Author: Harry Wray
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Keywords: practices, attitudes, education, american, japanese
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: $131.95
ISBN-10: 0897896521
ISBN-13: 9780897896528

In the United States and Japan there are cultural attitudes that both promote and hinder education. While Japanese education is usually described as superior to an American education, a careful examination reveals that in both systems certain values and attitudes are carried to extremes and have a negative impact. This book shows how cultural attitudes shape schools and how Americans and Japanese can overcome the educational maladies in both countries.

Author: J. Harry Wray
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: sense, politics, culture, american, non
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2000-09-09
List price: $31.20
ISBN-10: 0130833436
ISBN-13: 9780130833433

Designed to introduce readers to the ways that American culture structures the outcomes of political life, Wray’s book addresses American culture and politics with a three-phase approach. First it provides readers with a careful analysis of what culture is, as well as its political significance. The text then offers four distinctive American cultural characteristics and encourages readers to consider how these values influence modern political life. Provides a complete analysis of American cultural characteristics and political culture. For individuals interested in the US political sy

Author: J. Harry Wray
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Keywords: american, public, life, bicycle, rise, power, quiet, pedal
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-01-31
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1594514631
ISBN-13: 9781594514630

In an era of steep gas prices, snarled traffic, catastrophic climate change, and a yearning for a higher quality of life, interest in bike-friendly public policies is surging nationwide. A surprising array of political organizations, visionary politicians, and colorful individuals powers this movement and a growing number of bike enthusiasts are taking to the streets. From the night rides of Critical Mass to the dumpster-diving Rat Patrol, this book shows the eccentric side of the bicycling universe even as it illustrates the mainstream efforts of politicians like U.S. Representative Jim Obers

Author: Harry Wray
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Keywords: practices, attitudes, education, american, japanese
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-04-28
List price: $45.99
ISBN-10: 1593112912
ISBN-13: 9781593112912

Under the present educational centralization Japanese secondary school teachers are severely handicapped in carrying out the goals of cultivating a spontaneous spirit and creating a culture rich in individuality. Although Japanese nursery, kindergarten, and elementary teachers could provide many hints to improve the methodology of their American counterparts, the reverse is true at the secondary and college levels. American teachers try to encourage students to be creative in approaching a problem, writing an essay, and sketching an object, and they will suggest appropriate courses, recommend

Author: Harry A. Wray American Society for Testing and M
Publisher: Astm Intl
Keywords: manual, astm, series, regulations, standards, flash, point, methods
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1992-02-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0803114109
ISBN-13: 9780803114104

Author: Robert Wray
Publisher: Rutgers University Pre
Keywords: profit, pleasure, trees, christmas
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-01-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0813544173
ISBN-13: 9780813544175

Christmas Trees for Pleasure and Profit is for anyone who enjoys being and working outdoors and is seeking a profitable hobby or small business venture. Robert Wray has updated this fourth edition to include the latest techniques and tools for harvesting trees, new methods of transport, the most recent data on herbicides, and advice on how to run a Christmas-tree business today. A perennial bestseller, this illustrated guide covers selecting land, choosing species, planting, harvesting, and managing a plantation. Wray provides guidance for choosing species suitable for the grower’s situa

Author: Jacilee Wray
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Pre
Keywords: peninsula, olympic, peoples, native
Number of Pages: 185
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0806135522
ISBN-13: 9780806135526

The Native tribes of Washington State?s Olympic Peninsula share complex histories of trade, religion, warfare, and kinship. Yet few books have depicted the indigenous people of this region from a Native perspective. "Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula" introduces readers to nine tribes: the Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Skokomish, Squaxin Island, Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah. Written by members of the Olympic Peninsula Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee and enhanced by photographs and maps, the book is divided into sections focusing on e