Education

Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement....

This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking method that will not only set you free from smoking but will also ensure that you find it easy and even enjoyable to quit....

Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership, and scientific research, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of learning.

On Healing Trauma, respected therapist and teacher Peter A. Levine brings you face to face with his effective new treatment - not a "talking" cure...

Transform your life with this revolutionary and accessible seven-step guide - grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics - to awaken your true health and potential through energy healing....

In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know but will do so with energy and passion....

Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe....

This guide offers a step-by-step plan that helps parents cultivate daily routines so that they can turn life with toddlers into a mutually rich time of curiosity and learning....

What makes us happy? Bill Bailey plays crazy golf and hugs trees to find out....

In Running the Room: The Teacher's Guide to Behaviour, Tom Bennett rewrote the book on behaviour management, and outlined the psychology and dynamics underpinning student habits. In this companion, he goes into more detail about how to apply those principles to the classroom....

With accessible strategies grounded in trauma-informed education and positive psychology, this audiobook equips teachers to support all students, particularly the most vulnerable....

What if we actually have the ability to break free from the pitfalls of impulsive decisions and develop positive, godly habits? What if becoming the person you want to be starts now, before you make a decision?....

From Stephen R. Covey, bestselling author of The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, comes the accompanying personal workbook that will help you further realize the power of this new habit.

At once startlingly fresh and powerfully enlightening, A Mind at Home with Itself offers us a transformative new perspective on life and death....

The Asperger's syndrome bible for parents and professionals, newly updated with an introduction explaining the DSM-5. The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome (AS)....

From Malcolm Gladwell’s hit podcast Revisionist History comes a compendium about one of his greatest obsessions: education....

The Art of Self-Directed Learning is a collection of 23 stories and insights that will help you become a more motivated and self-guided learner....

In this abridged audiobook version of his best-selling title, Paul Dix talks you through the book’s hugely influential behavior management approach - an approach whereby expectations and boundaries are exemplified by people, not by a thousand rules that nobody can recall....

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed has helped to empower countless people throughout the world. This 50th anniversary edition includes an updated introduction by Donaldo Macedo, a new afterword by Ira Shor, and many inspirational interviews....

Straightforward guide to understanding PDA for anyone needing an overview of the condition....

John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, "learning is as natural as breathing." In this delightful yet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in our children....

Teach Your Own helped launch the homeschooling movement; now, its timeless and revolutionary message of recognizing the ways children come to understand the world has been updated for today’s environment....

Hollingsworth and Ybarra have refined and extended their highly successful methods in the second edition of this invaluable bestseller. EDI helps teachers deliver well-designed lessons that significantly improve achievement for all learners....

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are....

In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to....

Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership, and scientific research, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of learning.

Poucas são as empresas e instituições que ainda não abordaram, de alguma forma, temáticas de diversidade e inclusão. Ainda assim, o reconhecimento de sua urgência social e estratégica esbarra em discursos que evidenciam o descompasso entre o passado que se nega, o presente que se constrói e o futuro que se almeja. Deste descompasso, iniciativas e políticas organizacionais tropeçam em ineficiência, descontinuidade e promessas abstratas.

The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Personal Statement helps guide students in crafting their stories for the medical school Admission Committees. It's not only a collection of essays from students who got into top schools, but is a showcase of essays that started badly and were honed to tell great stories.

Os maiores filósofos da História da Humanidade refletem, nesta seleção de textos, sobre as grandes questões da existência, as que mais nos preocupam no dia a dia. Eles nos ensinam, com linguagem simples e clara, a resolver desde os mais elementares até os mais complexos dilemas do cotidiano. Amor, beleza, desejo, ética, existência, felicidade, justiça, liberdade, loucura, moral, morte, política, prazer, religião, sabedoria, tempo – nada escapa, nessa coletânea organizada, apresentada e comentada, com clareza e bom humor, por Claudio Blanc, editor e tradutor com formação em Filosofia.

A fun and engaging introduction to phonics, this book helps young learners recognise and practise the sounds of each letter from A to Z—building a strong foundation for reading.

AUSGEGRÜBELT! Was wirklich gegen Overthinking hilft. Grübelschleifen rauben Kraft und sind ungesund. "Gedankenstopp" heißt da das Wundermittel, das uns Coaches und der Self-Help-Markt verordnen wollen. Doch wenn wir einfach auf Knopfdruck aufhören könnten im Kreis zu denken, würden wir das nicht tun? Und viel mehr noch: sollten wir das überhaupt? Philosophin Judith Werner sagt nein. Denn die Themen, die unsere Gedanken kreisen lassen, stummzuschalten, hält uns nur vom Lösen unserer Probleme ab.

In School Communities of Strength, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., lays out a blueprint for providing equitable educational opportunities for students from all socioeconomic strata, and particularly for the five million American children who live with the extreme material hardship known as deep poverty. This work issues an urgent call to action for K–12 schools to put in place the policies, practices, and programs that enable economically vulnerable students to thrive.

So, you’re thinking about getting a degree. But do you truly know what lies ahead? Author and financial coach Charles A. Chadwick Jr. does—and he’s lived it. In College Debt or Skill Set: A Critical Choice for Success, Charles takes you behind the scenes of the college hustle, sharing how he paid for two degrees without external help and slashed his costs by 40% using one powerful strategy: a skill set.

