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“michael schoonmaker”

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  • Team Being

    The Art and Science of Working Well With Others

    by Gary Gemmill, Michael Schoonmaker ...
    Team Being is a book about creative collaboration—what it is, how it works and how to maximize chances of doing it well. The book is built upon years of experience working with thousands of nascent teams from education, business and government where participants were expected to generate results in formations from two to twenty-five people.The book shares complex insights on collaboration ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind

    Tales of Voice, Vision, and Video from K-12 Classrooms

    by Michael Schoonmaker, John M. Wolf ...
    Have you ever had an idea for a book, a movie, or a TV show? Chances are that you’ve had many. Today’s students, who are coming of age in a world that is increasingly mediated by smartphones, pads, pods, apps, and the Internet, are even more likely to think of their lives and experiences in terms of stories. Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind explores how our innate abilities as storytellers can be ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • The Original Home School Series

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    This is the complete unabridged and authorized edition of the works of turn-of-the-century British educator Charlotte Mason, with a forward by Dr. John Thorley of The Charlotte Mason College. This six-volume set includes over 2400 pages on education, child training and parenting. Recognized as a pioneer in home education and major school reforms, Charlotte Mason's practical methods are as ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Global Achievement Gap

    Why Our Kids Don't Have the Skills They Need for College, Careers, and Citizenship -- and What We Can Do About It

    by Tony Wagner ...
    Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn't limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren't teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Home Education

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature, handling natural objects, and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Towards a Psychology of Education

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    Towards a Philosophy of Education is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger ... Read more

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  • Formation of Character

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Ourselves

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    Ourselves, the fourth volume of Charlotte Mason's Classic Homeschooling Series, is a character curriculum book written directly to children. Book I, Self-Knowledge, is for elementary school students; Book II, Self-Direction, is for older students. Self-Knowledge discusses our human desires and appetites; the "helpers" in our minds, such as intellect, sense of beauty, imagination, and reason; the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Critical Condition

    Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity

    by Patrick Finn ...
    Should we stop teaching critical thinking? Meant as a prompt to further discussion, Critical Condition questions the assumption that every student should be turned into a “critical thinker.”The book starts with the pre-Socratics and the impact that Socrates’ death had on his student Plato and traces the increasingly violent use of critical “attack” on a perceived opponent. From the Roman ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • School Education

    by Charlotte Mason ...
    School Education, the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents should practice what she calls "masterly inactivity"-not neglectful or permissive parenting, but simply allowing children to work things out for themselves, do things for themselves, learn ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Whole Child, Whole School

    Applying Theory to Practice in a Community School

    by Jane Quinn, Eileen Santiago, JoAnne Ferrara ...
    This book provides a unique examination on the ways in which educating the whole child in the community school serves to ameliorate the conditions of poverty and obstacles to learning faced by students. Using a case study approach the book will highlight the successful journey of one school that transformed itself into a community school. Given the rise in poverty nation-wide and the unprecedented ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Conducting Hermeneutic Research

    From Philosophy to Practice

    by Nancy J. Moules, Graham McCaffrey, James C. Field, Catherine M. Laing ...
    Series Book 19 - Critical Qualitative Research
    Conducting Hermeneutic Research: From Philosophy to Practice is the only textbook that teaches the reader ways to conduct research from a philosophical hermeneutic perspective. It is an invaluable resource for graduate students about to embark in hermeneutic research and for academics or other researchers who are novice to this research method or who wish to extend their knowledge. In 2009, the ... Read more

    $43.09 USD