tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=6&term=literatureOpen Textbook Library - Search results for "literature"2021-11-19T02:27:00Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png11122021-11-19T02:27:00Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZHow Arguments Work - A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College<img alt="Read more about How Arguments Work - A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College" title="How Arguments Work - A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College cover image" class="cover " width="698" height="694" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA5NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f32a447f073f7943d07d3ce22e84ef88e0272f13/ewewqewq.JPG" />How Arguments Work takes students through the techniques they will need to respond to readings and make sophisticated arguments in any college class. This is a practical guide to argumentation with strategies and templates for the kinds of assignments students will commonly encounter. It covers rhetorical concepts in everyday language and explores how arguments can build trust and move readers.11102021-11-19T01:54:39Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZFoundations of American Education: A Critical Lens<img alt="Read more about Foundations of American Education: A Critical Lens" title="Foundations of American Education: A Critical Lens cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA5NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c1873fa2554e0f943d39586556c93c63c46b3e75/cover-683x1024%20(1).jpg" />In this survey text, readers will explore the foundations of American education through a critical lens. Topics include the teaching profession, influences on student learning, philosophical and historical foundations, structures of schools, ethical and legal issues, curriculum, classroom environment, and the path forward.11062021-11-19T00:12:17Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZElementary Mandarin<img alt="Read more about Elementary Mandarin" title="Elementary Mandarin cover image" class="cover " width="487" height="624" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA4OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--eba9de87a970827ec28553ab1e21b226a2c55afc/Capture.JPG" />This course is designed for learners with no background in Chinese. It introduces basic structures of the Mandarin Chinese language with emphasis on listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Students will gain these four skills in standard Mandarin Chinese, attaining approximately the Novice-High level on the ACTFL-ETS (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency scale. Topics of conversation include basic greetings, names, family, work, study, and hobbies. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: Exchange information about familiar topics using phrases and simple sentences, sometimes supported by memorized language, and ask and answer simple questions about everyday situations in short social interactions. (Interpersonal Communication) Verbally convey basic information on familiar topics using phrases and simple sentences. (Presentational Speaking) Write short messages and notes on familiar topics related to everyday life. (Presentational Writing) Interpret spoken words, phrases, and simple sentences related to everyday life by recognizing pieces of information and by identifying the main topic. (Interpretive Listening) Interpret familiar words, phrases, and sentences within short and simple texts related to everyday life and identify the main idea of written materials. (Interpretive Reading)11052021-11-18T23:41:53Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZA Possession Forever: A Guide to Using Commemorative Memorials and Monuments in the Classroom<img alt="Read more about A Possession Forever: A Guide to Using Commemorative Memorials and Monuments in the Classroom" title="A Possession Forever: A Guide to Using Commemorative Memorials and Monuments in the Classroom cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="467" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzA4OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8be7e7dd304c5e8c100b59f5227fe6223f725cda/Lamplight-Publishing-House-6-350x467.jpg" />This open textbook will guide educators and students through the process of using local monuments and memorials to contextualise, interrogate and extend their knowledge of historical events at a national and international level. Students will learn how to use local history to create an organic patchwork of local stories, interviews, photographs and artefacts contributed by, and for, the community and contextualised nationally and internationally. Through this process they will assume the role of historians rather than passive consumers of dominant ideologies and understand how historical events have shaped diverse views, including their own, of issues such as social justice, democracy, human rights and citizenship.10452021-08-27T07:11:00Z2024-01-22T14:52:27ZFundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music<img alt="Read more about Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music" title="Fundamentals, Function, and Form: Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music cover image" class="cover " width="170" height="165" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjc4NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f02f8fa74ec8e2b331ae722e51713c31ab5e4227/Fundamentals-function-form_cover_compressed-683x1024-1-170x165.jpg" />Fundamentals, Function, and Form by Andre Mount—with editorial and pedagogical input from Lee Rothfarb—provides its readers with a comprehensive study of the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music. Mount begins by building a strong foundation in the understanding of rhythm, meter, and pitch as well as the notational conventions associated with each. From there, he guides the reader through an exploration of polyphony—the simultaneous sounding of multiple independent melodies—and an increasingly rich array of different sonorites that grow out of this practice. The book culminates with a discussion of musical form, engaging with artistic works in their entirety by considering the interaction of harmonic and thematic elements, but also such other musical dimensions as rhythm, meter, texture, and expression. Along the way, Mount supplements the text with over eight hundred musical examples which, in the online version of the text, include embedded audio files for immediate aural reinforcement of theoretical concepts. Most of these examples are drawn from the literature, including nearly 200 excerpts by women and other underrepresented groups. The reader is also given the opportunity to check their understanding of the text with interactive exercises at every step of the way. Fundamentals, Function, and Form was written with the undergraduate music student in mind, but self-guided readers would also be rewarded with a deep understanding of this musical tradition.10412021-08-27T03:48:39Z2024-01-22T14:52:27ZGraduate research methods in social work<img alt="Read more about Graduate research methods in social work" title="Graduate research methods in social work cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="559" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjc3NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--febe49a4af3fa0b4ab070bc52a9dfcc4de3f25f8/Cover-2-350x559.png" />We designed our book to help graduate social work students through every step of the research process, from conceptualization to dissemination. Our textbook centers cultural humility, information literacy, pragmatism, and an equal emphasis on quantitative and qualitative methods. It includes extensive content on literature reviews, cultural bias and respectfulness, and qualitative methods, in contrast to traditionally used commercial textbooks in social work research. Our author team spans across academic, public, and nonprofit social work research. We love research, and we endeavored through our book to make research more engaging, less painful, and easier to understand. Our textbook exercises direct students to apply content as they are reading the book to an original research project. By breaking it down step-by-step, writing in approachable language, as well as using stories from our life, practice, and