Schools and Instruction Books

Many books about education remind us of the problems in our education system, but this one gives a realistic and inspriring account about how teachers and students can challenge the status quo and create an environment for authentic learning. As a teacher about to start a new middle school program, I got more and more excited as I read this book. While most of us probably cannot design a program exactly like the one described here, ideas like creating and maintaining a democratic classroom and the specific and detailed models for curriculum design and evaluation could be applied to any middle school classroom. I for one will be keeping this book close at hand as I progress with the design of my program.

Flora R.Levin has one of the keenest and most perceptive minds around. What sets her writing apart from other classicists is her clear and unpretentious style infused with human qualities. She has the ability to take the reader by the hand, so to speak, and infuse him with her own passion for her subject. "The Manual of Harmonics of Nicomachus the Pythagorean" is the creation of a profound scholar and a cultivated, sensitive musician.

The first calendar of it's kind! Not only convenient for space to write, but additional quotes for business and professionalism to boost your ability to market your services. Reference guides to show your clients if you do not have anatomy or trigger point charts. Easily displayed at work or outside of work. You can keep track of expenses; have a place for your gift certificates and to be able to log them. The binder envelopes are very sturdy and can take the abuse with oil on hands to go in and out of over and over. You have your secure place for cash, credit and payment receipts. There are IRS reminders, client's ledgers and professional association listings. This is an all inclusive and comprehensive calendar that is a must and the top of the line in quality and convenience. The Massage Minder does a stellar job at keeping you on target with your business. Do not pass it up!

Explains the many jobs available in the fashion industry with great detail. It is very interesting and anyone considering a career in the fashion industry should read this book.

When Bill Gates bought a George Bellows oil for twenty-seven-and-a-half million dollars in November of 1999, the national media at last took notice of what may be the most important genre of American art - the Ashcan period of the early 1900's. This wonderful book captures the lives, times, and works of the six artists who brought the streets of turn-of-the-century New York City to thrilling life. Bellows, Sloan, Henri, Glackens, Luks, and Shinn shared a collective talent and daring unseen before or since in the United States, and the book presents their best works in gorgeous color. It also delves into both the men's and the city's history to place the art in context.

Alfred Lord Tennyson once praised Rudyard Kipling for his 'divine fire.' Of the six artists here, Bellows, Sloan, and Henri clearly possessed that fire.

Bellows's unflinching depiction of New York's seedy side reveals a city simultaneously frightening, comical, and beautiful. Sloan's more affectionate touch finds warm delight in the common and mundane. The vitality of Henri's portraits is nothing short of remarkable.

If you buy this book for nothing else, buy it for Sloan. Beautiful, accessible, challenging paintings. And you won't find yourself in a competition with Bill Gates. =)

This book is amazing! Although the focus is mainly on conducting Intelligence Interviews, it offers a plethora of strategies to use both in the classroom and at home. The book encourages you to determine each students' intelligence profile and then to implement learning strategies that will complement the way they learn. It is highly organized and very easy to follow.

In the early 19th centuary Joseph Lancaster used peer tutoring to provide affordble humane schooling. That method fell into disrepute due to the wrote nature of learning observed.

Without reference to the past, the authors developed a peer tutoring method from the "writers workshop" system. Their focus being to improve the quality of critical reasoning and creative writing in modern first world elementary/primary school classes.

Their method has fundamental similarities to both the Lancastrian system, and to the use of senior students as tutors in the Oxbridge system at university level. They report plausible results showing substantial improvements in learning by ordinary ten year olds in Hawaii.

The outcome would suggest that pre-teen children are capable of much greater responsibility and intellectual activity than is commonly supposed. It would appear that, with appropriate use of social "scaffolding", mutual peer tutoring can produce results otherwise attainable only by unaffordably low pupil:teacher ratios.

this is the companion vol. to bloom's major blues book. it's the same thing, only minor. that is to say, tricky voicings that are fun to analyze
and play, once the technique is brought up to speed. rhythmic examples on the cd are tops and fun to play over. the information in the book/cd is well-laid out and easily digested. the musical benefits were immediate. what makes this a great learning/practice book is that it's challenging and rewarding concurrently. can't ask for much more than that from a book.

a fresh sound essential for any student of modern blues.

This article, written by one of the most attractive women on the planet, is sooooo good. It is scholarly, funny, brilliant and a joy to read, and the sexy parts are, well, darn sexy. I don't think i have ever read anything better than this, including Gone With My Wind by Orson Wells, or David Kopperfield, by the noted Dutch author, Charles Dikkens. Too bad this is out of print.

This text is a great resource for any teacher who wants or needs to use music in their classroom. Many times as music educators we are expected to teach in areas we do not feel the best at. As a music teacher this will add to your confidence and give you creative ideas for class. As a classroom teacher, it will help you understand music and music notation beyond what your students need so that you feel confident to teach the basics to your students and use music as a supplemental tool in your teaching. I highly recommend this text.