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Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its potential role as a counterhegemonic tool for satire commentary and expression of identity especially for the disempowered or marginalised. The title brings together essays and perspectives on stand-up and satire from different cultural and political contexts across the world which raise pertinent issues regarding its role in contemporary times especially with the increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form. It examines the theoretical understanding of the different aspects of the humour aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy as well as the exploration of race gender politics and conflicts urban culture and LGBTQ+ identities in countries such as Indonesia Finland France Iran Italy Morocco India and the USA. It also asks the question whether along with contesting and destabilising existing discursive frameworks and identities a stand-up comic can open up a space for envisaging a new social cultural and political order? This book will appeal to people interested in performance studies media popular culture digital culture sociology digital sociology and anthropology and English literature. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Helsinki. | Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

GBP 34.99

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Studying for an Early Childhood Degree Using Inspirations from the Pen Green Students to Achieve Outstanding Results

Studying for an Early Childhood Degree based on the practices of The Pen Green Centre for children and families exemplifies how student-practitioners can foster strong communities of learners and create student-teacher connections that remain long after studies are complete. The Pen Green Integrated Centre in Corby UK has developed a unique approach to adult education. Highly qualified tutors with their wide-ranging experiences have written Studying for an Early Childhood Degree in collaboration with current and former students. It illustrates different ways to complete assignments providing 20 case-studies of work that achieved an excellent grade from students of different professional geographical ethnic educational and socio-economic backgrounds; it also explores the rationale behind what contributed to these excellent final grades. Each chapter linked to the key themes of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Early Childhood Studies degree includes discussions reflections commentary and extracts from students’ works through Levels 4-7 as well as suggestions for further reading. Studying for an Early Childhood Degree is an essential read for learners as well as educators and practitioners. It will be a key resource for students having varied learning needs professional heritages writing styles and interests. Further it will also support other educators to consider the unique and often competing demands of being an adult in higher education. | Studying for an Early Childhood Degree Using Inspirations from the Pen Green Students to Achieve Outstanding Results

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A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics

Statistics is central in the biosciences social sciences and other disciplines yet many students often struggle to learn how to perform statistical tests and to understand how and why statistical tests work. Although there are many approaches to teaching statistics a common framework exists between them: starting with probability and distributions then sampling from distribution and descriptive statistics and later introducing both simple and complex statistical tests typically ending with regression analysis (linear models). This book proposes to reverse the way statistics is taught by starting with the introduction of linear models. Today many statisticians know that the one unifying principle of statistical tests is that most of them are instances of linear models. This teaching method has two advantages: all statistical tests in a course can be presented under the same unifying framework simplifying things; second linear models can be expressed as lines over squared paper replacing any equation with a drawing. This book explains how and why statistics works without using a single equation just lines and squares over grid paper. The reader will have the opportunity to work through the examples and compute sums of squares by just drawing and counting and finally evaluating whether observed differences are statistically significant by using the tables provided. Intended for students scientists and those with little prior knowledge of statistics this book is for all with simple and clear examples computations and drawings helping the reader to not only do statistical tests but also understand statistics. | A Pen and Paper Introduction to Statistics

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Freewriting With Purpose Simple classroom techniques to help students make connections think critically and construct meaning

In freewriting we write continuously: we begin with a prompt and keep our pen or pencil moving throughout the entire duration. We do not stop to question or censor ourselves; we do not concern ourselves with spelling punctuation capitalization or grammar; we do not let critical thoughts creep into our freewriting time. The book shows teachers how to use freewriting to help kids write well and more regardless of grade level subject time of day or time of year. | Freewriting With Purpose Simple classroom techniques to help students make connections think critically and construct meaning

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The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Historiography Topography and Military Studies

This major study is a comprehensive scholarly work on a key moment in the history of Europe the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The result of years of research it presents all available sources along with critical evaluations of these narratives. The authors have consulted texts in all relevant languages both those that remain only in manuscript and others that have been printed often in careless and inferior editions. Attention is also given to 'folk history' as it evolved over centuries producing prominent myths and folktales in Greek medieval Russian Italian and Turkish folklore. Part I The Pen addresses the complex questions introduced by this myriad of original literature and secondary sources. | The Siege and the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Historiography Topography and Military Studies

GBP 38.99

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Writing in Psychoanalysis

A beautiful and thoughtful collection of essays on reading writing and learning Writing and Psychoanalysis grows out of a colloquium. The results are wondrous and impact on the reader at many different levels. In the act of writing we all discover something about what we know previously unknown to us and we learn more about our inner world that we knew before we set pen to paper (or hand to computer). Patrick Mahony goes so far as to argue that Freud's self-analysis was essentially a writing cure. Writing in Psychoanalysis is the first volume in the projected Monograph Series Psychoanalytic Issues the Rivista di Psicoanalisi (the Journal of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society) is undertaking in conjunction with Karnac Books. This series constitutes a major effort to bring about a dialogue among psychoanalysts who while ultimately bound together by a common psychoanalytic heritage nonetheless are separated in their thinking by different idioms whether linguistic or theoretical. While featuring writers of very different idioms this series will also present a venue to make some important Italian voices known to English speaking analysts.

