Learning What to Ignore: Connecting Multidiscipline Content and Process
The acceptance of reason with uncertainty can help learners successfully manage their occupations and lives during the accelerations prominent in the 21st century. As William Ayers states: "Pritscher tilts his lance at the petrified orthodoxy we call teaching and learning, inviting us on a wild journey into the heart of education." The book elaborates on David Geoffrey Smith's question: "Why does so much educational 'research' today seem so unenlightening, repetitive and incapable of moving beyond itself? The answer must be because it is 'paradigmatically stuck', and cannot see beyond the parameters of its current imaginal space."
Animals have lives beyond panting at the feet of their masters or lying in a patch of sunlight on the kitchen floor. Take Button Broken Tail, for example. She has a comfortable home and a boy who loves her, but her real life takes place beyond the backdoor, in the forests, fields, and swamps that surround her neighborhood. It’s here in the wilderness that she finds her true friends, and her true enemies.
Joining the Conversation: Writing in College and Beyond
With the success of The Bedford Researcher, Mike Palmquist has earned a devoted following of teachers and students who appreciate his accessible approach to the process of inquiry-based writing. Now he brings his proven methodology and friendly tone to Joining the Conversation.
Effectiveness of Time Investments in Education: Insights from a review and meta-analysis
This book analyzes the productivity and effectiveness of a variety of time investments in education. It explores the methods used in education to optimize the time that students are exposed to learning content. Such methods include expanding official school time, optimizing “time on task”, providing homework assignments, and creating learning opportunities beyond lesson hours.
In March 1808 war is spreading through Europe as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally, Spain. Vice Admiral Bolitho is ordered once more to the Cape of Good Hope, to establish a permanent naval force there.
