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Essays on Employer Engagement in Education

Edited by Anthony Mann, Prue Huddleston, Elnaz Kashefpakdel ...

Building on new theories about the meaning of employability in the twenty-first century and the power of social and cultural capital in enabling access to economic opportunities, Essays on Employer Engagement in Education considers how employer engagement is delivered and explores the employment and attainment outcomes linked to participation.Introducing international policy, research and ... Read more

$116.08 NZD

Building on new theories about the meaning of employability in the twenty-first century and the power of social and cultural capital in enabling access to economic opportunities, Essays on Employer Engagement in Education considers how employer engagement is delivered and explores the employment and attainment outcomes linked to participation.Introducing international policy, research and
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Moral Empowerment

In Quest of a Pedagogy

by Sona Farid-Arbab ...

Moral Empowerment is a groundbreaking recommendation that education systems and students can benefit from a new approach in learning - the development of the students capacity to pursue their own intellectual and spiritual growth, as well as the students' active engagement in the long-term transformation of their communities. This illuminating idea is carried out on the basis of two central ... Read more

$7.86 NZD

Moral Empowerment is a groundbreaking recommendation that education systems and students can benefit from a new approach in learning - the development of the students capacity to pursue their own intellectual and spiritual growth, as well as the students' active engagement in the long-term transformation of their communities. This illuminating idea is carried out on the basis of two central
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The Coddling of the American Mind

How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff ...

'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi... ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

'Excellent, their advice is sound... liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times BestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wi...
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Practice Perfect

42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better

by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi ...

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practiceWe live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen ... Read more

$24.99 NZD

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practiceWe live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but if we really wanted to see greatness—wanted to cheer for it, see it happen, understand what made it happen
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Election

by Tom Perrotta ...

A brilliantly funny novel from the author of ‘The Abstinence Teacher’ and ‘Little Children’, made into an acclaimed film starring Reece Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.Tracy Flick wants to be president of Winwood High. She’s one of those ambitious girls who finds time to do it all: edit the yearbook, star in the school musical, sleep with her English teacher. Staunch idealist, Jim McAllister ... Read more

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A brilliantly funny novel from the author of ‘The Abstinence Teacher’ and ‘Little Children’, made into an acclaimed film starring Reece Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.Tracy Flick wants to be president of Winwood High. She’s one of those ambitious girls who finds time to do it all: edit the yearbook, star in the school musical, sleep with her English teacher. Staunch idealist, Jim McAllister
... Read more
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined

by Salman Khan ...

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly
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The Abolition of Man

by C. S. Lewis ...

C. S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as love and faith, courage and honor, in contemporary society. This modern classic also probes the role of education in man's moral and spiritual development. ... Read more

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C. S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as love and faith, courage and honor, in contemporary society. This modern classic also probes the role of education in man's moral and spiritual development.
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Times Change: a History of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools

by Susan Putman Maxwell RSCJ ...

Times Change is an apt description of the developments in schools of the Society of the Sacred Heart and other Catholic schools throughout the world in the era since the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church. In this book, the author, who has played a significant role in these developments, offers her memoir of the turbulence and the triumphs of this piece of educational history. She ... Read more

$5.58 NZD

Times Change is an apt description of the developments in schools of the Society of the Sacred Heart and other Catholic schools throughout the world in the era since the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church. In this book, the author, who has played a significant role in these developments, offers her memoir of the turbulence and the triumphs of this piece of educational history. She
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The War for Children's Minds

by Stephen Law ...

Behind headlines on the conflict in Iraq and global terrorism, a much deeper battle is raging over children and the values they should adopt. Political and religious leaders including Blair and Bush have been joined by the popular press in Enlightenment-bashing and bitter attacks on `liberal parenting calling for a return to authority and religious tradition. How do we raise good children? How do ... Read more

$50.23 NZD

Behind headlines on the conflict in Iraq and global terrorism, a much deeper battle is raging over children and the values they should adopt. Political and religious leaders including Blair and Bush have been joined by the popular press in Enlightenment-bashing and bitter attacks on `liberal parenting calling for a return to authority and religious tradition. How do we raise good children? How do
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Education and the Significance of Life

by Jiddu Krishnamurti ...

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love. ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.
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Leaving Academia

A Practical Guide

by Christopher L. Caterine ...

