[PDF] Toward Century 21 eBook

Author : Edward F. Kelly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 33,87 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442202061

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Current mainstream opinion in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind holds that all aspects of human mind and consciousness are generated by physical processes occurring in brains. Views of this sort have dominated recent scholarly publication. The present volume, however, demonstrates empirically that this reductive materialism is not only incomplete but false. The authors systematically marshal evidence for a variety of psychological phenomena that are extremely difficult, and in some cases clearly impossible, to account for in conventional physicalist terms. Topics addressed include phenomena of extreme psychophysical influence, memory, psychological automatisms and secondary personality, near-death experiences and allied phenomena, genius-level creativity, and 'mystical' states of consciousness both spontaneous and drug-induced. The authors further show that these rogue phenomena are more readily accommodated by an alternative 'transmission' or 'filter' theory of mind/brain relations advanced over a century ago by a largely forgotten genius, F. W. H. Myers, and developed further by his friend and colleague William James. This theory, moreover, ratifies the commonsense conception of human beings as causally effective conscious agents, and is fully compatible with leading-edge physics and neuroscience. The book should command the attention of all open-minded persons concerned with the still-unsolved mysteries of the mind.

Author : Esther Rosenfeld
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810860317

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A collection of articles written by leading experts in the school library field that explain how school teachers, librarians, and administrators can work together to improve library services and meet the needs of all students.

Author : C. S. Wallia
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Civilization
ISBN :

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Lectures and discussions first given at Stanford University in 1968.

Author : James M. Phillips
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802806383

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This unique volume offers a comprehensive survey of the prospects and critical isssues for the Christian world mission. The essays--written by various mission experts--cover such topics as the biblical and theological basis of the mission, women in mission, urban mission, dialogues with other faiths, the anthropology of "popular" religions, and more.

Author : Ken Kay
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,27 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Educational leadership
ISBN : 9780132117593

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"Educational leaders are empowered by a 7-steps framework to move their schools and districts forward in a quest to create community consensus and build the professional capacity for preparing students for 21st century learning."--Book cover.

Author : Century 21 (Firm)
Publisher : Dearborn Trade Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780793124244

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CENTURY 21 Guide to Buying Your First Home is your blueprint for Success as a first-time homebuyer. You'll find expert tips and advice on everything from weighing the risks and rewards of buying a home, to negotiating the purchase and managing the close. With more than 50 specific money-saving tips, directions for high-tech browsing, and step-by-step guidance from seasoned experts this book is your one-stop resource for homebuying advice.

Author : Kate Raworth
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1603587969

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Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times. Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college courses worldwide and still used to address critical issues in government and business alike. That’s why it is time, says renegade economist Kate Raworth, to revise our economic thinking for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she sets out seven key ways to fundamentally reframe our understanding of what economics is and does. Along the way, she points out how we can break our addiction to growth; redesign money, finance, and business to be in service to people; and create economies that are regenerative and distributive by design. Named after the now-iconic “doughnut” image that Raworth first drew to depict a sweet spot of human prosperity (an image that appealed to the Occupy Movement, the United Nations, eco-activists, and business leaders alike), Doughnut Economics offers a radically new compass for guiding global development, government policy, and corporate strategy, and sets new standards for what economic success looks like. Raworth handpicks the best emergent ideas—from ecological, behavioral, feminist, and institutional economics to complexity thinking and Earth-systems science—to address this question: How can we turn economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive, into economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow? Simple, playful, and eloquent, Doughnut Economics offers game-changing analysis and inspiration for a new generation of economic thinkers.

Author : David B. TYACK
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674044525

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For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, the actual reforms have been gradual and incremental. Tinkering toward Utopia documents the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea and the moderate pace of change in educational practices. In this book, David Tyack and Larry Cuban explore some basic questions about the nature of educational reform. Why have Americans come to believe that schooling has regressed? Have educational reforms occurred in cycles, and if so, why? Why has it been so difficult to change the basic institutional patterns of schooling? What actually happened when reformers tried to reinvent schooling? Tyack and Cuban argue that the ahistorical nature of most current reform proposals magnifies defects and understates the difficulty of changing the system. Policy talk has alternated between lamentation and overconfidence. The authors suggest that reformers today need to focus on ways to help teachers improve instruction from the inside out instead of decreeing change by remote control, and that reformers must also keep in mind the democratic purposes that guide public education.