Calling all learners: It's time to level up your memory game!Has your mind ever drawn a blank in a lesson or have you ever stared at a page of revision notes, but nothing has gone in? Well, if you're dyslexic, dyspraxic, autistic, ADHD or have acquired learning differences it's quite likely you will have found yourself in these situations.That's where this handy guide comes in! Not only will this book give you useful info about how your memory and processing work, but it is...

If you're dyspraxic, you might struggle with things like balance, being messy or breaking things, or even spatial awareness. But dyspraxic kids also have lots of talents and strengths.In this book you will meet different dyspraxic children who can do amazing things. You might recognise some of these strengths as things that you can do too!Some dyspraxic children have excellent memories, some are super flexible, some love making their friends laugh, or have brilliant imaginati...

Originally published in 1972. The Men of the First French Republic analyzes some of the well-established evidence concerning deputies of the French National Convention of 1792. It was assumed that this evidence supported accepted generalizations about the convention's character and outlook. Patrick's examination of the convention as a whole, rather than its various groups of deputies (Plain, Mountain, and Gironde), suggests that a number of these generalizations may need revising....

With a wealth of practical strategies for teaching and supporting students with dyspraxia aged from 11 years up to college or university level, this book addresses all aspects of learning and ways in which teaching can be tailored to the dyspraxic learner.By exploring dyspraxia and its physical, emotional, psychological and social impacts on learning, the author shares tried-and-tested strategies for ensuring that students with dyspraxia achieve their full potential. This book cove...

Armed with the wealth of understanding and strategies in this guide, students will discover how they can learn best, to make studying and revision more effective (and less stressful).Packed with simple, tried and tested strategies and workarounds, this study guide for supporting kids and teens who learn differently (such as those with ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia or ASD) explains what memory and processing issues are, and how to work around them. Written by a tutor and specialist with ...

Imaginative Pursuits: An Artist's Notebook invites readers into film director Paula Markovitch's most intimate creative world. In these pages - memories, reflections, short stories, and fragments - she moves fluidly between childhood recollections, moments from youth, and fictional episodes that often feel more vivid than conscious experience. The book can be read as autofiction, as the memoir of an artist, or as a kind of travel diary.Readers encounter both the author's e...

Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current standards pose for teaching emergent bilingual students in grades K-8. Leading experts describe effective, standards-aligned instructional approaches and programs expressly developed to promote b...

Beyond Binaries in Education Research explores the ethical, methodological, and social justice issues relating to conceptualizations of binary opposites in education research, particularly where one side of the dualism is perceived to be positive and the other negative. In education research these may include ability-disability, academic-vocational, adult-child, formal-informal learning, male-female, research-practice, researcher-participant, sedentary-mobile, and West-East. Chapt...

Women who put it all on the line when the shit hits the fan. Military, family, or thrown together by chance doesn’t matter. They join, they cooperate, and, when they run out of options, they fight.Tales from feudal Japan to modern day Angola. A slink through the Parisien woods and a strut along the Seattle streets. A Babylon that we never knew to a war-torn hell we should all fear.A baker’s dozen of stories about women owning their place in the world.

This book highlights the field of youth mental health and why it is a specialty distinct from both child and adolescent and adult mental health.Youth Mental Health: Approaches to Emerging Mental Ill-Health in Young People examines issues such as mental health literacy, e-Health, family, psychological, vocational and pharmacological interventions. The authors also discuss issues that are particularly pertinent to young people, such as suicidality, substance abuse, gender identity an...

In the twenty-first century, what could be more important than networks? Such is the power of their influence and attendant technologies that it is unsurprising that our thinking about networks is permeated with images and metaphors from electronic networks. This orientation may equally influence thinking about education, whether that is of students or teachers.Researching and Understanding Educational Networks extends the discussion of educational networks in a unique and...