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Art & Fear

Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland ...

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human ... Read more

$10.69 USD

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human
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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel ...

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer ... Read more

$24.49 USD

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer
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How to Write Like a Writer

A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

by Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired ... Read more

$7.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired
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The Principia

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

by Isaac Newton ...

Before Einstein. Before Feynman. There was Newton. The Principia, formally titled Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, is Isaac Newton's groundbreaking treatise that laid the foundation for classical mechanics and changed science forever. First published in 1687, this monumental work introduces Newton's laws of motion, theory of gravity, and mathematical approach to the physical world ... Read more

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Before Einstein. Before Feynman. There was Newton. The Principia, formally titled Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, is Isaac Newton's groundbreaking treatise that laid the foundation for classical mechanics and changed science forever. First published in 1687, this monumental work introduces Newton's laws of motion, theory of gravity, and mathematical approach to the physical world
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Math-ish

Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics

by Jo Boaler ...

From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.“Every once in a while, someone revolutionizes an approach to a difficult subject and changes it forever. That is what Jo Boaler has done for math. ... Read more

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From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.“Every once in a while, someone revolutionizes an approach to a difficult subject and changes it forever. That is what Jo Boaler has done for math.
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Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Edited by Derek France, Lesley Batty, Dan Swanton ...

Series series Elgar Guides to Teaching
This book provides invaluable practical guidance for teaching and learning through fieldwork in higher education. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of experienced field educators, it delves into the challenges and opportunities of teaching beyond the classroom across Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES).Organised into three thematic parts, the book covers ethical and ... Read more

$35.99 USD

This book provides invaluable practical guidance for teaching and learning through fieldwork in higher education. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of experienced field educators, it delves into the challenges and opportunities of teaching beyond the classroom across Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES).Organised into three thematic parts, the book covers ethical and
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A World Away From IEPs

How Disabled Students Learn in Out-of-School Spaces

by Erin McCloskey ...

Series series Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
Step outside of the IEPs and behavioral paperwork currently generated in schools, go where disabled people are thriving today, and see the results in learning, growth, and expression. This authoritative book offers readers alternative ways to think about learning and behavior in special education. Through illustrative case studies and a disability studies lens, author Erin McCloskey uses the ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Step outside of the IEPs and behavioral paperwork currently generated in schools, go where disabled people are thriving today, and see the results in learning, growth, and expression. This authoritative book offers readers alternative ways to think about learning and behavior in special education. Through illustrative case studies and a disability studies lens, author Erin McCloskey uses the
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A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies

A Holistic View

by Thomas A. Lucey ...

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. ... Read more

$57.99 USD

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E.
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El Arte del Orgasmo: Aprende a lograr la eyaculación femenina y a dar orgasmos poderosos y difíciles de olvidar

by Ferris Becker ...

¿Eres consciente de que, al igual que los hombres, las mujeres comparan el rendimiento sexual de su pareja actual con el de sus parejas anteriores?¿Cómo te sentirías al saber que tienes las habilidades que podrían convertirte en el mejor amante que ella ha tenido, y que tendrá jamás?¿Alguna vez te has sentido cohibido por no poder hacerle llegar siempre al clímax?¿Te gustaría saber cómo hacerla ... Read more

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¿Eres consciente de que, al igual que los hombres, las mujeres comparan el rendimiento sexual de su pareja actual con el de sus parejas anteriores?¿Cómo te sentirías al saber que tienes las habilidades que podrían convertirte en el mejor amante que ella ha tenido, y que tendrá jamás?¿Alguna vez te has sentido cohibido por no poder hacerle llegar siempre al clímax?¿Te gustaría saber cómo hacerla
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How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes

by Craig Barton ...

"I genuinely believe I have never taught mathematics better, and my students have never learned more. I just wish I had known all of this twelve years ago."Craig Barton is one of the UK's most respected teachers of mathematics. In his remarkable new book, he explains how he has delved into the world of academic research and emerged with a range of simple, practical, effective strategies that ... Read more

$3.99 USD

"I genuinely believe I have never taught mathematics better, and my students have never learned more. I just wish I had known all of this twelve years ago."Craig Barton is one of the UK's most respected teachers of mathematics. In his remarkable new book, he explains how he has delved into the world of academic research and emerged with a range of simple, practical, effective strategies that
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Reference and Information Services

An Introduction

Edited by Melissa A. Wong, Laura Saunders ...

Series series Library and Information Science Text Series
Written as a textbook for LIS students taking reference courses, this fully updated and revised seventh edition of Reference and Information Services: An Introduction also serves as a helpful handbook for practitioners to refamiliarize themselves with particular types and formats of sources and to refresh their knowledge on specific service topics.The first section grounds the rest of the textbook ... Read more

$64.79 USD

Written as a textbook for LIS students taking reference courses, this fully updated and revised seventh edition of Reference and Information Services: An Introduction also serves as a helpful handbook for practitioners to refamiliarize themselves with particular types and formats of sources and to refresh their knowledge on specific service topics.The first section grounds the rest of the textbook
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Mental Health in Schools

Engaging Learners, Preventing Problems, and Improving Schools

Edited by Linda Taylor, Howard S. Adelman ...

