Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend...
Education
- Author:Jordan-Fenton, ChristySummary:
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Poems which celebrate childrens everyday experiences during the school year.
- Author:Benson, RichardSummary:
- Author:Luvmour, JosetteSummary:
This new edition of the best-selling Parent Choice Award-winner Everyone Wins! collects more than 150 cooperative games and activities for enhancing conflict resolution and communication skills and building self-esteem. Encouraging...
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Which acts by educators are "racist" and which are "antiracist"' How can an educator constructively discuss complex issues of race with students and colleagues' In Everyday Antiracism leading educators deal...
- Author:Duclos, GermainSummary:
Plus de 65 000 exemplaires vendus Cette troisième édition décrit de manière vivante et imagée les quatre composantes de l’estime de soi (le sentiment de confiance la connaissance de soi le sentiment d’appar-tenance et le sentiment de...
- Author:Mirowsky, JohnSummary:
Education forms a unique dimension of social status, with qualities that make it especially important to health. It influences health in ways that are varied, present at all stages of adult life, cumulative, self-amplifying, and...
- Author:Reid, GavinSummary:
Newly updated, Gavin Reid's best-selling handbook remains an essential resource for those helping dyslexic individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults in the workplace. -Combines theoretical explanations, the latest...
- Author:Gatto, John TaylorSummary:
With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad...
- Author:White, Ellen Gould HarmonSummary:
Excerpt: Students are to offer to God nothing less than their best. Mental effort will become easier and more satisfactory as they set themselves to the task of understanding the deep things of God. Each should decide that he will not...
- Author:Boles, BlakeSummary:
What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right...
- Author:Angus, CharlieSummary:
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- Author:Franklin, BenjaminSummary:
An early advocate of the idea that anyone can develop in themselves the greatness to which they aspire, Ben Franklin speaks across the centuries as practically as ever. A fine example of the rags-to-riches story, Franklin and his self-...
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This remarkable anthology introduces the short fiction of 14 writers, major figures in the literary movements of three generations, who represent a range of class, ethnic, age, and political perspectives. It is filled with "...
- Author:Conrad, Dianne, Openo, JasonSummary:
For many learners assessment conjures up visions of red pens scrawling percentages in the top right-hand corner of exams and feelings of stress, inadequacy, and failure. Although negative student reactions to evaluation have been noted...
- Author:Bourcier, SylvieSummary:
Des parents s’inquiètent se sentent impuissants et parfois même coupables devant les manifestations agressives de leur enfant. Or il faut bien distinguer l’agressivité normalecelle qui bien canalisée permet l’affirmation ledépassement...
- Author:Bauman, SheriSummary:
This one-of-a-kind manual provides direction for leading groups of people with disabilities or groups that have members with disabilities. Viewing disability as a single aspect of a multifaceted person, Drs. Bauman and Shaw share their...
- Author:Weil, Zoe.Summary:
Above All, Be Kind teaches parents how to raise their children to be humane in the broadest sense-to become not only more compassionate in their interactions with family and friends, but to grow up to make life choices that demonstrate...
- Author:Karres, Erika V. ShearinSummary:
A+ Teachers empowers parents with the knowledge needed to ensure their kids get the best education they can right now. The book walks through the basic teaching skills every teacher must master to be successful and then gives parents...