Popular notions about migration to the United States from Latin America and the Caribbean are too often distorted by memories of earlier European migrations and by a tendency to generalize from the more familiar cases of Mexico and Puerto Rico. Between Two Islands is an interdisciplinary study of Dominican migration, challenging many widespread, yet erroneous, views concerning the socio-economic background of new immigrants and the causes and consequences of their move to the United States. Eschewing monocausal treatments of migration, the authors insist that migration is a multifaceted process involving economic, political, and socio-cultural factors. To this end, they introduce an innovative analytical framework which includes such determinants as the international division of labor; state policy in the sending and receiving societies; class relations; transnational migrant households; social networks; and gender and generational hierarchies. By adopting this multidimensional approach, Grasmuck and Pessar are able to account for many intriguing paradoxes of Dominican migration and development of the Dominican population in the U.S. For example, why is it that the peak in migration coincided with a boom in Dominican economic growth? Why did most of the immigrants settle in New York City at the precise moment the metropolitan economy was experiencing stagnation and severe unemployment? And why do most immigrants claim to have achieved social mobility and middle-class standing despite employment in menial blue-collar jobs? Until quite recently, studies of international migration have emphasized the male migrant, while neglecting the role of women and their experiences. Grasmuck and Pessar's attempt to remedy this uneven perspective results in a better overall understanding of Dominican migration. For instance, they find that with regard to wages and working conditions, it is a greater liability to be female than to be without legal status. They also show that gender influences attitudes toward settlement, return, and workplace struggle. Finally, the authors explore some of the paradoxes created by Dominican migration. The material success achieved by individual migrant households contrasts starkly with increased socio-economic inequality in the Dominican Republic and polarized class relations in the United States. This is an exciting and important work that will appeal to scholars and policymakers interested in immigration, ethnic studies, and the continual reshaping of urban America.
Student inquiry is an active learning process that allows students to investigate central, essential questions linked to curriculum standards and specific teaching objectives. Essential questions maybe created by the teacher or by the students, but when this guided inquiry process is enhanced by the use of everyday objects (seashells, feathers, flowers, rocks, etc) teachers can cover required concepts while simultaneously honouring student curiosity and encouraging students to become more observant, inquisitive, and reflective. The authors provide lively and practical guidance to help teachers engage students in object-based inquiry along with sample lessons in language arts, science, social studies, and math. These user-friendly sample lessons are structured to increase both teacher and student success with the process, and tips are provided on how to adjust lessons along a continuum from traditionally structured to more student-initiated. This volume is intended as a stimulus for change in both teaching and thinking, and offers object-based inquiry as a tool for teachers to add to their existing repertoire of teaching strategies.
"Elizabeth Clare Prophet's book is a masterpiece. The rich tradition of the Kabbalah comes to life in a language that is accessible even to those unfamiliar with this ancient and classic tradition."--Caroline Myss, Ph.D., author of "Anatomy of the Spirit."
Create an intimate relationship with Spirit...This common-sense guide offers practical steps for staying in tune with Spirit midst the hustle and bustle of everyday life. For listening to the still small voice within. For living in the here and now. These keys, gleaned from the ancient wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions, also show how to discover your soul's core passion, create a sacred space, and use every encounter and circumstance as an opportunity to grow.
"Marries ancient healing wisdom with practical spiritual insights to help you create your own dynamic and uniquely personal healing journey. Your 21st-century guide to integrating and healing body, mind and soul."-Ann Louise Gittleman, New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 books on health and nutrition There's more to you than meets the eye. Your Seven Energy Centers contains powerful insights and tools for wholeness based on the science of the body's subtle energy system. It draws from the wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions to show how you can nurture your soul through seven stages of personal growth. Includes an overview of holistic techniques that help restore the body's energetic balance-from homeopathy, vitamins and spa therapies to meditation, affirmations and visualization.
These sensitive, profound and rare insights help us to gain entree into the most precious, and misunderstood, component of our being -- the heart. They show us that while love can be compassionate and nurturing, it can also be powerful, dynamic and practical -- a catalyst for spiritual growth. You will learn how the mature heart overcomes hidden blocks to giving and receiving more love. How you can soften and strengthen the heart to create more meaningful relationships in all areas of your life. And how even the most intense lessons of love, if we are willing to learn from them, can be the open door to a higher love -- and a higher way of loving. This book is filled with spiritual wisdom for your personal journey of the heart.
We have all been here before...The word karma has made it into the mainstream. But not everyone knows what it really means or how to deal with it. This insightful book will help you come to grips with karmic connections from past lives that have helped create the circumstances of your life today. You'll discover how your actions in past lives--good and bad--affect which family you're born into, who you're attracted to, and why some people put you on edge. You'll learn about group karma, what we do between lives, and what the great lights of East and West, including Jesus, have to say about karma and reincarnation. Most of all, you'll find out how to turn your karmic encounters into grand opportunities to shape the future you want.
This book provides an easily accessible, user-friendly guide to issues of cultural and linguistic diversity, particularly as they impact the identification, instruction, and assessment of students with special education needs. The authors present practical explanations of important concepts, strategies, and case studies, making information accessible to busy primary and secondary teachers while also drawing on current research. This book includes: - Ready-to-use activities for observation, assessment, and/or planning - Flow charts, tables, and bulleted lists to make key concepts accessible - Guiding questions at the beginning of each chapter to provide teachers with concrete ways to begin reflecting on, and implementing, culturally responsive teaching practices for students within their school communities - A list of key concepts at the beginning and a glossary at the end of the book for easy access to core terms and concepts.
