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"Who am I?" was the first question students were required to explore in the University of North Carolina-Charlotte's Black Studies Program, created in 1969 after student demands and with student involvement.
This collection of essays shares just how much students in the first decade of the program were influenced by its courses, faculty, social and cultural opportunities or merely its existence. It also reveals the courage, expectations and fears...
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The nowadays society is confronted with some of the most pronounced disparities in the economic system, with direct repercussions on the labor market, borne by both employees and employers. The main deficiencies of the labor market are caused by the low growth rate of the demand for goods, with consequences in terms of employment, the effect of decreasing the purchasing power of the population, the lack of correlation between the growth rates of labor...
463) Teaching Abroad
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Living and teaching abroad! Oh, it sounds so wonderful, and it can be, but it can also be quite the challenge. That's why you found this book, and you're looking at it for one of three reasons:
You're thinking of teaching abroad;
You're already overseas teaching ESL or TEFL;
You're back home wondering what to do now.
Making the move to being an ESL teacher is great - you're excited about new people, places and experiences.
What do you need to know...
464) Games Filipinos Play
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This book is a journey to the past and a peek at the future. For the old, playing native games is an exhilarating return to one's youth. For the young, it is simply a bridge to being a citizen with a sound mind in a sound body. The book is a valuable reference for Physical Education teachers and grade school teachers who can use games and activities in classroom instruction.
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STEAMERS — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths, Ethics ReaderS
Inspirational and entertaining stories about off beat characters and their adventures involving a wide range of sciences. They celebrate diversity and encourage the empathic understanding of many human conditions including depression, autism, gender identity, stereotyping and trauma. The plots consider a wide range of critical issues such as animal experiments, climate change,...
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Teaching in today's world has become a major challenge but imagine trying to educate individuals with special needs such as Downs-syndrome, profound autism, learning & behavioral disorders, authority issues, cerebral palsy, and even medically fragile conditions. Dr. Laz shows us that it can be done in a meaningful and fun way, as long as we become knowledgeable and effective teachers, making the switch to a more student-centered approach. In this...
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2013.
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The Savvy Student's Guide to Online Learning prepares students of all kinds for contemporary online learning. While technologies and formats vary, this book serves as an authoritative resource for any student enrolling in an online degree program or taking an online course. Topics covered include: - How to become a great online student - Creating an online presence - Interaction and communication techniques - Online group projects and individual work...
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2002.
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The Wired Tower: Perspectives on the Impact of the Internet on Higher Education brings together leading thinkers and doers to assess the new realities of the Internet in higher education. Edited by Blackboard, Incorporated Chairman Matthew Pittinsky, the book identifies key drivers of technology-related change, five transformative Internet-based learning practices most likely to succeed and explores every facet of Internet-related change. The book...
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Learning volume 042
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2018.
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中文(繁體)
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想法決定感覺,感覺影響表現! 金牌得主贏的是心理競賽! 本書不只適用於運動競技,更適合人生的競逐! 競技場上高手雲集,某些運動員最終能表現出眾,在勝負的關鍵時刻脫穎而出,奪得冠軍;這些奪冠者,證明了天生的運動能力不一定能造就競技場上高超的表現,因為一起參賽的運動員都具備相當的體能和技能,能夠奪勝贏得金牌最關鍵的是心理素質。...
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©2004
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"Live and Online! offers the key to designing effective interactions for the synchronous classroom. This ensures that participants have ample opportunity to collaborate and interact, which in turn helps them to successfully learn online. Author Jennifer Hofmann explains the use of powerful synchronous tools--Whiteboard, Chat, Breakout Room, Application Sharing, and Synchronized Web Browsing--provides sample exercises for each tool, and offers advice...
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2020.
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"From one of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia comes the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help one understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today. For the one in every five children who has dyslexia and the millions of others who struggle to read at their own grade levels--as well as for their parents, teachers, and tutors--this book can make a difference. Dr....
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©2012
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In today's job market, competition for available positions is fierce: new graduates are competing with seasoned workers for jobs that used to be reserved for entry-level employees. Candidates must be adept at seeking out the right opportunities and be able to market themselves effectively to land the job. This book tackles the daunting problem faced by many new grads: successfully finding a job in their area of study after graduation. It begins by...
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2014.
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Everyone cares about physical performance and the fitness industry offers an infinite number of solutions to improve it. But who has the best solution and how do we know if and how it will work for us? After over 15 years of training as an elite gymnast and over a decade of coaching, Coach Carl Paoli offers a fresh philosophy on training by connecting movement styles to fit your specific purpose, while also giving you a simple framework for mastering...
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"El alma ama la variedad, pero, ya lo hemos dicho, tan sólo la ama porque está hecha para conocer y para ver: por tanto es preciso que pueda ver, y que la variedad se lo permita, vale decir: es preciso que una cosa sea lo bastante simple para ser percibida y lo bastante variada para ser percibida con placer."
En este pequeño tratado sobre el gusto —escrito en 1717 y destinado a un curso académico—, la exigencia de armonía y de simetría...
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2019.
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As a software developer, your technical skill set is in high demand. Devices and technology have become an integral part of our everyday lives and no digital organization can thrive without technical professionals on the payroll. However, career plateaus are inevitable in even the most high-demand field. Companies do not only need software developers; they need software developers with soft skills. In Soft Skills to Advance Your Developer Career,...
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With this Parent Guide written in Spanish, get parents and teachers working together to increase student achievement. This helpful guide allows Spanish-speaking parents to easily reinforce what the teacher is doing in the kindergarten classroom and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities for their children, bridging the gap between school and home. *Quantity pricing available for schools only.
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With this Parent Guide written in Spanish, get parents and teachers working together to increase student achievement. This helpful guide allows Spanish-speaking parents to easily reinforce what the teacher is doing in the eighth-grade classroom and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities for their children, bridging the gap between school and home. *Quantity pricing available for schools only.
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