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In this series of commentaries J. Krishnamurti, one of the great thinkers of our time, touches upon many human problems-our hopes, our fears, our illusions, our beliefs, our prejudices-and in the simplest language seems to pierce to their roots."The sheer simplicity is breathtaking. The reader is given, in one paragraph, often in one sentence, enough to keep him exploring, questioning, thinking for days." -Anne Morrow Lindbergh."The insight, spiritual...
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We all want to develop confident, creative, and socially adept children who perform well in school and in life. "Art Your Future" provides a clear path to make art a part of a child's daily life so that he/she can flourish socially, academically, and emotionally. Applying the methods and concepts shown in this book will maximize your child or student's intelligence and creativity through art.
Finally, there is a book featuring practical teaching...
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The start of each new school year welcomes graduates from music education programs across the country as they enter the work force after completing an undergraduate degree. These novice educators depart their undergraduate schools with confidence, ready to share the gift of music with the world. Prior to graduation, these students are heavily involved in searching for teaching positions. Then comes the exciting day when notification is received...
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Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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Scene-by-Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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La tarea cotidiana de los profesores de lengua y literatura está atravesada en la actualidad por una serie de interrogantes e incertidumbres acerca de su sentido, de sus propósitos y del modo de resolver en la práctica estos desafíos constantes.
El conocimiento escolar sobre la lengua y la literatura, determinado por las sucesivas transformaciones del sistema educativo y por los cambios en los contenidos curriculares, la práctica del aula acuciada...
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Taking the Orff Approach to Heart, this compendium by North American Orff educator Isabel McNeill Carley, contains 29 original essays and articles. It is a companion book to Making It Up As You Go, Brasstown Press 2011, which presented additional essays and articles. Carley writes with skill and humor on topics from theory to practice, integrating music, speech, movement, and improvisation. Also included are a Foreword by Karen Stafford; an Editor's...
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#1 The oil crisis of the 1970s showed just how dependent the American and Western European economies were on oil. The Arab nations suddenly decided to cut back on oil production, which caused prices to skyrocket.
#2 The 1970s saw a wrenching changeover in American industries, which left an indelible mark on the culture and popular psyche. The increases in oil prices...
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Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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#1 Philosophy is difficult to avoid, even with a conscious effort. Consider someone who rejects it, telling us that Philosophy is useless. They are evidently measuring it against some system of values. The moment they are prepared to say why it is useless, they will be talking about the ineffectuality of certain types of thought or human beings' incapacity to deal with...
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Los saberes transmitidos oralmente por miles de años y guarecidos en las líneas del "libro de los mayas", se muestran con claridad a la generación esclarecida, los hombres y mujeres que en el siglo actual han logrado la conciencia suficiente para entender que es possible tener sin quitar, atesorar sin esconder, y que es necesario, para la salud del cuerpo, ocuparse del espíritu.
El conocimiento recogido en el Popol Vuh nos revela buenas prácticas...
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WHAT CAN I DO TODAY? What a fun time the students always had when they first came into the classroom in the morning, before the late bell rang and they were in their seats. The art corner, workbench, and doll corner were always occupied, and little hands were always busy! The art book was always used, and materials were always displayed for the student from which to choose.
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Insights into Education presents the educational philosophy of J. Krishnamurti in an easy to use, topic-based format. It is a practical handbook that comes alive when used as an introduction to group investigation and dialogue. What it offers to teachers everywhere is an inroad into the many matters of concern with which they are faced on a daily basis. That we cannot continue as we have been doing, with rote-learning, fact-finding, and a modicum...
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Scene-by-Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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Scene-by-Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure...
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This comprehensive art curriculum easily integrates into any teacher's existing instruction and provides thrilling and rewarding projects for elementary art students, including printmaking techniques, tessellations, watercolors, calligraphic lines, organic form sculptures, and value collages. Detailed lessons developed and tested in classrooms over many years build on one another in a logical progression and explore the elements of texture, color,...
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Krishnamurti posits that if the politicians and scientists wanted to end starvation in the world it could be done-food, clothing, and shelter for everyone. 'It could be done, but they are not going to do it as long as their thinking is based on nationalism, on motives of their own personal profit. And even if this far-reaching outward change were brought about, it seems to me that the problem is much deeper. The problem is not merely starvation, war,...
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#1 Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who was largely ignored during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889. His reputation was low in England and the United States, but Walter Kaufmann, an emigré professor of philosophy at Princeton, began retranslating many of his key works and launched the enterprise with a book that had a determining influence...
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In this fascinating collection culled from teachings never before brought together in book form, Krishnamurti offers wise reflections and fresh perceptions on love, politics, society, death, self-censorship, relationships, solitude, meditation, spiritual growth, and much more. Thought provocative meditations and in-depth answers, Krishnamurti answers such timeless questions as: What is meditation? What are love and loneliness? What should our relationship...
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This is a book for English teachers, who are teaching Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian and intend to set questions for homework or classwork. This eBook contains 187 questions, divided by chapter, to keep students engaged and actively thinking about the novel.
Why choose to study Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian?
• Themes of war, abuse and the power of friendship.
• The setting of wartime Britain.
• The developing friendship...
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