Turn your classroom into a thriving community of learners! In The Passion-Driven Classroom, bestselling authors Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold show you how to spark and sustain your students’ energy, excitement, and love of learning. This updated edition offers a new framework for changing your mindset and implementing a passion-driven classroom, where passion meets practice every day as students learn new skills and explore their talents. You’ll come away with specific examples o...

"Du wirst dich wundern, was in uns steckt!" … … sagte die Brennnessel und nahm ihre Freunde an die Hand: Frauenmantel, Giersch, Gundermann, Holunder, Kornelkirsche, Löwenzahn, Rose, Schafgarbe, Schlehe, Spitzwegerich und Vogelmiere. Zusammen werden dich die zwölf Wildpflanzen in den Bann dieses Wald- und Wiesenmärchens ziehen und dich mit ihren unerwarteten Fähigkeiten verblüffen. Klingt spannend? – Ist es auch! Zahm gezüchtet? Wollen wir nicht! Es tut unglaublich gut, seine wilde Seite zu...

You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes—habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes—they need to succeed.

If you were to account for your life at this moment—are you living up to your own potential? Does your present state of affairs give you reason to be disappointed or discouraged? Is your job unsatisfying…your relationships far from what they could be…your spiritual life a mere shadow of what it once was? If you answered "yes" to one or more of these questions, then there is a very good chance you--like scores of other Americans--have been lulled into accepting a life that is simply "good e...

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

"Aryon reckte den Schwertarm gen Himmel. Blitze zuckten um ihn und er ballte die Faust im Triumph. Diesmal würden ihn die Götter nicht daran hindern, Erestra zu beschützen. Diesmal würde er den Magier besiegen. Er blickte den Pfad hinab, auf dem er zum Gipfel gestiegen war. Für die dort ausharrenden Kinder würde er siegen." Solche oder ähnliche Szenen bilden sich vor dem inneren Auge, wenn man Musik des schwedischen Duos "Two Steps from Hell" hört. Die kraftvolle, beeindruckende Musik webt...