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33208s Careers (New York, N.Y.) Complete career & techincal education library ; Volume 1 Complete career clusters Evolution of society Global roll call Listening to America with Bill Moyers School: The Story of American Public Education Teaching tools for economics Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm))Filter By Series
33208s Careers (New York, N.Y.) Complete career & techincal education library ; Volume 1 Complete career clusters Evolution of society Global roll call Listening to America with Bill Moyers School: The Story of American Public Education Teaching tools for economics Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm))Summary: Over 100 million children worldwide have never spent a day in school. One in four does not complete even five years of basic education. Now, 182 nations have promised to provide access to free and compulsory education for every child in the world-by 2015. To test the reality of that sweeping commitment, this Wide Angle installment profiles children in Japan, Kenya, Benin, Brazil, Romania,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program examines the custom of arranged marriages in India. It follows the story of Saheri and her family as they confront the reality of an impending marriage that was arranged when she was barely six years old. An overview of the custom presents it as common among all castes, although many Indians today view the practice in a negative light. Education, family wealth, and astrological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The 2009 installment in Wide Angle's Time for School series reenters the lives of seven students in seven different countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide battle to get what most American children take for granted: a basic education. These riveting case studies in India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Benin, Brazil, Japan, and Romania feature young teenagers embracing academic challenges that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Beginning with a concise overview of the benefits of cloud computing, this video introduces Google's integrated suite of Internet-based applications while explaining how these tools-powerful, universally available, and free!-can be used to improve learning. Educators and students alike will benefit from a look at the following Google products: Google Search and Google Accessibility; Google...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: From the rise of the Moghul empire under Babur in 1526 to the setting of the sun on the British Raj in 1948, this program surveys four centuries of history during which India slowly but decisively shook off foreign rule. Expert commentary on the pivotal politico-military struggles between the Moghuls, the Afghans, Great Britain, and the Indians by Dr. David Hardiman, of Oxford University; Dr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This episode of The Green Interview features Kartikeya Sarabhai, one of the world's leading environmental educators, and a dedicated community builder. Sarabhai is the director of India's Center for Environmental Education (CEE), which he founded in 1984. Beginning as a small, local initiative, the Center has grown into a national and international organization. It advances the cause of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" That's the question asked of nearly every math teacher - and many fall short of a satisfactory answer. In this TEDTalk, mathematician and magician Arthur Benjamin offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age. Benjamin combines his two passions in "Mathemagics," a mind-boggling presentation of lightning calculations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Education is intrinsic to success in our society. But for members of Hispanic groups, good education may be hard to come by, because of either language barriers or under-performing schools. This program, hosted by actor Edward James Olmos, examines how Hispanic American children are faring in the educational system, with an emphasis on bilingual education. Two such programs in California and in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In the mid-1990s, Liz Coleman remade Bennington College in the pursuit of a new vision: she believed that higher education could be conducted in the same manner as a performing art. In this TEDTalk, Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical higher education reform. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: India is the planet's biggest producer of over 22 different cash crops, making its agricultural economy the second largest in the world. Why then does most of its rural population live below subsistence level, relying on foreign NGOs for aid? This program looks at reasons why working villagers remain in poverty, including government policies that direct funding away from development and towards...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program captures the increasingly political nature of Hinduism and its volatile relationship with Islam-India's leading minority religion. It argues that this volatility results from their past history, when large parts of India were dominated by the Muslim rulers, the Mughals. Today, many Hindus demand greater recognition of Hinduism in governmental affairs and oppose what they feel is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Branding, quality control, overseas expansion-these concepts are no longer limited to the business world. Schools, colleges, and universities are under increasing pressure to operate like international companies, adopting corporate business models and intensely pursuing "customers" in the global marketplace. Filmed in the United Kingdom, China, India, and Malaysia, this program examines the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Being a poet is a commitment that truly goes "beyond the words." In this program, three contemporary Mexican poets-Antonio Deltoro, Jorge Esquinca, and Francisco Hernandez-discuss the catalysts that led them to write poetry and how their admiration for the art continues to grow. These noted artists share their perspective on what poetry has become for them in their own lives, relating many of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this interview, Robert Slavin, Ph.D., talks with Hedrick Smith about Success for All, a comprehensive, research-based reading and math program for elementary and middle schools. The most important objective, says Dr. Slavin, "is to get every single child to be successful, every single child to master the basic curriculum, to achieve the higher-order objectives that every parent would want...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In the 1950s, America's public schools teemed with the promise of a new, postwar generation of students, over half of whom would graduate and go on to college. This program shows how impressive gains masked profound inequalities: seventeen states had segregated schools; 1% of all Ph.D.s went to women; and "separate but equal" was still the law of the land. Interviews with Linda Brown Thompson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Plato's academy was the first formal arena for education, where young men were tutored in the rigors of logic, philosophy, and mathematics. Prior to this, societies transmitted knowledge from one generation to the next orally, and after the advent of writing, through texts. Although education throughout history has been predominantly a privilege of the elite, universal education is currently...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program with Bill Moyers examines the crisis within the American court system. In many parts of the country, funding for already burdened and backlogged courts is being reduced. And public defenders and legal aid attorneys are in short supply, leaving the poor without adequate or timely representation. Yet, few politicians have stepped forward with solutions. In this program, a panel of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program with Bill Moyers compares the everyday experiences of two New York City middle school students and contrasts political rhetoric with the reality of American schooling. A profile of the two students and their different schools points out the inequalities of our current system and how disproportionate funding affects the quality of education. The program also features advocates for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Careers in education are not only rewarding for those who pursue them but vital to society as a whole-without educators and teachers, there would be no doctors, plumbers, lawyers, or electricians. This video presents four distinct occupations in the field: elementary teachers, teacher's aides, administrators, and librarians. People working in these jobs discuss their responsibilities and what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In 1983, the Reagan Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform. This program explores the impact of the "free market" experiments that ensued, from vouchers and charter schools to privatization-all with the goal of meeting tough new academic standards. Today, the debate rages on: do these diverse...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The revolution in information and communication technology and its eager adoption by the Millennials has created significant teaching opportunities-and challenges-for instructors. This program aims both to inform and to inspire educators as it encourages them to make e-learning an integral part of the instructional mix. The evolution of youth communications in the 21st century; implications of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Lidia Bastianich, best-selling cookbook author, chef, and host of public television’s Lidia’s Family Table, shares three of her favorite soups - which happen to be for all different seasons - giving viewers a variety of delicious choices throughout the year: white beans, garlic and olive soup; a hearty “frantoiana” or white bean and dried bread soup; and a summery zucchini white bean soup with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Are prescription drug prices as outrageous as they are made out to be? Should farmers receive government subsidies, simply because they grow certain crops? What does it mean to be poor in America? This compilation of ABC News stories features 20/20 anchor John Stossel, who explores microeconomic questions through challenging, real-world examples. In his trademark down-to-earth style, Stossel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Filmed on location in Stratford-on-Avon, celebrated Shakespearean actor Alan Howard presents some of the Bard’s best-known works. Poems include… “All the world’s a stage” “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow” “Hark, hark! the lark” “O, for a Muse of fire” St. Crispin’s Day speech “Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day” Queen Mab speech “What mean you, Caesar? Think you for walk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997