"Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Meta (Facebook) made "Move fast and break things" its motto-and then proceeded to deliver on it-they fueled a cynical but widely accepted assumption that a certain amount of wreckage is the price we must pay for inventing the future. Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is seriously wrongheaded-and that it keeps leaders from achieving excellence....

Cómo ganar amigos e influir en las personas, El poder del ahora, Inteligencia emocional, Tus zonas erróneas, Gente tóxica, El arte de no amargarse la vida... un tsunami de manuales nos inunda. Ya no estamos solos, un libro puede salvarnos. Hecho añicos el sujeto social, se imponen las terapias de autoayuda, funcionales a la ideología consumista imperante. ¿Cómo combatirlas? La motivación, la creatividad, la capacidad comunicativa, el éxito...

Tell me the missing letter is a simple book that gives you and your child to identify the object in the picture and to take turns repeating the word and really emphasizing the sounds of the letters. Once you have had fun emphasizing the sounds you can say the words in a variety of voices to amuse your child. The is lots of opportunity for repetition and consolidation. My son loves playing this game. He does a robot voice or a squeaky voice for the...

Problem-based learning (PBL) represents a widely recommended best practice that facilitates both student engagement with challenging content and students' ability to utilize that content in a more flexible manner to support problem-solving. This edited volume includes research that focuses on examples of successful models and strategies for facilitating preservice and practicing teachers in implementing PBL practices in their current and future classrooms...

During a "show and tell" presentation by one of their classmates, two children hear about a trip to a space camp. They learn about budgets and how to manage with what they have. There is a teaching on the merits of forgiveness and how to accept forgiveness and learn humility when they make a mistake. They learn that if they want to buy something, they need to earn the money. Working with their extended families, they gain insights about rocket building...

There is only one known planet Earth with many living and nonliving communities depending on it for their existence. Humans are just a small fraction in a big network we call the web of life. This is home to amazingly diverse and mixed forms of life, shaping an ecological community we understand as the planet Earth. Like other members of this web of life, humans have certain responsibilities to contribute to the sustainable working conditions of these...

Make Learning Fun! Activities to Develop Creativity is a compilation of problems used in the Odyssey of the Mind creative problem-solving competitions. It includes 11 long-term problems and 48 spontaneous problems. It also includes an introductory chapter by problem writer and program founder Dr. Sam Micklus on the problem-development process, and a brief history on how the program began back in 1978. This book is also a great classroom resource and...

During the process of writing this book I realized a question must be answered before I proceeded. Why would anyone need this book? The answers were developed as I organized my material.#1.If anyone was thinking about a career in education they would be enriched with the information this book.#2.If someone was currently involved in education and required some clarity about their role in the profession they would want this book.#3.If a professional...

My name is Zhanna Telmanovna Oganesyan, and I was born with passion! That is my motivation! Lots of bumpy rides and flights took me to the right direction. This allowed me to fully bloom and reach my highest potential. Enormous love toward children appeared in me from very young ages and inspired me to get out of my way and go to a different direction. As a child, I brought home many stray dogs and cats, but I was always heartbroken because I was...

John J. Hammerlink is a young boy, who is constantly getting into trouble because he does not think. He decides to learn about this thing called thinking by seeking help from his family members. When an elderly neighbor is, robbed, he puts his family's advice into action. He not only saves his neighbor, but he becomes a hero.