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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chronology of Hydrofoil Development From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	A timeline of innovations and events related to hydrofoil development.	John Boileau	2	2004	$0.20 Add
From Cleaning up the Mess Putting Students and the Larger Community First From: Degrees of Failure View Between The Lines	People involved in college and university teaching need to create a higher education version of thinking and acting locally at the classroom level, a vision that will move us towards the goal of …	Randle W. Nelsen	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Coercion And Positive Alternatives In The Classroom From: Freedom To Learn View New Society Publishers	Sometimes we encounter teachers who are willing to adopt some positive methods, but insist they must continue to use systems of consequences for inappropriate behavior. Unfortunately, the …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	27	2018	$2.70 Add
From Collective Hysteria From: In Defiance View Between The Lines	Conflicting attitudes from mainstream media towards the strike and students.	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	12	2015	$1.20 Add
From Conclusion From: Learning to Leave View Fernwood Publishing		Michael Corbett	33	2007	$3.30 Add
From NEW! Connecting Education & Employability (1990-2010) From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools View Formac Publishing		Grant Frost	24	2020	$2.40 Add
Counting Out The Scholars The Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education	Canada’s universities have lost their autonomy. Under the guise of accountability, reformers from government and large corporations have undermined the original purposes of these …		274		View
From Creating a Future From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Wendy Kitts recounts the story of Karen. The chapter discusses her focus on working, her daughter Emma, moving to New Brunswick, getting her GED, her struggles with learning math, and hopes to …	Wendy Kitts	6	2009	$0.60 Add
From David Sarnoff’s Classroom From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View New Society Publishers	Sarnoff, the founder of RCA dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers on the street. What he learned there he could never have learned in school.	John Taylor Gatto	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From Dealing With Extreme Behavior From: Freedom To Learn View New Society Publishers	No matter how we describe the process of creating cooperative behavior, some teachers always insist that they have to have methods to deal with very extreme behavior. The truth is they are right. …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	22	2018	$2.20 Add
Degrees of Failure University Education in Decline Between The Lines	In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show …	Randle W. Nelsen	152	2017	View
From Developing Effective Learners From: Freedom To Learn View New Society Publishers	Finally we have come to perhaps the most important chapter in the book. All of the good conduct in the world does not make students smart. To build effective learners, teachers, at any grade …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From Digging Holes From: Breaking the Word Barrier View Goose Lane Editions	Marilyn Lerch recounts the story of Joe. The story discusses dropping out of high school, helplessness, shame, abuse, self-doubt, and his journey to receiving his GED (General Educational Development).	Marilyn Lerch	5	2009	$0.50 Add
From Do Canadian Universities Work? From: Campus Confidential View James Lorimer and Company	An analysis on the question do canadian universities work separated into the following areas: 35 Putting Bums On Seats Is the Number-One Priority 36 The Perils of Athletics 37 University …	Bill Morrison; Ken S. Coates	24	2013	$2.40 Add
From Education Policies From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	Education has a predominant place in the Nordic countries, and it is free, of high quality, and accessible to all. This chapter examines the nature and tenets of education policies and the …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	17	2015	$1.70 Add
From “A Boat Which Is Not a Boat” From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	1908-1918. Outlines the development of Baldwin and Bell’s HD series from 1 to 4 and their quest for hydrofoil self-propulsion.	John Boileau	12	2004	$1.20 Add