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April 25, 2024

Closing Methodological Divides Toward Democratic Educational Research

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Free Download K.R. Howe, "Closing Methodological Divides: Toward Democratic Educational Research"
English | 2002 | pages: 166 | ISBN: 1402012268, 1402011644 | PDF | 1,1 mb
The issues I treat in this book―qualitative versus quantitative methods, facts versus values, science versus politics, subjectivity versus objectivity, postm- ernism versus pragmatism, to name a few―are at the core of a lively, sometimes divisive, conversation that has been unfolding in the theory and practice of e- cational research for some time. These issues fall squarely within the province of philosophy, and thus philosophical investigation has an especially useful contribution to make. But these issues are by no means the exclusive province of philosophy; they are ones in which a diverse group of educational theorists have had a keen interest and about which they have had important things to say. The conversation I hope to join―and to move forward―is this broad and inclusive one. Philosophy of education is at its best when it dives headlong into the fray. The book borrows liberally from my previously published work, but is far from a simple compilation. The ideas developed in Chapter 7, "On the Threat of Epistemological Bias," are new. The ideas developed in Chapter 9, "Toward Democratic Educational Research," are a significant extension of the application of similar ideas to evaluation research. The ideas developed in Chapter 4, "The Persistence of the Fact/Value Dogma," are in a form and at a level of detail not published before. Finally, Chapter 1, "Introduction and Overview," weaves together my thinking on a large array of issues on educational research methodology that had only been loosely connected before.

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September 28, 2023

Closing the Urban-Rural Power Divide Envisioning a United City-States of America

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Free Download Closing the Urban-Rural Power Divide: Envisioning a United City-States of America by Thor Hogan
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 257 Pages | ISBN : 3031340620 | 4.2 MB
This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in population, a "financialist-ruralist coalition" has effectively used the Constitution-especially equal representation in the Senate-to create an anti-urban "vetocracy." This political imbalance protects the interests of the financial elite and rural cultural conservatives, while effectively blocking urban interests, particularly regarding the adoption of a broad range of structural reforms and progressive policy preferences. By re-dividing many of the largest federated states into smaller city-states, the book posits, the United States would reduce the ability of non-urban interests to control the Senate. This would allow an empowered urbanite alliance to pass the forward-looking legislation the nation needs to remain internationally competitive in the coming decades.

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July 25, 2023

The Last Act Closing the Book on Your Finances

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Free Download The Last Act: Closing the Book on Your Finances by Kimberley Short, Larry Short
English | November 26, 2022 | ISBN: 1770866752 | 123 pages | PDF | 0.89 Mb
Many people of all ages procrastinate when it comes to writing their wills, and organizing things, complicating the process of settling their estate for their children, loved ones, and beneficiaries.

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July 2, 2023

Closing the Opportunity Gap Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success

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Free Download Vijay Pendakur, "Closing the Opportunity Gap: Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success"
English | ISBN: 1620363127 | 2016 | 186 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book offers a novel and proven approach to the retention and success of underrepresented students. It advocates a strategic approach through which an institution sets clear goals and metrics and integrates the identity support work of cultural / diversity centers with skill building through cohort activities, enabling students to successfully navigate college, graduate on time and transition to the world of work. Underlying the process is an intersectional and identity-conscious, rather than identity-centered, framework that addresses the complexity of students’ assets and needs as they encounter the unfamiliar terrain of college.In the current landscape of higher education, colleges and universities normally divide their efforts between departments and programs that explicitly work on developing students’ identities and separate departments or programs that work on retaining and graduating higher-risk students. This book contends that the gap between cultural/diversity centers and institutional retention efforts is both a missed opportunity and one that perpetuates the opportunity gap between students of color and low-income students and their peers.Identity-consciousness, the central framework of this book, differs from an identity-centric approach where the identity itself is the focus of the intervention. For example, a Latino men’s program can be developed as an identity-centered initiative if the outcomes of the program are all tied to a deeper or more complex understanding of one’s Latino-ness and/or masculinity. Alternately, this same program can be an identity-conscious student success program if it is designed from the ground up with the students’ racial and gender identities in mind, but the intended outcomes are tied to student success, such as term-to-term credit completion, yearly persistence, engagement in high-impact practices, or timely graduation.Following the introductory chapter focused on framing how we understand risk and success in the academy, the remaining chapters present programmatic interventions that have been tested and found effective for students of color, working class college students, and first-generation students. Each chapter opens with a student story to frame the problem, outlines the key research that informs the program, and offers sufficient descriptive information for staff or faculty considering implementing a similar identity-conscious intervention on their campus. The chapters conclude with a discussion of assessment, and suggested "Action Items" as starting points.

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April 7, 2023

THE SALES GUIDE A Practical Approach To Sales & Closing

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Free Download THE SALES GUIDE: A Practical Approach To Sales & Closing by JOSEPH DON
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BMDTJRFQ | 55 pages | MOBI | 0.25 Mb
Selling Is both a science and an art. It is a science because when the proper techniques and principles are learnt and applied, almost nothing is left to chance. It’s also an art in the sense that these basic techniques has to be adapted to fit the behaviours of the target market. Like every other skill, the science and art of selling must be learnt.

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