Education Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Education category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/94.html St Davids College 1989;soft cover; 68 pages; includes tables and charts; overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0951252917.html Wiley and Sons 1999: paperback: 364 pages. Book Description A comprehensive overview of plant biochemistry and molecular biology. Covers recent advances in research and applications using modern techniques of molecular biology and gene technology. Synopsis Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Second Edition Edited by Peter J. Lea Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, UK and Richard C. Leegood Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK As research in plant metabolism and molecular biology continues to make great progress it has become essential for plant scientists to have an overview of both disciplines, which are becoming increasingly complementary in understanding plant function. Drawing on their own teaching and research experience, the editors and contributors have provided a timely, comprehensive and generously illustrated new edition of this successful introductory textbook. All of the chapters have been updated and revised, and a new chapter on secondary metabolism has been included. Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will be invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the plant sciences and to all those requiring an introduction to current concepts in molecular plant science. Reviews of the First Edition "The aim of the editors to blend plant biochemistry with molecular biology is successfully reached and provided a new, well written text book which is easy to read." Journal of Plant Physiology "The contributing chapters are well written with clear illustrations and I would expect undergraduates, to whom this book is primarily targeted, to enjoy using it." New Phytologist "The evident teaching experience of the authors make this textbook a useful aid to students and researchers." Photosynthetica What the lecturers said about the First Edition: "A very useful text with a good balance of traditional biochemistry and molecular biology. Its usefulness is enhanced by a very clear and visually pleasing layout and the generally high quality and clarity of the writing." "A surprising amount of information in an easily accessible format." "Good coverage and depth. I'm not aware of any other book that deals with this material so well as this one. It addresses a real need in plant science teaching." Condition: ownership inscription- otherwise pristine and as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0471976830.html 189 pages -the first four with upper edge un- cut. " An attenpt to explore in depth various experiments started by educational pioneers , and to examine how far , and why, they suceeded." http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/713900946.html Isaac Pitman 1905: red cloth hardcover in protective blue/ black outer covering: 112 pages including index. Contents: Froebel's life and work. The author's introduction. The nursling. The child. The Boy . School:- a) Preliminary, b) subjects of teaching:- instruction in religion, study of nature, study of forms, mathematic, language, (preliminary, writing and reading,) art. Home and school. Means of education in commom- scheme of. Retrospect. Conclusion. Index. Condition: ownership inscription: used but clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00123905645.html London National Society's Depository: undated but late 1800's with two ownership inscription dated '98 : green cloth hardback with gilt lettering to spine: 547 pages plus publishers list. Synopsis: a comprehensive late 19th-century textbook on the science and art of teaching . Contents. Section 1: The cultivation of the senses.( The senses. How the child gets his first ideas. How the child perceives. How the child forms conceptions. How shall we cultivate the child senses? Object lessons. On the special value of the physical sciences as instruments for cultivating the senses. The senses in relation to the ordinary subject of school instruction) Section 2: The cultivation of the memory.( What memory is . Attention. Association. Memory in connection with special subjects of instruction) Section 3: On the use of words. ( What words are. How we arrive at the full meaning of words. How we combine our words. How to teach children to use their words. Some hints on English words.) Section 4: On discipline.( Discipline. Characteristics of good discipline as regards its results. Characteristics and good discipline as regards its exercise. The instincts to be satisfied, and the motives to be cultivated in education. Motives. Habit.) Section 5: Class teaching .( Scope of the subject. The teacher. Method of instructions: aims and means. Method of instruction: class subjects. The class.) Section six: How to teach grammar.( Introduction. Classification and definition. Sentences and parts of speech. Inflexion and syntax. Parsing. The analysis of sentences. On teaching composition.) Section 7: Arithmetic, and how to teach it.( Guidance for teachers. Simple rules. Compound rules. Practices in proportion. Fractions. Some technical rules.) Section 8: How to teach geography. ( The earth. Great Britain. Continents and oceans.) Section 9: How to teach history.( The value and aim of history. The selection of facts. The classification of facts; and the order and mode of treatment.) Section 10: How to teach reading.( Division of the subject. Mechanical reading. Higher reading. Schemes for reading lessons. The alphabet and words of two letters. Easy words of three and four letters. Monosyllables and a few easy Dissyllables. Easy narrative in more difficult monosyllables. Reading with intelligence from an elementary reading book. Reading with intelligence from a more advanced book. Reading prose or poetry with intelligence. Reading with fluency and expression; and recitation of prose and poetry.) Section 11: How to teach writing.