Education, History
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Plunging into the Lord's Prairie Vineyard
Tinchebray Missionaries Evangelized and Established R.C. Institutions Throughout Central Alberta (1904-1924) by Henry L. Wostenberg
Follow the Tinchebray Congregation of intrepid priest-professors initiating with their formation in nineteenth century France to their arrival to Central Alberta in 1904 where they evangelized, organized parishes, constructed churches, founded...
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Alternative Schools in British Columbia 1960-1975
A Social and Cultural History by Harley Rothstein
The tumultuous 1960s was an era of the counterculture, political activism, and resistance to authority. Conventions and values were challenged and new approaches to education captured the imaginations of parents, teachers, and students. Reacting...
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Education for Hope
A Course Correction by John E Hull
This book traces the little-known history of an alternative school system erected in Canada by post-WWII Dutch Neo-Calvinist immigrants. In less than four decades, this community established a kindergarten to university education system that...
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The History of Handball at Texas A&M University
by Don Johnson
Hitting a ball with the hand (Handball) is the oldest sport known to mankind. It has been almost 100 years since handball was introduced as an intramural sport at Texas A&M. This book connects a tie to those who helped handball along the way even...
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Mathematics Education Across Time and Place
Over Two Millennia from Athens to Zimbabwe by Thomas O'Shea
What is mathematics, and what aspects of it should be taught in schools? How and to whom should it be taught, and how should its understanding be assessed? These questions continue to drive curriculum development, school organization, teaching...
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Fifty Years in the Classroom and What I Learned There
by John Barsby
“It is easy for people my age to look on the schools of the past with a sense of nostalgia, seeing a golden age that never really existed. I am not among them. I recognize that the schools of today have much more to offer.” In Fifty Years in the...
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The Chocolate Story
by Moji
Chances are that you like chocolate, right? But have you ever wondered where this delicious food comes from? In this colorful book, discover the author’s story of working on a cocoa plantation in Ghana, and follow the steps that cocoa takes to...
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The Life and Times of George Penrose Woollcombe:Educator
by Stephen Woollcombe
The biography of a visionary whose life and work exemplifies and reflects that period of Canada’s history. It is the story of an Englishman who came to Canada with the high-minded ambition to educate new generations of citizens with the values of...
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Twenty-One Texas Heroes
A Celebration Of The Lone Star State by Eileen Santangelo Hult
Twenty-One Texas Heroes is a book of informational and historical poems about twenty-one Texas heroes in many fields of accomplishment. It spans the history of Texas from the beginning of the Texas Revolution to Statehood and to the 20th Century....
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