Perspectives on Personality
Title | Perspectives on Personality PDF eBook |
Author | Charles S. Carver |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Personality |
ISBN | 9789353067854 |
"Perspectives on Personality describes a range of viewpoints that are used by personality psychologists today, and helps students understand how these viewpoints can be applied to their own lives. Authors Charles Carver and Michael Scheier dedicate a chapter to each major perspective, presenting an overview on the perspective's orienting assumptions and core themes and concluding with a discussion of problems within that theoretical viewpoint and predictions about its future prospects. The Eighth edition incorporates several important recent developments in the field, including genetics and genomics and the biological underpinnings of impulsiveness"--Back cover
Literacy Education
Title | Literacy Education PDF eBook |
Author | Debi Prasanna Pattanayak |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Literacy |
ISBN |
Foregrounding Background
Title | Foregrounding Background PDF eBook |
Author | Jens S. Allwood |
Publisher | Coronet Books |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Return to Aztlan
Title | Return to Aztlan PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas S. Massey |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 1990-02-07 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0520069706 |
Return to Aztlan analyzes the social process of international migration through an intensive study of four carefully chosen Mexican communities. The book combines historical, anthropological, and survey data to construct a vivid and comprehensive picture of the social dynamics of contemporary Mexican migration to the United States.
The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics
Title | The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Manuel Diaz-Campos |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 818 |
Release | 2015-09-08 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1119108918 |
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics. Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain
Spellhorn
Title | Spellhorn PDF eBook |
Author | Berlie Doherty |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0007331991 |
As soon as Laura climbs on to the unicorn's back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. For only with Laura as their leader can Spellhorn and the Wild Ones reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But will Laura ever return to her own world again?
Teaching and Learning about Climate Change
Title | Teaching and Learning about Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel P. Shepardson |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2017-02-17 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1317245253 |
Responding to the issues and challenges of teaching and learning about climate change from a science education-based perspective, this book is designed to serve as an aid for educators as they strive to incorporate the topic into their classes. The unique discussion of these issues is drawn from the perspectives of leading and international scholars in the field. The book is structured around three themes: theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual frameworks for climate change education and research; research on teaching and learning about global warming and climate change; and approaches to professional development and classroom practice.