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Exploring issues of disability culture, activism, and policy across the African continent, this volume argues for the recognition of African disability studies as an important and emerging interdisciplinary field.While the disability rights movement of recent decades has a rich and well-documented history, it is a history mostly focused on the Global North. Disability in Africa presents an interdisciplinary approach to cultural, health, and policy challenges that disability issues have raised throughout the African continent. The volume draws on the achievements of disability studies while acknowledging the demands and challenges of particular African contexts. The authors bring diverse meth...
"This book explains almost all of the ′headshaking′ frustrations educators express about teens. Educators will enjoy discovering that there is a biological reason for the behaviors and attitudes that teens demonstrate. They will also appreciate the practical and down-to-earth suggestions to help students find school more appealing." —Kathy Tritz-Rhodes, Principal Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Schools, IA Cutting-edge research meets brain-friendly strategies for teaching adolescents! Teenagers can be mystifying to educators and parents, exhibiting a daunting array of characteristics: emotional, forgetful, and fond of risk-taking. What are they thinking? What′s the best way to reach them? Th...
Build on your staff’s strengths for optimized leadership Best-selling author Sheryl G. Feinstein demonstrates how educational leaders can apply a popular business prototype of leadership strengths and the latest brain research to lead effectively. Her new book, co-authored by veteran administrator and instructional leader Robert W. Kiner, outlines four leadership styles—executer, relationship builder, influencer, and strategic thinker—and shows how to capitalize on them to: Create a positive school culture Mentor and supervise teachers Keep track of standardized testing Foster community partnerships Use data to inform curriculum and instruction The authors link current cognitive research with the challenges of educational leadership to make clear the links between neural wiring, learning, and leading.
MENTOR: Strategies to Inspire Young People provides over one thousand proven strategies and tips to encourage anyone working alongside young people to positively connect with them and guide them to reach their unique potential—to achieve greatness—in a meaningful, developmental relationship. This user-friendly book promotes the “spirit of mentoring” among family, friends, schools, and communities. It awakens that spirit within the lives of all who guide and inspire young people and appreciate the value and importance of face-to-face relationships. Robin Cox shares true stories of his and other mentors’ interactions with young people from a variety of cultures and ethnicities to give credibility to the strategies and tips mentioned in the book. The challenges facing our young people in a post-pandemic world are discussed and practical solutions are offered. Anyone working with young people will feel equipped, enabled, and further empowered to take on a formal or informal mentoring role and will have an inspirational resource to consult in the years ahead.
Featuring the works of recognised pioneers in the nascent field of educational neuroscience, this collection shows how to apply current brain research to teaching and learning. The book is divided into three parts: The Developing Brain, The Brain in School, and Instructional Strategies for Every Brain.
This updated edition of the award-winning bestseller shows teachers how to help students become the motivated, successful, and natural learners they were born to be.
List of persons bearing the surnames Hechter in Southern Poland and other selected regions worldwide. Additionally, related persons with the surnames Unger and Silbiger are included.
Author, educator, and university professor Robert Sylwester explains in this volume that adolescence is a prolonged odyssey toward maturation and autonomy affecting teachers, parents, family, and the community. This marvelous rite of passage often frustrates adults because adolescents reaching for autonomy don't appreciate the level of adult direction they accepted as children. Sylwester suggests that educators, parents, and other adults can shift their perspective from child management to adolescent mentoring, and explains how to do this in ways that enhance the relationship. The key lies in understanding what's occurring in an adolescent's brain during this important developmental period.
This book is not just for parents! While it was initially written for them, increasingly adults working with adolescents also sought help. I tried putting something together specifically for these adults but found that the content is also in this book.These are some common woes of adolescents and adults about each other - 'My parents don't understand me.', 'Why is my child emotionally explosive all the time?', 'My parents are always nagging.', 'Teens cannot seem to be able to think about the consequence first before acting!'The understanding-divide between adolescents and adults seems to be getting wider. Concretely on a day-to-day basis, adolescents and parents are clashing with each other ...
"I am quite delighted to see this new book on parenting by Dr. Sheryl Feinstein. She has linked new and compelling research on the adolescent brain with the ever-challenging role of parenting. Dr. Feinstein's thought-provoking, yet amusing, discussion gives us a refreshing opportunity to deepen our understanding of the adolescent and refine our parenting skills.... An abundance of practical advice, with a dash of ground-breaking research, is offered at every turn of the page.... Those of us who have been involved in education and brain research welcome this informed application to parenting." Book jacket.