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An engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life. Included are featurettes and commentary.
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Series
Great Courses volume 9
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Logic is intellectual self-defense against such assaults on reason and also a method of quality control for checking the validity of your own views. But beyond these very practical benefits, informal logic—the kind we apply in daily life—is the gateway to an elegant and fascinating branch of philosophy known as formal logic, which is philosophy’s equivalent to calculus. Formal logic is a breathtakingly versatile tool. Much like a Swiss army...
4) Defining US
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This Documentary takes us inside the nations largest schools and to the front lines of a divisive war over race, education and national identity.
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Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Michael Starbird, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Presents a collection of topics that reveal the rich, wondrous structure of what we see around us. Patterns in nature are the source of our geometrical understanding of the world. Abstracting those patterns leads to concepts from classical geometry. Extensions of those and other ideas of form have created a landscape of...
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe.
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.
17) Hardwiring happiness: Volume 1 :the new brain science of contentment, calm, and confidence with Rick
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
The workshop based on Dr. Rick Hanson's latest book is full of easy-to-use methods and guided practices to grow a steady well-being, self-worth, and inner peace.
18) Hardwiring happiness: Volume 2 :the new brain science of contentment, calm, and confidence with Rick
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
The workshop based on Dr. Rick Hanson's latest book is full of easy-to-use methods and guided practices to grow a steady well-being, self-worth, and inner peace.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Starting with Einstein's theory of relativity, Physics of light explores the true nature of light, peers inside the atom, and looks ahead to the most cutting edge theories in physics. The intriguing six-part series uses the medium of light to explore the concepts of physics from familiar theories, such as Newton's law of gravity, to the latest in scientific research, like string theory and M-theory.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Explore the modernism literary movement with Professor David Thorburn. See how modernist authors created new techniques to reflect an increasingly complex post-Victorian world. This tradition includes some of the greatest authors the world has know--Joyce, Faulkner, Conrad, Woolf, Kafka.
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