Las nuevas hornadas generacionales, los millennials y los Z, han sido criadas con enfoques terapéuticos y padres hipervigilantes que estaban obsesionados con la felicidad de sus hijos. Sin embargo, esos niños son hoy jóvenes solitarios, ansiosos, deprimidos e inseguros. En Mala terapia, Shrier, una de las pensadoras más lúcidas y atrevidas del momento, no duda en señalar a la industria de la salud mental como una pieza clave en la forja de padres inseguros y niños incapaces de madurar.

La meditación es una de las prácticas más antiguas para mantener en equilibrio la mente, el cuerpo y las emociones, pero también es una poderosa herramienta para alcanzar un estado de conciencia plena entre quien la practica y el entorno que le rodea. Así lo considera Jacobo Grinberg, quien nos acerca a este ejercicio desde sus propias experiencias meditativas y su profundo conocimiento sobre el cerebro y la conciencia. Esta obra es una guía excepcional y única sobre qué es la meditación y su poder para promover no solo la paz interior e individual, sino la colectiva.

This book by best-selling author and child psychotherapist Howard Glasser is about a time-tested, highly effective approach for successful parenting. This approach, also highly effective for educators and therapists, has an evidence base that is building fast. It is being successfully employed in thousands of homes, classrooms, therapy and coaching practices, and a growing number of schools and treatment programs across the U.S. and overseas.

Prepare to have your mind blown, your curiosity sparked, and your laughter unleashed with The Ultimate Fun Facts Encyclopedia! Dive into a massive, jaw-dropping collection of bizarre, funny, and absolutely true facts that cover everything from history's strangest moments to the wildest wonders of science, nature, and human behavior. Whether you're a trivia lover, a curious mind, or just looking for a perfect conversation starter, this book is your go-to source for endless amazement.

Over twenty years after the first edition laid the groundwork for twenty-first-century Montessori education, this revised and expanded edition of The Montessori Way incorporates the latest research and practical applications, culminating in an all-encompassing modern guide to understanding and implementing the Montessori method in various settings. An essential reference for both educators and parents, it starts with a strong emphasis on the core principles of Montessori, such as child-centered learning, independence, and hands-on experiences.

An essential book for teachers, educational managers, and other education professionals seeking to comprehend the educational assessment process. In this work, the author presents an in-depth analysis of the main concepts and assessment practices, addressing different types of assessment, the most commonly used assessment methods, and the utilization of assessment results to enhance the teaching and learning process. The book also provides practical tips for developing assessment tools, their application, and result analysis.

Smart Classrooms, Smarter Teachers: A Practical Guide to Using AI in Modern Education is designed for teachers, school leaders, and anyone looking to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve classroom teaching and management.

This audiobook will help new administrators (department chairs, directors, deans) understand and become more proficient in their financial management role within the institution. Highly accessible, practitioners will be able to put the book's guidance to immediate use in their work. It is also grounded in the latest knowledge base and filled with examples from across all types of institutions, so that it makes an ideal text for a courses in graduate programs in higher education leadership and administration.

Through this essential guide, you will learn how to harness the best practices in pedagogy, explore innovative teaching methods, and transform your pedagogical approach. This book will become an indispensable resource for teachers, instructors, and educators looking to enhance their planning skills, fostering meaningful learning and student growth.

This CDL Exam Guide: General Knowledge Endorsement audiobook is your complete resource for preparing to pass the General Knowledge portion of your Commercial Driver’s License test. Whether you are a first-time applicant or refreshing your knowledge, this audiobook delivers focused practice and smart study tools to help you succeed.

Demokratie ist nicht selbstverständlich. Wollen wir sie bewahren, brauchen Kinder Vorbilder, die ihnen demokratische Werte vorleben. Kita, Ganztag und Schule haben hier eine entscheidende Aufgabe. Erleben Kinder Vielfalt, Partizipation, Solidarität und Gleichwürdigkeit, verinnerlichen sie diese Werte und schützen somit unsere Demokratie nachhaltig.

Get straight to the point with a toolkit that turns tough problems into clear solutions.

Begin or continue your journey to mastering German with this engaging collection, designed specifically for A1/A2 learners. This audiobook offers a unique way to deepen your understanding of the language and rich German culture.

Dietetics practitioners are food and nutrition experts who help people live healthier lives. They work in a variety of settings—from hospitals and research to sports, schools, nursing homes, and the food industry. Yet, despite the diversity of the populations they serve, the dietetics profession is predominantly female, white, and able-bodied. Only 2% of dietetics practitioners have a disability compared to 29% of US adults. There is an urgent need to diversify the field—especially by including practitioners with disabilities.

Navigate the ethical and legal complexities of our rapidly evolving technological landscape with this essential guidebook for professionals across all sectors. Technology is transforming our world in unprecedented ways, opening up new possibilities and challenges for professionals in various fields and domains. These challenges in technology confront us all with a variety of issues from technology ethics perspective. How can you make ethical and legal decisions that align with your values and responsibilities? How can you leverage technology to create value and impact in your work and society?

What would your life look like if you could remember names, facts, and entire presentations on command? Most people think a sharp memory is a genetic lottery. Neuroscientist Dr. Elias Thorne proves it’s a trainable skill—and hands you the blueprint.

¿Sueñas con hacer un viaje al Reino Unido o a los Estados Unidos, pero tienes miedo de que tus conocimientos de inglés no sean suficientes para mantener conversaciones básicas? En un mundo donde viajar se ha vuelto algo cotidiano, la incapacidad de expresarse en una lengua extranjera puede ser un verdadero obstáculo. Este audiolibro ha sido diseñado especialmente para ayudarte a superar esos miedos y prepararte de la mejor manera para tu próximo viaje, ya sea por vacaciones, trabajo o simplemente para tener conversaciones espontáneas en el camino.