Author: Joseph Ganem
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319778609
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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This book exposes a disturbing misuse of the scientific method to advance policies and agendas that are in fact detrimental to both science and education. The author, a physics professor, examines two related trends in education – the practice of “data-driven” reform and the disparaging of the traditional liberal arts in favor of programs with a heavy emphasis on science and technology. Many of the reforms being foisted on educators have more in common with pseudo-science than real science. The reduction of education to a commodity, and the shilling of science as a means to enhance corporate profits, lead to an impoverished and stunted understanding of science in particular, and of education in general. How is it possible for: • schools with all students learning at grade-level to be rated as failing?• teachers to be rated as ineffective after all their students meet their learning outcomes?• rising grade-school math standards to result in more college students needing remedial math?• politicians to disparage scientists and their results but argue that more students should study science? These bizarre outcomes have happened and are the result of an education system that misuses and misrepresents math and science in the classroom and in crafting education policies. This book exposes the flawed and fallacious thinking that is damaging education at all levels throughout the United States, and makes a compelling case for rethinking the standardized, optimized, and quantified approaches in vogue in education today to accommodate the different needs of individual teachers and students.
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Author: Ian Anthony Hollis
Publisher: Ian Anthony Hollis
ISBN: 1393955088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Zoe Evelyn Lionheart, a young roboticist, and her house-robot, Herbert, are inadvertently swept away on an adventure to stop a war, after a powerful government vies for control of a much smaller, but technologically superior nation. When the smaller nation's government refuses to be controlled, robot production is put into overdrive in an attempt to create a robot army, alarming the world-renowned roboticist, Michael Alouicious Copperpot. After Lord President Smythe and Vice-President Perriwinkle realise that the robots are disobeying their expertly hacked programming, they resort to unleashing an army of mindlessly obedient clones to overthrow the robots and take control of the resistant nation. Seeing how events are about to unfold, and concerned that the people of the world they created are about to destroy themselves, The First Five Gods send in one of their own - Dalfor, The God of Order & Chaos - to try and soften the blow of the war and prevent things from getting out of hand.
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Author: Hiroko Oyamada
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 081122886X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 59
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The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Japan The English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task they've been assigned: one shreds paper, one proofreads documents, and another studies the moss growing all over the expansive grounds. But their lives slowly become governed by their work—days take on a strange logic and momentum, and little by little, the margins of reality seem to be dissolving: Where does the factory end and the rest of the world begin? What's going on with the strange animals here? And after a while—it could be weeks or years—the three workers struggle to answer the most basic question: What am I doing here? With hints of Kafka and unexpected moments of creeping humor, The Factory casts a vivid—and sometimes surreal—portrait of the absurdity and meaninglessness of the modern workplace.
Author: Charles Hubbard Sergei
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Author: Shu Chen Hou
Publisher: Kokoshungsan Ltd
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Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Dive into the captivating world of "Robot Revolution," where a group of ingenious kids embarks on an electrifying adventure in a society where humans and robots coexist. Join them as they confront challenges, unravel mysteries, and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to alter their world forever. Prepare for an immersive journey filled with excitement, teamwork, and technological marvels as you delve into the pages of Robot Revolution.
Author: Trev Haymer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326226894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Set in the near future this novel is a mixture of futuristic vision and science fiction. The theme is: The Human Race is dying - save the young. An untreatable virus, known as The Superbug, is rapidly decimating the world's population. Something has to be done. So five virus-proof isolation towers are built offshore in various locations across the planet in an effort to ensure the survival of mankind. Placed in these isolation towers from birth are children, presently aged twelve years. But these 'special children', known as the Chosen Ones, have been subjected to intense education and are now at university level. In one week's time they will be leaving Earth for a distant planet, aiming to create a new world to ensure the future of the Human Race. But immense difficulties lay ahead as these plans are threatened by rebels from the mainland who are also determined to gain passage to the new planet. What will these Chosen Ones find on the new planet? Will it be completely uninhabited?
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 153446431X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko must rescue PJ Robot and foil Romeo’s latest scheme in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read based on PJ Masks, the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior! Romeo is once again up to no good with his latest invention—The Flying Factory—and he has captured PJ Robot! Will the PJ Masks be able to rescue PJ Robot, and stop Romeo from taking over the world? PJ Masks © Frog Box / Entertainment One UK Limited / Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited 2014
