Education - Inclusive Education

A Letter to the Viscount Palmerston, M.P. &c. &c. &c. on the Monitorial System of Harrow SchoolI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordships letter of the 11th instant; to which your great abilities and varied experience, as well as your...

A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various SubjectsThe papers here gathered together represent the activities of a librarian in directions outside the boundaries of his professional career, although the influences of it may be detected in them here and there. Except for those influences...

With evocative storytelling and incisive research, Katie Rose Guest Pryal brings a new eye to the mental health crisis that higher education has faced for decades. Written from the perspective of a bipolar-autistic professor, A Light in the Tower is both a bracing account...

A List of Philippine Baptismal NamesTo facilitate the use of the list, the compiler begs leave to call the attention of his fellow-teachers to the following common sources of error: The above are only a few out of hundreds of examples actually found in...

A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of the internet Language never leaves you alone. It's there in your head, helping you think. It's there to help you make relationships - and to break them....

Cognitive load theory is a vital model for understanding how school students learn, but it's often misunderstood and difficult to use effectively in the classroom. Greg Ashman guides you through the details with a clear jargon-free focus on how an understanding of cognitive load...

Practical advice for teachers on using questioning in the classroom to maximise opportunities for teaching and learning. Includes a detailed summary of the research evidence for the effectiveness of questioning as a teaching tool. Equips teachers to improve their questioning techniques, develop oracy skills...

This is a delightful little gift book for people of all ages. Through text and charming illustrations the meaning of life is explained and your place in it. The story explains God, the big bang, miracles and much much more. This book is an...

A Manual of the Operations of Surgery - For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior PractitionersHaving been asked, year after year, by the members of my Class for Operative Surgery, to recommend to them some Manual of Surgical Operations which might...

"One of the best critiques of current K-12 mathematics education I have ever seen, written by a first-class research mathematician who elected to devote his teaching career to K-12 education." --Keith Devlin, NPR's "Math Guy"A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative...

This calendar is part of an ongoing initiative by the Chimalli Institute of Mesoamerican Arts to make traditional Mesoamerican timekeeping accessible to the public. Readers who want a more detailed explanation of the calendar system, the monthly ceremonial practices of our ancestors, and the...

A Modern Guide to Homesteading Accessible Strategies and Creative Ideas for Growing Food, Raising Animals, and Living Sustainably-Wherever You AreUnleash a life of self-sufficiency-starting in your own backyard.Whether you're working full-time, raising a family, or living in an apartment with no yard to speak...

Editor and analyst Dr. Andrew Bostom, and translator Dr. Atef Ghobrial have provided the first complete, thoroughly annotated translation and analysis of the late (d. 2010) Al-Azhar University Grand Imam and major modern Qur'anic commentator Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi's Banu Isra'il fi al-Qur'an wa al-Sunna...

A Montessori MotherOn my return recently from a somewhat prolonged stay in Rome, I observed that my family and circle of friends were in a very different state of mind from that usually found by the home-coming traveler. I was not depressed by the...

"The history of University High School is more than a timeline of dates and buildings, it's a mosaic of stories, triumphs, mishaps, and moments that only come alive when told by the people who lived them. After all, collecting memories without interviews is a...

The twenty-first century is a world in constant change. In A New Culture of Learning, Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown pursue an understanding of how the forces of change, and emerging waves of interest associated with these forces, inspire and invite us to...

Now with a fresh new look and introduction, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut--the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America. A Printz Award Honor Book"A contemporary classic. Jennifer Donnelly is the master of historical fiction!" ---Ruta Sepetys,...

Help your child create the perfect study conditions at home to give them the support they need when studying. A Parent's Guide to Effective Study Habits is for parents and caregivers who want to know how their children learn and perform. Written for parents...

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey as a parent of a child with special needs?By reading this book you will be able to: identify strategies to unlock your child's potential be equipped with relevant knowledge and tools to help your child...

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children (2007), the quintessential compendium of raising gifted children, has been revised! In this new edition, coauthors Edward R. Amend Psy.D., Emily Kircher-Morris, LPC, and Janet Gore, M.Ed. reinforce the reliable approaches originally explored in the first edition, while...