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A Map to the Magic of Reading Stop for a moment and wonder: what's happening in your brain right now—as you read this paragraph? How much do you know about the innumerable and amazing connections that your mind is making as you, in a flash, make sense of this request? Why does it matter? The Reading Mind is a brilliant, beautifully crafted, and accessible exploration of arguably life's most import…
The fast and easy way to write your memoir Memoir writing is a growing phenomenon, and not just by celebrities and politicians. Everyone has a story to tell, and Memoir Writing For Dummies provides hopeful writers with the tools they need to share their life stories with the world and become published authors. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions—along with helpful tips and advice on how…
"HELP! My Students Can't Write!" Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom and How to Lead It. The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific tec…
THE BOOK FOR EVERY TEACHER WHO HAS EVER BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE DECISIONS MADE OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL THAT AFFECT THE STUDENTS INSIDE THEIR SCHOOL. How to Be Heard offers every teacher 10 ways to successfully amplify his or her voice, and demonstrates that when teachers' voices are heard, they will be rightfully recognized and supported as change leaders in their schools. Celine Coggins, a renowned t…
UNESCO’s 1997 CONFINTEA V conference in Hamburg has been described as the high-water mark of international adult education policy-making. It produced one of the most utopian statements about adult education and learning of the past 25 years: the Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning and Agenda for the Future. Adult education was declared key to the twenty-first century in order to build “a world i…
In this volume, African scholars engaged in research on the continent reflect on their recent and ongoing empirical studies. They discuss the strengths and limitations of research methods, theories, and interventions designed outside Africa to spur innovative research on the continent. And they explore how insights from African philosophical, theoretical, and empirical work can be combined with ex…
It's estimated that, in the coming decade, as many as 2 million students with military experience will take advantage of their education benefits and attend institutions in all sectors of higher education. This monograph provides useful information about students with military experience who attending college by blending the theoretical, practical and empirical. The authors assemble some of the be…
This issue delivers concrete suggestions for optimally using data visualization in evaluation, as well as suggestions for best practices in data visualization design. It focuses on specific quantitative and qualitative data visualization approaches that include data dashboards, graphic recording, and geographic information systems (GIS). Readers will get a step-by-step process for designing an eff…
Reinvent public schools with proven, innovative practices Our homes, communities, and the world itself need the natural assets our children bring with them as learners, and which they often lose over time on the assembly line that pervades most of the public education system today. We see no actions as more important in school than developing, supporting, and reinforcing children's sense of agency…
Improve student outcomes with a new approach to relationships and networks Relationships matter. Who You Know explores this simple idea to give teachers and school administrators a fresh perspective on how to break the pattern of inequality in American classrooms. It reveals how schools can invest in the power of relationships to increase social mobility for their students. Discussions about inequ…
Если нам приходится одеваться, почему бы не получать от этого удовольствие! Вспомните, как уверенны и счастливы мы бываем в «своих» вещах, и как физически некомфортно может быть в других, даже самых модных и красивых. Каковы эти правила стиля? Как не потерять себя в водовороте модных трендов? Что делать с недостатками фигуры? Истории героинь книги отвечают на эти вопросы. Разгребая тонны стерео…
Во втором томе мы рассмотрим главные структуры европейской цивилизации, — монастыри, папство, рыцарство и т. д. А также обратим внимание на повседневную жизнь, — болезни, голод, пиры и застолья и даже пиратство. В заключении мы постараемся определить, как понимать «потустороннюю» часть средневекового бытия, всю эту «чертовщину», которая обычно отбрасывается современными людьми как невежество, но б…
В заключительном томе мы остановимся на высших достижениях эпохи — готических соборах, алхимии, университетах, а также на таких фигурах, как Данте, Босх и Колумб. Они подводят итоги тысячелетней цивилизации. Мы последуем за ними, а также заглянем немного вперед, в строительство, например, дисциплинарной Европы. Увидим, как постепенно мир утрачивает измерение загадки и волшебства. Они уступают под …
Грандиозные творения рук человека, ставшие мировым культурным наследием, никогда не перестанут поражать своим величием. Секреты великой семерки чудес света и современных знаменитых сооружений вызывают интерес до сих пор. Разобраться в таком нелегком вопросе поможет эта занимательная книга.
Advance Praise for Moving the Rock “The future comes at us fast – which means school reformers don’t have time to wait. They need real tools in real time. That’s why Moving the Rock is so important. Grant Lichtman has guidance for anyone – teachers, parents, administrators, government officials – intent on helping young people succeed not ‘someday,’ but today.” – Daniel H. Pink, best-selling autho…