An unexpected portrait of the first year of school for America’s youngest learners.When we think of kindergarten, many might imagine joyous free play, and a tangle of trucks, dress-up clothes, and blocks, as five-year-olds explore their vivid imaginations and budding social skills. Others might envision a quiet group sitting cross-legged in a circle during story time. Neither of these scenes would be an inaccurate representation of the pivotal year of entry into tr...

“A remarkable book. Whether you are an educator, parent, or simply a curious reader, you will come to see, hear, and understand children in new ways.”—Howard Gardner, author of Multiple IntelligencesAdults easily recognize children’s imagination at work as they play. Yet most of us know little about what really goes on inside their heads as they encounter the problems and complexities of the world around them. Susan Engel brings together an extraord...

"In this startlingly timely book on education in the United States, Susan Engel critiques the current monetized version of 'return on investment.'" ―Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationAmid the hype of Race to the Top, online experiments such as Khan Academy, and bestselling books like The Sandbox Investment, we seem to have drawn a line that leads from nursery school along a purely economic route...

Amid the hype of Race to the Top, online experiments such as Khan Academy, and bestselling books like The Sandbox Investment, we seem to have drawn a line that leads from nursery school along a purely economic route, with money as the final stop. But what price do we all pay for the increasingly singular focus on wage as the outcome of education? Susan Engel, a leading psychologist and educator, argues that this economic framework has had a profound impact not only on the way we t...

Despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school.“Engel draws on the latest social science research and incid...

This book explores the history, structure and current operations of the World Bank, which despite being the largest development organisation and the largest development research body in the world with tremendous direct and indirect influence on developing economies, has rarely received the critical attention its importance merits. The book’s unique contribution is twofold: it provides an original analysis of the interaction between economic theory, political practice and the Bank’s develop...

A look inside the minds of young children shows how we can better nurture their abilities to think and grow.Adults easily recognize children's imagination at work as they play. Yet most of us know little about what really goes on inside their heads as they encounter the problems and complexities of the world around them. In The Intellectual Lives of Children, Susan Engel brings together an extraordinary body of research to explain how toddlers, preschooler...

The classic work that revealed the complicated world of children's play, and what we can learn from it for educationFor more than forty years, Boys and Girls has a classic account of the little-known world that young children create together when they play. Vivian Gussin Paley takes readers inside a kindergarten classroom to show them in detail how boys and girls play—and how, by playing and fantasizing in different ways, they work through complicated noti...

This book explores the evolution of the 30 functioning multilateral development banks (MDBs). MDBs have their roots in the growing system of international finance and multilateral cooperation, with the first recognisable MDB being proposed by Latin America in financial cooperation with the US in the late 1930s. That Inter-American Bank did not eventuate but was a precursor to the World Bank being negotiated at Bretton Woods in 1944. Since then, a complex network of regional, sub-regional, ...

The remarkable true story of the high school junior who started his own school—and earned acclaim nationwide—" will make you laugh, cry and cheer" (John Merrow, author of The Influence of Teachers).Samuel Levin, a teenager who had already achieved international fame for creating Project Sprout—the first farm-to-school lunch program in the United States—was frustrated with his own education, and saw disaffection among his peers. In response...

Vorhang auf für Daisy und Alex – warmherziger Hitzkopf trifft auf humorlosen Mann: Ob das wohl gut geht?Wie ist die hübsche Daisy Devereaux nur in diese Lage geraten? Sie kann entweder ins Gefängnis gehen oder den geheimnisvollen Mann heiraten, den ihr Vater für sie ausgesucht hat. Alex Markov hat jedoch nicht die Absicht, den liebevollen Bräutigam für eine verwöhnte kleine Erbin zu spielen. Der ebenso humorlose wie gut aussehende Alex reißt die unbezähmbare Daisy ...

Jeder Mensch ist in der Lage, mit Engeln und Geistwesen zu arbeiten! Egal ob du am Beginn deiner "Lebenssinnfindung" stehst oder schon länger mit deinen Engeln oder Geistwesen arbeitest, ich freue mich sehr, dir über meine Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse mit meinen Engeln neue Anregungen, Sichtweisen, Tipps oder Orientierungshilfen geben zu können. Auch ich war an diesem Punkt, an dem du heute bist! Es gibt einen Grund, warum dich dieses Buch gefunden hat. Finde es für dich heraus. Ich weiß, das...