"This resource gives the reader everything needed to design and implement a successful mental health program to benefit a diverse student population. The authors present a strong case for planning and delivering comprehensive integrated services. I commend the authors for their willingness to tackle the tough issues surrounding mental health services for all students."—Marian White-Hood, Director ... Read more

$38.69 USD

"This resource gives the reader everything needed to design and implement a successful mental health program to benefit a diverse student population. The authors present a strong case for planning and delivering comprehensive integrated services. I commend the authors for their willingness to tackle the tough issues surrounding mental health services for all students."—Marian White-Hood, Director
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Objectif CRPE 2025 - épreuve orale de leçon - français et maths - 100 fiches pour bien réviser

by Erik Kermorvant, Joseph Sansonetti, Laurence Breton, Jannick Caillabet, Stéphanie Genre, Kathy Similowski, Rodolphe Viardet, Aurélie Gourmelon, Karine Rabanit ...

Tout pour préparer et réussir le CRPE !Conçu pour les étudiants en Master MEEF, les candidats libres et en formation privée, cet ouvrage propose une préparation complète et efficace à l’épreuve orale de leçon de Maths et de Français du CRPE :100 fiches pratiques, claires et visuellesToutes les informations essentielles pour comprendre les épreuves de Maths et de FrançaisTout... ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Tout pour préparer et réussir le CRPE !Conçu pour les étudiants en Master MEEF, les candidats libres et en formation privée, cet ouvrage propose une préparation complète et efficace à l’épreuve orale de leçon de Maths et de Français du CRPE :100 fiches pratiques, claires et visuellesToutes les informations essentielles pour comprendre les épreuves de Maths et de FrançaisTout...
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Teaching to Every Kid's Potential

Simple Neuroscience Lessons to Liberate Learners

by Layne Kalbfleisch MED, PhD ...

“Teachers hold the potential to provide a student with frustration or opportunity every day—and those states are closer together than you might think.”When students repeatedly lose track of directions or take a long time to solve problems, it’s easy for teachers to see the distracted or off-task behavior, but not always to see the root of the problem. Quite often the same child who has an ... Read more

$19.99 USD

“Teachers hold the potential to provide a student with frustration or opportunity every day—and those states are closer together than you might think.”When students repeatedly lose track of directions or take a long time to solve problems, it’s easy for teachers to see the distracted or off-task behavior, but not always to see the root of the problem. Quite often the same child who has an
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Schooling by Design

Mission, Action, and Achievement

by Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe ...

Why, despite years of trying, have efforts to achieve lasting, effective school reform fallen short? What curricular and policy elements must be in place to move forward? How should the roles of teachers and education leaders be defined to best support the point of school?Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and other questions in Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement. ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Why, despite years of trying, have efforts to achieve lasting, effective school reform fallen short? What curricular and policy elements must be in place to move forward? How should the roles of teachers and education leaders be defined to best support the point of school?Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and other questions in Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement.
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The Differentiated Classroom

Responding to the Needs of All Learners

by Carol Ann Tomlinson ...

Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same—and the need for it has only increased.Today's classroom is more diverse, more inclusive, and more plugged into technology than ever before. And it's led by teachers under enormous pressure to help decidedly unstandardized students meet an expanding set of rigorous, standardized learning ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same—and the need for it has only increased.Today's classroom is more diverse, more inclusive, and more plugged into technology than ever before. And it's led by teachers under enormous pressure to help decidedly unstandardized students meet an expanding set of rigorous, standardized learning
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The Will to Learn

Cultivating Student Motivation Without Losing Your Own

by Dave Stuart ...

Series series Corwin Teaching Essentials
Do the work. Do it with care.This is a book about love. That is, the active, earnest, and intelligent pursuit of our neighbors’ good. Teachers embody this kind of love; we seek and serve the wholeness of others.At the center of this love lies Dave Stuart Jr.’s philosophy that every teacher of every subject area in our schools has the potential to enrich students’ lives long-term through the power ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Do the work. Do it with care.This is a book about love. That is, the active, earnest, and intelligent pursuit of our neighbors’ good. Teachers embody this kind of love; we seek and serve the wholeness of others.At the center of this love lies Dave Stuart Jr.’s philosophy that every teacher of every subject area in our schools has the potential to enrich students’ lives long-term through the power
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中國建築常識

繁體中文版

by 林徽因、梁思成 ...

