This is an ideal course for teenagers at intermediate level working towards any international English exam at B2 level. An exciting and intensive skills-based course which focuses on contemporary teenage culture, making it easy and fun to use for both students and teachers.
This is a comprehensive guide to more than 6,000 years of history in Iraq.Covering everything from the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations to the fall of Saddam Hussein and the current war in Iraq, this comprehensive book examines the changing landscape of this interesting country. Because of its porous frontiers, its accommodating soil and climate, its diverse inhabitants, and its many cultures, Iraq's history over the millennia has been one of interaction, adaptation, acculturation, and modification.
Stress Consequences: Mental, Neuropsychological and Socioeconomic
Stress is a universal phenomenon that impacts adversely on most people. This volume provides a readily accessible compendium that focuses on the physical and psychological consequences of stress for individuals and society. Clinical attention focuses on disorders of the stress control system (e.g. Cushing's Syndrome: Addison's Disease) and the adverse impact of stress on human physical and mental health.
Effective problem solving contributes to school leaders' ability to create lasting improvement in classroom and organizational practice. By addressing the practice of school leaders as a first concern, this book focuses on the skills required for smart, effective problem solving. Sharon D. Kruse first focuses on the tasks of problem solving (identifying problems initiating actions, and evaluating results) and describes three areas (employing effective communication, designing constructive policies, and developing supportive systems) on which school leaders should concentrate. The book provides strategies for school leaders to accomplish their goals.
Children learn mathematics most effectively in contexts that are meaningful to them. Realizing the potential of these contexts for fostering young children's mathematical learning while nurturing and challenging them, requires knowledge of mathematics as well as of child development. Avoiding the debates surrounding "hands-on" learning vs. direct instruction, the author focuses on the value of different contexts for learning, and illustrates ways to genuinely engage children as active learners.
