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The Absorbent Mind

by Maria Montessori ...

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described ... Read more

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Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described
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Launch

Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student

by John Spencer, A.J. Juliani ...

Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills—problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination—that will help them shape the world’s future … our future. In LAUNCH, John Spencer and A.J. Juliani provide a process that can be incorporated into every class at every grade level ... even if you don’t consider yourself a ... Read more

$27.93 NZD

Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills—problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination—that will help them shape the world’s future … our future. In LAUNCH, John Spencer and A.J. Juliani provide a process that can be incorporated into every class at every grade level ... even if you don’t consider yourself a
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Empower

What Happens When Students Own Their Learning

by John Spencer, A.J. Juliani ...

Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions. As they go through school, something happens to many of our students, and they begin to play the game of school, eager to be compliant and follow a path instead of making their own. As teachers, leaders, and parents, we have the opportunity to be the guide in our kids’ education and unleash the ... Read more

$24.25 NZD

Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions. As they go through school, something happens to many of our students, and they begin to play the game of school, eager to be compliant and follow a path instead of making their own. As teachers, leaders, and parents, we have the opportunity to be the guide in our kids’ education and unleash the
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In the Early World

by Elwyn S. Richardson ...

A teacher's attempt to understand children's ability and desire to express themselves in their own natural ways; the story of an experimental school in New Zealand in the early 1960s. ... Read more

$18.04 NZD

A teacher's attempt to understand children's ability and desire to express themselves in their own natural ways; the story of an experimental school in New Zealand in the early 1960s.
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The Absorbent Mind (Rediscovered Books)

With linked Table of Contents

by Maria Montessori ...

The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that ... Read more

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The Absorbent Mind was Maria Montessori's most in-depth work on her educational theory, based on decades of scientific observation of children. Her view on children and their absorbent minds was a landmark departure from the educational model at the time. This book helped start a revolution in education. Since this book first appeared there have been both cognitive and neurological studies that
... Read more
Outdoor Classrooms

A Handbook for School Gardens

by Carolyn Nuttal, Mary-Anne Cotter ...

Outdoor Classrooms is ideal for teachers and home educators who want to incorporate outdoor education at all levels of the school curriculum, with an emphasis on setting up vegetable gardens, teaching children about growing food, economic concerns, human and planetary health and future sustainability. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Outdoor Classrooms is presented as two streams of thought. ... Read more

$16.89 NZD

Outdoor Classrooms is ideal for teachers and home educators who want to incorporate outdoor education at all levels of the school curriculum, with an emphasis on setting up vegetable gardens, teaching children about growing food, economic concerns, human and planetary health and future sustainability. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Outdoor Classrooms is presented as two streams of thought.
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Adaptable

How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment

by A.J. Juiliani ...

Educating our students is hard work. It was before the pandemic, and now, heading into a post-COVID world, it has continued to challenge all of us (teachers, coaches, administrators, and parents). In the midst of going from in-person teaching to remote learning, and then to a hybrid approach, we have seen the need for adaptable and flexible curriculum and instruction. This book sets out to build ... Read more

$24.25 NZD

Educating our students is hard work. It was before the pandemic, and now, heading into a post-COVID world, it has continued to challenge all of us (teachers, coaches, administrators, and parents). In the midst of going from in-person teaching to remote learning, and then to a hybrid approach, we have seen the need for adaptable and flexible curriculum and instruction. This book sets out to build
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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
Tech with Heart

Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, and Create Compassionate Classrooms

by Stacey Roshan ...

The fight to be first, the pressure to be right, and the stress surrounding test scores were just a few of the many reasons Stacey Roshan chose to flip her class. In Tech with Heart, she offers practical insights and instruction for using edtech tools to create greater connection with students, humanize modern learning, and help all learners to thrive. ... Read more

$24.25 NZD

The fight to be first, the pressure to be right, and the stress surrounding test scores were just a few of the many reasons Stacey Roshan chose to flip her class. In Tech with Heart, she offers practical insights and instruction for using edtech tools to create greater connection with students, humanize modern learning, and help all learners to thrive.
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EFT: EFT Tapping Scripts & Solutions To An Abundant YOU: 10 Simple DIY Experiences To Prove That Your Mind Creates Your Life!

by Janet Evans ...