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A Soviet Theatre Sketch Book

First Published in 1951 A Soviet Theatre Sketch Book presents Joseph Macleod’s take on Russian Theatre in a semi-fictional way to show the effect of the productions upon different audiences. By using his pen as an artist uses his pencil he gives for the first time an account of theatre audiences as composed of individual human beings and is able to paint the scenes vividly without neglecting the technical methods of the Soviet stage. By supple use of the sketch- book form theatres theatre-schools actors and actresses including some no longer appearing are painted into an all-over view of Russian and Ukrainian post-war life. In this book the author writes less immediately about the Soviet Union and does not depend on topicality or stop press news. Joseph Macleod and his wife visited the Soviet Union as the guests of the Russian and Ukrainian Societies for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of theatre history of theatre and performance studies.

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Designing Quality Authentic Assessments

This book examines the principles and practice of authentic assessment. It seeks to answer the following questions. What is authentic assessment? How is authentic assessment different from 'performance assessment' or 'alternative assessment'? How can authentic assessment support learner-centred education especially when a performance-oriented culture favours pen-and-paper examinations? The book is structured into two major parts. The first 'Principles of authentic assessment design' provides readers with a conceptual explanation of authenticity; the principles for designing quality authentic assessments for valid evidence of student learning; and guidance about how to develop quality rubrics to structure assessment tasks. The second part of the book 'Theory into practice' provides examples developed by teachers to demonstrate an understanding of authentic assessment. The subject areas covered include humanities languages mathematics sciences character and citizenship. Two case studies are discussed to demonstrate how authentic assessment can be used to comprehensively address key learning objectives in a variety of curriculum contexts. This book provides practitioners with concrete examples on how to develop authentic assessment to suit their context and also enhance their students’ learning. The book will also enable teachers to face assessment challenges present in our changing world. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com

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Cultural Organizations Networks and Mediators in Contemporary Ibero-America

This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization processes. Specifically it analyzes the role of Ibero-American mediators in the institutionalization of Hispanic and Lusophone cultures in the first half of the 20th century by means of two institutional networks: PEN (the non-governmental writer’s association) and the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation (predecessor to UNESCO). Attempting to combine cultural and global history sociology and literary studies the book uses an analytical focus on intercultural networks and cultural transfer to investigate the multiple activities and roles that these mediators and cultural organizations set in motion. Literature has traditionally studied major figures and important centers of cultural production but other regions and localities also played a crucial role in the development of intellectual cooperation. This book reappraises the place of Ibero-America in international cultural relations and retrieves the lost history of key secondary actors. The book will appeal to scholars from international relations global and cultural history sociology postcolonial Studies world and comparative literature and New Hispanisms. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com/books/e/9780429299407 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Cultural Organizations Networks and Mediators in Contemporary Ibero-America

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Writing for Wellbeing Theory Research and Practice

Writing can support our wellbeing even under the most difficult life circumstances helping us to adapt to significant change make sense of loss improve our physical and emotional resilience and foster personal growth. Numerous studies of Expressive Writing have confirmed this and there are other established methodologies for practice. However to date few accounts have offered detailed descriptions showing how and why putting pen to paper can be so beneficial. This book delves deeply into the landscape of Writing-for-wellbeing and demonstrates the transformative power of writing in a wide range of contexts. Topics include personal trauma narratives within the Humanities; a participatory Writing-for-wellbeing study that demonstrates the effectiveness of writing in the context of grief and loss; surprise as the hidden mainspring of poetry's therapeutic potency; the empowerment and healing potential offered by Black women’s blogs; playwriting positioning LGBTQIA+ identities as positive through stories of belonging; how writing workshops have helped newly literate Indigenous adults and other participants in the Australian outback; and how the smuggled writings of Behrouz Boochani have enabled global witnessing of the stories of refugees held in offshore detention. This resource sets out the theory and research at the foundation of Writing-for-wellbeing in close relation to full and engaging accounts of practice. It aims to make the topic accessible and affirms its place as an effective reconstructive practice alongside other expressive arts therapies providing a holistic and inspiring resource for anyone wishing to practice teach or research Writing-for-wellbeing. | Writing for Wellbeing Theory Research and Practice

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Descriptosaurus A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

Now in its fully updated fourth edition the bestselling Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus; it provides students with a language toolkit with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around settings characters and creatures. Descriptosaurus positions the word zooms in on it to examine the meaning expands it into phrases and then provides alternatives in words phrases and sentences; the model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from students inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome it provides essential starting points to encourage putting pen to paper not only inspiring students but also building their confidence encouraging them to use apply and create using the correct grammatical structures and adding colour to their writing through evaluation and experimentation. New features for this expanded edition include: Additional vocabulary including technical vocabulary for non-fiction topics such as volcanoes mountains and caves An additional chapter to cover the popular primary topic of cold climates and polar exploration How to use word clines to expand vocabulary and explore shades of meaning Guidelines resources and models to scaffold learning about grammar Sentences that have been expanded and reworked to provide modelled sentences for DFI (Detail Flow and Impact) Guidelines resources exercises and models to support the teaching of sentence construction using imitation combining and expansion techniques Accompanied by Instructor and Student Resources containing all the games planning sheets and vocabulary builders from the book this is an ideal resource to dramatically improve students' creative writing confidence and facility with sentence construction for all primary and secondary English teachers literacy coordinators and parents. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism. | Descriptosaurus A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12