Paradigm Lost

Author : William G. Spady
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1461663628
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by William G. Spady and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paradigm Lost, Spady explores the important changes in culture, instruction, school calendars and school agenda that school leaders must make to prepare students for the next millennium despite the fact that the current system of schooling leads to institutional inertia that counters the very changes we most need to make. Spady's big-picture view refutes the wisdom of adhering to a system of schooling—a paradigm—based on a bureaucratic-age culture, industrial-age delivery system, agricultural-age calendar and feudal-age agenda. Spady then explains how school leaders can overcome this inertia by working with staff and community members to adopt a new paradigm of schooling based on a locally developed vision of the future and what students will need to succeed in that future.

Author : Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816632947
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Stanley Aronowitz and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing globalization, the meaning and role of the nation-state are in flux. At the same time, state theory, which might help to explain such a trend, has fallen victim to the general decline of radical movements, particularly the crisis in Marxism. This volume seeks to enrich and complicate current political debates by bringing state theory back to the fore and assessing its relevance to the social phenomena and thought of our day. Throughout, it becomes clear that, whether confronting the challenges of postmodern and neo-institutionalist theory or the crisis of the welfare state and globalization, state theory still has great analytical and strategic value.

Author : Kenneth M. Stokes
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563244841
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Kenneth M. Stokes and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1995 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the origins and development of a cultural, social energetic, and systems theoretical contribution to Critical Marxism, which, contrary to the Eurocentric view, first matured in Russia during the period of the Second International. Subjects include the key aspects of Critical Marxism such as holism, social energetics, praxis, phenomenology, and dialectics. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : David Jablonsky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567508014
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost? written by David Jablonsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-03-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines major historical post-war transition periods, with particular emphasis on the differences and similarities of the American experience after both world wars of this century and with the post-Cold War transition currently underway. Jablonsky provides a strategic vision that incorporates a multilateral, great-power approach to the international relations of our era. After every momentous event there is usually a transition period in which participants in the events, whether individuals or nation-states, attempt to chart their way into an unfamiliar future. For the United States in this century there are three such transitions, each focused on America's role in the international arena. After World War I, the American people specifically rejected the global role for the United States implicit in Woodrow Wilson's strategic vision of collective security. In contrast to this return to normalcy, after World War II the United States moved inexorably toward international leadership in response to the Soviet threat. The result was an acceptance of George Kennan's strategic vision of containing the Soviet Union on the Eurasian landmass and the subsequent bipolar confrontation of the two super-powers in a twilight war that lasted for more than 40 years. Sometime in the penultimate decade of this century, the United States and its allies won the Cold War. Once again the United States faces a transitional period, and the primary questions revolve around the management of power and America's role in global politics. In this regard, the Cold War set in train a blend of integrative and disintegrative forces and trends that are adding to the complex tensions of the current transition. The realist paradigm still pertains in this situation where nation-states are still the primary international actors. In such a world, American government elites must convince an electorate, increasingly conscious of the domestic threats to national security, of the need to continue to exercise global leadership in the management of power. The answer, as Jablonsky demonstrates, is a strategic vision that incorporates a multilateral, great-power approach to international relations.

Author : Stephen J. Schrader
Publisher : Foremost Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0978970497
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Stephen J. Schrader and published by Foremost Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While investigating the miraculous rescue of an American shuttle craft crew, two American reporters are drawn into mankind's greatest adventure. Captain Jacob Brinn is the master of the fabulous research vessel Argo and is offering the human race the wonders of tomorrow, today. The world of tomorrow cannot come to be while the world of today continues to exist. The battle lines are drawn with Captain Brinn on one side and the military might of the entire world on the other. There is no stopping the Captain and no stopping the Argo.

Author : Joanna Radwańska-Williams
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027276595
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Paradigm Lost written by Joanna Radwańska-Williams and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general theory of language of Mikołaj Kruszweski (1851-1887) is, this book argues, a “lost paradigm” in the history of linguistics. The concept of 'paradigm' is understood in a broadly construed Kuhnian sense, and its applicability to linguistics as a science is examined. It is argued that Kruszewski's theory was a covert paradigm in that his major work, Ocerk nauki o jazyke ('An Outline of the Science of Language', 1883), had the potential to be seminal in the history of linguistics, i.e. to achieve the status of a 'classical text', or 'exemplar'. This potential was not realized because Kruszewski's influence was hindered by various historical factors, including his early death and the simultaneous consolidation of the Neogrammarian paradigm, with its emphasis on phonology and language change. The book examines the intellectual background of Kruszweski's thought, which was rooted, in part, in the tradition of British empiricism. It also discusses Kruszewski's relationship to his teacher Jean Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929), his attitude towards the Neogrammarian movement in linguistics, the ambivalent reception of his theory by his contemporaries, and the influence of his work on the linguistic theory of Roman Jakobson (1896-1982).

Author : John L. Casti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780349105444
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigms Lost written by John L. Casti and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for both the layman and the scientist, this book presents an overview of some of today's great scientific questions, from the way in which we acquire language and the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, to the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Each chapter is constructed in the form of a trial, with the conventional scientific wisdom presented by the prosecution and alternative views put forward by the defence . The author, who aims to be both informative and entertaining, subsequently steps in to act as juror , offering explanations of his verdicts.

Author : Heather Stuart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199978913
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigms Lost written by Heather Stuart and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradigms Lost challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. Paradigms Lost concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.

Author : Beatrix Beisner
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080457864
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecological Paradigms Lost written by Beatrix Beisner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-08-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume in the Theoretical Ecology series addresses the historical development and evolution of theoretical ideas in the field of ecology. Not only does Ecological Paradigms Lost recount the history of the discipline by practitioners of the science of ecology, it includes commentary on these historical reflections by philosophers of science. Even though the theories discussed are, in many cases, are at the forefront of research, the language and approach make this material accessible to non-theoreticians. The book is structured in 5 major sections including population ecology, epidemiology, community ecology, evolutionary biology and ecosystem ecology. In each section a chapter by an eminent, experienced ecologist is complemented by analysis from a newer, cutting-edge researcher. Reflection on the past and future of ecology A historical overview of major ideas in the field of ecology Pairing of historical views by ecologists along with a philosophical commentary directed at the practicing scientists' views by a philosopher of science Historical analysis by practicing ecologists including anectodal experiences that are rarely recorded Based on a very popular symposium at the 2002 Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Tucson, AZ

Author : Stephen J. Louw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paradigm Lost written by Stephen J. Louw and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: