The Social Styles Handbook: Adapt Your Style to Win Trust
Why do you connect easily with some people and not with others? More than two million people use social styles and versatility skills to read and adapt to the natural behavior of others. Simple to learn and apply, social styles skills immediately improve communication and relationships at work and at home. Use them and you'll accomplish more with everyone. The secret is very simple: treat people the way they want to be treated. Learn your own social style, how to read others' styles, discover how to handle conflict with social styles in mind, and begin using versatility to ensure productive, long-term relationships.
The book takes the reader on a journey that includes an understanding of the elements of teaching and learning stylesl; the need for discovering Who am I as a teacher? and What do I whant to become?; personal change processes in teaching; exploring one's philosophy of teaching; and an integrative model for selecting instructional processes that are keyed to different blends of Experts, Formal Authority, Personal Model, Facilitators, Avoidant, Collaborative, Dependant, Competitive, and Participant learning styles.
Teaching The Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12
The seven methods or structures include: 1) Reading as thinking; 2) Representing to learn; 3) Small-group activities; 4) Classroom workshop; 5) Authentic experiences; 6) Reflective assessment; and 7) Integrative units. They encourage more of the following in the classroom: Experiential, inductive, hands-on learning; time devoted to reading whole, real books; choice for students; attention to varying cognitive and affective styles of individual students; delivery of special help to students in regular classrooms; and reliance on teachers' descriptive evaluation of student growth, including anecdotal observations.
Knitting on the Edge: Ribs, Ruffles, Lace, Fringes, Floral, Points & Picots
Compiled by an acclaimed knitwear designer and teacher, this collection of 350 knitted edgings, borders, and trims runs the gamut of styles and offers something for all tastes. A wealth of individual project ideas are featured for ribbed edges, ruffles, lace, fringes, flora, and garters. Color photographs accompany each of the designs, which rely upon readily available yarns and which come complete with line-by-line stitching instructions. Decorate cuffs, finish hems, and customize your own unique sweater. Develop distinctive styles and patterns using ideas such as the feather lace ruffle, bel epoque, garter stitch weave, sea scallop edge, sugar drop and much more.
The building of a university campus is an extremely challenging you an extensive study of a variety of styles of universities from around the world. This excellent reference portrays expert architects and their work in designing outstanding educational establishments. - Full of impressive colour and black and white images - Features the most influential architects of this century - The range of styles and philosophies covered in this book will prove an indispensable reference in assisting you with planning and designing architecture of the learning environment.
