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Creativity

Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ...

Series Book 7 - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
"Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too." — Library Journal (starred review)The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow.Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly ... Read more

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"Although the benefits of this study to scholars are obvious, this thought-provoking mixture of scholarly and colloquial will enlighten inquisitive general readers, too." — Library Journal (starred review)The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow.Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly
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Sparks of Genius

The 13 Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People

by Robert Root-Bernstein, Michèle Root-Bernstein ...

Discover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this "well-written and easy-to-follow" guide ( Library Journal).Explore the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples, ... Read more

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Discover the cognitive tools that lead to creative thinking and problem-solving with this "well-written and easy-to-follow" guide ( Library Journal).Explore the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and examples,
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Early Childhood Leadership

Motivation, Inspiration, Empowerment

by Lynn Marotz ...

Early Childhood Leadership: Motivation, Inspiration, Empowerment is a must-have book for anyone who occupies a leadership position (e.g., administrator, director, coordinator, team leader, manager, lead teacher) or anticipates doing so in the future. It addresses one of the most challenging workplace issues facing employers today—the ability to encourage employees’ creativity, productivity, and ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Early Childhood Leadership: Motivation, Inspiration, Empowerment is a must-have book for anyone who occupies a leadership position (e.g., administrator, director, coordinator, team leader, manager, lead teacher) or anticipates doing so in the future. It addresses one of the most challenging workplace issues facing employers today—the ability to encourage employees’ creativity, productivity, and
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Weapons of Mass Instruction

A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto ...

Expose the hidden mechanisms that turn curious children into compliant workers. John Taylor Gatto's explosive follow-up to Dumbing Us Down reveals the specific techniques schools use to destroy imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as rote memorization rather than creative discovery.The Weaponization of Education:This isn't conspiracy theory - it's ... Read more

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Expose the hidden mechanisms that turn curious children into compliant workers. John Taylor Gatto's explosive follow-up to Dumbing Us Down reveals the specific techniques schools use to destroy imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as rote memorization rather than creative discovery.The Weaponization of Education:This isn't conspiracy theory - it's
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Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning

Building Expressways to Success

by Andratesha Fritzgerald ...

Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning is the silver winner of the 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Education!Andratesha Fritzgerald presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a new light: As an effective framework to teach Black and Brown students. Drawing vivid portraits of her classroom instruction in urban over the past two decades, Fritzgerald shows teachers how to open new ... Read more

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Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning is the silver winner of the 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Education!Andratesha Fritzgerald presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a new light: As an effective framework to teach Black and Brown students. Drawing vivid portraits of her classroom instruction in urban over the past two decades, Fritzgerald shows teachers how to open new
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Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated

Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock ...

A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of brain science can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives.Emily and Paul are the parents of two young children, and professionals with different careers. Emily is the newly ... Read more

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A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of brain science can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives.Emily and Paul are the parents of two young children, and professionals with different careers. Emily is the newly
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The Call of the Wild and Free

Reclaiming the Wonder in Your Child’s Education, A New Way to Homeschool

by Ainsley Arment ...

Series Book 2 - Wild and Free
Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical homeschooling guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality home education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau—”All good things are wild and free”—mother of five Ainsley Arment founded Wild + Free. This growing online community ... Read more

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Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical homeschooling guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality home education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau—”All good things are wild and free”—mother of five Ainsley Arment founded Wild + Free. This growing online community
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Cultural Sensitivity Training

Developing the Basis for Effective Intercultural Communication

by Susann Kowalski ...

Develop your intercultural sensitivity-and confidently manage personal and business relations in an intercultural environment!With this book, you will learn why we all act 'automatically' in interactions with people from other groups and cultures, and how you can counteract these automatisms. The many exercises will guide you through recognizing your own cultural background, and identifying ... Read more

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Develop your intercultural sensitivity-and confidently manage personal and business relations in an intercultural environment!With this book, you will learn why we all act 'automatically' in interactions with people from other groups and cultures, and how you can counteract these automatisms. The many exercises will guide you through recognizing your own cultural background, and identifying
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The Well-Educated Child

How the Principles and Practices of Quality Thinking, Agency, and Ethical Purpose Cultivate Deeper Learning

by Deborah Kenny ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of America’s leading educators explains what children need to thrive and excel.**In The Well-Educated Child, Dr. Deborah Kenny offers an inspiring vision for education that cultivates intelligent, happy, morally grounded young people. This landmark book will change the way we think about what it means for our children to be well educated.Drawing on decades ... Read more

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of America’s leading educators explains what children need to thrive and excel.**In The Well-Educated Child, Dr. Deborah Kenny offers an inspiring vision for education that cultivates intelligent, happy, morally grounded young people. This landmark book will change the way we think about what it means for our children to be well educated.Drawing on decades
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Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership

Casting Light or Shadow

by Craig E. Johnson ...

