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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" |
 | In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed Product# 460678628 Selling for $24.95 "Analyzes and challenges human history's cultures of speed and efficiency, identifying the benefits of a slower-paced lifestyle while noting time-defying practices of thirteenth-century Benedictine monks, during the Industrial Revolution, in the modern world, and more. 25,000 first printing." |
 | Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus Product# 460679427 Selling for $61 "This anthology provides a comprehensive selection of readings on eleven contemporary social issues revolving around three general themes: Matters of Life and Death, Matters of Equality and Diversity, and Expanding the Circle (duties beyond borders, living together with animals, and environmental ethics). Each group of readings is accompanied by narrative selections that present the moral issues from a first person point of view; an extensive introduction surveys the problems and issues; and a bibliographical essay to relevant additional literature. Each selection is accompanied by pre- and post-reading questions. An ethical self-inventory--with pre-test and post-test--helps readers track changes in their own beliefs as they work through the readings, and a special section shows readers step-by-step how develop a personal position on ethical issues. A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Problems. How to Develop a Position on Ethical Issues. MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH: Abortion; Genetic Manipulation and Cloning; Euthanasia; Punishment and the Death Penalty. MATTERS OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY: Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Sexual Orientation; Poverty and Welfare; EXPANDING THE CIRCLE: Duties Beyond Borders; Living Together with Animals; Environmental Ethics. For anyone interested in Ethics, Social Ethics, and Contemporary Moral Problems." |
 | 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." |
 | The Moral Life Product# 460680146 Selling for $76.95 "The second edition of THE MORAL LIFE covers a wide variety of applied ethical issues, from issues that confront the individual to international, intergenerational, and interspecies issues. The diverse readings cover a range of differing viewpoints chosen to stimulate class discussions." |
 | The Early Christian Fathers; A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius Product# 460680291 Selling for $34.95 "The writings of Fathers of the early Church are of particular importance to anyone who wishes to understand Christian doctrine. This book illustrates the process of development in Christian thought, life, and worship during the period which culminated in the acceptance of the Christian faith by the Emperor Constantine, and the meeting of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325." |
 | 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." |
 | Reason and Culture: An Introduction to Philosophy Product# 460684599 Selling for $83 "Everyone's life is fashioned in large measure from the three practices of morality, science, and religion. This fresh approach to philosophy focuses on these practices, each studied from the dual perspectives of reason and culture. Discussion and analysis of morality, science, and religion are infused with philosophical arguments and concepts. The book discusses each practice from three points of view: the nature of the practice (including its connections with larger issues of the purpose and meaning of human life), its ielttion to culture, and the role reason plays in the practice. Reason and Culture, First Edition, shows how traditional philosophical problems emerge naturally, out of our relationships with morality, science, and religion. Students will see that the philosophical issues raised in these readings are intrinsic elements in their daily lives. Key features of the book include: links traditional philosophical issues to the practices of morality, science, and religion uses an interdisciplinary perspective to demonstrate philosophy's breadth; uses the critical, rational edge of philosophical writing as a tool to understand interactions among cultural practices emphasizes the impact of science on culture integrates the readings into a coherent whole allows instructors great flexibility, enabling them to tailor the readings to their own needs within a clear, thematic course shows how philosophical reflection is a natural part of human experience; encourages students to think critically about their own lives" |
| 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." |
 | The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation Product# 460686518 Selling for $15 "Brilliantly orchestrating the newest findings of geneticists, psychologists, and anthropologists, this book re-examines the everyday assumptions upon which we base our actions towards others, whether in our roles as parents, siblings, or trade partners. Ridley shows readers how breakthroughs in computer programming, microbiology, and economics have provided a new perspective on how and why we relate to each other." |
| The Early Christian Fathers; A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius Product# 460687826 Selling for $34.95 "The writings of Fathers of the early Church are of particular importance to anyone who wishes to understand Christian doctrine. This book illustrates the process of development in Christian thought, life, and worship during the period which culminated in the acceptance of the Christian faith by the Emperor Constantine, and the meeting of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325." |
 | The Basics of Bioethics Product# 460765641 Selling for $45.8 "This brief summary of the issues of biomedical ethics provides a balanced, systematic, unbiased framework designed to help health professionals an lay people understand and analyze a wide range of topics that are currently controversial in medicine -- or that are likely to arise in the future. Broad in scope, it considers ethical systems from various religious and secular traditions, including those of non-western cultures such as Asian religious and secular traditions. Topics include the history of codes of ethics; the definition of death, abortion, animal rights and welfare; problems in deciding what will benefit patients; confidentiality, truth-telling, informed consent; the care of the terminally ill; genetics, birth technologies; and problems of social ethics, including resource allocation, organ transplant, and human subjects research." |
 | 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." |
| The Basics of Bioethics Product# 460767370 Selling for $45.8 "This brief summary of the issues of biomedical ethics provides a balanced, systematic, unbiased framework designed to help health professionals an lay people understand and analyze a wide range of topics that are currently controversial in medicine -- or that are likely to arise in the future. Broad in scope, it considers ethical systems from various religious and secular traditions, including those of non-western cultures such as Asian religious and secular traditions. Topics include the history of codes of ethics; the definition of death, abortion, animal rights and welfare; problems in deciding what will benefit patients; confidentiality, truth-telling, informed consent; the care of the terminally ill; genetics, birth technologies; and problems of social ethics, including resource allocation, organ transplant, and human subjects research." |
 | Submitting to Freedom; The Religious Vision of William James Product# 460768192 Selling for $78 "This intellectual history presents a fresh analysis and innovative interpretation of the religious views of the nineteenth-century American philosopher William James. Ramsey argues that James was primarily motivated by religious concerns in his writings, although this fact has been obscured by the artificial scholarly division of his 'philosophy', 'psychology', and 'religion' - a symptom of the professionalization which James himself strenuously resisted in his own time. Ramsey believes that James is best understood when considered within his historical context: a representative of a society and culture struggling to come to terms with modernity. Much of James's religious work is a direct reflection of what has been called 'the spiritual crisis of the Gilded Age', a crisis which Ramsey examines in illuminating detail. James's religious vision, in Ramsey's view, hinges on the recognition and acceptance of 'contingency' - the knowledge that we are at the mercy of change and chance. With so little else to rely on, James believed, people must learn to submit freely and responsibly into one another's care. Ramsey reintroduces James's thought into contemporary discussion, proposing the kind of religious alternative that James was pointing to in his work: not worship, but acquiescence in a world of mutual relations; not obedience to authority, but conversion to the freedom of responsibility. Offering a new understanding of James's work in the context of late nineteenth-century American culture, this work will interest scholars and students of religion, philosophy, the history of psychology, and American studies." |
 | The Least Worst Death; Essays in Bioethics on the End of Life Product# 460768228 Selling for $37.95 "Engagingly written by one of the foremost experts on issues involving death and dying, this book offers insight into the controversial and often difficult topics of withdrawing and withholding care, euthanasia, and suicide. An extensive introduction identifies the principal ethical issues, and the book explores such dilemmas as rationing health care for the elderly, whether there is a 'duty to die', counseling in rational suicide, the risks of abuse with active euthanasia, religious views about suicide, whether suicide can be understood as a fundamental human right, and others. It also examines the differing practices of Holland and Germany in ending life. Exploring the dilemmas raised by contemporary medicine concerning the way we die, and collecting under one cover a myriad of crucial elements involving one of the most inflammatory issues of our time, The Least Worst Death presents a timely, international analysis for anyone interested in bioethics or medical and applied ethics." |
| 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" |