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Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : William G. Spady
  • Publisher : R&L Education
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 1461663628
  • Pages : 178 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by William G. Spady and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paradigm Lost, Spady explores the important changes in culture, instruction, school calendars and school agenda that school leaders must make to prepare students for the next millennium despite the fact that the current system of schooling leads to institutional inertia that counters the very changes we most need to make. Spady's big-picture view refutes the wisdom of adhering to a system of schooling—a paradigm—based on a bureaucratic-age culture, industrial-age delivery system, agricultural-age calendar and feudal-age agenda. Spady then explains how school leaders can overcome this inertia by working with staff and community members to adopt a new paradigm of schooling based on a locally developed vision of the future and what students will need to succeed in that future.

Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : Stanley Aronowitz
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780816632947
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Stanley Aronowitz and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.

Book Paradigms Lost

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  • Author : John L. Casti
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN : 9780349105444
  • Pages : 565 pages

Download or read book Paradigms Lost written by John L. Casti and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the conventional scientific wisdom presented by the prosecution and alternative views put forward by the defence . The author, who aims to be both informative and entertaining, subsequently steps in to act as juror , offering explanations of his verdicts.

Book A Paradigm Lost

Download or read book A Paradigm Lost written by Joanna Radwańska-Williams and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a “lost paradigm” in the history of linguistics. The concept of 'paradigm' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined. It is argued that Kruszewski's theory was a covert paradigm in that his major work, Ocerk nauki o jazyke ('An Outline of the Science of Language', 1883), had the potential to be seminal in the history of linguistics, i.e. to achieve the status of a 'classical text', or 'exemplar'. This potential was not realized because Kruszewski's influence was hindered by various historical factors, including his early death and the simultaneous consolidation of the Neogrammarian paradigm, with its emphasis on phonology and language change. The book examines the intellectual background of Kruszweski's thought, which was rooted, in part, in the tradition of British empiricism. It also discusses Kruszewski's relationship to his teacher Jean Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929), his attitude towards the Neogrammarian movement in linguistics, the ambivalent reception of his theory by his contemporaries, and the influence of his work on the linguistic theory of Roman Jakobson (1896-1982).

Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : Daniel S. Hamilton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-12-15
  • ISBN : 9781947661127
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Daniel S. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Empire s New Clothes

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  • Author : Harry D. Harootunian
  • Publisher : Prickly Paradigm Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780972819671
  • Pages : 123 pages

Download or read book The Empire s New Clothes written by Harry D. Harootunian and published by Prickly Paradigm Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire and imperialism have returned with a vengeance—not as a set of ideas and practices to be exhumed by the historians, but as paradigms for twenty-first-century living. Harry Harootunian turns his unrelenting gaze to signs of the new imperialism in the world—from the United States’ occupation of Iraq to other supposed terrorist enclaves around the globe. The arguments being made today for imperialism’s historical and contemporary value echo earlier rationales for modernization theory and its conception of “development” during the heyday of the Cold War. Harootunian decisively cuts through the layers to reveal that under the new clothes, it’s the same empire.

Book Paradigm Lost

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Kenneth M. Stokes and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1995 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the origins and development of a cultural, social energetic, and systems theoretical contribution to Critical Marxism, which, contrary to the Eurocentric view, first matured in Russia during the period of the Second International. Subjects include the key aspects of Critical Marxism such as holism, social energetics, praxis, phenomenology, and dialectics. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Brothers Apart

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  • Author : Maha Nassar
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2017-09-05
  • ISBN : 1503603180
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Brothers Apart written by Maha Nassar and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nassar brings to life the artistic prowess, rallying cries, and dashed dreams of the leading Palestinian litterateurs in Israel.” —Shira Robinson, author of Citizen Strangers When the state of Israel was established in 1948, not all Palestinians became refugees: some stayed behind and were soon granted citizenship. Those who remained, however, were relegated to second-class status in this new country, controlled by a military regime that restricted their movement and political expression. For two decades, Palestinian citizens of Israel were cut off from friends and relatives on the other side of the Green Line, as well as from the broader Arab world. Yet they were not passive in the face of this profound isolation. Palestinian intellectuals, party organizers, and cultural producers in Israel turned to the written word. Through writers like Mahmoud Darwish and Samih al-Qasim, poetry, journalism, fiction, and nonfiction became sites of resistance and connection alike. With this book, Maha Nassar examines their well-known poetry and uncovers prose works that have, until now, been largely overlooked. The writings of Palestinians in Israel played a key role in fostering a shared national consciousness and would become a central means of alerting Arabs in the region to the conditions—and to the defiance—of these isolated Palestinians. Brothers Apart is the first book to reveal how Palestinian intellectuals forged transnational connections through written texts and engaged with contemporaneous decolonization movements throughout the Arab world, challenging both Israeli policies and their own cultural isolation. Maha Nassar’s readings not only deprovincialize the Palestinians of Israel, but write them back into Palestinian, Arab, and global history.