Crea una relaci n ntima con el Esp rituEsta gu a basada en el sentido com n ofrece los pasos pr cticos necesarios para mantenerse en sinton a con el Esp ritu en medio del ajetreo de la vida diaria; para escuchar la voz queda del interior; para vivir en el aqu y el ahora. Esta gu a tambi n proporciona t cnicas creativas que podemos utilizar para elevarnos a nosotros mismos y al mundo que nos rodea. Las claves para una espiritualidad pr ctica que se exploran en este libro provienen de la antigua sabidur a de las grandes tradiciones espirituales del mundo y est n llenas de profundo significado para nuestra vida.Llena de inspiraci n, es una lectura divina. El arte de la espiritualidad pr ctica es la medicina moderna para el alma eterna.-Dannion Brinkley, autor de Salvado por la luz.
From the home of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project and non-profit community organization Padres Unidos, the Chapman University Padres Unidos Partnership presents this truly unique coffee table textbook, Let’s Chat: Cultivating Community University Dialogue – A Coffee Table Textbook on Partnerships. The volume presents a collection of community stories, concepts and analyses that highlight the journey of border crossings between two co-existing neighbors: a non-profit community organization and a university. Stories from community residents and faculty members represent how they disrupted the barriers that typically divide us by reconceptualizing how universities and communities can work together to reshape the intellectual landscape and reconfigure power differentials.Written with and by the community, this book represents a break-away genre that privileges the “voices of the people” (Freire), accompanied by academic voices, in a format that is accessible, aesthetic and attractive to both community and university audiences. Cafecitos punctuate each chapter to elicit dialogue, reflection and action towards defining and developing community university partnerships.This book will be useful to:academics interested in partnerships, public pedagogy, and community-based researchstudents involved in community engagement/service learningcommunity organizationsimmigrant families who reveal their wisdom in stories about self, others, and community building within the Chapman University Padres Unidos partnershipLet’s Chat presents valuable content in a new and unique format that makes it perfect for classroom teaching in a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.
From the home of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project and non-profit community organization Padres Unidos, the Chapman University Padres Unidos Partnership presents this truly unique coffee table textbook, Let’s Chat: Cultivating Community University Dialogue – A Coffee Table Textbook on Partnerships. The volume presents a collection of community stories, concepts and analyses that highlight the journey of border crossings between two co-existing neighbors: a non-profit community organization and a university. Stories from community residents and faculty members represent how they disrupted the barriers that typically divide us by reconceptualizing how universities and communities can work together to reshape the intellectual landscape and reconfigure power differentials.Written with and by the community, this book represents a break-away genre that privileges the “voices of the people” (Freire), accompanied by academic voices, in a format that is accessible, aesthetic and attractive to both community and university audiences. Cafecitos punctuate each chapter to elicit dialogue, reflection and action towards defining and developing community university partnerships.This book will be useful to:academics interested in partnerships, public pedagogy, and community-based researchstudents involved in community engagement/service learningcommunity organizationsimmigrant families who reveal their wisdom in stories about self, others, and community building within the Chapman University Padres Unidos partnershipLet’s Chat presents valuable content in a new and unique format that makes it perfect for classroom teaching in a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses.
Olemme kaikki olleet täällä aiemmin...Sana karma on arkipäiväistynyt. Kaikki eivät kuitenkaan tiedä, mitä se oikeastaan tarkoittaa tai miten käsitellä sitä. Tämä oivaltava kirja auttaa sinua tarttumaan menneiden elämien karmallisiin yhteyksiin, jotka ovat auttaneet luomaan elämäsi tämänpäiväiset olosuhteet.Tulet huomaamaan, kuinka tekosi menneissä elämissä - sekä hyvät että pahat - vaikuttavat siihen, mihin perheeseen synnyt, kuka vetää sinua puoleensa ja miksi jotkut ihmiset hermostuttavat sinua. Opit ryhmäkarmasta, siitä mitä teemme elämien välillä, ja mitä sanottavaa karmasta ja jälleensyntymisestä on idän ja lännen suurilla valaistuneilla, kuten Jeesuksella. Ennen kaikkea saat selville, kuinka muuttaa karmalliset kohtaamisesi suurenmoisiksi mahdollisuuksiksi muokata haluamasi tulevaisuus.
Kirjan syvälliset ja ainutlaatuiset oivallukset opettavat meitä tuntemaan kallisarvoisinta ja väärinymmärretyintä osaamme, sydäntämme. Ne osoittavat, että vaikka rakkaus pitää sisällään myötätuntoa ja hoivaamista, se voi myös olla voimallista ja käytännöllistä - ja se voi panna alulle henkisen kehityksen.Kirjasta opit, miten sydämeltään kypsä ihminen selvittää asiat, jotka estävät häntä antamasta ja saamasta enemmän rakkautta. Opit, miten voit tulla sydämeltäsi lempeämmäksi ja voimistaa sydäntäsi, ja saada siten parempia ihmissuhteita. Ja jos olet valmis oppimaan, rakkauden vaativimmat läksyt voivat avata sinulle tien parempaan rakkauteen ja tapaan rakastaa.
Kirja sisältää kehon hienovaraisen energiajärjestelmän tieteeseen perustuvia vaikuttavia näkemyksiä ja työkaluja eheyteen. Kirja ammentaa maailman henkisten perinteiden viisaudesta osoittamaan sinulle, miten voit ravita sieluasi henkilökohtaisen kasvun seitsemän tason kautta.Sisältää katsauksen kokonaisvaltaisiin menetelmiin, jotka auttavat palauttamaan kehon energiatasapainon - alkaen homeopatiasta, vitamiineista ja kylpylähoidoista meditaatioon, vakuutuksiin ja visualisointeihin.