Series series Skills for Scholars
An indispensable guide for grad students and academics who want to find fulfilling careers outside higher educationAn estimated ninety-three percent of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences won’t get a tenure-track job, yet many still assume that a tenured professorship is the only successful outcome for a PhD. With the academic job market in such crisis, Leaving Academia helps ... Read more

$37.35 NZD

An indispensable guide for grad students and academics who want to find fulfilling careers outside higher educationAn estimated ninety-three percent of graduate students in the humanities and social sciences won’t get a tenure-track job, yet many still assume that a tenured professorship is the only successful outcome for a PhD. With the academic job market in such crisis, Leaving Academia helps
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Home Education

by Charlotte Mason ...

Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention, ... Read more

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Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention,
... Read more
What Teachers Make

In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

by Taylor Mali ...

In praise of the greatest job in the world...The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why we need them now more than ever.Teacher turned teacher’s advocate Taylor Mali inspired millions with his original poem “What Teachers Make,” a passionate and unforgettable response to a rich man at a dinner party who sneeringly asked him what teachers make. Mali’s sharp, funny, ... Read more

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In praise of the greatest job in the world...The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why we need them now more than ever.Teacher turned teacher’s advocate Taylor Mali inspired millions with his original poem “What Teachers Make,” a passionate and unforgettable response to a rich man at a dinner party who sneeringly asked him what teachers make. Mali’s sharp, funny,
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Teaching Hope

Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell

by The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell ...

Incredible stories of struggle, redemption, and the power of education from the teachers taught by Erin Gruwell and the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Freedom Writers DiaryDon’t miss the public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart“These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.”—From the ... Read more

$8.79 NZD

Incredible stories of struggle, redemption, and the power of education from the teachers taught by Erin Gruwell and the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Freedom Writers DiaryDon’t miss the public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart“These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.”—From the
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Purpose-Driven Parent

How to Raise an Academically Sound Child for College and Career Readiness

by Wendy Felton ...

Purpose-Driven Parents: How to Raise an Academically Sound Child for College and Career Readiness is an engaging book that immediately grabs your attention with the author's storytelling capabilities of real-life examples. The author divides the book into ten sections that provide guidance when preparing your child for academic success, college, and career readiness. Each section is filled with ... Read more

$12.62 NZD

Purpose-Driven Parents: How to Raise an Academically Sound Child for College and Career Readiness is an engaging book that immediately grabs your attention with the author's storytelling capabilities of real-life examples. The author divides the book into ten sections that provide guidance when preparing your child for academic success, college, and career readiness. Each section is filled with
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Technology is a tool to be used, not an outcome

by Christopher Waterworth ...

Do we buy technology in schools without questioning why? How many times have you been amazed by a piece of technology? If you're like me, then quite often! I love technology, I love the way it has changed the way I work, how it has inspired me and how it has enabled me to publish things I never thought possible 10 years ago. Now, let's look at the children in my class, the digital natives. The ... Read more

$6.06 NZD

Do we buy technology in schools without questioning why? How many times have you been amazed by a piece of technology? If you're like me, then quite often! I love technology, I love the way it has changed the way I work, how it has inspired me and how it has enabled me to publish things I never thought possible 10 years ago. Now, let's look at the children in my class, the digital natives. The
... Read more
The Power of Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation

Voices and Visions of Hope and Healing

Edited by Patricia Clark, Eva Zygmunt, Susan Tancock, Kristin Cipollone ...

Discover how and why community-engaged teacher preparation is a powerful and vital approach to address an educational system that is historically deficient, discriminatory, and decidedly inequitable. In this edited volume, the authors argue that past practice is inadequate and issue a mandate for a new approach to educator preparation. Articulating a clear definition of community-engaged teacher ... Read more

$48.01 NZD

Discover how and why community-engaged teacher preparation is a powerful and vital approach to address an educational system that is historically deficient, discriminatory, and decidedly inequitable. In this edited volume, the authors argue that past practice is inadequate and issue a mandate for a new approach to educator preparation. Articulating a clear definition of community-engaged teacher
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Socially Responsible Literacy

Teaching Adolescents for Purpose and Power

by Paula M. Selvester, Deborah G. Summers ...

Series series Language and Literacy Series
This book offers a new vision for teaching literacy to adolescents that moves beyond reading for its own sake and toward reading as a way to motivate students to connect with their world. The authors draw on the voices of adolescent readers to discover how teachers can encourage their students to explore their identities, face injustices, and contribute to their communities. Readers learn how to ... Read more

$41.39 NZD

This book offers a new vision for teaching literacy to adolescents that moves beyond reading for its own sake and toward reading as a way to motivate students to connect with their world. The authors draw on the voices of adolescent readers to discover how teachers can encourage their students to explore their identities, face injustices, and contribute to their communities. Readers learn how to
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming For Beginners

by KENNETH HOLMAN ...

