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What are the five essential ingredients for ensuring all students succeed academically, socially, and behaviorally? This practical guide details each ingredient, why it matters, and how to implement it. The Recipe for Student Well-Being goes beyond the idea of a purchased curriculum to cover how different factors integrate to comprehensively meet students' social, emotional, and behavioral needs as enablers to academic success.
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A practical guide to the ins and outs of building, maintaining, and restoring positive and productive relationships in schools.
Relationships are at the core of education. When teachers are intentional about all of their relationships, they can address burnout, increase their own effectiveness, and improve the learning environment for their students.
In this thoughtful book, educators Michael Creekmore and Nita Creekmore introduce the build, maintain,...
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In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for several years, first with his close friend the novelist William Golding, and then in an extensive collaboration with the American scientist Lynn Margulis. In the early 1970s, he finally went public with the Gaia hypothesis, the idea that everything happens for an end:...
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Why teach music? Who deserves a music education? Can making and learning about music serve the common good? A collection of essays considers the answers.
In Humane Music Education for the Common Good, scholars and educators from around the world offer unique responses to the recent UNESCO report titled Rethinking Education: Toward the Common Good. This report suggests how, through purpose, policy, and pedagogy, education can and must respond to the...
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As humanity marches into the new millennium, large-scale problems continue to threaten the well-being of multitudes of people. Yet, at the same time, there lies an anchor of hope and an abiding faith in the promise of the future. There is a gradual reawakening of the promise for peace whose echoes are steadily being heard throughout the world. The Science of Interreligious Dialogue is another milestone in reinforcing and deepening our commitments...
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Querido lector,¿Te has preguntado alguna vez sobre el fascinante mundo de la clonación humana y su intrincada relación con la psicología? Si es así, entonces este libro es para ti. Sumérgete en un viaje de descubrimiento mientras exploramos los diversos aspectos de la clonación desde una perspectiva psicológica en nuestro último lanzamiento: "La Clonación Humana: Los Aportes de la Psicología".En esta obra innovadora, desentrañamos los...
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Vous dites aussi « Bonjour » à ChatGPT lorsque vous lui posez une question ? Et votre robot de cuisine ou robot-tondeuse, vous lui avez donné un nom ? C'est le cas pour la plupart d'entre nous.
Dans cet ouvrage, Louis de Diesbach décrypte avec pertinence les raisons qui engagent les individus à attribuer des caractéristiques humaines aux outils d'intelligence artificielle. Derrière le simple et a priori superficiel échange avec ChatGPT se...
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"Born to Succeed" is not just a book; it's a roadmap to unlocking your full potential and realizing the extraordinary success that lies within you. In this empowering eBook, author [Your Name] delves into the secrets of success, providing readers with a compelling guide to navigate the journey towards personal and professional fulfillment.Drawing on a wealth of inspirational stories, practical advice, and timeless wisdom, "Born to Succeed" serves...
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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, born in Copenhagen in 1813 and deceased in 1855, was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic, widely regarded as the first existentialist philosopher. Throughout his career, he wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, and philosophy of religion, showing a particular fondness for figures of speech such as metaphor, irony, and allegory.
The work "Fear and Trembling"...
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A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?"
At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness. Our computers...
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This award-winning science history explores our evolving image of the globe-and how it has shifted our relationship to the world.
Long before we had the ability to photograph the earth from space-to see our planet as it would be seen by the Greek god Apollo-images of the earth as a globe had captured popular imagination. In Apollo's Eye, geographer Denis Cosgrove examines the historical implications for the West of conceiving and representing the...
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"How Social Media Shapes Our Lives and Relationships" delves into the profound impact of social media on our modern existence, exploring its evolution, prevalence, and consequences. The journey begins with an 'Introduction to Social Media', providing a historical overview and tracing the development of various platforms. 'The Rise of Social Media' investigates its popularity and growth through compelling statistics and demographics. Chapters such...
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This is a stunning visual guide to the life and works of entrepreneur Steve Jobs. Easily one of the most influential innovators of the twenty-first century, Steve Jobs has fundamentally shaped the way in which we communicate and, even more broadly, live our lives.
In this information-packed graphic biography, Steve Jobs' remarkable talent and genius are explored through bold design and original graphics. Kevin Lynch explores Jobs' journey from savvy...
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In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert their authority-by limiting time with screens, by encouraging...
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"Michael [Waddell] is the real McCoy. Down to earth, clever, genuine, well-grounded, funny as all hell, kind, generous, decent, and surely one of the best natural hunters and woodsmen that I have ever grilled a sacred backstrap with." -Ted Nugent
From hunting legend Michael Waddell, star of multiple Outdoor Channel programs, comes a poignant and funny book about growing up in rural Georgia: Hunting Booger Bottom. Waddell offers priceless anecdotes...
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A study of "the hypocrisy of the game, capitalism, activism (a la Kaepernick), disrespect to female athletes, and who benefits from sports the most" (Electric Lit).
Part play-by-play, part op-ed, The Game Is Not a Game is an illuminating and unflinching examination of the good and evil in the sports industry. Liberating and provocative, with sharp wit and generous humor, Jackson's essays explore the role that sports plays in American society and...
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An enlightening exploration of the concept of listening and the evolving role of the listener from Beethoven to Charlie Parker to contemporary remixing.
In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The roles of the composer and the musician are clear, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to music? What is the responsibility of the listener?...
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Surveys show that the Nordic countries have strong democracies, are among the best for business and startups, score high on human capital, have the most liveable cities, happiest peoples, strong economies, and much more...
How did the Nordics get there?
And what is Rosa Parks doing on the cover?
The Nordic Secret first came out in 2017 and has inspired people around the globe.
Discover how Denmark, Norway, and Sweden went from...
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The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion.
Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescient work nearly a century ago. Yet, in an era that has us reckoning with science and technology's place and meaning in our lives, it remains as relevant as ever. Science and the Modern World puts scientific discovery...
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In Inventing Chemistry, historian John C. Powers turns his attention to Herman Boerhaave (1668—1738), a Dutch medical and chemical professor whose work reached a wide, educated audience and became the template for chemical knowledge in the eighteenth century.
The primary focus of this study is Boerhaave's educational philosophy, and Powers traces its development from Boerhaave's early days as a student in Leiden through his publication of the Elementa...
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