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Education

Psychological and Psychoeducational Assessment of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents

Miller Margery S., Thomas-Presswood Tania N., Metz Kurt, Lukomski Jennifer

ISBN: HB: 9781563686504, Gallaudet University Press, January 2016
208 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1 table, 2 figures

The obstacles to valid and meaningful assessment of deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents are great, yet professionals are regularly asked to conduct comprehensive evaluations to determine resource and program eligibility, test modificati...

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Education

Public School Advantage Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools

Lubienski Christopher A., Theule Lubienski Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9780226088914, ISBN: HB: 9780226088884, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 28 tables

Nearly the whole of America's partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vo...

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Literary Criticism

Education

Promiscuous "Portnoy's Complaint" and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness

Avishai Bernard

ISBN: PB: 9780300192414, ISBN: HB: 9780300151909, Yale University Press, April 2013
240 pp., 21x14 cm

The publication of "Portnoy's Complaint" in 1969 provoked instant, powerful reactions. It blasted Philip Roth into international fame, subjected him to unrelenting personal scrutiny and conjecture, and shocked legions of readers – some delighted, oth...

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People Who Spell The Last Students from the Mexican National School for the Deaf

Ramsey Claire L.

ISBN: HB: 9781563685057, Gallaudet University Press, November 2011
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 photos

The Escuela Nacional para Sordomudos (ENS), translated as the Mexican National School for the Deaf, opened its doors in the 1860s as part of the republic s intention to educate its deaf people. The ENS did not use Lengua de Senas Mexicana (LSM), Mexi...

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Sign Language

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Partners in Education Issues and Trends from the 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf

Moores Donald F.

ISBN: HB: 9781563684951, Gallaudet University Press, June 2011
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, figures, tables

The 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) witnessed revolutionary exchanges on the vital themes in education. Presenters addressed topics encompassing seven major strands: Educational Environments, Language and Literacy, Ear...

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Education

Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited China, Japan, and the United States

Tobin Joseph, Hsueh Yeh, Karasawa Mayumi

ISBN: PB: 9780226805047, ISBN: HB: 9780226805030, University of Chicago Press, May 2011
280 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 95 halftones

Published twenty years ago, the original "Preschool in Three Cultures" was a landmark in the study of education: a profoundly enlightening exploration of the different ways preschoolers are taught in China, Japan, and the United States. Here, lead au...

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History of Art

Education

Perspectives on Education Reform Arts Education as a Catalyst

ISBN: PB: 9780892362967, Getty Publications, March 2006
56 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 18 black&white illus.

Learning in and through the arts will allow education to meet the unique challenges facing it as the twenty-first century approaches. Leaders in business, technology, and arts education address these challenges in six persuasive pieces on education r...

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Parallel Views Education and Access for Deaf People in France and the United States

ISBN: HB: 9781563680304, Gallaudet University Press, July 1994
262 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"Parallel Views" provides scholars and others involved in Deaf issues a unique opportunity to examine two societies and their respective relations with their deaf citizens. In his introduction, Harlan Lane proposes that French and United States' conc...

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