Purpose in Life: A Critical Component of Optimal Youth Development
ISBN: 9789400774902 / Angielski / Twarda / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recently psychologists have made a dramatic change in the way they approach the study of human development. Whereas researchers used to target ways of minimizing individuals' suffering and shortcomings, today we recognize this is insufficient and are increasingly focused on understanding and promoting optimal human development, or thriving. This new, more hopeful perspective on human capacity has been particularly influential with regards to the study of young people where, as leaders of the field note, being problem free is not the same as being fully prepared. Therefore research...
Recently psychologists have made a dramatic change in the way they approach the study of human development. Whereas researchers used to target ways of...
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388,20 zł |
School Psychology and Social Justice: Conceptual Foundations and Tools for Practice
ISBN: 9780415522670 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to evolve and expand, social justice provides a needed real-world framework for school psychology students, practitioners, supervisors, and professors to guide their efforts. Culled from years of experience by experts working in a vast array of applied environments and appropriate both for practitioners and for graduate courses in multicultural school psychology and/or the role and function of school psychologists, this book takes the reader through... School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to ev... |
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656,16 zł |
Essential Motivation in the Classroom
ISBN: 9780415643542 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praise for the 1st edition: 'This is now one of my top five education books. I was absorbed and uplifted by it and my own practice as a teacher will undoubtedly change as a result. Surely there can be no higher recommendation.' - Geoff Barton, Times Educational Supplement Essential Motivation in the Classroom is the definitive one-stop guide for teachers who want to know how to motivate children - and how children learn to motivate themselves. In the ten years since this book was first published, it has proven to be a best selling text that informs, inspires and amuses educationalist around...
Praise for the 1st edition: 'This is now one of my top five education books. I was absorbed and uplifted by it and my own practice as a teacher will u...
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489,54 zł |
School Psychology and Social Justice: Conceptual Foundations and Tools for Practice
ISBN: 9780415660419 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to evolve and expand, social justice provides a needed real-world framework for school psychology students, practitioners, supervisors, and professors to guide their efforts. Culled from years of experience by experts working in a vast array of applied environments and appropriate both for practitioners and for graduate courses in multicultural school psychology and/or the role and function of school psychologists, this book takes the reader through... School psychology practice does not exist in a vacuum and is not value-neutral. As the role and function of the school psychologist continues to ev... |
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287,65 zł |
Children's Peer Relations: Issues in Assessment and Intervention: Issues in Assessment and Intervention
ISBN: 9781468463279 / Angielski / Miękka / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Willard W. Hartup This volume amounts to an anniversary collection: It was 50 years ago that Lois Jack (1934) published the findings from what most investigators consider to be the first intervention study in this area. The experiment (later replicated and extended by Marjorie Page, 1936, and Gertrude Chittenden, 1942) concerned ascendant behavior in preschool children, which was defined to include: (a) The pursuit of one's own purposes against interference and (b) directing the behavior of others. Individual differences in ascendance were assumed to have some stability across time and,...
Willard W. Hartup This volume amounts to an anniversary collection: It was 50 years ago that Lois Jack (1934) published the findings from what most in...
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388,20 zł |
Imagery and Cognition
ISBN: 9781468464092 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Si nce the beginning of the 1970's the psychological study of imagery has shown a renewal of scientific interest reflected in a di verse body of theory, research paradigms, and data, which, with dil1iculty, ean be managed by a reader interested in imagery. Further, ment. al i lllagery appears to be an important construct in fields such as perception, memory, learning, thinking, motor behavior, cognitive development, and so on. With the diversity of theoretical and empirical work on imagery, cognition, and performance, it is increasingly problemut. ic to find a single source that provides...
Si nce the beginning of the 1970's the psychological study of imagery has shown a renewal of scientific interest reflected in a di verse body of theor...
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194,08 zł |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Europe: Historical Development Current Situation Future Perspectives
ISBN: 9783642960055 / Angielski / Miękka / 409 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The intention of this book is to provide an overview of child and adolescent psychiatry in Europe, focusing on the historical development, current situation, and future perspectives of the specialty. Child and adolescent psychiatry is now acknowledged as a medical specialty or subspecialty in almost all European countries. Also, the number of child psychia trists has increased dramatically over the last decade. However, there are still enormous differences from country to country, not only with regard to the num ber of specialists, but also with regard to the extent and nature of services...
