Knowing Bodies, Moving Minds

Knowing Bodies, Moving Minds
Author: Liora Bresler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402020236

This book aims to define new theoretical, practical, and methodological directions in educational research centered on the role of the body in teaching and learning. Based on our phenomenological experience of the world, it draws on perspectives from arts-education and aesthetics, as well as curriculum theory, cultural anthropology and ethnomusicology. These are arenas with a rich untapped cache of experience and inquiry that can be applied to the notions of schooling, teaching and learning. The book provides examples of state-of-the-art, empirical research on the body in a variety of educational settings. Diverse art forms, curricular settings, educational levels, and cultural traditions are selected to demonstrate the complexity and richness of embodied knowledge as they are manifested through institutional structures, disciplines, and specific practices.

Molly's Magical Adventures

Molly's Magical Adventures
Author: V.K. May
Publisher: Opal Tree Press
Total Pages: 586
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

The complete series of page-turning adventures! Molly and Michael are a pair of plucky Australian kids who find themselves in Papua New Guinea. Both passionate about science and nature, they explore the jungle and find things that even the adults don't know about. The question is - what will they do with this knowledge? Book One - The Magical Volcano - Accompanied by a three-meter-long lizard named Ted, Molly and Michael see something in the belly of a volcano. Intrigued, they climb down and find a bright turquoise lake just like the one they found inside the local copper mine. Next, they discover a bizarre collection of plants feeding off the contaminated water. And if that's not strange enough, they encounter some animals living in the jungle inside the volcano. Like the dinosaurs that roamed the earth some 60 million ago, these huge beasts are astonishing. Determined to understand how their existence is possible, Molly and Michael decide to investigate. Book Two - Jungle Magic - Following their discoveries in the volcano, Molly and Michael decide to collect a water sample from the cave inside the mine. But fate, it seems, has other plans for them. Join their exciting journey through the jungle where they bump into a mad daddy cassowary and stumble through an invisible shield around a top-secret research laboratory owned by the greedy corporation, Symbiotica. Inside, they find something mysterious that will lead them on an even stranger journey, riding the mycelium network under the ground. See the plants and animals through their eyes, hear the curious sounds and discover what it feels like to be in the presence of the most magical being of all - Adali the bird. Book Three - Adali's Magic - Adali takes Molly and Michael on an incredible journey to another dimension. The birthplace of the guardians. It’s an astonishing and mind-expanding experience that makes the kids more determined than ever to protect the natural environment from further damage. Using their scientific knowledge, and a lot of courage, they enlist the help of their parents and several other adults. Together they collect the evidence they need to stop Symbiotica from causing more damage to the natural environment. But it’s no picnic, for they encounter several obstacles, both terrifying and hilarious, before their triumph. Book Four - Magic of the Guardians - Molly and Michael only have ten days before school starts. Can they use this time to expose Symbiotica and restore balance to the natural world? Join them as they meet the full Council of Guardians; the magical beings who have been caring for the land since Pangaea first broke up. Discover how these kids combine their super smart science minds with the magic of the guardians to finally defeat Symbiotica. And prepare yourself for the final twist as they discover the secrets behind the strange chemicals, plants and animals created by the company's evil leader - the ghost man! These books have been enjoyed by kids who are interested in science and nature and enjoy imaginative adventure stories. They have also been enjoyed by adults who like a fun, clean adventure story with an interesting mix of science and magic.

Moving the Rock

Moving the Rock
Author: Mary E. Abrums
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0759113211

Moving the Rock tells the stories of a group of African American women who belong to a small storefront church in central Seattle.

Local Angles

Local Angles
Author: Fred Cicetti
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595345123

It was still The Fifties in the summer of 1963. By the next summer, the fan was spraying it against every wall. In less than a year, Martin Luther King went to Washington with his dream, President Kennedy was dead, and something happened in Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin. The Waldo Sun-Advertiser, a small daily newspaper in suburban New Jersey, reported the events with its community news. It assigned a reporter to cover local civil-rights advocates who went to the March on Washington. When the President was gunned down in Dallas, the Sun-Advertiser got reaction to the assassination from town fathers. The Sun-Advertiser's main stories about Vietnam came from wire services. But, it did run staff-written obituaries on page one to honor the war dead from its circulation area. This is the story of what happened on the Sun-Advertiser when the trouble started.

All the Difference

All the Difference
Author: Leah Ferguson
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015
Genre: Chick lit
ISBN: 0425279383

As the clock counts down to midnight, Molly Sullivan's picture-perfect boyfriend asks her to marry him. She should say yes, especially considering the baby-sized surprise she's carrying. But something in her heart is telling her to say no. Now, Molly's future can follow two paths: one where she stays with her baby's father despite her misgivings and one where she ventures out on her own into the daunting world of single motherhood. And, by the time the next New Year is rung in, Molly will know which was right - following her head or listening to her heart.

Angels and Bullies

Angels and Bullies
Author: Richard W. Todd
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2023-05-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Sandra "Sandy" Wood is a kid like any other who is trying to learn the ways of people. Through her life's journey, she learns that people are not always as they seem on first impressions. As her conflicts with others, and circumstances beyond her control build, Sandra's dreams begin to haunt her. Not fully understanding what her dreams are trying to tell her, she seeks out the assistance of professional help. With time and growth, Sandra eventually grasps what her subconscious is trying to tell her.

Birthing a Nation

Birthing a Nation
Author: Susan J. Rosowski
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2015-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 080329395X

Birthing a Nation is about national identity and the American West. If it is a truism that facing west was the American male version of invoking the Muse, what happened if you were female? Most past interpretations of western American literature have echoed Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier hypothesis, emphasizing the conflict of wilderness and civilization, the hero of rugged individualism, the act of returning to origins and reemerging as the reborn American Adam. In this reading of western American women writers who responded to the challenge to give birth to a nation, Susan J. Rosowski proposes an alternative, more hopeful affirmation of our cultural history and perhaps our cultural destiny. Rosowski begins by tracing the birth metaphor through three and a half centuries of American letters. She reexamines the premises underlying the telling of the literary West and posits a female model of creativity at the genesis of American literature. She follows four authors on a multigenerational journey, beginning with Margaret Fuller in 1843, moving on a generation later to Willa Cather, advancing to Jean Stafford, and ending with Marilynne Robinson. In her reading of these writers who most directly and deeply believed in literature as a serious and noble form of art and who wrote to influence how the country perceived itself, Rosowski contributes to the ongoing process of remapping the literary landscape

Terra Nova

Terra Nova
Author: Shane Arbuthnott
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459814452

What if Molly's rebellion is only making things worse?

The Rebel Rancher

The Rebel Rancher
Author: Donna Alward
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373178131

"With his break-your-heart smile, rodeo star and rebel Ty Diamond has a reputation that should have Clara Ferguson running scared--not straight into his arms! Ty knows he needs to take it easy with Clara--her past has left her with a bruised heart and she's determined never to rely on a man again. But Ty isn't all he seems...and his gentle side shakes Clara's resolute independence to its breaking point."--P. [4] of cover.