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Teaching to Diversity: Teaching and Learning in the Multi-Ethnic Classroom introduces the latest theories about second-language acquisition along with tested teaching approaches and practices for use in elementary schools. It is designed for all…

I still remember that hot day in June. There we were, my husband and I, packing up my classroom as I had done so many times before. But this time it wasn’t just for the summer. This time it was for good.

The revolution is being televised. Countless stories on the Discovery Channel and PBS have revealed exciting new insights about the brain. Mainstream broadcast media such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN and publications such as Time and Newsweek have…

More than 40 years have elapsed since I was a psychology student at the University
of Warsaw and wrote a seminar paper on temperament, specifically, on Teplov’s
contribution to this field. My first published paper, which appeared in 1958, was…

In our technologically sophisticated and media driven world, individuals are bombarded by default and by choice with more information in one day than our ancestors were exposed to in a lifetime. h ere is more information on the head of a pin…

This book is a concise fact-file of theories, terminology and techniques for teachers.
Plus there are lots of tips  , traps  and articles preceded by a star icon that we hope will make learning and teaching even more effective.
We welcome…

THIS book is a link in our campaign to defend the great powers of the Child. To-day while our world is being torn apart, here and there one hears of plans being formulated for future reconstruction. One of the means which is envisaged for the purpose…

Thought is in fact a kind of algebra, as Berkeley long ago said, “in which, though a particular quantity be marked by each letter, yet to proceed right, it is not requisite that in every step each letter suggest to your thoughts that particular…

The Art in Peacemaking:
An Initiative of the Partnership for Conflict Resolution in the Arts
Young people bring many challenges and sensitive issues with them when they enter community arts programs. Often these challenges exist as disputes young…

At the dawn of the twentieth century, visitors in an urban high school would have noted
that large classrooms of around fifty students were typical. had they asked, they would
have learned the desks were bolted to the floor to promote a quieter and…