Tapping is one of the fastest and easiest ways to address both the emotional and physical problems that tend to hamper our lives. Using the energy meridians of the body, practitioners tap on specific points while focusing on particular negative emotions or physical sensations. The tapping helps calm the nervous system to restore the balance of energy in the body, and in turn rewire the brain to ... Read more

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Tapping is one of the fastest and easiest ways to address both the emotional and physical problems that tend to hamper our lives. Using the energy meridians of the body, practitioners tap on specific points while focusing on particular negative emotions or physical sensations. The tapping helps calm the nervous system to restore the balance of energy in the body, and in turn rewire the brain to
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In The Lab! Science Experiments for Kids | Science and Nature for Kids

by Baby Professor ...

Encourage your child to be more comfortable with science experiments by introducing easy-to-do activities first. The cool thing about this educational resource is that it lists down experiments that can be done with minimal adult supervision. Experiments tickle your child’s curiosity and desire to learn more about the world around him/her. Get a copy today. ... Read more

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Encourage your child to be more comfortable with science experiments by introducing easy-to-do activities first. The cool thing about this educational resource is that it lists down experiments that can be done with minimal adult supervision. Experiments tickle your child’s curiosity and desire to learn more about the world around him/her. Get a copy today.
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Hacking School Discipline

9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice

by Nathan Maynard, Brad Weinstein ...

Series Book 22 - Hack Learning Series
Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learnersAre you or your teachers frustrated with carrots and sticks, detention rooms, and suspension--antiquated school discipline practices that simply do not work with the students entering our classrooms today? Our kids have complex needs, and we must empower and embrace them with restorative practices that not ... Read more

$11.72 NZD

Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learnersAre you or your teachers frustrated with carrots and sticks, detention rooms, and suspension--antiquated school discipline practices that simply do not work with the students entering our classrooms today? Our kids have complex needs, and we must empower and embrace them with restorative practices that not
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Innovate Inside the Box

Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator's Mindset

by George Couros, Katie Novak ...

In Innovate Inside the Box, George Couros and Katie Novak provide informed insight on creating purposeful learning opportunities for all students. By combining the power of the Innovator's Mindset and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), they empower educators to create opportunities that will benefit every learner. ... Read more

$24.25 NZD

In Innovate Inside the Box, George Couros and Katie Novak provide informed insight on creating purposeful learning opportunities for all students. By combining the power of the Innovator's Mindset and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), they empower educators to create opportunities that will benefit every learner.
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Notebooking

For Homeschooling

by Cythia Lyne ...

Thinking of adding notebooking in Homeschooling?Notebooking is one of the simplest ways to track your child's home education milestones. This is more important as your child progresses in age, he or she will start to track this progress in their own way, thus taking ownership and being proactive in their education.notebooking refers to keeping a record of activities, ideas, thoughts and plans. ... Read more

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Thinking of adding notebooking in Homeschooling?Notebooking is one of the simplest ways to track your child's home education milestones. This is more important as your child progresses in age, he or she will start to track this progress in their own way, thus taking ownership and being proactive in their education.notebooking refers to keeping a record of activities, ideas, thoughts and plans.
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mBot for Makers

Conceive, Construct, and Code Your Own Robots at Home or in the Classroom

by Andrew Carle, Rick Schertle ...

The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential. Getting Started with mBots is for non-technical parents, kids and teachers who want to start with a robust robotics platform and then take it to the next level. The heart of the ... Read more

$22.99 NZD

The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential. Getting Started with mBots is for non-technical parents, kids and teachers who want to start with a robust robotics platform and then take it to the next level. The heart of the
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Bring Your Own Learning

Transform Instruction with Any Device

by Lenny Schad ...

