Developing Natural Curiosity through Project-Based Learning is a practical guide that provides step-by-step instructions for PreK–3 teachers interested in embedding project-based learning (PBL) into their daily classroom routine. The book spells out the five steps teachers can use to create authentic PBL challenges for their learners and illustrates exactly what that looks like in an early childhood classroom. Authentic project-based learning experiences engage children in the mas...

Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy. Recent research has identified a connection between academic performance and musical programs and this has given music a renewed status in many schools.This book promotes the idea of children’s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in mu...

When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However, assessments about the assumptions and consequences of this radical change to the nation's social safety net were actually far more varied and disputed than the label "consensus" s...

• Véritable outil pour la pratique quotidienne des médecins généralistes, des sages-femmes, des étudiants en médecine et des gynécologues-obstétriciens débutants, ce livre rassemble 120 questions/réponses et conduites à tenir, adaptées à chaque problématique de gynécologie-obstétrique. • Présentée sous forme de fiche, chaque question suit le même plan : demande de la patiente, première consultation avec l'interrogatoire et l'examen du médecin généraliste ou de la sage-femme, et prescriptio...

Conçu pour être un véritable outil pour la pratique quotidienne des médecins, des sages-femmes et des étudiants en médecine, ce livre rassemble 120 questions/réponses et conduites à tenir, adaptées à chaque problématique de gynécologie et d'obstétrique. Présentée sous forme de fiche, chaque question suit le même plan : la demande de la patiente, la première consultation avec l'interrogatoire et l'examen du généraliste ou de la sage-femme, et la prescription des examens complémentaires init...