Titoli in Filosofia e aspetti sociali

Can a group of well-intentioned people fulfill the promise of racial integration in America? In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to...

Im Jahr 1930 wird ein katholischer, konservativer Bauer in einem kleinen Dorf im Westerwald Dorfbürgermeister. Er ist bekanntermaßen ein Gegner der Nazis, behält sein Amt aber auch nach Hitlers Machtergreifung. Mit Beharrlichkeit und der Unterstützung der Dorfbewohner gelingt es ihm, trotz einiger Anfeindungen, bis zum Kriegsende Bürgermeister des kleinen, abgelegenen Ortes zu bleiben. Als Hitlers Eroberungskrieg mit der Kapitulation Deutschlands endet, ist er es, der mit einer weißen Fahne auf die Amerikaner zugeht. Aufgrund seines guten Leumunds bleibt er auch unter amerikanischer Besatzung im Amt, bis er 1947 aus Altersgründen zurücktritt.

The simple, untold truth about anxiety and depression is that they are habits of insecurity - and like all habits, they can be broken. In this new edition of the highly successful Self-Coaching, Dr. Joseph Luciani presents his proven approach that has worked wonders for his patients as well as listeners from around the world. Whether you struggle with worrisome thoughts, panic, depression, or compulsions, Self-Coaching shows you how to stop feeding these habits.

Based on two years of research, Nice Is Not Enough shares striking dispatches from one high school's "regime of kindness" to underline how the culture operates as a Band-Aid on persistent inequalities. Through incisive storytelling and thoughtful engagement with students, this brilliant study by C. J. Pascoe exposes uncomfortable truths about American politics and our reliance on individual solutions instead of profound systemic change.

This collection of aphorisms, poems and parables has been described as the reflections of a philosopher watching from his window and commenting on the scenes passing before him.

Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools delivers a practical and actionable method to provide a strong Montessori experience for all children, families, and educators. The first of its kind, this book offers listeners a collection of modern and concrete ways to build an equitable and resilient Montessori program.

Far too often, our students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. In Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors, Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves.

In Homeschooling: The History and Philosophy of a Controversial Practice, James G. Dwyer and Shawn F. Peters examine homeschooling’s history, its methods, and the fundamental questions at the root of the heated debate over whether and how the state should oversee and regulate it. The authors...

تعد أساسيات علم النفس أمرًا يهم الهواة والمتخصصين على حدٍ سواء؛ لما تتضمنه من معلوماتٍ تمس الحياة اليومية لكل إنسان.

Call them Native Americans, American Indians, indigenous peoples, or first nations - a vast and diverse array of nations, tribes, and cultures populated every corner of North America long before Columbus arrived. Native American History for Dummies reveals what is known about their pre-Columbian history and shows how their presence, customs, and beliefs influenced everything that was to follow. This straightforward guide breaks down their 10,000-plus year history and explores their influence on European settlement of the continent. 

Famous for his advocacy of "critical pedagogy", Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main statement of Freire's revolutionary method of education. It takes the life situation of the learner as its starting point and the raising of consciousness and the overcoming of obstacles as its goals.

The Substance of Leadership is a concise and practical guide that teaches you how to lead a high-performing team. Based on more than three decades of experience with high-performing teams operating in high-pressure environments from aircraft carriers to combat to TOPGUN to the business world, David Robinson takes you on an experiential journey distilling the complexities of leadership into a simple, enduring framework that will maximize your leadership effectiveness.

Questa raccolta contiene gli audiolibri: La buona scuola, La scuola a pezzi, Debito formativo (Si muore un po' per poter ridere), Scuolamara (Il fratello cattivo di "Debito Formativo")

«Повторение—мать учения!» Все мы знаем эту простую истину с детства. Чем больше зубришь и чаще повторяешь, тем лучше запоминаешь. Но вот сможем ли мы вспомнить эти знания спустя какое-то время и воспользоваться ими в самый неожиданный момент на практике? Ответ—нет! Авторы этой аудиокниги провели глобальное исследование в области когнитивной психологии и выяснили, что все те методы запоминания, к которым мы привыкли, поверхностны и недолговечны. Эта аудиокнига не только для педагогов и учащихся.

Diese Hörbuch-Edition vereint drei zentrale Texte seines Schaffens und zeigt die ganze Bandbreite seines Denkens: von praktischer Lebensklugheit über skeptische Grenzgänge bis hin zu pointierter Argumentationskunst. Mit den Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit formuliert Schopenhauer eine Philosophie für den Alltag. In prägnanten Gedanken entwickelt er Regeln für ein gelingendes Leben – geprägt von Besonnenheit, Selbstkenntnis und der Fähigkeit, sich von äußeren Zwängen zu lösen. Der Versuch über das Geistersehen führt in die Grenzbereiche zwischen Philosophie und spekulativem Denken.

Professor com vasta experiência, dono de texto envolvente, Leandro Karnal discute os problemas cotidianos daqueles que lecionam: como dar aula, como corrigir provas, o que é necessário lembrar numa reunião com os pais. Em poucas palavras: como realmente lidar com as práticas escolares.

How do we learn, reflect, reason, and truly understand the world around us? In How We Think, John Dewey explores the nature of human thought, reflective thinking, learning, and intelligent action in one of the most influential works on philosophy and education ever written. Blending psychology...

Jim Grout draws on more than four decades of work with educators, students, professional athletes, and business organizations to reveal a timeless truth: the most effective leaders lead with authenticity, empathy, and trust. Through engaging stories that span classrooms, faculty rooms...

“Can we survive this?” worried friends ask Lamar Alexander. A US senator who started in JFK’s Justice Department, worked in the Nixon White House, turned down serving as GOP Watergate counsel and as Ford’s campaign manager, walked for six months across Tennessee to become governor, lost...

In School Rethink 2.0, editors Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn, and Juliet Squire gather leaders immersed in the nuts-and-bolts work of educational reinvention to present ten promising education improvements and ways to implement them. Contributors explain what it takes to reinvent schooling...