In Bring Your Own Learning, highly respected educational technologist Lenny Schad tells the story of leading his large Texas school district through a program of inclusion, where it no longer matters what technology is being used or who owns the device. What matters is that students learn in the ways that make sense to them and their teachers. ... Read more

$19.50 NZD

In Bring Your Own Learning, highly respected educational technologist Lenny Schad tells the story of leading his large Texas school district through a program of inclusion, where it no longer matters what technology is being used or who owns the device. What matters is that students learn in the ways that make sense to them and their teachers.
... Read more
Bold Moves for Schools

How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments

by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Marie Hubley Alcock ...

What will it take to create truly contemporary learning environments that meet the demands of 21st-century society, engage learners, and produce graduates who are prepared to succeed in the world? What skills and capacities do teachers and leaders need to create and sustain such schools? What actions are necessary?Bold Moves for Schools offers a compelling vision that answers these questions—and ... Read more

$68.58 NZD

What will it take to create truly contemporary learning environments that meet the demands of 21st-century society, engage learners, and produce graduates who are prepared to succeed in the world? What skills and capacities do teachers and leaders need to create and sustain such schools? What actions are necessary?Bold Moves for Schools offers a compelling vision that answers these questions—and
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Trans*-faire Sexualpaedagogik unter Einbeziehung von Koerper- und Leiblichkeit

Konkretisierung an Kinder- und Jugendliteratur aus der Anglophonie

by Renata Duda-Merle ...

Forschungsergebnisse aus Deutschland und der Anglophonie belegen, dass Trans*-Jugendliche stärker unter Ausgrenzung und Benachteiligung leiden als ihre Altersgenossen. Forscher_innen rufen deshalb zur Sichtbarmachung von alternativen Lebensweisen zugunsten von Vielfalt auf. Die Autorin visualisiert, wie hierzu im Kontext der Sexualerziehung an Schulen sowie Bildungseinrichtungen Jugendliteratur ... Read more

$167.88 NZD

Forschungsergebnisse aus Deutschland und der Anglophonie belegen, dass Trans*-Jugendliche stärker unter Ausgrenzung und Benachteiligung leiden als ihre Altersgenossen. Forscher_innen rufen deshalb zur Sichtbarmachung von alternativen Lebensweisen zugunsten von Vielfalt auf. Die Autorin visualisiert, wie hierzu im Kontext der Sexualerziehung an Schulen sowie Bildungseinrichtungen Jugendliteratur
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Whole Brain Learning Theory in Education

by Joyce Diane Schulz ...

The purpose of this Master Thesis at Argosy University in December 2010 was to identify dominant learning modalities, as understood by the nine Multiple intelligences of Dr. Howard Gardner (Garner, 1993), the intelligences of right/left-brain dominance processing fields leading to whole brain theory in education. It can be called the Balanced Whole Learner, Whole Mind/Open mind learning methods. ... Read more

$14.82 NZD

The purpose of this Master Thesis at Argosy University in December 2010 was to identify dominant learning modalities, as understood by the nine Multiple intelligences of Dr. Howard Gardner (Garner, 1993), the intelligences of right/left-brain dominance processing fields leading to whole brain theory in education. It can be called the Balanced Whole Learner, Whole Mind/Open mind learning methods.
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Die Bildungs- und Erziehungsempfehlungen fuer Kindertagesstaetten in Rheinland-Pfalz – ein wirksames Qualitaetsentwicklungsinstrument?

Eine deskriptive Fallstudie

by Melanie Bredereck ...

