David Barton

Nigel Hall

This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing formal and informal contexts. Letters are a common text type, appearing in a wide variety of forms in most domains of life. More broadly, the importance of letter writing can be seen in that the phenomenon has been widespread historically, being one of earliest forms of writing, and a wide range of contemporary genres have their roots in letters. The writing of a letter is embedded in a particular social situation, and like all other types of literacy objects and events, the activity gains its meaning and significance from being situated in cultural beliefs, values, and practices. This book brings together anthropologists, historians, educators and other social scientists, providing a range of case studies that explore aspects of the socially situated nature of letter writing.

Letter Writing as a Social Practice

Glenn Beck

"Thomas Jefferson stands falsely accused of several crimes, among them infidelity and disbelief. Noted historian David Barton now sets the record straight. Having borne the brunt of a smear campaign that started more than two centuries ago, the reputation and character of American president Thomas Jefferson shows considerable tarnish, as lies and misunderstandings have gathered on his legacy. Noted early-America historian David Barton scours out the truth. Jefferson and Sally: Did he really have children by his slave, Sally Hemings? Jefferson and Jesus: Did he really abandon the faith of his family? Jefferson and the Bible: Did he really want to rewrite the Scripture? Jefferson and the church: Did he really advocate separation? Jefferson and slaves: What is the truth about his slaveholding and his statements that all are created equal? Jefferson and education: Did Jefferson really found the first secular, irreligious university? All of these questions deserve the cleansing light of truth. Barton has gone through the historical records, combed the original documents and letters, and examined the recent evidence, and his findings will upset the establishment. Barton shows the true man, the real Thomas Jefferson. Most readers will have the joy and surpriseof meeting him for the very first time"--

Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed about Thomas Jefferson

The Jefferson Lies

The Bulletproof George Washington

What the Founders Meant

Separation of Church & State

Tim (Pastor) Barton

The Beginnings

The American Story

Karin Tusting

The concept of 'communities of practice' (Lave and Wenger 1991, Wenger 1998) has become an influential one in education, management, and social sciences in recent years. This book consists of a series of studies by linguists and educational researchers, examining and developing aspects of the concept which have remained relatively unexplored. Framings provided by theories of language-in-use, literacy practices, and discourse extend the concept, bringing to light issues around conflict, power, and the significance of the broader social context which have been overlooked. Chapters assess the relationship between communities of practice and other theories including literacy studies, critical language studies, the ethnography of communication, socio-cultural activity theory, and sociological theories of risk. Domains of empirical research reported include schools, police stations, adult basic education, higher education, and multilingual settings. The book highlights the need to incorporate thinking around language-in-use, power and conflict, and social context into communities of practice.

Language Power and Social Context

Beyond Communities of Practice

Out of Bounds

Literacy is a general introduction to the emerging field of literacy studies.

Literacy

Catherine Williams

Desi Tait

Jane James

The assessment and management of patients who are critically or acutely ill, or showing signs of clinical deterioration, is a crucial nursing skill. This book will help adult nursing students to competently manage care of critically and acutely ill patients, and to recognise and deal with the early signs of deterioration. The book takes a practical real-life approach to care, with each chapter focussing on patients with specific problems, then interweaving the knowledge and skills needed to care for that patient, including the nurse's role and responsibilities, assessment, diagnosis, planning, management, related pathophysiology and collaborative team working.

Acute and Critical Care in Adult Nursing

David Cox

For Higher Education

Essential Maths and Stats

The protagonist of this unusual fantasy is handicapped and isolated from the world by hearing so acute a loud whisper is painful, a car horn can cause him traumatic shock. His sheltered childhood is cut short by tragedy. As a teenager he is forced to leave his first, and only love. Facing the world completely alone he learns to live in the quiet of forests and deserts. Isolated, lonely years pass before he finds and uses artifacts from beyond the earth. His inadvertent misuse of them makes him the primary figure in a national mystery being investigated by the FBI. In a paranoid state of near madness he runs and escapes from his world of trauma and danger to a world we would all like to find. AUTHORS BIO The weight of the responsibility of having a pregnant wife ended my college experience at the end of the first year. Education in the diversity of humankind, and how to survive it and prosper led me in and out of too many cultural milieus to list in this effort. I became addicted to the freedom and adventure that the sea and seaports provided. Commercial fishermen, yachtsmen and their crews, and mariners from most varieties of vessels have been my life teachers. The Atlantic and Pacific ports of the US, the Caribbean Islands, the South and Central American ports around the Caribbean and ports of the Mediterranean were my windows into human activities until I retired to the Virgin Islands to use my experiences as grist for my writing. I have read that good police detectives think like crooks; I would have made a great detective. That talent has brought me very close to trouble several times when it became obvious to me there was illegal activity afoot and afloat, and those involved in it saw I understood what was going on. Surprisingly, they frequently tried to recruit me because I was obviously aware but minding my own business and keeping my mouth shut. Those encounters and my very active imagination have been the source of some of the material in most of my books---and that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

