Download or read book Bird in Flight written by Edith Balas and published by Carnegie Mellon Nonfiction. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bird in Flight: Memoir of a Survivor and Scholar, Professor of Art History Edith Balas recounts her life from Transylvania, to Auschwitz, to respected art historian.

Download or read book Some Reminiscences written by William Michael Rossetti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures.

Download or read book O Pioneers written by Willa Cather and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the young Swedish-descended Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's farm in Nebraska, she must transform the land from a wind-swept prairie landscape into a thriving enterprise. She dedicates herself completely to the land—at the cost of great sacrifices. O Pioneers! [1913] is Willa Cather's great masterpiece about American pioneers, where the land is as important a character as the people who cultivate it. WILLA CATHER [1873-1947] was an American author. After studying at the University of Nebraska, she worked as a teacher and journalist. Cather's novels often focus on settlers in the USA with a particular emphasis on female pioneers. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours, and in 1943, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Download or read book Scholarship Reconsidered written by Ernest L. Boyer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, a critical introduction that explores the impact of Boyer's views, a call to action for applying Boyer's message to the changing nature of faculty work, and a discussion guide to help readers start a new conversation about how Scholarship Reconsidered applies today.

Download or read book Memoirs written by Mark Pattison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published posthumously in 1885, these memoirs reveal the bitter disillusionment of an academic in Victorian Oxford.

Download or read book A Memoir of an Educational Biographer written by Gerald L. Gutek and published by IAP. This book was released on 2024-09-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his interdisciplinary memoir, Gerald Gutek applies history and philosophy of education to educational biography. The author was guided by his focusing goals of exploring his path to becoming an educational biographer and working generalizations with his colleagues in the field. Gutek’s narrative begins with the author’s childhood experiences that inclined him to a career in education, followed by chapters on his doctoral program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana; his teaching of history and philosophy and education in the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago; his research and writing of biographies of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and Joseph Neef and his textbook, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education: a Biographical Introduction; and issues and strategies in writing about Maria Montessori. Throughout the book, Gutek analyzes concepts and applications he developed as an educational biographer such as parallel biographies, slice of life writing, reconsidering overlooked and understudied educators, and the role of place and space in telling life stories. ENDORSEMENTS: "Readers both new to educational biography or familiar with the discipline will find a valuable account of the author’s long and varied career as a biographer. From his childhood memory of listening to neighbors’ stories in his grandfather’s grocery store, to encounters with the important teachers in his life, Gutek brings his own story to life. As he recounts the influences on his personal intellectual history and the processes of his research and writing, readers gain valuable insights into the methods of an experienced educational biographer." — Larry Prochner, University of Alberta "For fifty years Gerald Gutek has been and remains one of the seminal and leading voices in the field of educational biography; thus it only makes sense for him to create something new: an intellectual memoir. From his work on Counts in 1970 to his work on Montessori (2016) and her acolytes in the US (2020)--Gutek has reliably bridged the worlds of educational history, educational biography, and philosophical foundations of education; this work cements his legacy. Gutek skillfully interweaves personal and family history with movements in educational history both formal and informal, then explains how these impacted his thinking and writing. Throughout this eminently readable memoir, Gutek also includes political and historical context without engaging in divisiveness. Scholars of life writing should give this a close reading, as Gutek sprinkles nuggets of methodological brilliance throughout the manuscript. Junior scholars would do well to read Gutek’s more substantive sections on the methods used to write each of his books; it is the academic equivalent of Master Class in textual form." — Ed Janak, University of Toledo

Download or read book Recollections of a Long Life written by John Cam Hobhouse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume memoir of nineteenth-century politician and friend of Byron, John Cam Hobhouse (1786-1869) was published in 1909-11.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton written by Elizabeth Benger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1818, this two-volume biography of a novelist and writer on education includes journal extracts, letters, and satirical essays.

Download or read book Memories and Adventures written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1923, this autobiography explores Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's life from his school years to literary success and beyond.

Download or read book Memoirs of Mrs Siddons written by James Boaden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1827, this two-volume biography of acclaimed actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) includes many vivid anecdotes of theatrical life.

Download or read book Memoir of the Rev Sydney Smith written by Saba Holland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work, published in 1855, celebrates the life of the wit Sydney Smith (1771-1845) through reminiscences and letters.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances Sheridan written by Alicia Lefanu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1824, this is a rich source on the life and family of Frances Sheridan (1724-66), playwright and novelist.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott Bart written by John Gibson Lockhart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebrated seven-volume biography (1837-8) draws on personal accounts of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), correspondence and autobiographical sketches.

Download or read book Memoirs of John Dryden written by Walter Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued in one volume, this 1826 biography is Walter Scott's delightful exploration of the life of the great Restoration poet.

Download or read book Memoirs Journal and Correspondence of Thomas Moore written by Thomas Moore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published 1853-6, this eight-volume collection of writings illuminates the life of the Irish poet and patriot Thomas Moore (1779-1852).

Download or read book Memoirs Miscellanies and Letters of the Late Lucy Aikin written by Lucy Aikin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1864 memoir of the writer Lucy Aikin (1781-1864), with a miscellany of her entertaining essays and letters.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick Esq written by Thomas Davies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume biography, published in 1780, charts the life of actor David Garrick (1717-79), illuminating the eighteenth-century London stage.