Series series 中國常識系列
Description：《中國建築常識》——林徽因與梁思成的建築美學啟蒙【大師經典，國風建築入門必讀】林徽因與梁思成，中國建築學的奠基人，以深厚的學養與詩意的筆觸，將千年中國建築的智慧濃縮於此書。從宮殿廟宇到民居園林，從斗拱飛簷到榫卯結構，他們用通俗語言解析專業知識，帶您看懂中國建築的獨特匠心。【圖文並茂，領略傳統之美】書中收錄大量珍貴手繪圖紙與老照片，結合兩位先生的實地考察筆記，生動還原古建築的精妙細節。既是學術經典，也是一場視覺與文化的雙重盛宴。【穿越時空的文化對話】透過建築，讀懂中國人的哲學與生活藝術。無論您是建築愛好者、文化研究者，還是嚮往東方美學的讀者，這本書都是不可錯過的“中國建築第一課”。讀懂中國，從建築開始。Author Biography：林徽因(1904年一1955年)，原名徽音，漢族。詩人、作家、中國現代第一位女建築師。祖籍福建閩侯（今福建福州），出生於浙江杭州 ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Description：《中國建築常識》——林徽因與梁思成的建築美學啟蒙【大師經典，國風建築入門必讀】林徽因與梁思成，中國建築學的奠基人，以深厚的學養與詩意的筆觸，將千年中國建築的智慧濃縮於此書。從宮殿廟宇到民居園林，從斗拱飛簷到榫卯結構，他們用通俗語言解析專業知識，帶您看懂中國建築的獨特匠心。【圖文並茂，領略傳統之美】書中收錄大量珍貴手繪圖紙與老照片，結合兩位先生的實地考察筆記，生動還原古建築的精妙細節。既是學術經典，也是一場視覺與文化的雙重盛宴。【穿越時空的文化對話】透過建築，讀懂中國人的哲學與生活藝術。無論您是建築愛好者、文化研究者，還是嚮往東方美學的讀者，這本書都是不可錯過的“中國建築第一課”。讀懂中國，從建築開始。Author Biography：林徽因(1904年一1955年)，原名徽音，漢族。詩人、作家、中國現代第一位女建築師。祖籍福建閩侯（今福建福州），出生於浙江杭州
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School Leadership That Works

From Research to Results

by Robert J. Marzano, Timothy Waters, Brian A. McNulty ...

What does research tell us about the effects of school leadership on student achievement? What specific leadership practices make a real difference in school effectiveness? How should school leaders use these practices in their day-to-day management of schools and during the stressful times that accompany major change initiatives? Robert J. Marzano, Timothy Waters, and Brian A. McNulty provide ... Read more

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What does research tell us about the effects of school leadership on student achievement? What specific leadership practices make a real difference in school effectiveness? How should school leaders use these practices in their day-to-day management of schools and during the stressful times that accompany major change initiatives? Robert J. Marzano, Timothy Waters, and Brian A. McNulty provide
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Creative Acts for Curious People

How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways

by Sarah Stein Greenberg, Stanford d.school ...

Series series Stanford d.school Library
WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “A delightful, compelling book that offers a dazzling array of practical, thoughtful exercises designed to spark creativity, help solve problems, foster connection, and make our lives better.”—Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author and host of the Happier podcastIn an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities ... Read more

$13.99 USD

WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “A delightful, compelling book that offers a dazzling array of practical, thoughtful exercises designed to spark creativity, help solve problems, foster connection, and make our lives better.”—Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author and host of the Happier podcastIn an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities
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Multicultural Partnerships

Involve All Families

by Darcy J. Hutchins, Marsha D. Greenfeld, Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Claudia Galindo ...

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing
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Universal Design for Learning

Principles, Framework, and Practice

by Anne Meyer, David H Rose ...

The Third Edition of Anne Meyer and David Rose's foundational text, featuring new chapters on CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0!Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments.Universal Design for Learning: Principles, ... Read more

$34.19 USD

The Third Edition of Anne Meyer and David Rose's foundational text, featuring new chapters on CAST UDL Guidelines 3.0!Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a practical, research-based framework that enables all educators to respond to individual learning differences through the design of inclusive goals, methods, materials, assessments, and environments.Universal Design for Learning: Principles,
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Communicating for Life

by Quentin J. Schultze ...

In this updated and expanded edition, the author invites professors of communication and media to reflect on each chapter in light of our current cultural challenges and technological advancements over the past two decades. The collection of voices and conversations offer a discerning introduction to communication theory that guides readers through an interesting, creative, and biblical study of ... Read more

$26.99 USD

In this updated and expanded edition, the author invites professors of communication and media to reflect on each chapter in light of our current cultural challenges and technological advancements over the past two decades. The collection of voices and conversations offer a discerning introduction to communication theory that guides readers through an interesting, creative, and biblical study of
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What Teachers Make

In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World

by Taylor Mali ...

In praise of the greatest job in the world...The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why we need them now more than ever.Teacher turned teacher’s advocate Taylor Mali inspired millions with his original poem “What Teachers Make,” a passionate and unforgettable response to a rich man at a dinner party who sneeringly asked him what teachers make. Mali’s sharp, funny, ... Read more

$6.99 USD

In praise of the greatest job in the world...The right book at the right time: an impassioned defense of teachers and why we need them now more than ever.Teacher turned teacher’s advocate Taylor Mali inspired millions with his original poem “What Teachers Make,” a passionate and unforgettable response to a rich man at a dinner party who sneeringly asked him what teachers make. Mali’s sharp, funny,
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