This book came to me when I realized how difficult it is to actually be and stay in the here and now. The Pocket Guide to Presence is filled with simple techniques to help you get and stay present.Each artwork page has specific backgrounds and symbols embedded with the energies from sacred geometry, ancient symbols, colors, and numbers designed to help you focus and relax into that elusive present.The artwork was created by Patty Nowell.Reading this, sitting it next to...

The Municipal preschools of Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, are renowned world-wide for the excellence of their provision. This approach provides a unique collaboration between children, parents, teachers and the wider community.Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience brings together the history and context of the Reggio Emilia experience, and explores the principles espoused by Loris Malaguzzi and the Early Years' Educators of the Reggio Emilia Municipality. It...

A king conducts an experiment, a beggar is run out of town, a magnificent lady is majestic but arrogant, a variety of townspeople care only about themselves, and a needy family just tries to survive. What could these people possibly have in common? King Louis Thomas III hears how shallow and hypocritical many of the people in his kingdom are. Armed with this information, he decides he must immediately address the problem. Although written for 8 - 12 year olds, almost every reader will rela...

My goal in creating this story about Max, my Scotch terrier, is to have a fun story for children to read as well as to instill the importance of following safety rules. The character of Max and the experiences he has will be generating good values in future books. I hope you will enjoy Max and All his future adventures.

Ben Walker rebuilt his life piece by piece.After losing the future he once imagined, he learned how to live again. Working with veterans at the gym-and sharing his story in rooms full of people searching for their own strength-gave him purpose. His friends and family gave him support.And somewhere along the way, Olivia showed him something he never expected to find again.Peace.As their lives slowly weave together, Ben begins...

Aspects of pedagogy are frequently researched, but the concept itself is poorly understood. More than just teaching and learning, pedagogy is about values, identities, relationships and interactions bounded by context. As such, researchers of pedagogy face the challenge of working out what constitutes pedagogical texts, data or evidence, and how these can be generated and understood.Research Methods for Pedagogy begins by exploring the different conceptualisations of pedag...

Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment. By examining the relationship between identity, culture, policy and inclusion, the book investigates the conflicted and fractured battleground of assessment, and challenges current and practiced understandings of assessment practice.The authors encourage the reader to reconceptualise assessment as a sociocultural practice. Each chapter studies a key theme in the understanding of asses...

A courageous, humane, and provocative examination of how differences in color and features among African Americans have played and continue to play a role in their professional lives, friendships, romances, and families.

When it comes to mentoring, peer coaching is an undervalued workhorse. It's effective, inexpensive, widely applicable, and relatively easy to implement. Many coaches consider it to be the next wave in professional development. Peer Coaching at Work draws on research and practice to deliver a hands-on guide to this powerful relational learning technique.The authors—all leaders in the field—present a rigorously tested three-part model for facilitating peer coaching relations...

This is the essential audiobook for both men and women who want to learn about and understand each other! One hundred women of varying ages and professions were asked 110 questions on how they feel about men in regards to virtually everything. Here are the women's candid comments about money, marriage, sex, relationships, attitudes, expectations and fantasies. Discover what else author Dan True learned from this insightful group of women who speak their minds with wisdom and spice! What ex...

This ground breaking book is unique in bringing together two perspectives on learning - sociocultural theory and neuroscience. Drawing on both perspectives, it foregrounds important developments in our understanding of what learning is, where and how learning occurs and what we can do to understand learning as an everyday process.Leading experts from both disciplines demonstrate how sociocultural ideas (such as the relevance of experience, opportunity to learn, environment, persona...

Originally published in 2004. In this book Kathy Hall analyses recent educational reform in England relating to primary education and literacy. By taking account of themes such as globalisation, teacher education, children's learning and especially literacy, she develops a critique of government reactions and explores alternative responses to the crucial issues of our time. The book concludes with policy recommendations based on evidence drawn from a range of perspectives. Inviting the rea...