The Appointed Hour, Etc
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Publisher : Canongate U.S.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,59 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780802136145
The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Author : Jonathan Zimmerman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 24,44 MB
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 1421439107
The first full-length history of college teaching in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the ongoing tension between the modern scholarly ideal—scientific, objective, and dispassionate—and the inevitably subjective nature of day-to-day instruction. American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the past 150 years, as critics have denounced the poor quality of instruction in undergraduate classrooms. Students daydream in gigantic lecture halls while a professor drones on, or they meet with a teaching assistant for an hour of aimless discussion. The modern university does not reward teaching, so faculty members at every level neglect it in favor of research and publication. In the first book-length history of American college teaching, Jonathan Zimmerman confirms but also contradicts these perennial complaints. Drawing upon a wide range of previously unexamined sources, The Amateur Hour shows how generations of undergraduates indicted the weak instruction they received. But Zimmerman also chronicles institutional efforts to improve it, especially by making teaching more "personal." As higher education grew into a gigantic industry, he writes, American colleges and universities introduced small-group activities and other reforms designed to counter the anonymity of mass instruction. They also experimented with new technologies like television and computers, which promised to "personalize" teaching by tailoring it to the individual interests and abilities of each student. But, Zimmerman reveals, the emphasis on the personal inhibited the professionalization of college teaching, which remains, ultimately, an amateur enterprise. The more that Americans treated teaching as a highly personal endeavor, dependent on the idiosyncrasies of the instructor, the less they could develop shared standards for it. Nor have they rigorously documented college instruction, a highly public activity which has taken place mostly in private. Pushing open the classroom door, The Amateur Hour illuminates American college teaching and frames a fresh case for restoring intimate learning communities, especially for America's least privileged students. Anyone who wants to change college teaching will have to start here.
Author : Charles Clayton LOWNDES
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 1853
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Author : John Lothrop Motley
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Page : 604 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 1856
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Author : Anthony Carter
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1535902469
The story of Jonah the prophet is familiar to us. It's full of unforgettable images, ironic twists and turns, and dramatic encounters between humanity, nature, and God. Most importantly, it is a microcosm of the human story. Your story. My story. The story of Jonah. In these pages, you will meet a prophet not so different from yourself. The prophet's rebellious spirit is astounding, but more astounding still is the surprising grace of God. The same God who relentlessly pursued Jonah and who relentlessly pursued the Ninevites is pursuing you. May this story cause you to rest in his unstoppable grace.
Author : Samuel Richardson
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Page : 368 pages
File Size : 11,72 MB
Release : 1792
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Author : Henry Watson Fowler
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Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 1920
Category : English language
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Author : Caroline de LaMotte Fouqué
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Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 1845
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Author : Massachusetts. Department of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics
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Page : 610 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Labor
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