Book A Paradigm of Earth

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  • Author : Candas Jane Dorsey
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2002-11-23
  • ISBN : 9780312877972
  • Pages : 372 pages

Download or read book A Paradigm of Earth written by Candas Jane Dorsey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-11-23 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dozen or more humanoid alien infants have been brought to Earth to be given into the care of major Earth governments. This is stunning but distant news - until Morgan is hired to raise one of them, named Blue. When Blue confounds everyone by insisting on coming, with all the attendant government surveillance, to live in Morgan's house, conflict is inevitable and a murder is committed. But the mysteries of the alien boy ( or is it a girl?) in their midst are more profound than the mystery of the crime. Through it all, Morgan's ideals never waver, she truly believes that all beings, human and alien, can live in harmony. Dorsey's skill with characters, both human and alien, and with their complex relationships, will evoke comparisons with the SF classics of Theodore Sturgeon."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : David Jablonsky
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 1995-03-24
  • ISBN : 1567508014
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by David Jablonsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-03-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines major historical post-war transition periods, with particular emphasis on the differences and similarities of the American experience after both world wars of this century and with the post-Cold War transition currently underway. Jablonsky provides a strategic vision that incorporates a multilateral, great-power approach to the international relations of our era. After every momentous event there is usually a transition period in which participants in the events, whether individuals or nation-states, attempt to chart their way into an unfamiliar future. For the United States in this century there are three such transitions, each focused on America's role in the international arena. After World War I, the American people specifically rejected the global role for the United States implicit in Woodrow Wilson's strategic vision of collective security. In contrast to this return to normalcy, after World War II the United States moved inexorably toward international leadership in response to the Soviet threat. The result was an acceptance of George Kennan's strategic vision of containing the Soviet Union on the Eurasian landmass and the subsequent bipolar confrontation of the two super-powers in a twilight war that lasted for more than 40 years. Sometime in the penultimate decade of this century, the United States and its allies won the Cold War. Once again the United States faces a transitional period, and the primary questions revolve around the management of power and America's role in global politics. In this regard, the Cold War set in train a blend of integrative and disintegrative forces and trends that are adding to the complex tensions of the current transition. The realist paradigm still pertains in this situation where nation-states are still the primary international actors. In such a world, American government elites must convince an electorate, increasingly conscious of the domestic threats to national security, of the need to continue to exercise global leadership in the management of power. The answer, as Jablonsky demonstrates, is a strategic vision that incorporates a multilateral, great-power approach to international relations.

Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : William G. Spady
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by William G. Spady and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Paradigm Shift

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  • Author : Harry S. Franklin
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2008-06-04
  • ISBN : 9780595603459
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Shift written by Harry S. Franklin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-five-year-old Hank Foster, a former Special Forces soldier still reeling over the loss of his leg in combat, is recruited into a clandestine organization dedicated to attacking religious institutions. Impatient with the movement's slow progress, Hank subverts the powerful organization and uses their vast network to perpetrate a hoax he feels will rock the world and push the Iconoclast organization's agenda into the spotlight. The hoax succeeds beyond his wildest dreams and sets into motion a chain of events that bring a real extraterrestrial presence into the open. Earth is rocked by global catastrophe on a level never before imagined, and humanity is confronted by the prospect of alien invasion. Hank discovers a conspiracy as old as time itself. He learns he is responsible for the calamity facing humanity, and what's more, he learns he is the one man capable of exposing the truth that may lead to mankind's salvation. On its exterior, Paradigm Shift engages the reader with a visual, action-packed, Hollywood-styled blockbuster, but on a deeper, psychological level, the reader is taken along the hero's mythic journey to ultimately confront the true nature of humanity.

