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Author: Sandra Murphy Publisher: ISBN: 9780807769119 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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All teachers face challenges--from the daunting and unexpected, like teaching during a pandemic, to nagging doubts about daily interactions and teaching practices. If there were ever a time for sharing teacher personal and professional breakthroughs--the ways teachers have successfully and courageously turned a corner--that time is now. In this collection of compelling narratives, high school and college teachers show us how they have taken on issues such as faculty and student relationships; struggles over personal identity in the classroom; joys and complexities of working with emergent bilinguals, basic writers, and first-year college students; and the forever question of how to engage students. This is a book about breaking rules, caring about students, navigating systems, and taking chances. It's an uplifting journey and along the way, teachers do what they always do: They share the reading and writing assignments that have worked for them during the best and worst of times. The matchless part, however, is teacher wisdom. Where would we be without it? Book Features: Brings together narratives by veteran teachers who describe recognizable challenges and what happens when new understandings trump old ways of doing things. Provides ideas for teaching that arise from the breakthroughs of college, community college, and secondary teachers and are applicable to all grade levels. Celebrates teachers--their voices and practices, their intelligent and empathetic approaches to solving problems and making change. Illustrates the transformative power of writing about breakthroughs and encourages all teachers to share their stories. Includes an appendix with sample materials for school and writing group leaders who want to initiate similar breakthrough projects for teachers.
Author: Donalyn Miller Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470372273 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 244
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Turn any student into a bookworm with a few easy and practical strategies Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she can’t turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. In the book, you’ll find: Hands-on strategies for managing and improving your own school library Tactics for helping students walk on their own two feet and continue the reading habit after they’ve finished with your class Data from student surveys and end-of-year feedback that proves how well the Miller Method works The Book Whisperer includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.
Author: Rob Hopkins Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN: 1603589066 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 242
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“Big ideas that just might save the world”—The Guardian The founder of the international Transition Towns movement asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it's more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. In these times of deep division and deeper despair, if there is a consensus about anything in the world, it is that the future is going to be awful. There is an epidemic of loneliness, an epidemic of anxiety, a mental health crisis of vast proportions, especially among young people. There’s a rise in extremist movements and governments. Catastrophic climate change. Biodiversity loss. Food insecurity. The fracturing of ecosystems and communities beyond, it seems, repair. The future—to say nothing of the present—looks grim. But as Transition movement cofounder Rob Hopkins tells us, there is plenty of evidence that things can change, and cultures can change, rapidly, dramatically, and unexpectedly—for the better. He has seen it happen around the world and in his own town of Totnes, England, where the community is becoming its own housing developer, energy company, enterprise incubator, and local food network—with cascading benefits to the community that extend far beyond the projects themselves. We do have the capability to effect dramatic change, Hopkins argues, but we’re failing because we’ve largely allowed our most critical tool to languish: human imagination. As defined by social reformer John Dewey, imagination is the ability to look at things as if they could be otherwise. The ability, that is, to ask What if? And if there was ever a time when we needed that ability, it is now. Imagination is central to empathy, to creating better lives, to envisioning and then enacting a positive future. Yet imagination is also demonstrably in decline at precisely the moment when we need it most. In this passionate exploration, Hopkins asks why imagination is in decline, and what we must do to revive and reclaim it. Once we do, there is no end to what we might accomplish. From What Is to What If is a call to action to reclaim and unleash our collective imagination, told through the stories of individuals and communities around the world who are doing it now, as we speak, and witnessing often rapid and dramatic change for the better.
Author: Graham Black Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000336735 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 280
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Museums and the Challenge of Change explores the profound challenges facing museums and charts ways forward that are grounded in partnership with audiences and communities on-site, online, and in wider society. Facing new generations with growing needs and desires, growing population diversity, and a digital revolution, the museum sector knows it must change – but it has been slow to respond. Drawing on the expertise and voices of practitioners from within and beyond the sector, Black calls for a change of mind-set and radical evolution (transformation over time, learning from the process, rather than a ‘big bang’ approach). Internally, a participative environment supports social interaction through active engagement with collections and content – and Black includes an initial typology of participative exhibits, both traditional and digital. Externally, the museum works in partnership with local communities and other agencies to make a real difference, in response to societal challenges. Black considers what this means for the management and structure of the museum, emphasising that it is not possible to separate the development of a participative experience from the ways in which the museum is organised. Museums and the Challenge of Change is highly practical and focused on initiatives that museums can implement swiftly and cheaply, making a real impact on user engagement. The book will thus be essential reading for museum practitioners and students of museum studies around the globe.
Author: Brant Menswar Publisher: ISBN: 9780999729601 Category : Languages : en Pages : 175
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Change happens. Either intentionally or unintentionally, we find ourselves entangled with change on a daily basis. Depending on the day and our mood, our ability to successfully "rock" change or "roll" with the punches can come and go faster than a one-hit wonder. True rock stars understand that change is a journey. They then find the will to grind it out in the face of adversity to achieve the kind of lasting change they seek. Rock 'n' Roll with It offers a unique approach to creating and accepting powerful and lasting change in your life. Presented through the lens of our beloved Rock 'N' Roll, this book will help you create and perform a personal "set list" designed to keep you engaged while developing the characteristics needed to become a true Rock Star of Change. Thought-provoking interviews with legendary change makers will inspire you to put on your leather pants and shake what your Mama gave you. Brant Menswar and Jim Trick, both real-life rock stars and passionate change agents, skillfully guide your journey through change soundly explaining how change works and equipping you with specific strategies to accomplishing the kind of transformational change that leads to the type of life you really want...one that bears fruit and enriches those around you.