The Gifts and Handicaps of Super Acute Hearing

The Boy Who Heard Too Much

The Goal Achievers Journal has been designed to maximize your exposure to your goals.Whatever you think about most of the time will find its way into your world. Whatever you give your attention to will begin to appear in the world around you. Now, this would be a good thing, were it not for a small problem most of us have. Usually, the types of thoughts that occupy our minds are on the things we are trying to avoid, or don't want in our lives. Rather than thinking about what we want, we spend far more time thinking about the things we don't want. Consequently, we get more of what we don't want, while our dreams and desires go unfulfilled. The Goal Achievers Journal can help you turn this situation around. If you want to be more, get more and do more with your life and time, then you need to start thinking more about these things, sow them regularly into your mind, and spend more time thinking about them. As you do this, solutions will begin to emerge, people and places will appear and you will notice you gradually start achieving more of your highest goals and richest desires. You are an integrated whole. Your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are inextricably connected. What you think will produce congruent feelings which will consequently cause you to behave in a certain way. Everything will work in a consistent, harmonious manner. If your thoughts are on your goals and highest priorities, then you will begin acting in ways which will bring these goals to fruition.The Goal Achievers Journal is designed to help you process you highest goals on a consistent basis, install them deep into your subconscious mind so that you begin to automatically pursue them and think about them so often they can't help but come true. If you feel like you have been drifting, or that your life is going nowhere, then why not give the Goal Achievers Journal a try. You might be surprised at what you can achieve when you put your mind to it.

Achieve Your Highest Goals Faster Than Ever Before

The Goal Achievers Journal

Do you feel like you are living in a paradox? Do the Christians you know seem to enjoy their relationship with the Lord while you labor over the details of faith? If this sounds like you, it may be time for a change. Your relationship with God should not be a stress factor in your life, as you become closer to your friends and fellow worshippers, you will see that many of them are struggling as well. The best way to combat these unwarranted feelings of pressure, obligation, and confusion is to engage in a lifetime of Bible study. Immersing yourself in the Word will serve to calm, clarify, and rekindle a healing relationship with God. One by one the obstacles in the way of a smooth Christian journey will begin to even out. Join Dr. David Barton on a lifetime's journey of reconciling an intellectual resolution and a living solution. Over a lifetime of learning, searching and maturing, Dr. Barton found the true relief of shouldering The Lesser Yoke, and now that joyous burden can be your salvation as well.

Lessons in Walking with Jesus

The Lesser Yoke

Mary Hamilton

Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day to day lives.

Reading and Writing in One Community

Local Literacies

Carmen Lee

In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee investigate the impact of the online world on the study of language. The effects of language use in the digital world can be seen in every aspect of language study, and new ways of researching the field are needed. In this book the authors look at language online from a variety of perspectives, providing a solid theoretical grounding, an outline of key concepts, and practical guidance on doing research. Chapters cover topical issues including the relation between online language and multilingualism, identity, education and multimodality, then conclude by looking at how to carry out research into online language use. Throughout the book many examples are given, from a variety of digital platforms, and a number of different languages, including Chinese and English. Written in a clear and accessible style, this is a vital read for anyone new to studying online language and an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates working in the areas of new media, literacy and multimodality within language and linguistics courses.

Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

Language Online

Roz Ivanic

Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices. Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues: * the visual and material aspects of literacy * concepts of time and space in relation to literacy * the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice * the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies These studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education.

Theorising Reading and Writing in Context

Situated Literacies

George Barna

Combining current research with the authors’ trademark insight and analysis, U-Turn gives readers a unique view of the moral and spiritual condition of Americans and provides specific insights into how we can turn our nation around

Restoring America to the Strength of its Roots

U-Turn

Roz Ivanič

The idea behind this book is that in complex societies like our own there are different worlds of literacy that exist side by side. This book presents a range of case studies describing some of these worlds of literacy and is carefully organised by theme, so as to bring out both the differences and connections between them.

Worlds of Literacy

Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today's world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore the complex relationship between learning and adults' lives, following a wide range of individual students in various formal learning situations, from college environments to a young homeless project, and a drug support and aftercare centre. The study is rooted in a social practices approach and examines how people's lives shape their learning. Themes addressed range from: how literacy is learned through participation and how barriers such as violence and ill-health impact on people's lives. Based on a major research project and detailed, reflexive and collaborative methodology, the book describes a coherent strategy of communication and impact which will have a direct effect on policy and practice

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