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 AUDIO
SALES CATALOG • 1997-1998
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Ellen Winner |
Gifted
Children
Dr.
Ellen Winner, author of Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
believes that more attention must be paid to what she calls
"the truly gifted." But that might require a redefinition
of what we mean by "gifted."   |
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Renee Hobbs |
Robert
Kuby |
Media
Literacy
Is
it the job of the public schools to teach children to be savvy
consumers of the messages they see and hear on television and
in other media? Dr. Renee Hobbs of Clark University and
Dr. Robert Kubey of Rutgers University explore this important
issue. |
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Cornel West |
Carol Gilligan |
Race
and Gender
Cornel
West is renowned for his studies of race relations, and his
book, Race Matters, is a classic in its field. Carol
Gilligan is renowned for her studies of adolescent girls, and
her book, In a Different Voice, is also a classic. In
this program, Gilligan and West switch sides - with Gilligan
talking about race and West talking about gender - to discuss
how these issues affect student achievement. |
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Lisa Delpit |
Culture
and Conflict
Dr.
Lisa Delpit, author of Other People's Children: Cultural
Conflict in the Classroom discusses what sort of racial
and cultural divide exists between teachers and their students
when the teacher is white and most students are not. |
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Frank Newman |
Inside
the Infant Brain
We
now know that the brain grows most rapidly before a child is
born, and that most of the connections that control behavior,
emotions, and learning are forged in the first years of life.
What are the implications of this new knowledge for early childhood
education? Ronald Kotulak, Pulitzer Prize winning science writer
for the Chicago Tribune, Dr. Frank Newman, President
of the Education Commission of the States, and Cynthia Chestnut
of the Florida State Assembly agree and disagree about what
must be done.
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Kevin Ryan |
A
Question of Character
Most
American parents want their children to learn good values, but
what are good values? In this program John Merrow talks with
Dr. Kevin Ryan and Dr. Karen Bohlin, Directors of the Center
for the Advancement of Character and Ethics at Boston University.
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Kenji Hakuta |
English
Only
Dr.
Kenji Hakuta, professor of education at Stanford University
and noted linguist, discusses what works for language minority
students.
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Annette Williams |
Looking
Ahead
Christopher
Whittle, an advocate for privatizing public schools; Joe
Nathan, a proponent of charter schools; Tony Rollins of the
National Education Association; and Wisconsin State Senator
Annette "Polly" Williams, sponsor of Milwaukee's controversial
school choice legislation discuss the central problems public
schools must solve if they are to remain relevant institutions
in the lives of American families.
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Fred D'Ignazio |
WWW.Computer
Kids
Fred
D'Ignazio, noted children's software designer and self-described
"Johnny Appleseed" for technology in education, says the barriers
to a learning revolution inside schools– fear, time, money
and a lack of imagination– are not insurmountable.
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Theodore Sizer |
E. D. Hirsch |
The
Schools We Need
Pioneering
school reformers Theodore Sizer of the "Coalition of
Essential Schools" and E.D. Hirsch Jr. of "Core Knowledge" say
they are not in opposing camps, but the two men have very different
views on fundamental issues in education: What to teach? How
to teach? When to test? In this program Sizer and Hirsch offer
their differing visions of the schools we need...and eventually
find some surprising common ground.
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