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Puspadanta Gonzaga, diambil dari bahasa Sanskerta; “puspadanta” yang berarti “gading berukir”. Gading menjadi warisan dari seekor gajah dan buku ini menjadi kreasi tertulis dari SMA Kolese Gonzaga yang dapat diturunkan dari masa ke masa. Ragam hasrat, rasa, cipta, karsa, dan karya yang tertuang di dalamnya bagaikan ukiran yang menghiasi gading tersebut. Terdiri atas 18 tulisan dengan tema beragam, yang didasarkan pada kegelisahan masing-masing penulisnya dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat, karya sederhana ini untuk bangsa. Pandangan yang kritis terhadap permasalahan bangsa ini justru menunjukkan kecintaan dan kepedulian mereka terhadap negeri. Selain membahas topik yang sifatnya aktual, buku ini juga membahas permasalahan laten, seperti kemiskinan, lingkungan hidup, pendidikan, dan persatuan bangsa. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam.
Walking with Ignatius is a celebration of 500 years of the Society of Jesus, as seen through the eyes of its first Latin American Father General, Arturo Sosa. Comprised of interviews with Father General conducted over a period of two years by Dario Menor, Walking with Ignatius retraces the inner tension both personal and communal that defines the quest for meaning over the ages: from the time when St Ignatius begged for alms to sustain his studies to a world transformed by globalisation. Menors questions reflect the spirit of the Ignatian practice of discernment: unafraid to ask questions and to face up to the challenges of the present, Menor and Sosa engage in a spiritual conver...
This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy development. Chapters address formative early experiences such as speaking and listening, being read to, and talking about print concepts and the alphabet. Written for early childhood professionals, reading specialists, and speech–language pathologists, the book describes effective assessment and instructional approaches for fostering language learning and emergent literacy in typically developing children and those at risk for language delays. Vivid case examples illustrate specific ways to collaborate with parents to give all children a strong foundation for school readiness and success.
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Integrating literature in education, especially in language learning, is indispensable. Not only that literature enables students to gain competence in a particular area of knowledge, it also nurtures their compassion and conscience, developing them into whole human beings. To embrace this vision, a book that can facilitate students' learning is needed. This book is designed to assist both teachers and students of Introduction to Literature course to enhance their literary skills as well as their soft skills.
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NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDWhat are the new leadership skills needed to succeed in the decade ahead? In this second edition Bob Johansen, bestselling author and longtime CEO of the Institute for the Future, teams with the prestigious Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), not only describing and updating the 10 new essential leadership skills but also offering tools and techniques for developing and applying them.
ÒIÕm happy to have been a part of history, however small my role was.Ó The words of Wardiman Djojonegoro reveal Indonesian history the way only a man who worked alongside Ali Sadikin, B. J. Habibie and Soeharto can. The modest 85-year-old, a former education minister and current foundation chairman at the Habibie Center, recalls the younger days of a Òbig villageÓ Jakarta and says it was the countryÕs third president who taught him the keys to national development. This is what Peter Zack, a reporter for the Jakarta Globe, wrote on 18 April 2009. In the present English translation of his 2014 memoir, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reminiscences of Working with Three Great Indones...
This book investigates the ways in which architectural researchers, teachers of architecture, their students and practising architects, filmmakers and artists are using filmmaking uniquely in their practice.
Public libraries have changed beyond anyone's predictions in the past ten years and are at a vital stage in their historical development. This timely book is the first standalone text to examine the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st century context. The book discusses the nature and functions of the modern public library service, from its beginnings as the street-corner university, through its delivery of state-of-the-art services and beyond. At the heart of the book is a passionate argument for the professional and public significance of the public library service. The key chapters are: public libraries: the modern context historical development of public libraries equi...