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Summary: Nothing in human experience is quite so astonishing as the enormous changes that occur during the five short years that transform a newborn into an actively curious, exploring kindergartner. Filmed in 1996, this program examines the work of Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget, illuminating the similarities of and differences between their contributions to a greater understanding of the cognitive...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996

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Summary: Preventive healthcare is crucial to the well-being of young children. This program covers vital health issues including vaccinations and immunizations, as well as how to recognize symptoms of serious illness. Recently developed vaccines for chicken pox and Hepatitis B are examined, and the myths that polio and diphtheria have been eradicated are addressed. Foundation health habits such as...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: One in three children arrives in kindergarten unprepared for the challenges of school. Hosted by former teacher Debi Gutierrez, this program presents information and insights that will help in the care and education of young children with special needs. Topics include recognizing and understanding special needs, speech and language delays, hearing and visual impairments, and autism. The program...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: With the growing reliance on computer-based communication and the return of public interest in early schooling, much attention is being paid to the attainment of literacy. Filmed in several multicultural preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this program reviews underlying cognitive, social, and physical requirements for all formal education and then presents the literacy-specific...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000

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James, Early

Contents: Racing to a red light (4:24) -- Straightjacket for two (3:50) -- My sweet camelia (3:35) -- Pigsty (4:11) -- What a strange time to be alive (3:06) -- Real low down lonesome (4:29) -- Harder to blame (4:06) -- If heaven is a hotel (3:08) -- Splenda daddy (3:05) -- Dance in the fire (3:51) -- Wasted and wanting (3:21) -- Something for nothing (3:12).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1988

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL POP/ROCK JAM

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...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Framing is the fundamental building block in many aspects of home construction. This program will detail the basics of many framing applications, including layout terms and principles, construction techniques, and standard framing plans. Correlates to the Competencies and Objectives of the National Center for Construction Education & Research.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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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,...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: How do musicians find the inspiration to create? Do most songwriters come up with lyrics first, or music? What does it mean to be a composer in today's high-tech world? This program addresses questions young people may have about embarking on a career in music or musical composition. Focusing on current styles like rock, techno, and hip-hop, the video includes interviews with a classically...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Knutson, Julie

Summary: "Readers will learn about the fourth UN Sustainable Development Goal and what it takes to commit to ensuring quality education and learning opportunities for all. Aligned to curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Public Policy, Health and Wellness, Civics Literacy, and Environmental Stewardship. Includes a table of contents, glossary of key...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2022

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social Knutson

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...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Characterized by expressions of individuality, popularismo, criticism, stoicism, humor, piety, and dignity, the literature of Spain spans ten centuries, includes some of history's most significant writers, and contains landmark works of every major literary genre. This program provides an overview of Iberian history as it relates to Spanish literature. The formation of regional tongues and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: The hardest part about working in the hospitality field may simply be deciding on which of its many popular career paths to pursue! This video will help interested students make an informed choice by describing commercial and noncommercial hospitality establishments and key hospitality departments such as management, food and beverage, gaming and entertainment, customer service, security,...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: This in-depth, graphics-driven program introduces students to the world of synthetic and naturally occurring polymers. The video sheds light on a number of monomers and the processes of addition polymerization and condensation polymerization which produce a desired polymer. Properties of thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers are also investigated; likewise, the relationship between the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Flannagan, Roy.

Summary: Using current critical perspectives, this introduction to John Milton, and to his prose and poetry, presents him as a radical social theorist. Its emphasis is on a clear presentation of this complex and sophisticated author and his works.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell Publishers 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.4 FLA

Sutherland, Stuart

Summary: Join the Smithsonian to explore the latest paleontological discoveries and what they reveal about life on Earth.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 INT
Call number: DVD 560 INT

DeVos, Betsy

Summary: "In Hostages No More, DeVos unleashes her candid thoughts about working in the Trump administration, recounts her battles over the decades to put students first, hits back at "woke" curricula in our schools, and details the reforms America must pursue to fix its long and badly broken education system. And she has stories to tell: DeVos offers blunt insights on the people and politics that stand...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 DEV
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 DEV

Ramadan, Tariq

Summary: "Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is-or is not. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is-or is not. But little opportunity exists, either in the media or in society as a whole, to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 297 RAM

Summary: Who better for students to learn from about early childhood professions than people already working in the field? Over the course of this video, a variety of high-energy, engaging professionals who work with children talk about some of the choices available to students today. Interviews include a kindergarten teacher, a Head Start associate director of operations, a public health nurse, an...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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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...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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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...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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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 -...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Palmer, Hap

Summary: Presents 15 songs with vocal interpretation followed by the same sequence of songs in instrumental interpretations.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hap-Pal Music 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JUV PAL

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