The intention of this book is to provide an overview of child and adolescent psychiatry in Europe, focusing on the historical development, current sit...
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388,20 zł |
Mathematical Relationships in Education: Identities and Participation
ISBN: 9780415649957 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together scholars working in the field of mathematics education to examine the ways in which learners form particular relationships with mathematics in the context of formal schooling. While demand for the mathematically literate citizen increases, many learners continue to reject mathematics and experience it as excluding and exclusive, even when they succeed at it. In exploring this phenomenon, this volume focuses on learners' developing sense of self and their understanding of the part played by mathematics in it. It recognizes the part played by emotional responses, the...
This book brings together scholars working in the field of mathematics education to examine the ways in which learners form particular relationships w...
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262,42 zł |
Pediatric School Psychology: Conceptualization, Applications, and Strategies for Leadership Development [With CDROM]
ISBN: 9780415871105 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today s schools, it is imperative that school-based mental health professionals be adequately trained in the knowledge and impact of pediatric health disorders on children s academic, social, and emotional progress and performance. This book will provide practitioners and researchers with the most relevant and up-to-date information concerning conceptual models and applications of intervention and prevention strategies in pediatric school psychology. Rather than making specific disorders the book s primary focus, the authors discuss practical topics such as improving adherence,... In today s schools, it is imperative that school-based mental health professionals be adequately trained in the knowledge and impact of pediatric h... |
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196,79 zł |
Conducting Student-Driven Interviews: Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems
ISBN: 9780415636018 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews conversations that invite students of all ages to take charge of school-behavior problems and build solutions based on their own strengths and resources. In contrast to traditional interviewing models that approach behavior problems by focusing on what is wrong and missing in students lives, student-driven interviews help students discover and apply what is right and working in their lives successes, strengths, values, and other "natural resources." In... This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews conversations tha... |
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731,87 zł |
Conducting Student-Driven Interviews: Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Involvement and Addressing Behavior Problems
ISBN: 9780415636025 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews conversations that invite students of all ages to take charge of school-behavior problems and build solutions based on their own strengths and resources. In contrast to traditional interviewing models that approach behavior problems by focusing on what is wrong and missing in students lives, student-driven interviews help students discover and apply what is right and working in their lives successes, strengths, values, and other "natural resources." In... This user-friendly book equips school practitioners with practical skills and strategies for conducting student-driven interviews conversations tha... |
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196,79 zł |
Technology Education: International Concepts and Perspectives
ISBN: 9783631514603 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development and implementation of technology education is being pursued worldwide not only in the industrialized nations but also in developing countries. Understanding of the goals of technology education for general education differentiates national as well as international approaches. This publication seeks to highlight the distinguishing disciplinary and pedagogical theories involved with technology education with the goal of providing direction for the evolving of nationally applicable standards. Furthermore, nationally prominent authors from various countries share their experiences...
The development and implementation of technology education is being pursued worldwide not only in the industrialized nations but also in developing co...
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292,22 zł |
Educational Dimensions of School Buildings
ISBN: 9783631630464 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In all modern societies almost everyone of their citizens have spent many years in school buildings, and the largest professional group in modern societies, teachers, is working every day during the working year in school buildings. In spite of this, we know surprisingly little about the influence of school buildings on the people who use them and their activities. What do school buildings do with their users and what do users do with the buildings? In this book seven scholars from the Scandinavian countries discuss and use different theoretical perspectives to illuminate the relationship...
In all modern societies almost everyone of their citizens have spent many years in school buildings, and the largest professional group in modern soci...
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148,45 zł |
The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning
ISBN: 9780415817974 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of creative learning extends far beyond Arts-based learning or the development of individual creativity. It covers a range of processes and initiatives throughout the world that share common values, systems and practices aimed at making learning more creative. This applies at individual, classroom, or whole school level, always with the aim of fully realising young people's potential. Until now there has been no single text bringing together the significant literature that explores the dimensions of creative learning, despite the work of artists in schools and the development of a...