Ethics is at the heart of leadership. Leaders must make every effort to make ethical decisions and foster ethical behavior among followers. The Eighth Edition of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the ethical demands of leadership and the dark side of leadership. Bestselling author Craig E. Johnson takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from many ... Read more

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Ethics is at the heart of leadership. Leaders must make every effort to make ethical decisions and foster ethical behavior among followers. The Eighth Edition of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow explores the ethical demands of leadership and the dark side of leadership. Bestselling author Craig E. Johnson takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from many
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The First 20 Hours

How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!

by Josh Kaufman ...

Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less?Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare?Research suggests it takes 10,000 ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less?Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare?Research suggests it takes 10,000
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Is Everyone Really Equal?

An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

by Robin DiAngelo, Özlem Sensoy ...

Series series Multicultural Education Series
This award-winning guide to social justice education is appropriate for students from high school through graduate school.Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and ... Read more

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This award-winning guide to social justice education is appropriate for students from high school through graduate school.Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and
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Stoicism and the Art of Happiness

Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy

by Donald Robertson ...

Readers love Stoicism and the Art of Happiness'Just what the aspiring student of Stoicism needs' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review**'**The best self-teaching book on stoicism you'll find' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'Absolutely loved this - outstanding book!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviewAncient truths that will revolutioni... ... Read more

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Readers love Stoicism and the Art of Happiness'Just what the aspiring student of Stoicism needs' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review**'**The best self-teaching book on stoicism you'll find' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review'Absolutely loved this - outstanding book!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader reviewAncient truths that will revolutioni...
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Spotlight on Young Children: Observation and Assessment, Volume 2

Edited by Hilary Seitz ...

Series series Spotlight on Young Children
Meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment are core components of every early learning setting. In today’s world of data collection, high-stakes testing, and accountability, it is vitally important to understand how to effectively assess young children in familiar settings; use this data to inform the curriculum; and communicate this information with staff, families, and ... Read more

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Meaningful, developmentally appropriate observation and assessment are core components of every early learning setting. In today’s world of data collection, high-stakes testing, and accountability, it is vitally important to understand how to effectively assess young children in familiar settings; use this data to inform the curriculum; and communicate this information with staff, families, and
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Mother Nature's Pedagogy

Biological Foundations for Children's Self-Directed Education

by Peter Gray ...

Children come into the world biologically designed to educate themselves. Their natural curiosity, playfulness, sociability, willfulness, adventurousness, tendency to look ahead, and desire to do well in the world were all shaped, by natural selection, to serve the function of education. In this collection of essays, developmental psychologist Peter Gray describes, with research evidence, how ... Read more

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Children come into the world biologically designed to educate themselves. Their natural curiosity, playfulness, sociability, willfulness, adventurousness, tendency to look ahead, and desire to do well in the world were all shaped, by natural selection, to serve the function of education. In this collection of essays, developmental psychologist Peter Gray describes, with research evidence, how
... Read more
The Joy of Learning

Unlocking Your Intellectual Potential

by Elias Hartley ...

In "The Joy of Learning: Unlocking Your Intellectual Potential," Elias Hartley delves into the intricate and ever-evolving journey of lifelong learning. Through insightful exploration and practical advice, Hartley reveals how each new experience, challenge, and even failure can become a stepping stone to greater knowledge, skills, and intellectual joy. This book transcends the confines of formal ... Read more

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In "The Joy of Learning: Unlocking Your Intellectual Potential," Elias Hartley delves into the intricate and ever-evolving journey of lifelong learning. Through insightful exploration and practical advice, Hartley reveals how each new experience, challenge, and even failure can become a stepping stone to greater knowledge, skills, and intellectual joy. This book transcends the confines of formal
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Hacking Assessment

10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School

by Starr Sackstein ...

Series series Hack Learning Series
Now is the time to reimagine assessment and throw out traditional gradesInternationally-recognized grading and assessment expert Starr Sackstein is back with the long-awaited update to her highly-regarded guide to throwing out grades, even in a traditional grades school.Over 100 new strategies and resourcesNearly seven years after helping launch a global no-grades classroom movement, Sackstein has ... Read more

$20.89 USD

Now is the time to reimagine assessment and throw out traditional gradesInternationally-recognized grading and assessment expert Starr Sackstein is back with the long-awaited update to her highly-regarded guide to throwing out grades, even in a traditional grades school.Over 100 new strategies and resourcesNearly seven years after helping launch a global no-grades classroom movement, Sackstein has
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Microaggression Theory

Influence and Implications

Edited by Gina C. Torino, David P. Rivera, Christina M. Capodilupo, Kevin L. Nadal, Derald Wing Sue ...

