This book analyses and synthesises past and current approaches to STEM Education in the Early Years, particularly the role of digital technologies and play based pedagogies, and provides a look forward to a new way of conceiving STEM Education. It presents a literature review of existing best practice in STEM education, both in Australia and internationally. It also presents theoretical and pedagogical discussions that outlines a new approach to STEM Education, based on a four-year, longit...

"In Art, a picture is worth a thousand words. In Literature, Authors write a thousand words to tell a single story."I had this idea of taking photos of American authors and exhibiting them across the country. I started photographing Las Vegas authors with absolutely no one's help. All on my own. The form and style of my photos are of my creation. I alone with no one's help have designed everything that has to do with this project, from taking the photographs to the layout of the An...

In Live & Die Laughing, comedian/singer Mark Lowry pulls his wild-and-wacky train of thought into the station with musings about everything from God's character to church potlucks. Using material from his email newsletter, along with responses from its nearly 40,000 subscribers ("reMarkable,"www.marklowry.com), Lowry underscored the idea that God tirelessly loves and looks after his believers, no matter how quirky we are!

Hüter der Erinnerung von Lois Lowry Endlich verständlich mit der Lektürehilfe von derQuerleser.de!Diese klare und zuverlässige Analyse von Lois Lowrys Hüter der Erinnerung aus dem Jahr 1993 hilft Dir dabei, den Bestseller schnell in seinen wichtigsten Punkten zu erfassen. Der Jugendroman schildert das Leben des 11-jährigen Jonas, der in einer perfekt organisierten, totalitären Gesellschaft in der Zukunft aufwächst und versucht, aus...

Mark Lowry can make you laugh louder than most of what you're likely to hear on The Comedy Channel and make you think deeper than much of what you're likely to hear in church. With his fresh and wacky style, Lowry's humor shines light on the important aspects of a life of faith.

Just as authors create books, books create authors — and these essays by thirty-one writers for young people offer a fascinating glimpse at the books that inspired them the most.What if you could look inside your favorite authors’ heads and see the book that led them to become who they are today? What was the book that made them fall in love, or made them understand something for the first time? What was the book that made them feel challenged in ways they never kn...

First book to cover all aspects of sexuality during the Civil War. Based on area original sources, including the soldiers' jokes, songs, letters, and diaries.

The anthology 'The Industrial & Rural Naturalism – 5 Classic British Realism Novels' serves as a profound exploration of the complex interplay between industrial progress and rural life as captured through the lens of classic British realism. This collection brings together an array of literary styles, from the stark and vivid portrayals of the industrial landscape to the nuanced and immersive depictions of rural existence. The diversity of these works highlights the varying responses of B...

This fourth international handbook discusses developments not recognized or dealt with fully in the first three Springer Mathematics Education handbooks and tackles controversial issues in the field. After starting with a provocative introductory chapter which asks whether controversy is a healthy feature of international mathematics education, the four following sections cover: (a) mathematics education in Asia; (b) the roles of theory in research and practice; (c) equity and social justi...

On November 11, 1940, 21 slow, canvas-covered British warplanes, launched from the carrier Illustrious, attacked the harbor at the Italian port of Taranto and put most of the Italian navy out of commission. This all-but-forgotten operation, the authors argue, deserves historical recognition as an inspirational precedent for the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor 13 months later. Taranto demonstrated that battleships in a shallow, heavily defended harbor could be sunk by a handful of torpedo-bom...

One of the greatest challenges faced by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis on their 1804–6 Corps of Discovery expedition was that of medical emergencies on the trail. Without an attending physician, even routine ailments and injuries could have tragic consequences for the expedition’s success and the safety of its members. Of these dangers, the most insidious and potentially devastating was the slow, painful, and oftentimes fatal ravage of venereal disease.Physician Thomas P. Lowry...

Diverse perspectives on Lincoln's assassination, its aftermath, and its place in national memory from some of today's leading Lincoln scholars.The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most significant events in US history. It continues to attract the interest of scholars, writers, and armchair historians, ranging from painstaking new research to wild-eyed speculation. Now leading scholars of Lincoln and his murder offer in one volume their ...