( Section 12: School furniture and apparatus, and their uses. Condition : front cover marked: edges of spine worn: corners bumped: page edges and end pages foxed: ownership inscriptions: overall firm clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00123987674.html Comments: pristine - as new- immediate dispatch . Format: Paperback. Pages: 48. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0860209423.html Synopsis: Five-Minute Activities is an invaluable source of ideas for language teachers. It contains resources of over 130 short activities for the language classroom: some are well-tried favourites clearly restated, others are new ideas or variations. Teachers will find activities which can be used to: - help learners to learn or practise particular aspects of language - help students and teacher to get to know each other - provide a smooth transition between two major parts of a lesson - supplement a coursebook - introduce or round off lessons. The activities are designed to combine learning value with interest and enjoyment. Most of them can be adapted to suit classes of different levels of ability, and in many cases there are additional suggestions for variations or extensions of the basic activity. Almost all the activities can be student-led.Comments: Cambridge University Press 1999 -paperback-105 pages- very clean and good and immediately available. Format: Paperback. Pages: 117. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/521397812.html Longmans 1970 reprint of the second edition: soft cover: 592 pages including index: b/w diagrams, tables, etc. Condition: very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0582443156.html OXFORD UNIVERSITY: HARDCOVER: 1931 REPRINT OF THE 1916 SECOND EDITION. 608 PAGES. SYNOPSIS: THE AUTHOR , H W B JOSEPH, DECLARED IN THE PREFACE TO HIS FIRST EDITION, HIS INTENTION TO DISPROVE BENJAMIN JOWETT'S DEFITION OF LOGIC AS "NEITHER A SCIENCE, NOR AN ART, BUT A DODGE". Chapters:- One ; Of the general character of the Enquiry . two; Of terms and their principal distinctions . Three ; Of the Catagories . Four; Of the predicables. Five ; On the rules of definition and division, classification, and dichotomy. Six ; On the intention and extension of terms and of their denotation and connotation . Seven ; Of the proposition or judgment . Eight ; Of the various forms of the judgment . Nine ; Of the distribution of terms in the judgment and of the opposition of judgment . Ten ; Of immediate inferences . Eleven ; Of syllogism in general . Twelve ; Of the moods and figures of Syllogism. Thirteen; Of the reduction of the imperfection syllogistic figures. Fourteen ; Of the principles of syllogistic inference. Fifteen ; Of hypothetical and disjunctive reasoning. Sixteen ; Of enthymeme, sorites and dilemma . Seventeen : Of the form and matter of inference. Eighteen ; Of induction . Nineteen ; Of the presuppositions of inductive reasoning: the law of causation. Twenty ; Of the rules by which to judge of courses and effets. Twenty one; Of operations preliminary to the application of the foregoing rules. Twenty two; Of non reciprocating causal relations . Twenty three; Of explanation. Twenty four ; Of induction by simple enumeration and the argument from analogy. Twenty five;Of mathematical reasoning . Twenty six; Of the methodology of the sciences . Twenty seven; Appendix on fallacies. s: CONDITION: OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION -OVERALL VERY CLEAN AND GOOD. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/198241372.html Dorling Kindersley 1991 edition : high quality hard cover in dust jacket :96 pages including index.Synopsis: Detailed instruction to enable mastery of the sport in the quickest possible time. The book contains easy to follow advice on choosing the right equipment; an overview of the fitness factor and fundamentals needed to master the sport; at a glance diagrams illustrating the strategy, tactics and rules; and detailed analysis, from different angles ,of the body movements necessary for the 12 tennis skills. Condition: overall pristine and as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0863185940.html George Allen and Unwin 1968: hard cover in dust jacket: 264 pages. Condition: dust cover stressed with small edge areas missing; book very clean and good : immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B000JQ4Z88.html Comments: ownership inscription -otherwise as new - immediate dispatch . Format: Paperback. Pages: 184. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0435805770.html Hong Kong University Press (31 Dec 2001) soft cover: 134 pages; b/w illustrations. Contents a presentation guidebook and history to accompany the inaugural exhibition of the University of Hong Kong History Museum on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the University. Condition: pristine- as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/9628038354.html Chatto and Windus 1989 hard back in dust jacket: 143 pages; b/w line drawings Synopsis Written by the author of "A Parent's Survival Guide", "A Marriage Survival Guide" and "The Man for the Job" this book offers humorous advice on how to oil the wheels of social intercourse. It gives a variety of tips on etiquette from that of the cigarette, to the restaurant bill, to addressing a Marchioness. Laurie Graham writes a regular column, "Generation Games", in the weekend "Telegraph" and was the co-author of Gray Jolliffe's "Pussy Pie", the female answer to "Wicked Willie". Condition: as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0701134526.html