Series Book 66 - Heidelberger Studien zur Bildungswissenschaft
Die Veröffentlichung und Umsetzung von Rahmenplänen für die pädagogische Arbeit ist ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung einer professionelleren Gestaltung des frühkindlichen Bildungsbereichs. Unerforscht ist, ob diese Bildungspläne ein wirksames Instrument zur Qualitätsentwicklung in Kindergärten sind. Die Autorin schließt diese Lücke und untersucht die Wirkung der Bildungs- und Erziehungsempfehlungen ... Read more

$151.02 NZD

Die Veröffentlichung und Umsetzung von Rahmenplänen für die pädagogische Arbeit ist ein wichtiger Schritt in Richtung einer professionelleren Gestaltung des frühkindlichen Bildungsbereichs. Unerforscht ist, ob diese Bildungspläne ein wirksames Instrument zur Qualitätsentwicklung in Kindergärten sind. Die Autorin schließt diese Lücke und untersucht die Wirkung der Bildungs- und Erziehungsempfehlungen
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Adult Learning and Education in International Contexts: Future Challenges for its Professionalization

Comparative Perspectives from the 2016 Wuerzburg Winter School

by Regina Egetenmeyer, Sabine Schmidt-Lauff, Vanna Boffo ...

Series Book 69 - Studien zur Paedagogik, Andragogik und Gerontagogik / Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy
This volume analyses adult education and lifelong learning as international phenomena, which have a strong influence on professionals working in this field. Based on the 2016 Würzburg Winter School, the book identifies influences on policy at local, national and international levels. It examines the internationalization of adult education and emphasizes the emergence of different dimensions of ... Read more

$127.11 NZD

This volume analyses adult education and lifelong learning as international phenomena, which have a strong influence on professionals working in this field. Based on the 2016 Würzburg Winter School, the book identifies influences on policy at local, national and international levels. It examines the internationalization of adult education and emphasizes the emergence of different dimensions of
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Digital Agency in Higher Education

Transforming Teaching and Learning

by Toril Aagaard, Andreas Lund ...

Exploring how digital resources are being used to engage students in learning and improve educational quality, Digital Agency in Higher Education promotes an awareness of relations and interplay between humans and digital artifacts.Examining the impacts in higher education through experience-based knowledge and a conceptual framework, this book:• provides a detailed analysis of how transformative ... Read more

$66.62 NZD

Exploring how digital resources are being used to engage students in learning and improve educational quality, Digital Agency in Higher Education promotes an awareness of relations and interplay between humans and digital artifacts.Examining the impacts in higher education through experience-based knowledge and a conceptual framework, this book:• provides a detailed analysis of how transformative
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Storia d'amore tra un ferro da stiro e uno pneumatico

Metodo per la padronanza didattica con storytelling e Intelligenza Artificiale

by Alberto Pian ...

Series series Your Storytelling is Born
180 pagine, oltre 230K battute, 23 attività organizzate, 15 schede, 12 casi di studio analizzati, 4 moduli step by step, il metodo in 6 passaggi, numerose griglie e riquadri, 44 immagini.Questo libro insegna il metodo per la padronanza didattica con storytelling e Intelligenza artificiale ideato da Alberto Pian. Lo scopo del metodo è di aiutare i docenti e i formatori a insegnare e apprendere con ... Read more

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180 pagine, oltre 230K battute, 23 attività organizzate, 15 schede, 12 casi di studio analizzati, 4 moduli step by step, il metodo in 6 passaggi, numerose griglie e riquadri, 44 immagini.Questo libro insegna il metodo per la padronanza didattica con storytelling e Intelligenza artificiale ideato da Alberto Pian. Lo scopo del metodo è di aiutare i docenti e i formatori a insegnare e apprendere con
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A Learning Community of Reflective Teachers

From Whispers to Resonance

Edited by Neeraja Raghavan ...

Teachers possess a wealth of untapped wisdom and valuable experience. Be it educational policy, curriculum development or textbook selection, rare are the instances when teachers’ views are solicited. Traditionally, teacher development has been driven by administrators of schools, and it often takes the form of a ‘mentor’ teaching the staff of a school.But what happens when teachers across ... Read more

$127.39 NZD

Teachers possess a wealth of untapped wisdom and valuable experience. Be it educational policy, curriculum development or textbook selection, rare are the instances when teachers’ views are solicited. Traditionally, teacher development has been driven by administrators of schools, and it often takes the form of a ‘mentor’ teaching the staff of a school.But what happens when teachers across
... Read more

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