The concept of creative learning extends far beyond Arts-based learning or the development of individual creativity. It covers a range of processes an...
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247,26 zł |
Handbook of Response to Intervention in Early Childhood
ISBN: 9781598571745 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Free webinars on RTI in early childhood View the webinar recordings. Response to intervention (RTI) is improving student outcomes in K-12 classrooms across the country, but how can it best be applied in early childhood settings? Find out in this authoritative handbook, the first complete resource on what we know about using RTI to promote all young children's school and social success. With cutting-edge research from more than 60 of today's leading experts, this foundational resource will be an essential reference for every early childhood administrator, whether program-,... Free webinars on RTI in early childhood View the webinar recordings. Response to intervention (RTI) is improving student outcomes in ... |
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302,84 zł |
Information Behavior: An Evolutionary Instinct
ISBN: 9783642263385 / Angielski / Miękka / 85 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Information behavior has emerged as an important aspect of human life, however our knowledge and understanding of it is incomplete and underdeveloped scientifically. Research on the topic is largely contemporary in focus and has generally not incorporated results from other disciplines. In this monograph Spink provides a new understanding of information behavior by incorporating related findings, theories and models from social sciences, psychology and cognition. In her presentation, she argues that information behavior is an important instinctive sociocognitive ability that can only be... Information behavior has emerged as an important aspect of human life, however our knowledge and understanding of it is incomplete and underdevelop... |
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388,20 zł |
The SimCalc Vision and Contributions: Democratizing Access to Important Mathematics
ISBN: 9789400756953 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides essential guidance for transforming mathematics learning in schools through the use of innovative technology, pedagogy, and curriculum. It presents clear, rigorous evidence of the impact technology can have in improving students learning of important yet complex mathematical concepts -- and goes beyond a focus on technology alone to clearly explain how teacher professional development, pedagogy, curriculum, and student participation and identity each play an essential role in transforming mathematics classrooms with technology. Further, evidence of effectiveness is... This volume provides essential guidance for transforming mathematics learning in schools through the use of innovative technology, pedagogy, and... |
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582,32 zł |
Mathematik Lernen: Probleme Und Möglichkeiten
ISBN: 9783528083847 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes haben sich von dem Ziel leiten lassen, das Lemen von Mathematik effektiver zu gestalten. Ihre Beittlige wenden sich an alle, die Mathematik lehren und an diejenigen unter den Lemenden, die tiber das Lemen von Mathematik reflektieren konnen und wollen. Das Buch ist so abgefaBt, daB es Diskussionsgrundlage eines Seminars sein kann. Die Verfasser intendieren keine umfassende oder gar abgerundete Darstellung des schwie rigen Themas "Mathematik Lemen" und entwickeln keine Theorie, die auf mehr oder weniger eng umgrenzten mathematischen Aufgaben als Testrnaterial...
Die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes haben sich von dem Ziel leiten lassen, das Lemen von Mathematik effektiver zu gestalten. Ihre Beittlige wenden sich an...
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199,51 zł |
International Perspectives on Science Education for the Gifted: Key Issues and Challenges
ISBN: 9780415737401 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spirit of encouraging international dialogue between researchers and practitioners, often working within isolated traditions, this book discusses perspectives on science education for the gifted informed by up-to-date research findings from a number of related fields. The book reviews philosophy, culture and programmes in science education for the gifted in diverse national contexts, and includes scholarly reviews of significant perspectives and up-to-date research methods and findings. The book is written in a straightforward style for students studying international perspective... In the spirit of encouraging international dialogue between researchers and practitioners, often working within isolated traditions, this book disc... |
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731,87 zł |
Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development: New Directions and International Perspectives
ISBN: 9781848726246 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The development of self- and emotional regulatory processes helps children to regulate their behavior based on their cultural context and to develop positive social relationships. This handbook brings together heretofore disparate literatures on self- and emotional regulation, brain and physiological processes, mastery motivation, and atypical development to highlight how mastery motivation is related to self-regulation and to clarify the relation between these various processes. Authors from a variety of countries and backgrounds provide an integrated, up-to-date review of the research... The development of self- and emotional regulatory processes helps children to regulate their behavior based on their cultural context and to develo... |
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605,68 zł |