Education A Very Short Introduction [Audiobook]

Education A Very Short Introduction [Audiobook]

English | ASIN: B09P9JV9X4 | 2022 | 5 hours and 9 minutes | [email protected] kbps | 142 MB​

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Since the early Egyptians, human beings have formalized the business of learning, setting up a designated environment of some form to pass knowledge and learning on to groups of students. In this second edition of his Very Short Introduction, Gary Thomas explores how and why education has evolved as it has, examining the ways in which it has responded over the centuries to various influences in politics, philosophy, and the social sciences. Focusing on education today, he considers especially the controversies over progressive versus formal teaching, and also examines education worldwide, assessing the accelerating trend on both sides of the Atlantic of the move to charter, academy, and "free" schools. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated moves to online learning in schools and universities, and in this new edition Thomas looks again at curriculums and what shape they should take in a rapidly changing world. He asks why action on race, gender and social inequality has borne so little fruit thus far, questioning the oft-made claim of education to be a force for social mobility, and offering an analysis on how education may develop over the coming century.

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• The Romanovs: A Captivating Guide to the Last Imperial Dynasty to Rule Russia and the Impact the Romanov Family Had on Russian History
• Nicholas II: A Captivating Guide to the Last Emperor of Russia and How the Romanov Dynasty Collapsed as a Result of the Russian Revolution

An undoubtedly interesting, exciting, and dramatic chapter of Russian history was ruled over by the Romanov dynasty.

This powerful ruling family came to power shortly after the frightening rule of a legendary figure in Russian history: Ivan the Terrible. After murdering his own son and unborn grandson, Ivan died without an heir, resulting in the formation of a new dynasty. This was the Romanov family.

The Romanovs included some of the most famous names in all of history, from Peter the Great, who expanded its borders, to the mighty Empress Catherine the Great, a powerful female ruler in a time of rife male supremacy and who is still a symbol of feminine power to this day. The Romanovs ruled from the end of the Middle Ages to the dawn of a modern era that forcefully rejected the last Romanovs from a nation that no longer tolerated a monarchy. And every last one of these mighty monarchs had quirks and idiosyncrasies, likes and dislikes, pasts that were often troubled, and complicated family lives.

Every one of them was a person, complex, intricate, flawed, and fascinating. Their stories range from the beautiful to the tragic to the bizarre. And in this book, they all are laid out for you to enjoy.

Here are just some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book:

• Russia Before the Romanovs
• The First Romanovs
• A Twisted Tutor
• The Sons of Alexei
• Peter the Great
• The First Empress
• Young Emperors and Empresses
• Catherine the Great
• The Mad Tsar
• Censorship and Emancipation
• A Bloody End to a Ruling Dynasty
• And much, much more!

Here are just some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book:

• The Early Life of the Tsar
• The Last Tsar's Rise to Power
• The Russo-Japanese War and the Massacre of Bloody Sunday
• Nicholas's Reforms and the Introduction of Rasputin
• Nicholas II and the Onset of the Great War
• The Fall of Grigori Rasputin: Russia's Scapegoat and the Romanovs' Trusted Advisor
• The Final Years for Nicholas II as Tsar of Russia
• From Tsar to Citizen: The Abdication of Nicholas II
• A Country in Transition and the Romanovs' Arrest
• The Execution of Nicholas II and the Romanov Family
• And much, much more!

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