If you're gearing up for university, you probably have a few fears and concerns. Am I smart enough? How do I know which major is a good choice? How can I make friends and contacts, get good grades, and still get enough sleep?...
Education
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Auteur:Anderle, MichaelSommaire:The future has amazing technology. Our alien allies have magic. Together, we are building a training system to teach the best of humanity to go to the stars. But the training is monumentally expensive. Stephanie Morgana is a genius, she...
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Auteur:Beidler, Peter G.Sommaire:"Why do you teach, Pete?" Simple enough question, but an incredibly challenging one to answer. Peter Beidler, in the most thoughtful and honest of ways, delivers his answer in this special book. Read his words and you will...
- Auteur:Thompson, GareSommaire:
At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write,...
- Auteur:Brown, DinahSommaire:
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words...
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Auteur:Shields, SandraSommaire:On the wild river that divides Namibia from Angola, members of the Himba tribe herd cattle as they have done for hundreds of years. But the world of the Himba sits in the shadow of third-world development and the inevitability of change...
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Auteur:StarhawkSommaire:Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and...
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Auteur:Kel, PaulSommaire:In 2008 the United States elected its first black president, and recent polls show that only twenty-two percent of white people in the United States believe that racism is a major societal problem. On the surface, it may seem to be in...
- Auteur:Acho, EmmanuelSommaire:
This program is read by the author, and includes a bonus conversation. An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series " Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" "You cannot fix a...
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Auteur:Sommaire:Milestones for adult basic education include: -It was first federally funded in 1964. -The National Literacy Act passed in 1991. -The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 was enacted. The field then remained relatively static until...
- Auteur:Midopé-Djengué, SandrineSommaire:
«Une fois la nuit tombée, le chaman expliqua à l'enfant : -Tu t'apprêtes à pénétrer en territoire inconnu. Peu d'hommes avant toi ont vu ce que tu vas voir et en sont revenus indemnes. De l'Orient à l'Occident,...
- Auteur:Novic, SaraSommaire:
True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel...
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Auteur:Baum, Susan, Owen, Steven, Schader, RobinSommaire:To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled is one of the most popular resources available on identifying and meeting the needs of twice-exceptional students. This updated third edition provides a comprehensive look at the complex world of...
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Auteur:Flink, DavidSommaire:Here David Flink enlarges our understanding of the learning process and offers powerful, innovative strategies for parenting, teaching, and supporting students with learning disabilities.This brilliant, compassionate work is packed with...
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Auteur:Korman, GordonSommaire:The Unteachables--the misfits, delinquents, and losers in room 117 kept isolated from the student body--never thought they'd find a teacher with a worse attitude than theirs. Then they met Mr. Kermit.
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Auteur:Dale, JimSommaire:Sometimes you just have to raise your hand and take a chance. With its profound simplicity and vibrant illustrations, The Two of Us: A Book About My Teacher and Me collects important truisms shared between teachers and their pupils, and...
- Auteur:Callaghan, JodieSommaire:
A fiction picture book about residential schools. Author Jodie Callaghan worked as a journalist at the time of the Canadian government's apology for the residential school system. She took inspiration for this book from her...
- Auteur:Paul, RichardSommaire:
The Thinker's Guide to Intellectual Standards details and analyzes the ways by which reasoning is judged in skilled thought. The fundamental goal of this book is to illuminate the importance of explicitly mastering intellectual...
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Auteur:Delpit, LisaSommaire:The Skin That We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms and presents today's teachers with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English that we speak, in what Black...
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Auteur:Kottler, Jeffrey A.Sommaire:Every profession has trade secrets that are passed on from one generation to the next and counseling is no exception. These cherished lessons based on wide-ranging experiences and passion for the craft are shared by masters with...
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