Allan David Bloom

Bio: Allan David Bloom is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & The arts. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 18 publications receiving 3303 citations.

The Closing of the American Mind

Abstract: "The Closing of the American Mind, " a publishing phenomenon in hardcover, is now a paperback literary event. In this acclaimed number one national best-seller, one of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today. It has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.

The closing of the American mind: how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students

Abstract: "The Closing of the American Mind, " a publishing phenomenon in hardcover, is now a paperback literary event. In this acclaimed number one national best-seller, one of our country's most distinguished political philosophers argues that the social/political crisis 20th-century America is really an intellectual crisis. Allan Bloom's sweeping analysis is essential to understanding America today. It has fired the imagination of a public ripe for change.

Love and Friendship

Abstract: Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Category: F/M, M/M, Multi Fandom: IT (2017), IT Stephen King Relationship: Everyone/Everyone, Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier, Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris/Eddie Kaspbrak, Bill Denbrough/Richie Tozier, Stanley Uris/Richie Tozier, Bill Denbrough/Stanley Uris, Bill Denbrough/Mike Hanlon, Eddie Kaspbrak/Stanley Uris, Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris, Bill Denbrough/Mike Hanlon/Ben Hanscom/Eddie Kaspbrak/Beverly Marsh/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris, Stanley Uris/Mike Hanlon, Bill Denbrough/Beverly Marsh, Richie Tozier/Beverly Marsh Character: Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris, Bill Denbrough, Richie Tozier, Ben Hanscom, Mike Hanlon, Beverly Marsh, Pennywise (IT), Georgie Denbrough (mentioned) Additional Tags: Future Fic, Aged-Up Character(s), Fluff, Humor, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Friends With Benefits, OT7, Polyamory, Smut Stats: Published: 2017-09-15 Updated: 2017-11-23 Chapters: 34/? Words: 149515

The cultural politics of English as an international language

Abstract: Acknowledgements 1. The World in English Introduction: from Hurt Waldheim to Johnny Clegg The natural, neutral and beneficial spread of English The social, cultural and political contexts of English The worldliness of English Conclusion 2. Discourse and Dependency in a Shifting World Introduction: rethinking internationalism Development, aid and modernization Dependency and imperialism Culture, discourse, difference and disjuncture Criket, English and cultural politics 3. English and Colonialism: Origins of a Discourse Introduction: the complexities of colonialism Anglicism and Orientalism: two sides of the colonial coin English for the few: colonial education policies in Malaya Anglicism and English studies Conclusion 4. Spreading the Word/Disciplining the Language Introduction: anti-nomadic disciplines The disciplining of linguistics The disciplining of applied linguistics The spreading and disciplining of discourse of EIL 5. ELT From Development Aid to Global Commodity From cultural propaganda to global business: The British Council 'The West is better...': discourses of ELT English Language Teaching practices as cultural practices Conclusion: the compass of discourse 6. The Worldliness of English in Malaysia Contexts Cultural politics after independence Malay nationalism and English English, class and ethnicity English adn Islam English and the media The debates continue 7. The Worldliness of English in Singapore English as a useful language The making of Singapore Singapore English Pragmatism, multiracialism and meritocratism Pragmatic, multiracial and meritocratic English Conclusion 8. Writing Back: The Appropriation of English Postcolonial English Re-presenting postcolonial worlds Worldy texts in a worldly language Decentered voices: writing in Malaysia Centered voices: writing in Singapore From aestheticism to yuppyism: the new writing in Singapore From writing back to teaching back 9. Towards a Critical Pedagogy for Teaching English as a Worldly Language Critical pedagogies Discourse, language and subjectivity Insurgent knowledges, the classroom and the world References Index

Changing highbrow taste: from snob to omnivore*

Abstract: Appreciation of fine arts became a mark of high status in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to distinguish highbrowed Anglo Saxons from the new lowbrowed immigrants, whose popular entertainments were said to corrupt morals and thus were to be shunned (Levine 1988; DiMaggio 1991). In recent years, however, many high-status persons are far from being snobs and are eclectic, even omnivorous, in their tastes (Peterson and Simkus 1992). This suggests a qualitative shift in the basis for marking elite status-from snobbish exclusion to omnivorous appropriation. Using comparable 1982 and 1992 surveys, we test for this hypothesized change in tastes. We confirm that highbrows are more omnivorous than others and that they have become increasingly omnivorous over time. Regression analyses reveal that increasing omnivorousness is due both to cohort replacement and to changes over the 1980s among highbrows of all ages. We speculate that this shift from snob to omnivore relates to status-group politics influenced by changes in social structure, values, art-world dynamics, and generational conflict

What Is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Abstract: This paper describes a framework for teacher knowledge for technology integration called technological pedagogical content knowledge (originally TPCK, now known as TPACK, or technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge). This framework builds on Lee Shulman’s construct of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) to include technology knowledge. The development of TPACK by teachers is critical to effective teaching with technology. The paper begins with a brief introduction to the complex, illstructured nature of teaching. The nature of technologies (both analog and digital) is considered, as well as how the inclusion of technology in pedagogy further complicates teaching. The TPACK framework for teacher knowledge is described in detail, as a complex interaction among three bodies of knowledge: Content, pedagogy, and technology. The interaction of these bodies of knowledge, both theoretically and in practice, produces the types of flexible knowledge needed to successfully integrate technology use into teaching.

On Becoming a Leader

Abstract: "In a penetrating, insightful new book, Bennis distinguishes leadership by focusing on 28 individuals, including Apple's John Sculley, Johnson & Johnson's James Burke", (Sloan Management Review), and others. "A solid work that illuminates its subject and engages (the reader).. . . Its ideas are wise enough to stand reexamination".--USA Today.