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) has helped millions of people around the world overcome fear, increase self-confidence, enrich relationships and achieve sensational success at all levels of society.Whether you want to reprogram your beliefs or improve your interpersonal relationships, this guide will give you the key to a better life.With the simple techniques of NLP, you too can become a ... Read more

$10.79 NZD

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) has helped millions of people around the world overcome fear, increase self-confidence, enrich relationships and achieve sensational success at all levels of society.Whether you want to reprogram your beliefs or improve your interpersonal relationships, this guide will give you the key to a better life.With the simple techniques of NLP, you too can become a
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The Expert Effect

A Three-Part System to Break Down the Walls of Your Classroom and Connect Your Students to the World

by Grayson McKinney, Zach Rondot ...

The Expert Effect includes practical teaching strategies and QR code links to resources and templates that make it easy to integrate this system into your curriculum. Regardless of the grade level you teach, you'll find inspiration and ideas that will help you engage your students in an unforgettable way. ... Read more

$14.17 NZD

The Expert Effect includes practical teaching strategies and QR code links to resources and templates that make it easy to integrate this system into your curriculum. Regardless of the grade level you teach, you'll find inspiration and ideas that will help you engage your students in an unforgettable way.
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Studied Ignorance: How Curricular Censorship and Textbook Selection Are Dumbing Down American Education

How Curricular Censorship and Textbook Selection Are Dumbing Down American Education

by Herbert N. Foerstel ...

Despite concerted efforts from our educators, administrators, and government, American education continues to struggle. The author of this work argues that the decline can be traced to censored curricula, inaccurate textbooks, test-driven evaluations, and increasing poverty among the student population.Under the definition of "failure" specified in the No Child Left Behind Act, more than 80 ... Read more

$54.84 NZD

Despite concerted efforts from our educators, administrators, and government, American education continues to struggle. The author of this work argues that the decline can be traced to censored curricula, inaccurate textbooks, test-driven evaluations, and increasing poverty among the student population.Under the definition of "failure" specified in the No Child Left Behind Act, more than 80
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On the Side of the Child

Summerhill Revisited

by William Ayers ...

Series series Between Teacher and Text
A. S. Neill’s radical approach to child rearing is as controversial today as it was in 1960. Neill’s “code of freedom” emphasized the principles of freedom, love, and positive discipline in the care and education of children. These ideals continue to evoke admiration by many who have found them key to not only raising healthy, happy children but also to stemming the tide of violence in our schools ... Read more

$34.66 NZD

A. S. Neill’s radical approach to child rearing is as controversial today as it was in 1960. Neill’s “code of freedom” emphasized the principles of freedom, love, and positive discipline in the care and education of children. These ideals continue to evoke admiration by many who have found them key to not only raising healthy, happy children but also to stemming the tide of violence in our schools
... Read more
ДАРЫ НЕСОВЕРШЕНСТВА

by Kate Bishop ...

Эта новаторская работа Брене Браун, доктора философии, способствует самоуважению и личностному росту. Она отличается эмоциональным и честным повествованием, а не типичной книгой по самопомощи.Когда мы отказываемся от наших предвзятых представлений о том, что значит жить «несовершенной» жизнью, и вместо этого принимаем свободу, которая приходит с подлинной жизнью, она раскрывает некоторые ... Read more

$9.89 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Эта новаторская работа Брене Браун, доктора философии, способствует самоуважению и личностному росту. Она отличается эмоциональным и честным повествованием, а не типичной книгой по самопомощи.Когда мы отказываемся от наших предвзятых представлений о том, что значит жить «несовершенной» жизнью, и вместо этого принимаем свободу, которая приходит с подлинной жизнью, она раскрывает некоторые
... Read more
Valeurs de la réussite

Motivation et pouvoir intérieur, #2

by Silviu Vasile ...

Series Book 2 - Motivation et pouvoir intérieur
Le véritable succès vient de l'exploitation de notre plein potentiel. Peu importe le nombre d'opportunités et de ressources dont nous disposons, nous ne réussirons que lorsque nous commencerons délibérément à utiliser notre intelligence pour l'autodiscipline et l'autogestion, sans aucune pression extérieure. Mais il s'agit de développer notre propre personnalité, et cela prend du temps.Nous sommes ... Read more

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Le véritable succès vient de l'exploitation de notre plein potentiel. Peu importe le nombre d'opportunités et de ressources dont nous disposons, nous ne réussirons que lorsque nous commencerons délibérément à utiliser notre intelligence pour l'autodiscipline et l'autogestion, sans aucune pression extérieure. Mais il s'agit de développer notre propre personnalité, et cela prend du temps.Nous sommes
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