books by State University of New York Press     books:     State University o...      Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring Angela Valenzuela State University of New York Press, 1999 The problem with education Valenzuela presents us with a study of both U.S. born and Mexican born students within American public schools. She is sincere, honest, and thorough. She studies teacher-student dynamics, and how many students are given the impression that teachers do not care how they ...             Art and Its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory State University of New York Press, 1994 Excellent anthology Everyone interested in aesthetic theory, from ancient views through the most contemporary, will find useful material at the very least, and will be led to fuller sources as well.             Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, Race, And Gender In United State Schools State University of New York Press, 2005 Interesting Body of Articles for Future Teachers! I took a class with one of the editors of this book, Lois Weis. It is an interesting, sometimes very depressing account of how schools can and cannot improve the lives of the children they educate. The title in of itself is revealing: the idea of a silenced voice, a ...             The Journey of One Buddhist Nun: Even Against the Wind Sid Brown State University of New York Press, 2001 A response to Dandelion's review This is not an autobiography...simply a biography. Sid is very insightful and quite the inspiring woman herself. I can't wait for another book.             Literacy with an Attitude Patrick J. Finn State University of New York Press, 1999 Absolutly one of the best books you'll ever read! If you have ever wondered what the difference is between children of working class families verses those of more afluence, (hint, it isn't simply the money) if you ever wondered what the difference could possibly be that leads some children into the chute toward ...             Being and Time: A Translation of Sein and Zeit (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) Martin Heidegger State University of New York Press, 1996 Unprecedented Thinking from an Unprecedented Thinker Being and Time (1927) is the magnum opus of one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century and arguably Western Philosophy. Spending 7 years writing this first of 67 books, Martin Heidegger turns Husserlian phenomenology (Husserl being Heidegger's main teacher) ...             Doing Qualitative Research in Education Settings J. Amos Hatch, Amos J. Hatch State University of New York Press, 2002 Must read for new qualitative researchers focused on dissertation As a new qualitative researcher, finding Dr. Hatch's book "cleared the clouds" and provided an easy to read support for all the processes necessary to be successful with a qualitative research project, especially for dissertation students. After reading all the ...             Islam: An Introduction Annemarie Schimmel State University of New York Press, 1992 Clear, Concise, to the Point In a field where textbooks are often beyond the comprehension of the general reading public, where the by-word of academic rigor often results in books that even undergraduates cannot fathom, often the only alternative is the "pulp journalism" characteristic of ...             Vasistha's Yoga Venkatesananda State University of New York Press, 1993 Best Book Ever Written Reading this not only can change dramatically your cosmovision, but can let you undertand the secrets and the enigmas of the Universe and human existance. There's no doubt. This book was inspired by GOD himeself.             Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy (Suny Series in the Philosophy ... Max Van Manen State University of New York Press, 1990 Book order review The book arrived in a timely manner and was in like-new condition.             Psychotherapy and Spirit: Theory and Practice in Transpersonal Psychotherapy (S U N Y Series in the ... Brant Cortright State University of New York Press, 1997 Great Book Cortright has taken a psychotherapeutic perspective on transpersonal psychology and has done a great job. Perhaps some of the negative reviews of this book are grounded in him not idolizing Ken Wilber. Wilber is a theorist and not a therapist so what Cortright ...             The Adventure of Self-Discovery: Dimensions of Consciousness and New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Inner ... Stanislav Grof State University of New York Press, 1988 The Most Brilliant Investigator in History I have to respond to Zosimos review below. The therapeutic technique Grof has been using since the 70's, is not original to him. It is derived from the tradition of Kundalini yoga, and his observations from research conducted both at the Prague Psychiatric Research ...             Journey in Search of the Way Satomi Myodo State University of New York Press, 1993             Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life (Suny Series in Contemporary ... John Russon State University of New York Press, 2003 Valuable Introductory Text for Philosophy and Psychology In "Human Experience," John Russon offers engaging and thought provoking interpretations of aspects of our human life that most of us assume we have already come to understand. He provokes readers to reconsider the way they think about the role of family in their ...             Practice and the Human Sciences: The Case for a Judgment-Based Practice of Care (Suny Series in the ... Donald E. 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