Bøger af Peter Dreier

Baseball Rebels tells stories of mavericks, reformers, and radicals who shook up the baseball establishment and helped change America. These players, managers, sportswriters, activists, and even a few owners were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's broader political and social protest movements, including battles against racism, sexism, and homophobia.

Innerhalb meines Projektes www.1000kmreitenproschule.de befragte ich ca 1000 Grundschullehrer und stellte dabei fest, dass immer mehr Lehrern die Freude am Unterrichten abhanden kommt und im gleichen Maße Stress und Arbeitsaufwand immer mehr zunehmen.Das passierte auch mir vor ca 10 Jahren.Um wieder mit Freude unterrichten zu können, fand ich für mich einen Weg, um aus den beginnenden Negativkreislauf herauszukommen.Die notwendige Arbeitsentlastung erreichte ich durch die Förderung des selbstständigen und entdeckenden Lernens. Plötzlich hatten die Schüler wieder mehr Freude, wurden selbstständiger und arbeiteten somit unabhängiger vom Lehrer. Dadurch hatte ich weniger Stress und die Schüler lernten mit mehr Freude. Ihr Selbstbewusstein stieg parallel zu ihren Noten. Ich entwickelte mich langsam vom Lehrer zum Lernbegleiter.In diesem Buch finden Sie viele Anregungen für die Bewältigung der täglichen Probleme im Unterricht wie permanente Störung,Unaufmerksamkeit, Gebrauch von Schimpfwörtern, Mobbing etc.Wie gehe ich mit erziehungsresistenten Kindern, schwierigen Eltern und bei Problemen mit Vorgesetzten um?Wie vermeide ich zeitraubende Korrekturen von Aufsätzen und Hausaufgaben? Dies und noch viel mehr finden Sie im Anhangmit vielen praktischen Anregungen und Arbeitsblättérn für die verschiedenen Unterrichtsfächer sowie "Plakatives zum Nachdenken" über die heutige Bildungsprobleme.Dieser Weg kann jeder Lehrer für sich entdecken wenn er gewillt ist, sich selbst und seine Unterrichtsmethoden zu ändern.Dann hat er (fast) das Paradies im Klassenzimmer.

How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems--poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy consumption, and housing, among others? That's the basic question addressed by the new edition of this award-winning book. Thoroughly revised and updated for its third edition, Place Matters examines the major trends and problems shaping our cities and suburbs, explores a range of policy solutions to address them, and looks closely at the potential political coalitions needed to put the country's "urban crisis" back on the public agenda. The problem of rising inequality is at the center of Place Matters. During the past several decades, the standard of living for the American middle class has stagnated, the number of poor people has reached its highest level since the 1960s, and the super-rich have dramatically increased their share of the nation's wealth and income. At the same time, Americans have grown further apart in terms of where they live, work, and play. This trend--economic segregation--no longer simply reflects the racial segregation between white suburbs and minority cities. In cities and suburbs alike, poor, middle class, and wealthy Americans now live in separate geographic spaces. The authors have updated the case studies and examples used to illustrate the book's key themes, incorporated the latest Census data, and drawn on exit polls and other data to examine the voting patterns and outcomes of the 2012 elections. They have expanded their discussion of how American cities are influenced by and influence global economic and social forces and how American cities compare with their counterparts in other parts of the world. And they draw upon the latest research and case studies not only to examine the negative impacts of income inequality and economic segregation but also assess the efforts that civic and community groups, unions, business, and government are making to tackle them. Fully up to date and far richer and more provocative, this new version surpasses its previous editions and will continue to be an essential volume for all who study urban politics and care about our cities.

A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted, because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history. It isn't taught in most high schools. You can't find it on the major television networks. In popular media, the most persistent interpreter of America's radical past is Glenn Beck, who teaches viewers a wildly inaccurate history of unions, civil rights, and the American Left. The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century , a colourful and witty history of the most influential progressive leaders of the twentieth century and beyond, is the perfect antidote.