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Puritan Heroes

by Glenda Mathes, Joel R. Beeke ...

Narrated by Tim H. Dixon, Sarah Zimmerman, Jonathan St. John, Simon Bubb ...

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Who were the Puritans, and why are they important?What can we learn from them today?The Puritan movement began in England during the sixteenth century and continued all the way into the early eighteenth century. Although the Church of England was formed as a result of the Reformation, the Puritans believed it needed much more reform.The book concludes with ten important lessons readers can learn ... Read more

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Who were the Puritans, and why are they important?What can we learn from them today?The Puritan movement began in England during the sixteenth century and continued all the way into the early eighteenth century. Although the Church of England was formed as a result of the Reformation, the Puritans believed it needed much more reform.The book concludes with ten important lessons readers can learn
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Too Hot to Handle

A Global History of Sex Education

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

The first comprehensive history of sex education around the worldToo Hot to Handle is the first truly international history of sex education. As Jonathan Zimmerman shows, the controversial subject began in the West and spread steadily around the world over the past century. As people crossed borders, however, they joined hands to block sex education from most of their classrooms. Examining key ... Read more

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The first comprehensive history of sex education around the worldToo Hot to Handle is the first truly international history of sex education. As Jonathan Zimmerman shows, the controversial subject began in the West and spread steadily around the world over the past century. As people crossed borders, however, they joined hands to block sex education from most of their classrooms. Examining key
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Schooling Citizens

How Education Can Save Our Democracy

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

Jonathan Zimmerman’s essays remind us that schools and universities can help save our democracy by teaching future citizens how to communicate across their differencesDemocracy requires informed citizens, as well as schools and universities prepared to equip them for participation in the governing of our republic. But we are falling short of this ideal: every month brings a new report about ... Read more

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Jonathan Zimmerman’s essays remind us that schools and universities can help save our democracy by teaching future citizens how to communicate across their differencesDemocracy requires informed citizens, as well as schools and universities prepared to equip them for participation in the governing of our republic. But we are falling short of this ideal: every month brings a new report about
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The Amateur Hour

A History of College Teaching in America

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

The first full-length history of college teaching in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the ongoing tension between the modern scholarly ideal—scientific, objective, and dispassionate—and the inevitably subjective nature of day-to-day instruction.American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the ... Read more

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The first full-length history of college teaching in the United States from the nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the ongoing tension between the modern scholarly ideal—scientific, objective, and dispassionate—and the inevitably subjective nature of day-to-day instruction.American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the
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Whose America?

Culture Wars in the Public Schools

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity.Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the ... Read more

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In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity.Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the
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The Amateur Hour

A History of College Teaching in America

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

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9 hours 58 min

American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the past 150 years, as critics have denounced the poor quality of instruction in undergraduate classrooms. Students daydream in gigantic lecture halls while a professor drones on, or they meet with a teaching assistant for an hour of aimless discussion. The modern university does not reward teaching, so ... Read more

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American college teaching is in crisis, or so we are told. But we've heard that complaint for the past 150 years, as critics have denounced the poor quality of instruction in undergraduate classrooms. Students daydream in gigantic lecture halls while a professor drones on, or they meet with a teaching assistant for an hour of aimless discussion. The modern university does not reward teaching, so
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The Case for Contention

Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools

by Jonathan Zimmerman, Emily Robertson ...

Series series History and Philosophy of Education Series
From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that they are so commonly avoided within them. And this, they argue, is a tremendous disservice to our ... Read more

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From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that they are so commonly avoided within them. And this, they argue, is a tremendous disservice to our
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Whose America?

Culture Wars in the Public Schools, Second Edition

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

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In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity.Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the ... Read more

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In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity.Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the
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Innocents Abroad

American Teachers in the American Century

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

Protestant missionaries in Latin America. Colonial "civilizers" in the Pacific. Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa. Since the 1890s, thousands of American teachers--mostly young, white, middle-class, and inexperienced--have fanned out across the globe. Innocents Abroad tells the story of what they intended to teach and what lessons they learned.Drawing on extensive archives of the teachers' letters ... Read more

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Protestant missionaries in Latin America. Colonial "civilizers" in the Pacific. Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa. Since the 1890s, thousands of American teachers--mostly young, white, middle-class, and inexperienced--have fanned out across the globe. Innocents Abroad tells the story of what they intended to teach and what lessons they learned.Drawing on extensive archives of the teachers' letters
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Public and Applied Humanities

Recalibrating, Renewing, and Relocating Humanities Thinking and Doing

by Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister, Suzanne Panferov Reese, Stephanie K. Springer, Jonathan Jae-an Crisman, Josh Zimmerman, Reneé H. Reynolds, Brittney N. Crawford, Jasmine R. Linabary, Matthew M Mars ...

Public and Applied Humanities offers a timely account of how the humanities can act in the world. Written from the perspective of faculty who built the first Department of Public & Applied Humanities in the United States, the book explores how humanities knowledge can be translated into public-facing, use-oriented, and institutionally viable forms.The book examines the braided field of the public ... Read more

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Public and Applied Humanities offers a timely account of how the humanities can act in the world. Written from the perspective of faculty who built the first Department of Public & Applied Humanities in the United States, the book explores how humanities knowledge can be translated into public-facing, use-oriented, and institutionally viable forms.The book examines the braided field of the public
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Campus Politics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with serious consequences. Such a wave of protests hasn't been seen since the campus free speech demonstrations of the 1960s, yet this time it is the political Left, rather than the political Right, calling for ... Read more

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Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with serious consequences. Such a wave of protests hasn't been seen since the campus free speech demonstrations of the 1960s, yet this time it is the political Left, rather than the political Right, calling for
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Campus Politics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Jonathan Zimmerman ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with serious consequences. Such a wave of protests hasn't been seen since the campus free speech demonstrations of the 1960s, yet this time it is the political Left, rather than the political Right, calling for ... Read more

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Universities are usually considered bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but a recent tide of demonstrations across college campuses has called this belief into question, and with serious consequences. Such a wave of protests hasn't been seen since the campus free speech demonstrations of the 1960s, yet this time it is the political Left, rather than the political Right, calling for
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