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[2019]
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Inherited from Maria Montessori in 1907, the Montessori Method is a child-centered educational approach celebrating and nurturing each child's desire to learn. It is an approach valuing the human spirit and full child development: physical, social, emotional, and cognitive. Curious to see how the Method works first hand, filmmaker Alexandre Mourot sets his camera up in the oldest Montessori school in France (with kids from 3 to 6 years of age) and...
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It's no secret that college doesn't prepare students for the real world. Student loan debt recently eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history and now tops one trillion dollars. And the throngs of unemployed graduates chasing the same jobs makes us wonder whether there's a better way to 'make it' in today's marketplace. There is-and Dale Stephens is proof of that. In Hacking Your Education, Stephens speaks to a new culture of 'hackademics'...
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2016.
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ix, 220 pages ; 24 cm
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"Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in science classrooms as a young man of color, Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on and approach to teaching in urban schools. Putting forth his theory of Reality Pedagogy, Emdin provides practical tools to unleash...
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2023.
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"When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created...
47) The dyslexia empowerment plan: a blueprint for renewing your child's confidence and love of learning
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"Identifying and building on your child's strengths; understanding your child's rights, and how to talk to schools about them; best practices for accommodations and the latest technologies"-- Jacket.
48) That Deaf Kid
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That Deaf Kid is a valuable resource for parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. It examines the ongoing tug-of-war between mainstreaming, deaf schools, hearing aids, cochlear implants, sign language, speech therapy, and more. That Deaf Kid brings these issues to light and shows how it's possible to have a healthy balance. Most important, it builds a critical bridge between fitting in and belonging. When we cross that bridge, we encourage deaf...
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[2018]
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xiv, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative--education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity--in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing...
53) The Montessori baby: a parent's guide to nurturing your baby with love, respect, and understanding
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"Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm... Including how to prepare yourself for parenthood physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Become an active observer to understand what your baby is really telling you. Create Montessori spaces in your home, including "yes" spaces...
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Going to get higher education may be stressful, especially when you want to go to medical field. So, us, as medical students have gathered some ideas, recommendations, tips and lifehacks on how to ace you medical school without too much stress. So consider this your book your mentor into medical field, and wish you all the best in medicine!
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Are you about to graduate from high school? Are you a recent college graduate? Are you a first-generation college student? Are you considering a career in higher education? Are you an underrepresented minority working in higher education? Do you believe that everyone deserves access to quality education? I wrote this book for you!
Dr. Carjie Scott, the Education Equalizer, ™ defied the odds as a first-generation college student who rose to the...
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Schluss mit Nuscheln, Zittern, Piepsen. Jeder kann wundervoll sprechen lernen. Studien haben bewiesen: Eine souveräne, wohltuende Stimme ist wichtig für beruflichen und privaten Erfolg. Wer mitreißende Reden halten, Vertrauen wecken und ankommen will, holt sich Unterstützung vom Sprech-Coach. Schon ein wenig Stimmtraining kann die Karriere beflügeln. Auch für Millionen Bundesbürger ist es möglich, in jeder Situation den richtigen ton zu treffen....
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Ärgern Sie sich oft? Neigen Sie zu unkontrollierten Wutausbrüchen? Dann leiden Sie darunter vermutlich ebenso wie Ihr Umfeld. Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen Ärger und Aggressionen in den Griff zu bekommen und in Beruf und Freizeit gelassener zu werden. Der erfahrene Therapeut W. Doyle Gentry hilft Ihnen, die Wurzeln Ihrer Emotionen zu erkennen, konstruktiv mit Wut und Aggressionen umzugehen und die emotionale Energie positiv zu nutzen. Checklisten, Selbsttests...
60) Home invasion
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2011
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"Kathy Brown suddenly wakes up. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream? In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. Her husband, Jack, lies beside her, snoring. Michael is exciting, Jack is boring. When Kathy hears the noise again, she gets up. Then she hears whispers. Then she feels a gun at her head. Two men are in the house. Kathy and her husband face a living nightmare. Kathy must also face her real feelings...
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