Psychology Philosophy

Will increased scientific understanding of our brains overturn our beliefs about moral and ethical behavior? How will increasingly powerful brain imaging technologies affect the ideas of privacy and of self-incrimination? Such thought-provoking questions are rapidly emerging as new discoveries in neuroscience have raised difficult legal and ethical dilemmas. Michael Gazzaniga, widely considered to be the father of cognitive neuroscience, investigates with an expert eye some of these controversial and complex issues.

Visible Learning Guide to Student Achievement critically examines the major influences shaping student achievement today. A revision of the International Guide to Student Achievement, this updated edition provides listeners with a more accessible compendium of research summaries—with a particular focus on the school sector.

ED-volution is a motivational study of practical strategies for K-12 educators that offers solutions for handling hot button issues, such as grading for equity, the use of electronics, expanding STEM programs, poor attendance, and much more. Each chapter begins with thought-provoking spoken word poetry and continues with leading education research, best practices, and stories of Mohrbacher's roller-coaster journey as an educator. Your school needs you for its ed-volution.

The Dutch have discovered the secret to happiness and they are finally sharing it with the world. That secret is Niksen. This Dutch lifestyle phenomenon has taken the world by storm with an ever growing following around the globe. We will learn about how Niksen can help us feel satisfied and happy.

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The more scientists research life and the components that create life, the more information and theories exist; but no matter what the theories or modality are, somewhere in the midst of them is the reality that our thoughts and emotions are at the helm of our lives. As the saying goes, life is 10 percent about what happens to you and 90 percent about what you do with it. And the power in that 90 percent resides within our thoughts and perceptions. Learn the secrets of Quantum Psychology.

Most Americans are now familiar with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among troops. In this groundbreaking new audiobook, David Wood examines the far more pervasive yet less understood experience of those we send to war: moral injury, the violation of our fundamental values of right and wrong that so often occurs in the impossible moral dilemmas of modern conflict.

Here's how you can weather the storm and start thinking clearly! Let's see the facts. Your mind is under siege. Every single day, you are bombarded with thousands of news stories, hundreds of fake news articles, secret agendas, and bad science. You need to develop a defense mechanism that will allow you to hold your ground and improve your life. And the name of that defense mechanism? Critical thinking! This is a simple, easy-to-follow, critical thinking science guide that will change the way you perceive your world and react to it.

'공부머리'가 타고난 것처럼 보이는 아이들이 있다. 매일 피땀 흘리며 공부해도 늘 제자리걸음인 나와는 달리 그 아이들은 갑자기 기적 같은 상승을 보이고, 불가능해 보이던 목표를 이뤄낸다. 내가 하는 공부와 특별히 다르지 않은 것 같은데, 왜 그들의 성적은 빠르게 올라가는 걸까? 수학 점수 27점, 왕따까지 당하면서 극심한 우울증에 시달리다 단기간에 엄청난 성적 상승을 이루고 서울대에 입학한 저자는 자신과 같은 '성적 역전왕'들에게서 몇 가지 공통점을 발견했다. 이들의 비법은 바로 '압축적인 공부'였다. 열심히만 하는 공부를 그만두고 공부 방향을 틀자 눈에 띄는 변화가 일어난 것이다.

A practical guide to staying well in a high-pressure profession. In the midst of a recruitment crisis and a massive exodus of teachers from our schools, now is the time for some joined-up thinking about teacher well-being and mental health. Filled with insightful advice and practical strategies, Peter Radford's Love Teaching, Keep Teaching invites educators to think differently about the way education is 'done' and shows them how they can keep doing the job they love without sacrificing their health and well-being.

Las palabras, las grandes y las pequeñas, son puentes que nos unen. Nunca nacen solas. Hay tantos autores que han escrito grandes y luminosas palabras sobre la Gestalt. Yo escribo palabras pequeñas porque creo que también importan. Escribir es mi forma de aprender, pensar, de hacerme preguntas, de intentar contestarlas, de perderme y, a veces, de encontrarme, es decir, de escribir gestálticamente.

Libro que propone una metodología para mejorar las prácticas disciplinarias escolares, enriquecer y actualizar estrategias que fomenten una educación no-violenta que mejore la convivencia en la escuela. Proporciona recursos para crear entornos propicios al aprendizaje y convertir los espacios educativos en ambientes que realmente fomenten el desarrollo de las capacidades sociales (no sólo académicas) de los alumnos.

Why do so many beginners, both children and adults, fail to master chosen skills? The Elements of Skill was inspired by - and addresses - that question with a program based on proven techniques. The audiobook, created by a renowned practitioner of the Alexander Technique, outlines an educational system that makes the process of learning a performance or athletic skill more conscious and therefore more successful.

Draw out the best in your children - by understanding the way they learn. If you're frustrated that your child isn't learning the way you did, chances are they are too! In this practical resource, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias explains that understanding how you both learn can make all the difference. Using expertise in education and learning styles, Tobias offers practical guidance for teaching to your child's strengths - both at home and in school - even when his or her learning style is very different from your own.

Think back to when you were in school. Do you remember learning how to think critically? You were probably taught these skills in your English class while learning how to read and comprehend information. And while now you may do it automatically, at the time it was a process. A sometimes slow, painful process. Why is that? Because unfortunately, many educators do not know how to properly teach critical thinking skills (because they weren’t taught either).The improved intellectual quality of work happens when critical thinking is taught and nurtured in developmental stages.

This guide is designed to equip you with the valuable skills needed to become a better student and a responsible citizen. Drawing from my experiences during adolescence, college, twenty years on active duty, and fifteen years in the Public School System, I've compiled tools and lessons that have shaped my journey and are now here for you.

Quante volte ci è capitato di perdere la calma coi nostri figli, pur facendo del nostro meglio, per poi essere tormentati dai sensi di colpa? Quante volte ci siamo sentiti confusi, disorientati, inadeguati come genitori? È possibile educare i nostri bambini senza lasciarci sopraffare da emozioni come rabbia, frustrazione, esasperazione, in una quotidianità sempre più frenetica e stressante? La pedagogista Erica Petrucciani, col suo approccio garbato e pragmatico, sostiene di sì.

Achieving tranquility of mind is not about changing what is going on in the external world, but rather changing our underlying philosophy of life. Events themselves don't cause us to be miserable, it is our beliefs about the events that control our emotions. By changing our underlying beliefs, we can change how we feel.

El francés Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) es considerado uno de los fundadores de la psicología social. Introdujo un tema importante como la psicología del comportamiento colectivo. Le Bon desarrolló sus ideas y puntos de vista durante numerosos viajes a diferentes pueblos de África y Asia. En su obra principal "Psicología de las masas" de 1895, describe el cambio en el comportamiento del individuo que resulta de pertenecer a un grupo más grande de personas, una masa. Este audiolibro está basado en la traducción al español de 1921 de J. M. Navarro de Palencia.

Inside the Liberal Arts accomplishes two ambitious goals at once, and shows why they are inseparable: It explains the nature and purpose of liberal learning – to produce critical thinkers and well-rounded democratic citizens – and offers a probing, accessible guided tour of critical thinking, emphasizing the analytic skills that form the intellectual core of all higher education. Becoming better critical thinkers doesn’t mean we have to become philosophers. As users of language, Scheuer explains, we’re already philosophers.