Book Passion and Purity

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  • Author : Elisabeth Elliot
  • Publisher : Revell
  • Release : 2021-03-16
  • ISBN : 1493434551
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Passion and Purity written by Elisabeth Elliot and published by Revell. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her classic book, Elisabeth Elliot candidly shares her love story with Jim Elliot through letters, diary entries, and memories. She is honest about the temptations, difficulties, victories, and sacrifices of two young people whose commitment to Christ took priority over their love for each other. These revealing personal glimpses, combined with relevant biblical teaching, will remind readers that only by putting their human passion and desire through His fire can God purify their love. In a culture obsessed with dating, sex, and intimacy, the need for Elliot's freeing message is greater than ever. This beautifully repackaged edition will appeal to today's young people.

Book The Grieving Brain

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  • Author : Mary-Frances O'Connor
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2022-02-01
  • ISBN : 0062946250
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book The Grieving Brain written by Mary-Frances O'Connor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grieving Brain has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Book Paradigm Lost

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  • Author : Kenneth M. Stokes
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2016-09-17
  • ISBN : 1315482592
  • Pages : 511 pages

Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Kenneth M. Stokes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel to "Man and the Biosphere" is an account of the origins and development of a cultural, social energetic and systems theoretical contribution to critical Marxism. It examines: the intellectual contributions of the Russian philosophers, A.A. Bogdanov and A.I. Bukharin; Bogdanov's and Bukharin's contributions as a search for a unity of scientific knowledge; and a paradigmatic change from a closed mechanical system to an open systems paradigm.

Book Stepped Care 2 0  A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health

Download or read book Stepped Care 2 0 A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health written by Peter Cornish and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-13 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a primer on Stepped Care 2.0. It is the first book in a series of three. This primer addresses the increased demand for mental health care by supporting stakeholders (help-seekers, providers, and policy-makers) to collaborate in enhancing care outcomes through work that is both more meaningful and sustainable. Our current mental health system is organized to offer highly intensive psychiatric and psychological care. While undoubtedly effective, demand far exceeds the supply for such specialized programming. Many people seeking to improve their mental health do not need psychiatric medication or sophisticated psychotherapy. A typical help seeker needs basic support. For knee pain, a nurse or physician might first recommend icing and resting the knee, working to achieve a healthy weight, and introducing low impact exercise before considering specialist care. Unfortunately, there is no parallel continuum of care for mental health and wellness. As a result, a person seeking the most basic support must line up and wait for the specialist along with those who may have very severe and/or complex needs. Why are there no lower intensity options? One reason is fear and stigma. A thorough assessment by a specialist is considered best practice. After all, what if we miss signs of suicide or potential harm to others? A reasonable question on the surface; however, the premise is flawed. First, the risk of suicide, or threat to others, for those already seeking care, is low. Second, our technical capacity to predict on these threats is virtually nil. Finally, assessment in our current culture of fear tends to focus more on the identification of deficits (as opposed to functional capacities), leading to over-prescription of expensive remedies and lost opportunities for autonomy and self-management. Despite little evidence linking assessment to treatment outcomes, and no evidence supporting our capacity to detect risk for harm, we persist with lengthy intake assessments and automatic specialist referrals that delay care. Before providers and policy makers can feel comfortable letting go of risk assessment, however, they need to understand the forces underlying the risk paradigm that dominates our society and restricts creative solutions for supporting those in need.

Book A Paradigm LOST

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9789185747658
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book A Paradigm LOST written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political poetry intertwined with powerful Activist Art We have adapted to greed, consumerism, hate, injustice, war, destruction and sociopathy. Adaptation has kept us alive for millennia -and now it is killing us. We need a shift, a 99% lift - we need to lose the view that things are inherently awful and we can't do anything about it. We need to stop manufacturing consent and start manufacturing dissent - by the boat load, the ship it out like Amazon knick knacks - from sea to shining sea and back again. We need hope - without optimism. We need to feel inspired. Art can, poetry can. Through our emotions, building the notions that we can - can Do something Fifteen artists, Tammam Azzam, Anthonoy Freda, A. Kaminski, Jilli Ballistic, Abby Martin, Recycled Propaganda, Lane, Collage, Alex Chowaniec, GILF, Lucy Dyer, Joe Webb, ML Hedin, Paul Spataro, Aaron Draper, Bruce Cooper. Eleanor Goldfield is a creative activist, poet, singer and writer. She is the creator and host of the activist news show, Act Out! (on Free Speech TV, occypy.com) as well as the co-founder and singer of the political hard rock band Rooftop Revolutionaries. She is currently based in Washington, CD but travels frequently for performances, actions, speeches and trainings. Artkillingapathy.com.