research experience, our textbook helps professors overcome students’ research methods anxiety and antipathy. If you decide to adopt our resource, we ask that you complete this short Adopter’s Survey that helps us keep track of our community impact. You can also contact profmattdecarlo@gmail.com for a student workbook, homework assignments, slideshows, a draft bank of quiz questions, and a course calendar.10252021-08-02T14:32:35Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZFuture Energy: Opportunities & Challenges<img alt="Read more about Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges" title="Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges cover image" class="cover " width="431" height="646" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjY2OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--79a896400919ad7ab3a86d7fd9794304429ac671/Yooor.JPG" />How can we produce enough sustainable energy while avoiding unacceptable environmental consequences? To evaluate the various energy options, we must understand the science of each potential energy source and energy use technology. This book presents the science in an easy-to-understand way to enable readers to make informed decisions about what is possible and practical, and to choose lifestyle options to implement in their personal lives. America and the world face daunting questions about how we produce energy and how we use it. Conservation and improved energy efficiency can help reduce energy requirements, but cannot halt the steady increase in energy consumption. An increasing world population and increasing energy appetites in emerging economies will create competition for energy resources for all nations. The possibilities for future energy production include fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal, oil sands, and oil shale), biofuels, solar, wind, hydro-energy, geothermal, and nuclear (probably fission and possibly fusion). Each of these sources has relative advantages and disadvantages. The problem is to produce enough sustainable energy while avoiding unacceptable environmental consequences, especially climate change. In order to evaluate the potential of the various energy options, one must understand the basic science that underlies each potential energy source and energy use technology. This knowledge will enable us to determine what is possible and practical and, maybe more importantly, what is impossible or impractical. Fortunately most of the pertinent science is old, well established and, for the most part, quite simple. This science provides a framework into which one can insert real data and draw conclusions. Without such quantitative assessments, claims about capabilities of the various energy options must be viewed as unverified assumptions rather than hard facts. This book presents the essential science in an easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive way. A big change in the ways that we produce and use energy is inevitable. Informed choices will help avoid waste, avoid unnecessary disruptions in our lives, and avoid undesirable environmental effects. The purpose of this book is to help the reader make informed decisions about which energy production technologies to support and which energy use technologies and lifestyle options to implement in his/her personal life. This book was originally published in 2013 by the International Society of Automation. Rights for this work have been reverted to the author by the original publisher. To report your interest or share that you have adopted Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges, please complete this short form. To provide feedback or report errata, please complete this short form.10192023-02-06T18:26:49Z2023-08-31T14:10:20ZThe Bible and Music<img alt="Read more about The Bible and Music" title="The Bible and Music cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="530" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDUwMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d7303c4f3e5005bcd013f2f047fd0d12533bc2bc/The%20Bible%20and%20Music.png" />The Bible and Music by Dr. James F. McGrath provides an introduction and overview of the various ways that music and the Bible have been and continue to be connected. Part 1 focuses on history, presenting what we know about how music in the Ancient Near East sounded, how markings in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible have been interpreted as musical symbols, how chanting of biblical texts has featured liturgically in synagogues and churches, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, and musical developments in North America as enslaved Africans encountered biblical texts and stories. Part 2 focuses on specific texts in Jewish and Christian scripture and looks at how they have been interpreted through the process of setting them to music, including the soundtracks of cinematic depictions of biblical narrative and allusions to the Bible in popular music. Part 3 focuses on composers from the Middle Ages all the way down to the present day. Throughout the book, musical examples are not merely mentioned but embedded so that reading and listening may be seamlessly combined. The book does not presume prior knowledge of either music or the Bible, and additional links within the text provide definitions and further explanations for those who need or desire them.10042021-05-27T19:48:25Z2024-01-22T14:52:26ZAn Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology<img alt="Read more about An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology" title="An Interactive Introduction to Organismal and Molecular Biology cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjM3OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--efa4e0ad8a9aadc919cbad1a256aac3bd3f2e47a/Organismal-Molecular-Biology_Cover-683x1024.jpg" />This "textbook" is interactive, meaning that although each chapter has text, they also have interactive HTML5 content, such as quizzes, simulations, interactive videos, and images with clickable hotspots. Students receive instant feedback when they complete the interactive content, and therefore, can learn and check their understanding all in one place. The first unit introduces students to the nature of science, including scientific controversies, and information literacy, including how to analyze literature and identify stakeholders. Unit 2 is organismal biology, including carbon cycling and population growth, and unit 3 is molecular biology with a focus on gene expression.9642021-02-07T05:09:39Z2024-01-22T14:52:24ZSelf-directed multimodal learning in higher education<img alt="Read more about Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education" title="Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education cover image" class="cover " width="160" height="229" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA0MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9e3a9a23cad78645e9bfe230ee38fc9d507b67aa/thumbnail.png" />This book aims to provide an overview of theoretical and practical considerations in terms of self-directed multimodal learning within the university context. Multimodal learning is approached in terms of the levels of multimodality and specifically blended learning and the mixing of modes of delivery (contact and distance education). As such, this publication will provide a unique snapshot of multimodal practices within higher education through a self-directed learning epistemological lens. The book covers issues such as what self-directed multimodal learning entails, mapping of specific publications regarding blended learning, blended learning in mathematics, geography, natural science and computer literacy, comparative experiences in distance education as well as situated and culturally appropriate learning in multimodal contexts. This book provides a unique focus on multimodality in terms of learning and delivery within the context of self-directed learning. Therefore, the publication would not only advance the scholarship of blended and open distance learning in South Africa, but also the contribute to enriching the discourse regarding self-direction. From this book readers will get an impression of the latest trends in literature in terms of multimodal self-directed learning in South Africa as well as unique empirical work being done in this regard.
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