Описание: As students navigate learning and begin to establish a sense of self, local surroundings can have a major influence on the range of choices they make about who they are and who they want to be. This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well as to the opportunities that extracurricular activities can offer for African American students' access to learning, this book brings a deeper understanding of the local and fluid aspects of academic, racial, and ethnic identities. Exploring agency, personal sense-making, and social processes, this book contributes a strong new voice to the growing conversation on the relationship between identity and achievement for African American youth.
Автор: Shami Seteny, Miller-Idriss Cynthia Название: Middle East Studies for the New Millennium: Infrastructures of Knowledge ISBN: 1479827789 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479827787 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Few world regions today are of more pressing social and political interest than the Middle East: hardly a day has passed in the last decade without events there making global news. Understanding the region has never been more important, yet the field of Middle East studies in the United States is in flux, enmeshed in ongoing controversies about the relationship between knowledge and power, the role of the federal government at universities, and ways of knowing “other” cultures and places. Assembling a wide range of scholars immersed in the transformations of their disciplines and the study of this world region, Middle East Studies for the New Millennium explores the big-picture issues affecting the field, from the geopolitics of knowledge production to structural changes in the university to broader political and public contexts. Tracing the development of the field from the early days of the American university to the “Islamophobia” of the present day, this book explores Middle East studies as a discipline and, more generally, its impact on the social sciences and academia. Topics include how different disciplines engage with Middle East scholars, how American universities teach Middle East studies and related fields, and the relationship between scholarship and U.S.-Arab relations, among others. Middle East Studies for the New Millennium presents a comprehensive, authoritative overview of how this crucial field of academic inquiry came to be and where it is going next.
Автор: Stevens Mitchell L., Miller-Idriss Cynthia, Shami Seteney Название: Seeing the World: How Us Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era ISBN: 069115869X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691158693 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5544.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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An in-depth look at why American universities continue to favor U.S.-focused social science research despite efforts to make scholarship more cosmopolitan
U.S. research universities have long endeavored to be cosmopolitan places, yet the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology have remained stubbornly parochial. Despite decades of government and philanthropic investment in international scholarship, the most prestigious academic departments still favor research and expertise on the United States. Why? Seeing the World answers this question by examining university research centers that focus on the Middle East and related regional area studies.
Drawing on candid interviews with scores of top scholars and university leaders to understand how international inquiry is perceived and valued inside the academy, Seeing the World explains how intense competition for tenure-line appointments encourages faculty to pursue "American" projects that are most likely to garner professional advancement. At the same time, constrained by tight budgets at home, university leaders eagerly court patrons and clients worldwide but have a hard time getting departmental faculty to join the program. Together these dynamics shape how scholarship about the rest of the world evolves.
At once a work-and-occupations study of scholarly disciplines, an essay on the formal organization of knowledge, and an inquiry into the fate of area studies, Seeing the World is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of knowledge in a global era.
Описание: As students navigate learning and begin to establish a sense of self, local surroundings can have a major influence on the range of choices they make about who they are and who they want to be. This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well as to the opportunities that extracurricular activities can offer for African American students' access to learning, this book brings a deeper understanding of the local and fluid aspects of academic, racial, and ethnic identities. Exploring agency, personal sense-making, and social processes, this book contributes a strong new voice to the growing conversation on the relationship between identity and achievement for African American youth.
Автор: Nailah Munirah Название: Papillon Cocoon: A Black Phoenix Rising ISBN: 1483609456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781483609454 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5171.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Chronicles the development and implementation of the African American Male Achievement Initiative in Oakland Unified School District that created an environment with high expectations for the engagement and achievement of Black boys. The text features reflection chapters by leading experts on Black male achievement.
Автор: Nailah Anika Название: Every Day in the USA: : 30 Black Moments ISBN: 0692167692 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692167694 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3242.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Does your life as an African American in the USA seem a bit insane? Are you asking yourself questions and having racial encounters every day about which white folks have no clue? This book lets you know that you're neither crazy nor alone. In addition, if you're a white person seeking to show up as an accomplice to African Americans, you'll gain precious clues as you witness real-life scenarios you may otherwise have never known.
In the tradition of Langston Hughes' final work, Black Misery, author/cultural liberationist, Anika Nailah, shares 30 common moments in 21st Century Black American life. C. Andrew Williams' humorous yet poignant black and white illustrations enhance those scenarios to create the Everyday in the USA: 30 Black Moments experience of an undisguised portrayal of life in Black America.
The unapologetic, intimate, and ironic tone will feel familiar to African Americans, while quite eye-opening to white readers, perfectly serving as a catalyst to spearhead thoughtful cross-racial and African American community conversations.
The Ready to Go Deeper Anti-Racism Guide at the back of the book also provides 31 activities for using the book to help you not only examine individually, in workplaces, in neighborhoods, and other group settings, crucial and urgent questions about racial oppression, but offers concrete steps you can take to turn reflection into active interruption of racism in the United States of America.
Автор: Jones Nailah Название: Nikki Loves Her Hair ISBN: 0960023720 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780960023721 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4366.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Nikki is a young girl who loves everything about her natural hair. She loves all of the hairstyles she can do and matching with mommy and friends
Nailah Jones is a natural haired girl from Snellville, Georgia. After years of getting relaxers, she realized her natural hair better fit her identity and later decided to go back to her natural roots. She has now had locs for two years and counting. Nailah thinks that it is important to let other natural girls in her community know how beautiful their natural hair is, so they never have to wonder
Автор: Stovall Shami Название: Knightmare Arcanist ISBN: 0998045225 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998045221 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3274.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Gravedigger Volke Savan, desperate to leave his tiny home island and impress the most beautiful girl he`s ever known, breaks every tradition of the bonding ceremony just to become an arcanist. But when he`s tasked with killing a hero, he`s uncertain.
Автор: Stovall Shami Название: Coliseum Arcanist ISBN: 0998045276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998045276 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3677.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Adventure. Competition. A duel to the death.
While on a journey to the famous city of Thronehold, Volke Savan learns of the Sovereign Dragon Tournament. The massive celebration involves hundreds of arcanists competing for fame and glory, and Volke is determined to win.
Dark forces dwell in the city, however, and rumors of the legendary world serpent spread amongst the shadows. Whoever bonds with a god-like mystical creature will gain magic beyond compare, and the queen's guards suspect cutthroats will use the chaos of the tournament to hide their plotting.
Unsure of who to trust, Volke investigates the terrible rumors while advancing in the ranks of the tournament. Unfortunately, the true villain may be closer than he realizes...
Continue the Frith Chronicles with the third book, Coliseum Arcanist
Praise for the Frith Chronicles
"Absolutely brilliant."
- Archaeolibrarian for Knightmare Arcanist (Frith Chronicles, Book 1)
"With a thoroughly satisfying ending that hints at an incredible future for the series, Dread Pirate Arcanist is an unequivocal triumph."
- ManyBooks for Dread Pirate Arcanist (Frith Chronicles, Book 2)
Автор: Murphy Kathy, The Amazing Cockpoo Shami Название: Says Who? ISBN: 1642375721 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642375725 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3677.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Two books in one for the whole family to enjoy Connect to the same messages in different depths.
Says Who? is a light-hearted book of rhyming inspirational messages written through the lens of Shami, the amazing cockapoo. The short, fun rhyming sections help kids and even adults to stop buying into our limiting beliefs that are reinforced by all of the outside noise from our world. It's a fun way to shift thoughts to create a more empowered life experience Says Who? is a way for people to take back responsibility, choice, and possibility as they tap into their true power and realize that going outside their comfort zone is not so scary, and in fact, can make life more exciting.
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