Bücher von Massachusetts) Cohen

Through ethnographic portraits and personal accounts of teachers around the world (from Chile to Siberia, Azerbaijan to Finland), this book explores the meaning and value of teaching worldwide, offering a simple but ground-breaking argument: that the cultural attitudes toward the teaching profession measurably influence how students perform across the globe.

This book examines what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. Through decisions such as whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or go to the movies, they declared their loyalty in ways that would ultimately have political significance.

'Big data' science initiatives, such as the Paleobiology Database (PBDB), provide inexpensive and accessible research opportunities for undergraduate courses. This Element provides an introduction to what the PBDB is, how to use it, how it can be deployed in introductory and advanced courses, and examples of how it has been used in undergraduate research.

This Element outlines the use of Macrostrat and its mobile client Rockd, and provides examples of how to integrate these resources into a variety of paleontology and Earth science courses. These tools provide a unique educational opportunity for students to interact with primary geological data and make new field observations.