs are continually underfunded and...

The Preparatory Music Theory Exams Set 1 Answer Book is a "must have" teacher resource for instantly marking all Four Exams in the Preparatory Music Theory Exams Set 1 Workbook.The UMT Exam Series is the ONLY exam series with matching Answer books!UMT...

Foreword by Mike LeighAfterword by David BarnetA testimonial to the experiences of theatre students, I Talk of Dreams provides insight into the transformational possibilities that exist when young people are allowed to take risks in a space that allows...

I knew that DanceKinesis was the missing dimension in Ballroom and Latin dance training and performing, but I needed to put it into a format that would be most helpful to dancers. I sought the opinions of many social and professional dancers world-wide,...

Essential book to learn the scientific technique of cutting hair. A concentrate of notions, photos, diagrams, drawings, evaluation and in-depth examination sheets. Practice exercises explained step by step with detailed photos for each gesture. An...

Teaching, Coaching, and Mentoring Adult Learners is a guide to help practitioners develop the skills needed to share their expertise with adult learners and engage them in new transformative practices.

This is the new book from the author of Scenes for Teens and Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens – a veteran actor with Hollywood and Broadway credits.Monologues for Teens is a collection of 60 Original Monologues on a wide...

Teaching Fairy Tales edited by Nancy L. Canepa brings together scholars who have contributed to the field of fairy-tale studies since its origins. This collection offers information on materials, critical approaches and ideas, and pedagogical resources...

Written for parents and teachers, I Wanna Take Me a Picture is an accessible and practical guide to getting children involved in photography. Through a series of lessons-from self-portraiture to representing their dreams-it teaches everything a beginner...

Researchers and educators routinely call for longitudinal research on language learning and teaching. The present volume explores the connection between longitudinal study and advanced language capacities, two under-researched areas, and proposes an...

This volume demonstrates how the social and instructional worlds that children inhabit influence their poetry writing and performances. Drawing on rich vignettes of students from different racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, it describes and...

How is creativity understood and facilitated across music education settings? What is the power of creativity in enhancing individual and group learning? How is musical creativity used as a tool for cross-community integration? How can we research the...

The conversations generated by the chapters in Music's Immanent Future grapple with some of music's paradoxes: that music of the Western art canon is viewed as timeless and universal while other kinds of music are seen as transitory and ephemeral; that...

Soviet global strategy, long established and well understood by the Kremlin leaders, is to intimidate weak and fearful governments, exploit indigenous difficulties, disrupt social order, and promote communist revolutions. In this volume, European and...

This book is a timely interpretation of the moral and political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. Staying close to Hobbes's text and working from a careful examination of the actual <i>substance</i> of the account of natural law, R. E. Ewin argues...

Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a scholarly perspective on tertiary level art and design education. Providing a theoretical lens to examine studio education, the authors suggest a student-centred...

This edited book includes chapters written by English Language Arts (ELA) teacher educators and practicing secondary teachers who examine their classroom experiences through an arts-based habit of mind. Rather than focusing exclusively on artistic...

Agricultural land provides essential goods and services for human society, and it is the basis for ensuring food security and rural development. Under the background of rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change, the use of agricultural...

There are many eco-sensitive areas, such as mountain regions and transitional zones, around the world that cover a sizeable area of the Earth's terrestrial surface.However, due to excessive human land use and climate change, these regions are currently...

In the 21st century, global agriculture is facing two major competing issues, urgently calling for us to investigate the nexus of land-food-climate. First, food production will need to substantially increase to meet the growing demand of a larger and...

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !C'est quoi, une famille ? Peut-on offrir l'amitié ? Un animal peut-il devenir un véritable ami ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette grande question ce que sont La...

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !Les arbres ressentent-ils quelque chose ? Comment l'homme doit-il traiter les animaux ? Existe-t-il d'autres vies dans l'univers ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette...

