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Imagetext In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, James Carter
Imagetext In The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, James Carter
James B Carter
Notions of WJT Mitchell's imagetext are explored as they are revealed in Mark Haddon's young adult novel *The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time*. Christopher Boone's particular way of reading the world illuminates imagetext relationships.
Old Comics And Current Technology Combine To Form New Hybrids, James Carter
Old Comics And Current Technology Combine To Form New Hybrids, James Carter
James B Carter
Critical reviews of "40 Years of The Amazing Spider-Man." DVD-ROM. Graphic Imaging Technology. New York: Marvel Comics, 2004 and "44 Years of Fantastic Four." DVD-ROM. Graphic Imaging Technology. New York: Marvel Comics, 2005.
Princes, Beasts, Or Royal Pains: Men And Masculinity In The Revisionist Fairy Tales Of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, James Carter
Princes, Beasts, Or Royal Pains: Men And Masculinity In The Revisionist Fairy Tales Of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, James Carter
James B Carter
An examination of the roles men fulfill in select short stories of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter
Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter
James B Carter
"Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive"
Mathematics Teachers’ Knowledge Base: Preliminary Results, Guershon Harel, Kien Lim
Mathematics Teachers’ Knowledge Base: Preliminary Results, Guershon Harel, Kien Lim
Kien H Lim
Student learning depends on the teacher’s actions, which are, in turn, dependent on the teacher’s knowledge base—defined here by three components: knowledge of mathematics content, knowledge of student epistemology, and knowledge of pedagogy. The purpose of this study is to construct models for teachers’ knowledge base and for their development in an on-site professional development project.
From Research To Practice : Using The Timss Video Study Findings To Enhance Australian Mathematics Teaching, Hilary Hollingsworth
From Research To Practice : Using The Timss Video Study Findings To Enhance Australian Mathematics Teaching, Hilary Hollingsworth
Dr Hilary Hollingsworth
The findings of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Video Study have been reported at both international and national levels, however its impact on Australian mathematics teaching has yet to be realised. How can the results of the video study inform teachers' efforts toward excellence in mathematics teaching in Australia? This paper highlights some of the findings and recommendations in the national report, 'Teaching Mathematics in Australia: Results from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study', and anticipates ways that the products of the study might be used for improving teaching and teacher development. The broad purpose of the …
Alan Moore And The Graphic Novel: Confronting The Fourth Dimension, Mark Bernard, James Carter
Alan Moore And The Graphic Novel: Confronting The Fourth Dimension, Mark Bernard, James Carter
James B Carter
Comics, especially the works of Alan Moore, are examined as meeting the goals of modernist artists and writers due to their combination of image and text, succeedeing where neither form of expression could independently of one another.
Content Analysis Of Funded Enhancement Project Applications--Fiscal Year 1995, Adelina Alegria, Reynaldo Flores Macias, Ana Maria Rodrigues Resnik
Content Analysis Of Funded Enhancement Project Applications--Fiscal Year 1995, Adelina Alegria, Reynaldo Flores Macias, Ana Maria Rodrigues Resnik
Adelina Alegria
The 97 bilingual education program enhancement projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs in fiscal 1995 are analyzed for their demographic characteristics, goals and objectives, instructional characteristics, parent and family services, professional development, personnel training, and other program features. A subset of 33 programs was selected for in-depth analysis of features other than demographics. The 97 proposals, distributed among 21 states, served 53,535 students, 36,283 of whom were limited-English-proficient, from 78 language groups and at all grade levels. California received over half the funded projects. School districts were the main beneficiaries …
An Unquiet Pedagogy : Transforming Practice In The English Classroom, Eleanor Kutz, Hephzibah Roskelly
An Unquiet Pedagogy : Transforming Practice In The English Classroom, Eleanor Kutz, Hephzibah Roskelly
Eleanor Kutz
An Unquiet Pedagogy argues for a new approach to teaching English in the high school and college classroom, one that reconceives the relationship of literacy and the learner. The title is taken from an essay by Paulo Freire in his book with Donaldo Macedo entitled Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. Like Freire, the authors believe that pedagogy must be critical -- that it must examine the assumptions that teachers and students bring to any educational enterprise, that it must take into account the contexts of learners' lives, and that it must question, rather than quietly accept, existing practices. …