David Remnick: Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the "New Yorker"

Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the


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When Harold Ross founded "The New Yorker" in 1925, he called it a "comic weekly." And although it has become much more than that, it has remained true in its irreverent heart to the founder's description, publishing the most illustrious literary humorists in the modern era--among them Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, James Thurber, S. J. Perelman, Mike Nichols, Woody Allen, Calvin Trillin, Garrison Keillor, Ian Frazier, Roy Blount, Jr., Steve Martin, and Christopher Buckley. "Fierce Pajamas" is a treasury of laughter from the magazine W. H. Auden called the "best comic magazine in existence."

'The style and language used by the authors make the book readable and therefore a book that practising teachers can actively use as a guide to improve their practice...it is amply demonstrated that teaching can and should be an activity whose primary focus is to enhance students' learning capacity and not limit it' - "Journal of Inservice Education". Why do some teachers insist on teaching without recourse to judgements about ability? What are the key principles on which they draw Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the "New Yorker" free ebook as they organize and provide for learning? What is the significance of their alternative approach for classrooms in the 21st century?This book explores ways of teaching that are free from determinist beliefs about ability. In a detailed critique of the practices of ability labelling and ability-focussed teaching, "Learning without Limits" examines the damage these practices can do to young people, teachers and the curriculum. Drawing on a research project at the University of Cambridge, the book features nine vivid case studies (from Year 1 to Year 11) that describe how teachers have developed alternative practices despite considerable pressure on them and on their schools and classrooms.


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Author: David Remnick
Number of Pages: 528 pages
Published Date: 15 Oct 2002
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780375761270
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