Learning Change

Meaningful school reform starts with your most powerful partner—your students! When you take time to listen, you’ll find that students’ aspirations can drive your school toward exciting new goals—and when students know they’re being heard, they engage meaningfully in their own academic success. Using examples drawn from student surveys, focus groups, observations, and interviews, this groundbreaking book presents a blueprint for a successful partnership between educators and students.

Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.

Do you struggle with your relationship with food? Are you tired of chasing diets and feeling like a failure? Emotional eating (stress eating, binge eating) can feel like a never-ending cycle of guilt and shame. You turn to food for comfort or stress relief, but the relief is only temporary, and the weight gain and health consequences can be long-lasting.

Last year, US companies spent over $165 billon on training; while many training programs themselves provide valuable skills and concepts, even the best-designed programs are ineffective because the learned behaviors are not reinforced. Without reinforcement, learned information gets shuffled to the back of the mind in the "nice to know" file, never again to see the light of day. This book bridges the canyon between learning and doing by providing solid reinforcement strategies.

Statues and Storms offers a gripping insider’s account of Max Price’s tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town during a transformative period in South African higher education. In the wake of the Rhodes Must Fall protests, universities across the country were engulfed in sustained and often violent demonstrations, challenging institutional cultures and sparking a global movement. This book provides a unique perspective on the protests, delving into the reasons behind the decolonizing movement’s emergence at liberal universities two decades after the democratic transition.

Originally published in 2014, 30 Days: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life is an extensive but simple-to-read book by Marc Reklau.. It is the first in a series of seven books by Reklau that helps readers improve their lives by creating new habits. Having written this book after being fired from his job, Reklau has personal experience in taking failure and turning it into success, and he shares his knowledge liberally with readers. This audiobook encapsulates key takeaways found in the original book.

In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make real innovations that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school.

The book contains easy-to-use, scientifically researched formula to enable the change. It will inspire the listener on the art of change, offering easy-to-use techniques to help implement the desired change in the areas of life that are no longer working.

Since Peter Senge published his groundbreaking book The Fifth Discipline, he and his associates have frequently been asked by the business community: "How do we go beyond the first steps of corporate change? How do we sustain momentum?" They know that companies and organizations cannot thrive today without learning to adapt their attitudes and practices.

Em Lifelong learners–o poder do aprendizado contínuo, Conrado Schlochauer propõe que retomemos o controle de nosso processo de aprendizado, deixando de lado a velha ideia de que só aprendemos se formos ensinados por alguém. Esse caminho é o único capaz de dar conta da complexidade do mundo em que vivemos, pois permite manter-se relevante e atualizado em um contexto que pede requalificação constante.

Our thoughts and words are the architects of our reality. They have been interwoven into history, shaping not just ourselves but the world around us for centuries. The universe has laws that are unbreakable, such as the law of gestation, polarity, gravity, time, forgiveness, gratitude, and many more. Many of us are unaware and go against them, fighting their principles instead of using them for our advantage.

Rules of Change for the Better is a practical guide of real stories to tune up your mood and transform your life to reach your biggest dreams. It aims to show you how to initiate your transformational journey by finding your change motives, tuning up your mood, adapting to changes, growing, learning, and creating the stable and permanent changes you so deserve.

In I Wish for Change, teacher and author Kyle Schwartz equips both teachers and parents to help children stand up for what they believe is right and make value-driven decisions. She shows how children's adaptability, vulnerability, and empathy make them excellent agents for change, as well as how to teach children about the mechanics and structures of power so they can effectively change them.

Muchas personas luchan con el aprendizaje. Toman demasiado tiempo o no retienen la información que han aprendido. Aquí, aprenderá más sobre cómo mejorar todo eso. El autor lo guiará a través de un estudio de estilos de aprendizaje, enseñándose a sí mismo en lugar de tener que enseñarlo, y las mejores formas de estudiar más duro, más rápido y de manera más efectiva. El libro toca las técnicas de memorización y plantea la pregunta de si esas técnicas son buenas o malas para el aprendizaje.

Muitas pessoas lutam com o aprendizado. Eles demoram demais ou não retêm as informações que aprenderam. Aqui, você aprenderá mais sobre como melhorar tudo isso. O autor o guiará através de um estudo de estilos de aprendizagem, ensinando a si mesmo em vez de ter que ser ensinado e as melhores maneiras de estudar mais, mais rápido e mais efetivamente. O livro aborda técnicas de memorização e coloca a questão de saber se essas técnicas são boas ou ruins para o aprendizado.

In a polarizing and racially divided America, what do children of color learn about themselves before they even go to school? How do they see themselves and is that image only exacerbated by spending twelve years in a public education system that perpetuates negative stereotypes? Brian Rashad Fuller personally knows that the impact of low expectations can be devastating. He aims to make a difference in this humanizing and very personal portrayal of what it means to be Black in America's schools.

Did they make you believe that vegan food is expensive and difficult to find and cook? Nothing more false. But I got myself duped too.You will understand why they did it if you keep reading .... The FAO estimates that livestock accounts for about 40 percent of the global value of agricultural revenues and helps the survival and food security of about 1.3 billion people. If we reduce our consumption of meat even slightly, greedy corporations will lose thousands of dollars in a flash. It's just stupid business!

Quien procura los deseos de su corazón llega a conocer todo aquello de lo que es capaz.

Powerful reading and writing is fundamentally linked to civic education. The Civically Engaged Classroom is packed with practical guidance designed to support teachers in giving students the skills, knowledge, and tools to be active participants in society.

No, you don’t have to worry so much. Here’s how to fix negative thought patterns and stop overthinking for good! You’re not alone: Around three in four people tend to overthink. Overthinking actually drains your energy and prevents you from solving the problems you’re worrying about. So...can you break free from the downward spiral of overthinking? Yes! This audiobook is a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing overthinking. It will empower you with practical strategies that will help you stop worrying and focus on happy, productive thoughts.