New Resources @ your NLU Library 

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Selected New Books for December!

CHECK OUT THESE NEW REOURCES
FOR
DECEMBER AT YOUR CAMPUS LIBRARY!

 

Click on the book title (not the cover image) to view the online book catalog record.

  • American Indian education : a history - Jon Reyhner, Jeanne Eder
    Located at the Chicago campus library.

    Introduction -- Colonial missionaries and their schools -- Treaties and western removal, 1776-1867 -- Reservations, 1867-1887 -- Allotment and dependency, 1887-1924 -- Mission schools -- Government boarding schools -- Students and parents -- A new deal, 1924-1944 -- Termination and relocation, 1944-1969 -- Self-determination, 1969-1989 -- Higher education -- New directions in Indian education, 1989-2003 -- Entering the twenty-first century.

  • Grade inflation : academic standards in higher education - edited by Lester H. Hunt
    Located in Chicago campus library.

    The dangerous myth of grade inflation / Alfie Kohn -- Undergraduate grades: a more complex story than "inflation" / Clifford Adelman -- Understanding grade inflation / Richard Kamber -- Grade inflation and grade variation: what’s all the fuss about? / Harry Brighouse -- From here to equality: grading policies for egalitarians / Francis K. Schrag -- Grade "inflation" and the professionalism of the professoriate / Mary Biggs -- Fissures in the foundation: why grade conflation could happen / Mary Biggs -- Grading teachers: academic standards and student evaluations / Lester H. Hunt -- Combating grade inflation: obstacles and opportunities / Richard Kamber -- Grade distortion, bureaucracy, and obfuscation at the University of Alabama / David T. Beito and Charles W. Nuckolls

  • Voices in first person : reflections on Latino identity - edited by Lori Marie Carlson
    Located at the Lisle campus library.

    A collection of brief fictional pieces about the experiences of Latinos in the United States, by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Gary Soto, Oscar Hijuelos, and others.

  • América is her name - by Luis J. Rodríguez
    Located at the Lisle campus Library.

    A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, América Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.

  • Teaching visual literacy : using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills - Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, editors
    Located at the North Shore campus library.

    Introduction / Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher -- Visual literacy : what you get is what you see / Lynell Burmark -- Graphic novels : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Jacquelyn McTaggart -- Comics, the canon, and the classroom / James Bucky Carter -- Seeing the world through a stranger’s eyes : exploring the potential of anime in literacy classrooms / Kelly Chandler-Olcott -- "Literary literacy" and the role of the comic book : or, "You teach a class on what?" / Rocco Versaci...

  • Fairy tales and the art of subversion : the classical genre for children and the process of civilization - Jack Zipes
    Located at the North Shore campus library.

    The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until "Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion" little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children's lives -- their behavior, values, and relationship to society. As Jack Zipes convincingly shows, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. For this new edition, the author has revised the work throughout and added a new introduction bringing this classic title up to date.

  • Angel child, dragon child - story by Michele Maria Surat ; pictures by Đình Mai Võ
    Located at the Wheeling campus library.

    Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift.

  • The politics of virginity : abstinence in sex education - Alesha E. Doan and Jean Calterone Williams
    Located at the Wheeling campus library.

    Under the radar : the advent of stealth tactics in morality policy -- Tightening the sexuality noose : Title V and abstinence-only education -- "Good girls" or "dirty whores?" : images and behaviors of adolescent women -- Resurrecting the chastity belt : lessons from abstinence-only curricula -- In their own words : sexuality, knowledge, and power -- Whom and what are we "saving"? : morality, sexuality, and abstinence.

 
 

New Resources Lists

 

New Videos/DVDs

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  • The secret life of babies (2005)
    Explores the extent of the baby’s vast world of perceptions, from intrauterine life to the first months following birth. Some dialogue in French with English subtitles.

  • Dialogue among generations (2003)
    Program demonstrates basic rules of Dialogue as applied to communication among generations.

 

Suggestions


Suggestions for new book & video titles are always welcome!

Please send suggestions to Jerry Dachs, jdachs@nl.edu.

 
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