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 | Field Experience Workbook for Introduction to Education Product# 460548600 Selling for $25.08 "This workbook is written for students enrolled in Introduction to Education with Field Experience, EDF 1005 or EDF 2005, to use as a structured guide for the preparation and implementation of the mandated fifteen hours of school site observations. The bulk of the book provides students with the three 'warm-up' exercises and seven observations logs. The eighth observation log focuses exclusively on student reflection and introspection. Intended to supplement your existing course curriculum and facilitate these observations hours, students can be assigned this workbook in its totality requiring only some preliminary coordination from you or the field coordinator. General instructions on procedures of school site visitations as well as brief discussions on the rules of confidentiality and liability and methods of documentation are included. This workbook could also be modified to suit any of your field guide preferences, if desired. Based on two years of study at the University of South Florida, this guidebook seeks to give students the means to a comprehensive, i" |
 | Science and Philosophy in the West Product# 460679681 Selling for $52.8 "This book examines the history of science and philosophy in Western thought through an historical presentation of primary selections covering the major developments in science and philosophy. Presents original scientific and philosophical thinking that demonstrates how the relationships and content in science and philosophy change and remain the same through history. Features a comprehensive selection of readings that present scientific and philosophical writings in the major disciplines from the beginning of Western philosophy to the twentieth century. The presentation is roughly historical organized by topics such as physics, chemistry, biology, metaphysics, epistemology, and methodology. Topics range from psychology and biology to the Rhard sciences.S An important reference for any medical or science professional as well as readers interested in scientific ethics." |
 | Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education: Selected Readings Product# 460684487 Selling for $39 "This book contains readings that provide a keen understanding of the education profession through the writings of the world's great educational thinkers. The selected educational thinkers and the primary sources in the book—situated in history, philosophy, and ideology—reflect the major movements in world history. Significant issues in education, schooling and teaching, and learning, are addressed in the readings and provide a perspective that offers a continuum from past to present to future. Contributing authors include Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Mary Wollstonecraft, Friedrich Froebel, Jane Addams, Maria Montessori, Mohandas Gandhi, and Mao Tse-tung. Brief profiles of each author give readers a personal context of those who shaped educational philosophy and theory—and the very definition of what we call education. For professionals in education." |
| Science and Philosophy in the West Product# 460686240 Selling for $52.8 "This book examines the history of science and philosophy in Western thought through an historical presentation of primary selections covering the major developments in science and philosophy. Presents original scientific and philosophical thinking that demonstrates how the relationships and content in science and philosophy change and remain the same through history. Features a comprehensive selection of readings that present scientific and philosophical writings in the major disciplines from the beginning of Western philosophy to the twentieth century. The presentation is roughly historical organized by topics such as physics, chemistry, biology, metaphysics, epistemology, and methodology. Topics range from psychology and biology to the Rhard sciences.S An important reference for any medical or science professional as well as readers interested in scientific ethics." |
 | The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher Product# 460686492 Selling for $14 "Continuing the exploration of humanity and its world he began in The Lives of a Cell, the acclaimed scientist examines disease and natural death, cloning, making mistakes, and other timely topics with his trademark wonder and wit. Reprint." |
 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Science; Cutting Nature at Its Seams Product# 460765938 Selling for $42.95 "A clear and lively explanation of key concepts and issues in the philosophy of science. It surveys the field from positivism to social constructivism, focusing on the metaphysical implications of science as a form of knowledge gathering that explains what the world is really like, while simultaneously arguing for the superiority of a holistic model of scientific theories over competing models." |
| Introduction to the Philosophy of Science; Cutting Nature at Its Seams Product# 460768341 Selling for $42.95 "A clear and lively explanation of key concepts and issues in the philosophy of science. It surveys the field from positivism to social constructivism, focusing on the metaphysical implications of science as a form of knowledge gathering that explains what the world is really like, while simultaneously arguing for the superiority of a holistic model of scientific theories over competing models." |
 | Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth Product# 460768396 Selling for $16.95 "Critical Acclaim for PLANETARY DREAMS The Quest To Discover Life Beyond Earth 'The stunning insights provided in Planetary Dreams make it a book for everyone who has the slightest curiosity about our role in the cosmos.'?Çö?ÇöHugh Downs, ABC News, 20/20 'The broadest and, in a philosophical sense, the deepest book to examine the question of the origins of life in the universe. . . . A wise, kindly, and beautifully written book, Planetary Dreams sets forth a vision of a truly human and humane future and a hope for a richly inhabited universe.'?Çö?ÇöBen Bova, six-time Hugo Award winner and past president of the National Space Society 'If you are interested in the search for extraterrestrial life. . .then Planetary Dreams is a must read. Delightfully written.'?Çö?ÇöLouis D. Friedman, Executive Director, The Planetary Society 'Combining many narrative elements, including a description of his fanciful institution, the Museum of the Cosmos, Shapiro?ÇÖs imaginative, multifaceted work should meet the yearnings of space enthusiasts and of the wider public, as Carl Sagan?ÇÖs books did.'?Çö?ÇöBooklist" |