Author: P. David Searles Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 9780813130569 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 290
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"Young Abraham Lincoln and his family joined the migration over the Ohio River, but it was Kentucky--the state of his birth--that shaped his personality and continued to affect his life. His wife was from the commonwealth, as were each of the other women with whom he had romantic relationships. Henry Clay was his political idol; Joshua Speed of Farmington, near Louisville, was his lifelong best friend; and all three of his law partners were Kentuckians. During the Civil War, Lincoln is reputed to have said, ""I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."" He recognized Kentucky's importance as the bellwether of the four loyal slave states and accepted the commonwealth's illegal neutrality until Unionists secured firm control of the state government. Lowell Harrison emphasizes the particular skill and delicacy with which Lincoln handled the problems of a loyal slave state populated by a large number of Confederate sympathizers. It was not until decades later that Kentuckians fully recognized Lincoln's greatness and paid homage to their native son.
Author: Sadhvi Siddhali Shree Publisher: Tammy Herbster ISBN: 9780984385409 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 94
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Why Change? Everyone faces different challenges emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually, however, such challenges should not keep you from leading a happy, peaceful, and successful life. Sadhvi Siddhali Shree believes that even "Small Change is Big Change". 31 Day Challenge to a Changed You is the perfect and practical daily guide to help you make changes in various aspects of your life including self discovery, self awareness, facing fears, finding inner peace, living in the present moment, overcoming adversity, saving money, and being healthy. Through tough love sugar-coated with compassion, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree will help you confront issues by taking baby steps towards personal change and transformation. About the Daily Challenges Keeping the practical guide straight forward and easy to follow, each daily challenge introduces personal and societal issues, the benefits of improvement, self reflective thoughts to consider, and a specific course of action to bring about that change - big or small. Challenge to Change Change yourself by refraining from abusive language and Think Before You Speak. Change yourself through Anger Awareness and negativity and frustration will dissolve. Change yourself and connect to your Inner Child to believe all things are possible again. Change yourself to Break Habits that are unwanted, unhealthy, and undesirable. Change yourself in order to Achieve what you've always wanted. Take up the 31 Day Challenge to a Changed You and transform your life. There is no better time than to START NOW. About the Author Sadhvi Siddhali Shree is the Spiritual Director of Siddhayatan Spiritual Retreat Center located near Dallas, Texas. An Army Combat Medic Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, Siddhali Shree has witnessed the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual effects of war, violence, and intolerance. After her experience of being immersed in a violent environment, she entered the monastic life with the determination to spread the messages of peace, love, nonviolence, balance, understanding, and self-awareness to the world. From a soldier to nun, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree's life exudes discipline, courage, and peace. With a genuine heart to help all in need, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree has dedicated her life to bringing true change during these desperate times. Sadhvi Siddhali Shree currently writes a spiritual blog at SiddhaliShree.com.
Author: Professor Longmore Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1496982878 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 368
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The aim of this book is to make better sense of a long, complex, messy, change process through the stories of those who were involved. Over fifty participants were interviewed during the course of the study and their uniquely personal perspectives have been woven into a compelling story of organisational change. This book describes their ingenuity and effort in bringing about change that they and their organisation valued. Between 2009 and 2012, Southampton Solent University (UK) engaged in an unprecedented and highly complex strategic initiative which ran across the entire institution, its structures, processes and systems; it aimed to produce a fundamental shift in institutional culture. Such an all-embracing approach is rare in universities. This programme of organisational change is seen through the eyes of people who were immersed in the process. Their perspectives and feelings will resonate with anyone who has tried to bring about significant change in a university. Universities are inherently creative places but too often there is a pervasive inertia that prevents ideas from being turned into new and better practices. This programme aimed to create a culture of innovation. Conventional project planning techniques were deliberately avoided and replaced with an approach based on complexity theory, recognising that the process of change requires constant adaptation, acceptance of non-linear progress and subversion of conventional management discourse. Offering an unusual example from the higher education sector, this study is a distinctive contribution to the extensive literature on organisational change. Learning gained from participants is related to theories and research from this wider literature. The study proposes a holistic and integrated approach to change which might offer a more culturally relevant and sustainable model both for higher education and for those sectors of industry and commerce from which much change management practice has conventionally been drawn.
Author: Sandra Murphy
Author: Sandra Murphy
Author: Sandra Murphy
Author: Erik Homburger Erikson
Author: Donalyn Miller
Author: Rob Hopkins
Author: Graham Black
Author: Brant Menswar
Author: P. David Searles
Author: Sadhvi Siddhali Shree
Author: Professor Longmore