Philosopher avec les enfants en toute simplicité !Quel goût a le bonheur ? Peut-on offrir le bonheur ? Qu'est-ce qui te rend vraiment heureux(se) ?Dans cet ouvrage, vous trouverez les 44 meilleures questions sur cette grande question qu'est Le bonheur ...

The Magic of Music Theory is a workbook series for string players to learn to ready and write music. Students will learn music theory from the perspective of the viola fingerboard! This series reinforces concepts taught in lessons with workbook pages,...

Gods, where do they come from? Why are there so many of them? Through the ages mankind has wrestled with this question and all its ramifications. Scholars of many disciplines scour dusty archives, archaeologists explore hidden tombs, students of...

Higher Music Performance Education, as taught and learned in universities and conservatoires in Europe, is undergoing transformation. Since the nineteenth century, the master-apprentice pedagogical model has dominated, creating a learning environment...

Zone Theory develops an approach to the study of utopia that expands its definition and its application in the field of science fiction studies

Praise for Nature's Paintbox"Beautiful and visceral, Mona leads us down a magic pathway, through easy-to-follow activities, building capacity and reverence for the spirits of the earth. Nature's Paintbox is a manual for cultivating your mythical self...

The second edition of this popular text includes twenty-five new bonus games! The revised introduction from the author emphasizes the versatility of these games, and explains how directors and instructors from many different fields have used these...

The Complete Music Theory Answer Book (Ultimate Music Theory) is easy to use and is identical to the Complete Music Theory Workbook - Ultimate Music Theory.Complete Music Theory Answer Book - Ultimate Music Theory features these concepts and...

Using Mark as a test case, nine seasoned scholars apply their interpretative approaches to the art of teaching, sharing from their personal experience in the classroom. They address questions like: How should my research and my approach to the text play...

Every few years in the United States, history teachers go through what some believe is an embarrassing national ritual. A representative group of students sit down to take a standardized U.S. history test, and the results show varied success. Sizable...

This book explores the contribution of and art and creativity to early education, and examines the role of the atelier (an arts workshop in a school) and atelierista (an educator with an arts background) in the pioneering pre-schools of Reggio Emilia. It...

This insightful volume explores the major challenges facing sports journalism in Australia today, discussing how, in an environment dominated by sports organizations and increasing commercial factors, the role of the sports journalist is being severely...

This book develops an original version of act-consequentialism. It argues that act-consequentialists should adopt a subjective criterion of rightness.

"Aprender a Cantar en Armonía" es un currículo diseñado para aprender a leer música cantando y para ayudar a desarrollar la habilidad y el placer de cantar en armonía. El método de solfeo asigna a cada nota en la escala musical una sílaba:...

The transition to modern schooling demanded new systems of teaching. Mutual teaching was avidly adopted in many countries in the early 19th century. The comparative history of the reception of mutual teaching in the German States and Spain in the 19th...

Der vorliegende Band enthält in narrativer Darstellung die Ergebnisse einer Befragung, die im Jahre 1980 unter Bildenden Künstlern in Düsseldorf und Umgebung durchgeführt wurde. Im Verlauf dieser Untersuchung, deren fi­...

Angesichts der Kontroversen urn das Nachleben des Nationalso­ zialismus in der Bundesrepublik' ist jeder sozialwissenschaft­ liche Versuch, sich r. ;i t deF. . historischen FaschisI". us in Deutschland auseinanderzusetzen, auch...

Der vorliegende Text geht auf eine Vorlesung uber die Archaologie der grie­ chis chen Religion zuruck, die ich im Wintersemester 1993/94 gehalten habe. Teile davon waren bereits Gegenstand von Vortragen in Bern, Zurich und...

Das Land der SeidenstraBe, das groBe Steppen- und Wiistengebiet nordlich der tibetischen Hochebene, das sich yom westlichen China iiber Ostturkestan und Westturkestan bis hin zum Rande der iranischen Hochebene erstreckt, ist...