Titoli in Filosofia e aspetti sociali

The True, the Good, and the Beautiful are as timeless a trio of concepts as Western culture has to offer. Since before Socrates, humankind has explored these virtues in an attempt to describe and categorize them. Our definitions of these concepts, moreover, have unceasingly changed over the ages and across continents.

Millions of American children are trapped in failing public schools because their parents lack the money to send them to private schools or move to better public-school districts.

Rights of Man presents an impassioned defense of the Enlightenment principles of freedom and equality that Thomas Paine believed would soon sweep the world. He boldly claimed, "From a small spark, kindled in America, a flame has arisen, not to be extinguished. Without consuming...it winds its progress from nation to nation."

Vivemos dias difíceis, de vozes múltiplas que parecem nunca dialogar, ávidas que são para atacar e julgar. Em tempos adversos como o que vivemos, de crise, preconceito e intolerância, como transformar o ódio em compreensão do outro em suas diferenças? Como sair de um cenário de violência e construir uma cultura de paz? O historiador Leandro Karnal e a Monja Coen, fundadora da Comunidade Zen-budista do Brasil, conversam nesse livro sobre essas e outras questões, em diálogo inspirador.

La educación que conocemos ya no responde a los desafíos del presente ni prepara para el futuro. En este libro, Sonia Díez ofrece un análisis lúcido y accesible sobre por qué no podemos esperar más y cómo afrontar de inmediato la reconversión educativa. Su propuesta no se basa en ideologías ni partidismos, sino en evidencias científicas, experiencias reales y una visión estratégica de país.

In this truly one-of-a-kind audio program, legendary personal growth master Robin Sharma shares his a proven process to help you reconnect with your greatest self while materializing the life of your highest wishes. Listen to The Astonishing Power of Spiritual Success today to awaken your brightest gifts and experience life at the most beautiful level.

This book highlights the importance of questioning in challenging pupils, checking for understanding, identifying gaps in knowledge, improving recall and ultimately encouraging learners to analyse, evaluate and actively engage in learning. By simplifying the theory and offering original ideas proven to have an impact in the classroom, The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Questioning provides teachers with an invaluable resource to refine this key element of their practice.

Teacher Toolkit Guides transform the theory of education into practical ideas for your classroom. From Ross Morrison McGill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach. and Teacher Toolkit , this book illustrates how to give excellent feedback and maximise your pupils’ learning, all while reducing teacher workloads. This book explores formative assessment, focusing on feed-up (comparing with the goal), feedback (responding to student progress) and feed-forward (clarifying the instruction).

Cleverly designed with infographics, charts and diagrams, The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory provides clear, visual explanations of how memory works, including short-term and long-term memory, working memory, semantic memory and episodic memory. Ross presents a wealth of original ideas for incorporating this theory into day-to-day classroom practice, with proven methods for aiding knowledge retention and testing recall, to boost learning, support revision and motivate pupils.

There are three things that every teacher must do: mark work, plan lessons and teach students well. Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0 shows how each stage of the teaching process informs the next, building a cyclical framework that underpins everything that teachers do. Every idea in Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0 can be implemented by all primary and secondary teachers at any stage of their career and will genuinely improve practice.

From the founder of the worldwide 30% Club campaign comes a career book for women in a transforming world who don't just want to lean in, but instead, shatter the paradigm as we know it. ‘I absolutely love her, I think she’s such a force for good’ Pandora Sykes, The High Low In A Good Time...

Teaching is a role that demands emotional presence, relational skill, and boundless energy. If you're feeling burned out, overwhelmed, and more disconnected from your purpose, then chances are your students are feeling that way too. In The Self-Led Educator, Joanna Curry-Sartori is leading the movement to help teachers and school leaders use the transformative tools of Internal Family Systems (IFS) to reclaim their love of teaching, work compassionately with their own "parts" to better serve students, and build a resilient and connected community.

Symposion (Das Gastmahl) ist einer der bekanntesten Dialoge Platons – und ein Schlüsseltext der westlichen Philosophie. In einem literarisch inszenierten Gesprächskreis reflektieren Sokrates und andere Gäste über die Natur der Liebe, die Rolle des Eros und das Streben nach Wahrheit und Schönheit. Mit Witz, Tiefgang und überraschenden Einsichten entsteht ein einzigartiges philosophisches Porträt der Liebe – zwischen Sinnlichkeit, Geist und Ideal.

There is a crisis facing America’s men. They have fallen behind women in school, they are often overlooked in career opportunities, and they are scolded for their unique educational needs. No solutions have been found because our reigning civil rights regime prevents us from even acknowledging the problem or from coming to grips with it. Instead, our laws keep insisting on “gender neutral” remedies like improving test scores or graduation rates—ignoring the natural differences between the sexes.

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages. In today’s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live...

According to Banner and Cannon, to be an effective teacher requires much more than technical skill. Great teaching is an art that combines a wide range of intellectual, moral, and emotional components. This classic work explores the qualities of mind and spirit that are essential for those seeking to help others acquire knowledge and understanding. It analyzes the specific qualities of successful teachers: learning, authority, ethics, order, imagination, tenacity, compassion, patience, character, and pleasure.

Pocos libros hablan de lo que realmente sucede en las aulas y de cómo sobrellevar el desafío de estar al frente de decenas de alumnos, con edades y caracteres distintos. ¿Cómo aprender a enseñarles correctamente? La docencia es una carrera de fondo en la que cada día se aprende algo nuevo. La preparación de las clases, las dudas, los miedos... Es difícil saber cómo guiarles para que en el futuro sean personas de provecho; nadie tiene la fórmula exacta. El profesor está solo ante una clase llena de alumnos y los comienzos nunca son fáciles.

A 7 point guide to planning, preparation, exam techniques and overcoming exam nerves A 7 point guide to planning, preparation, exam techniques and overcoming exam nerves For many of us examinations can be challenging and somewhat nerve-wracking and for others, a complete nightmare. How come some...

Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly entertains and fascinates substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and take us on an amazing tour through the history of ideas, from philosophy, science and...

An inspirational rallying call about education, race, and the true nature of equality—the Harvard Graduate School of Education convocation speech praised as “powerful” by Hillary Rodham Clinton in Teen Vogue and “inspired” by Justin Timberlake. In emotionally charged spoken-word...