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You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes—habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes—they need to succeed.
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An in-depth history of Alfred Kinsey’s groundbreaking Institute for Sex Research and the cultural awakening it inspired in America—“it has no rival” (Angus McLaren).
While teaching a course on Marriage and Family at Indiana University, biologist Alfred Kinsey noticed a surprising dearth of scientific literature on human sexuality. He immediately began conducting his own research into this important...
While teaching a course on Marriage and Family at Indiana University, biologist Alfred Kinsey noticed a surprising dearth of scientific literature on human sexuality. He immediately began conducting his own research into this important...
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“Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook” is a guide to the Montessori method of education, written by its founder, Maria Montessori. The book provides an overview of the philosophy, principles, and techniques of the Montessori approach to education, which emphasizes child-led learning, independence, and self-directed exploration. The book is divided into several sections, each addressing different aspects of the Montessori approach. Montessori discusses...
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La investigación es una actividad asociada a la búsqueda y construcción de conocimiento, ambas tareas imprescindibles en el quehacer universitario. Así, Iniciarse en la investigación académica constituye una valiosa fuente de consulta para aquellos estudiantes universitarios que enfrentan la tarea de hacer investigaciones como parte de su formación profesional, así como para aquellos que están abocados a la tarea de elaborar una tesis o proyecto...
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Construyendo investigación es la tercera publicación de ideas consolidadas en proyectos de cuarenta "Semilleristas", que recoge los dieciocho mejores proyectos presentados en el tercer encuentro de semilleros de investigación de la Universidad de la Salle. En estos documentos se reúnen las ideas consolidadas de los integrantes de los semilleros que acogieron la invitación de publicar sus resultados de investigación. Este es un peldaño que va...
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Los semilleros de investigación en la Universidad Santo Tomás se han venido configurando alrededor de la idea de que las habilidades de investigación se adquieren solo en el ejercicio y la práctica investigativa.
A esto se refiere el principio que fundamenta la conformación de estos colectivos: "aprender a investigar investigando". Es por esto que desde el 2010, la Universidad ha hecho esfuerzos Importantes para fomentar y consolidar a los semilleros...
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In a world ravaged by a devastating virus, a young scientist named Maya discovers a hidden underground society thriving beneath the ruins. As she uncovers their secrets, she becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that could determine the fate of humanity. With time running out, Maya must navigate treacherous alliances and confront her own inner demons to save the world from destruction. A thrilling dystopian tale of survival, betrayal, and the...
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Una de las inquietudes ms acentuadas en el siglo XXI gira en torno a los modelos de formación por competencias que permean en los planes de estudio de los diversos niveles educativos de algunos pases de Latinoamérica. Está por demás decir que la necesidad de profesionalizar al profesorado en este tema versa como punto nodal en la mayoría de las agendas de gobierno. Se pretende conseguir que, frente a las preceptivas y las recomendaciones oficiales...
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For anyone interested in Northern Ireland, its history, its culture, its music.... finally here comes a book that offers a new approach into understanding the complex diversity that has shaped Northern Irish society and its people during the times of the Troubles and beyond. Like poems, songs, in their own right, should be recognized as historical documents. From Mickey McConnell's Only our Rivers Run Free and Phil Coulter The Town I loved so Well...
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These are the days of reflection; the times of our lives that one has to be afraid of the WORLD. What we have experienced does not reflect to what we had thought of life. ADA-EMILIA RUTH VALMORIS DESTINY, has been altered overnight, underneath the watchful eyes of GOD. God is her first witness, I am her second; the only living witness, her ambassador and the voice of the DECEASED; ADA-EMILIA RUTH VALMORI, who's now silenced. God and I, were witnesses...
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Este libro pretende acercar a las nias y a los nios de primaria a la biblioteca y a la informacin. Para ello, las autoras, Judith Licea, profesora universitaria y Rebeca Arenas, psicoterapeuta psicoanaltica, presentan actividades graduadas conforme al grado escolar de los pequeos que les ayuden a conseguir una cultura informacional para llegar a ser, cuando mayores, personas libres, responsables y conscientes, capaces de entender y resolver problemas....
13) Media, Religion, History, Culture: Selected Essays from the 4th Elon University Media and Religio
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This volume contains papers presented at the fourth Elon University Media and Religion Conference held at Elon University, April 13, 2013
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As students navigate learning and begin to establish a sense of self, local surroundings can have a major influence on the range of choices they make about who they are and who they want to be. This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well...
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When pursuing a career in commercial real estate, it's important to narrow your field of interest as soon as possible. You'll have a head start if you can build your college coursework around the discipline. And as you interview with prospective employers, you'll stand out if you have a clear focus and thoughtful plan. The product types we will discuss in this book are: land, office, industrial, data centers, retail, hospitality, healthcare and multifamily....
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In the remote regions of Australias Northern Territory Indigenous Australians experience extreme disadvantagein health, income, employment, education and access to the conditions for a good life. This book is about their plight, and how governments can deliver strategies to prevent the continuation of their disadvantage. Governments and institutions like the World Health Organisation have expressed intentions to close the gaps that are represented...
17) Desarrollo De Competencias Comunicacionales Con El Modelo De Programación Neurolingüistica Para L
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La comunicacin constituye una estrategia clave para optimizar el aprendizaje y representa la va para relacionarse con otras personas. Actualmente se considera que la calidad educativa est circunscrita a la transformacin de los paradigmas pedaggicos utilizados por los docentes con respecto a las estrategias metodolgicas. Los docentes deben concebirse como protagonistas de la transformacin educativa, ser gestores de sus investigaciones para as solventar...
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Directed Energy Weapons is nothing new to mankind, historically the origination of such weapons falls in centuries ago when first time the famous Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes of Syracuse used different mirrors to collect sunbeams and focusing them on Romans fleet in order to destroy enemy ships with fire. This is known as the Archimedes Heat Ray. Archimedes may have used mirrors acting collectively...
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Universities are increasingly taking an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organizations but they, their funders and institutions struggle to articulate the value of this work. This book addresses the key challenges in collaborative research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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The Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina quickly achieved a national reputation for its contribution to pure research, university teaching, and public affairs. From its inception in 1924, it addressed touchy issues such as race relations, industrial inequities, and political inefficiency in the South. Despite worries about academic acceptance and funding, the institute's scholars produced research and publications...
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