Magellan & the Great Voyage
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Book Overview
Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching is written for teachers, teacher educators and researchers who are interested in experimenting with alternative ways of organising teaching and learning, and who wish to create an environment in which teachers, learners and researchers can work together and learn from one another. This wide-ranging collection of papers focuses on issues such as: ?The central characteristics of a collaborative approach to classroom research Appropriate theoretical models of language and learning for informing collaborative research ? Appropriate research methods, tools and techniques for collaborative investigations Classroom tasks and patterns of organisation which facilitate cooperative learning Organisational patterns which underlie successful collaborative teaching. The classroom-oriented studies on which the collection is based provide models for readers who wish to experiment with these ideas in their own context.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:087742263X
ISBN13:9780877422631
Release Date:January 1992
Publisher:International Marine Publishing
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A great read, even if you have no interest in sailing, or boats, or history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I forgot how I came across this book, but I loved it. I had no interest to this genre prior to reading it, but it has become one of my favorites. Great read, great details, and an eye-opening account on how Magellan got his name, his ship, and his adventure. Highly recommended.
Definitive but readable history of Magellan's Voyage
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Magellan's voyage occurred against the backdrop of the Renaissance... a truly amazing time in mankind's history. Magellan's discovery, for Europeans, of the extent of the Pacific Ocean and the size of world was an important part of the Renaissance's awakening of the mind. This book is the most definitive of the more recent books on Magellan that I have read and history buffs should enjoy it. Details of Magellan's Armada's voyage are relatively limited. Few crew members survived, and even fewer wrote of their experiences. Mr. Joyner does an excellent job of bringing together all known data to present what likely actually happened. Where there is uncertainty, he will say so, and offer alternative explanations.
Fabulous book, well-researched, easy-to-read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
The Kirkus Review above did not give Joyner's book justice. I've read many books on Magellan by authors such as Parr, Cameron, Hawthorne, Hildebrand, Zweig, and Silverberg, and Joyner's book provided the intricate detail that I was looking for. Joyner returned to the original sources to provide such details as the ships' rosters --- crewmembers' names, where from, job aboard, salary, etc. --- mini-biographies of key players, lists of supplies, weaponry, etc. It's far more than a biography! In reference to the book not conveying the full impact of Magellan's personality nor of the voyage, I didn't find that to be true. So many biographies of Magellan read almost as fiction, to such an extent that you can't separate fact from fiction, that it was refreshing to have a factual account, interesting, easily read and absorbed. Well done, Joyner.
Reads like a novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
When I read this book I thought I could be reading a novel, not a historical account. It is fast paced and exciting history. Whether or not you are familiar with Magellan and his first ever global circumnavigation, this is a must read for anyone interested in nautical exploration.
An highly readable, fully researched story on Magellan
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I read this book several times and marvel at its great accessibility. It represents probably the best research effort on the great navigator. Joyner's annotated bibliography is extremely helpful to the serious student of navigation history in general and Magellan in particular. No other work in the past 50 years compares with the scholarly excellence of this book. A scholar who is just starting to get familiar with the story of the circumnavigation will find this book a complete pathway to all that must lie ahead for a thorough understanding of the greatest adventure at sea. This is a must book for both layman and scholar!
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