For twenty years Terry Bisson published a regular This Month in History column in the science fiction magazine Locus. Tomorrowing collects these two decades of memorable events---four per month---each set in a totally different imaginary yet possible inevitable yet avoidable future. From the first AI president to the first dog on Mars to the funeral of Earth s last glacier these stories are speculative SF at its most (and least) serious. Collected as a series for the first time Tomorrowing will amuse alarm intrigue entertain and like all good science fiction make readers think. Bisson s short stories have won every major award in science fiction including the Hugo and the Nebula but never ever anything for this series.

The teaching of texts in translation has become an increasingly common practice but so too has the teaching of texts from languages and cultures with which the instructor may have little or no familiarity. The authors in this volume present a variety of pedagogical approaches to promote translation literacy and to address the distinct phenomenology of translated texts. The approaches set forward in this volume address the nature of the translator s task and how texts travel across linguistic and cultural boundaries in translation including how they are packaged for new audiences with the aim of fostering critical reading practices that focus on translations as translations. The organizing principle of the book is the specific pedagogical contexts in which translated texts are being used such as courses on a single work survey courses on a single national literature or a single author and courses on world literature. Examples are provided from the widest possible variety of world languages and literary traditions as well as modes of writing (prose poetry drama film and religious and historical texts) with the aim that many of the pedagogical approaches and strategies can be easily adapted for use with other works and traditions. An introductory section by the editors Brian James Baer and Michelle Woods sets the theoretical stage for the volume. Written and edited by authorities in the field of literature and translation this book is an essential manual for all instructors and lecturers in world and comparative literature and literary translation.

How do you know if students are with you at the beginning middle and end of a lesson? Can formative assessment offer a key to better teaching and learning during instruction? What if you could blend different formative assessment moves in your classroom with intention and care for all students to help make better instructional decisions on the fly and enjoy more teachable moments? Educators Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg invite you on the journey to becoming a formative assessor. They encourage you to focus on these seven research-based high-leverage formative assessment moves: Priming--building on background knowledge and creating a formative assessment-rich equitable classroom culture Posing--asking questions in relation to learning targets across the curriculum that elicit Habits of Mind Pausing--waiting after powerful questions and rich tasks to encourage more student responses by supporting them to think aloud and use speaking and listening skills related to academic language Probing--deepening discussions asking for elaborations and making connections using sentence frames and starters Bouncing--sampling student responses systematically to broaden participation manage flow of conversation and gather more soft data for instructional use Tagging--describing and recording student responses without judgment and making public how students with different styles and needs approach learning in real-time Binning--interpreting student responses with a wide range of tools categorizing misconceptions and p-prims and using classroom generated data to make more valid and reliable instructional decisions on next steps in the lesson and unit Each chapter explores a classroom-tested move including foundational research explaining how and when to best use it and describing what it looks like in practice. Highlights include case studies try-now tasks and tips and advice from beginning and seasoned teachers who use these formative assessment moves in their classrooms.

As professionals it is our responsibility to get it right. Poor specifications pressured applications and lax inspections will yield a poor job. Tragically September 2001 has taught us that quality is the issue.

Punitive practices are highly revealing of a society s social fabric its normative order and power structure. Punishment in International Society examines the penal philosophies and practices in international society. The contributions to this book show the added value of a punitive lens to international politics in two major ways: First punitive practices reveal the contours of the international normative order its structures and hierarchies. Such a perspective highlights the prominent position of individuals in the current normative order but it also reveals a major divergence in the international normative order between a global North that emphasizes individualized retributive punishment for atrocity crimes and a global South that puts reparations for past colonial wrongs on the agenda. Second in contrast to a nation-state the authority to sanction and act in defense of the normative order is far more dispersed and contested in international society. Although there is a demand to embed punitive practices in procedures and institutions the most legitimate site of such authority remains contested as regional organizations such as the African Union compete with the United Nations for the authority to defend the normative order. This book brings together an international roster of scholars from the social sciences law and humanities. The contributions demonstrate that punitive practices have been more prevalent than commonly acknowledged as they have often been masked as (self-)defence reparations or coercive diplomacy. By approaching international punishment from various disciplines this volume sheds new light on different dimensions of the punitive practices across the globe.