Get to know the sociopolitical context behind microaggressionsMicroaggressions are brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership (e.g., race, gender, culture, religion, social class, sexual orientation, etc.). These daily, common manifestations of aggression leave many people feeling vulnerable, targeted, angry, and afraid. How ... Read more

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Get to know the sociopolitical context behind microaggressionsMicroaggressions are brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to certain individuals because of their group membership (e.g., race, gender, culture, religion, social class, sexual orientation, etc.). These daily, common manifestations of aggression leave many people feeling vulnerable, targeted, angry, and afraid. How
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Good to Great

Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins ...

Series Book 1 - Good to Great
The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years, ... Read more

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The ChallengeBuilt to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?The StudyFor years,
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人性的弱點：暢銷不墜的成功學經典，向卡內基學習交心溝通術與好感度人際學

How to Win Friends and Influence People

by 戴爾．卡內基, Dale Carnegie ...

Translated by 韓文橋 ...

Series series 人際關係
*世界出版史上僅次於《聖經》的長銷經典，出版逾80年，暢銷超過1500萬冊！*社交心理、人際溝通與成功學的必讀聖經！*股神巴菲特從二十歲起就奉為人生圭臬的案頭書！「想說服別人，要先激發對方的渴望，了解對方的需求。能做到這一點，就能左右逢源。」――戴爾．卡內基被譽為二十世紀最偉大心靈導師和成功學大師的卡內基，在一九一二年發揮自身的銷售與演講長才，創立了獨有的卡內基訓練課程，在美國各地大受歡迎。卡內基認為，能夠被人喜歡，而且也喜歡別人才叫「成功」。也就是說，成功的第一要素是要懂得如何建立好人際關係。人與人之間若要有效溝通，必須了解「人性的弱點」，了解人們都渴望受重視的天性，進而能真心讚美他人。本書囊括卡內基教學二十多年來的精華，詳細說明如何與人相處的哲學和技巧，並輔以諸多真實的故事與例子加以印證，包含三大人際關係技巧、六種受歡迎的方法、十二條獲得認同的法則，以及說服人的九種訣竅。他筆... ... Read more

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*世界出版史上僅次於《聖經》的長銷經典，出版逾80年，暢銷超過1500萬冊！*社交心理、人際溝通與成功學的必讀聖經！*股神巴菲特從二十歲起就奉為人生圭臬的案頭書！「想說服別人，要先激發對方的渴望，了解對方的需求。能做到這一點，就能左右逢源。」――戴爾．卡內基被譽為二十世紀最偉大心靈導師和成功學大師的卡內基，在一九一二年發揮自身的銷售與演講長才，創立了獨有的卡內基訓練課程，在美國各地大受歡迎。卡內基認為，能夠被人喜歡，而且也喜歡別人才叫「成功」。也就是說，成功的第一要素是要懂得如何建立好人際關係。人與人之間若要有效溝通，必須了解「人性的弱點」，了解人們都渴望受重視的天性，進而能真心讚美他人。本書囊括卡內基教學二十多年來的精華，詳細說明如何與人相處的哲學和技巧，並輔以諸多真實的故事與例子加以印證，包含三大人際關係技巧、六種受歡迎的方法、十二條獲得認同的法則，以及說服人的九種訣竅。他筆...
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A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies

A Holistic View

by Thomas A. Lucey ...

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. ... Read more

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This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E.
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Mission High

One School, How Experts Tried to Fail It, and the Students and Teachers Who Made It Triumph

by Kristina Rizga ...

"This book is a godsend a moving portrait for anyone wanting to go beyond the simplified labels and metrics and really understand an urban high school, and its highly individual, resilient, eager and brilliant students and educators." -- Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 National and ScholarMatchDarrell is a reflective, brilliant young man, who never thought of himself as a good student. He always ... Read more

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"This book is a godsend a moving portrait for anyone wanting to go beyond the simplified labels and metrics and really understand an urban high school, and its highly individual, resilient, eager and brilliant students and educators." -- Dave Eggers, co-founder, 826 National and ScholarMatchDarrell is a reflective, brilliant young man, who never thought of himself as a good student. He always
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Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education

Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Giliberto Capano, Darryl S. L. Jarvis ...

Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
For several decades, higher education systems have undergone continuous waves of reform, driven by a combination of concerns about the changing labour needs of the economy, competition within the global-knowledge economy, and nationally competitive positioning strategies to enhance the performance of higher education systems. Yet, despite far-ranging international pressures, including the ... Read more

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For several decades, higher education systems have undergone continuous waves of reform, driven by a combination of concerns about the changing labour needs of the economy, competition within the global-knowledge economy, and nationally competitive positioning strategies to enhance the performance of higher education systems. Yet, despite far-ranging international pressures, including the
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Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner ...

The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century.Beginning with reflections on the historical and theoretical foundations of the sociology of medical education, ... Read more

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The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century.Beginning with reflections on the historical and theoretical foundations of the sociology of medical education,
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