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Teaching to transgress Teaching to transgress Bell Hooks,Marta Malo In Teaching to Transgress bell hooks—writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual—writes about a new kind of education, *education as the practice of freedom*. Teaching students to "transgress" … OL15053159W
Hearing gesture Hearing gesture Susan Goldin-Meadow "Susan Goldin-Meadow begins with an intriguing discovery: when explaining their answer to a task, children sometimes communicate different ideas with their hand gestures than with their spoken words.… OL15831045W
Maps of the mind Maps of the mind Charles Hampden-Turner The author presents the first comprehensive attempt to collect, describe, and draw in map form the most important concepts of the human mind. OL15926976W
Sorry I Forgot To Ask My Story About Asking For Permission And Making An Apology Sorry I Forgot To Ask My Story About Asking For Permission And Making An Apology Kelsey De Weerd Shows readers how to do a better job of asking for permission, and making an apology. RJ learns that using these skills means a lot fewer trips to the "time-out" chair OL17476620W
Small Teaching Small Teaching James M. Lang Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radi… OL17879530W
Como Crear Mapas Mentales Como Crear Mapas Mentales Tony Buzan Mind Mapping is a system of planning and note-taking that has changed the lives of people across the world. This guide explains how Mind Maps can make it easy to: - plan a presentation or report - th… OL1952690W
L'idée qui tue ! L'idée qui tue ! Nicolas Bordas Analyse en 10 chapitres comment fonctionnent et grandissent les idées. En prenant des exemples dans tous les domaines de l'activité humaine (la religion, la philosophie, le marketing, la publicité, l… OL19883972W
Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI Hector J. Levesque "What can artificial intelligence teach us about the mind? If AI's underlying concept is that thinking is a computational process, then how can computation illuminate thinking? It's a timely question… OL20056174W
Discovering & exploring habits of mind Discovering & exploring habits of mind Bena Kallick,Arthur L. Costa Describes the "habits of mind" that can aid both students and adults in school and in everyday life as they encounter problems, dilemmas, and enigmas, the resolutions of which are not immediately app… OL20514289W
Le jour où j'ai perdu la tête Le jour où j'ai perdu la tête Jocelyn Boisvert Alors qu'il s'apprête à se rendre à son rendez-vous avec la fille de ses rêves, Julien est victime d'un accident aussi stupide qu'invraisemblable. En effet, il se fait décapiter par la vitre électriq… OL24162882W
Decoding the disciplines Decoding the disciplines David Pace "The Indiana University Faculty Learning Community realized that the mental operations required of undergraduates differ enormously from discipline to discipline and that these ways of thinking are r… OL24447335W
The art of clear thinking The art of clear thinking Rudolf Franz Flesch,Rudolf Flesch "Here is a psychological self-help book--with a difference. Most other books of this kind are either book-length pep talks or book-length sermons: this book is neither. Instead, the author has done w… OL265734W
Learning journals and critical incidents Learning journals and critical incidents Tony Ghaye,Sue Lillyman This is the 2nd edition of the best selling book Learning Journals and Critical Incidents which has been widely acknowledged for its contribution to the understanding of reflection and reflective pra… OL27973785W
All year long All year long Christine A. Swanson Reading exercises provide opportunities for thinking and learning. OL28177124W
Prolific thinkers' guide Prolific thinkers' guide Constance Gibson,Gary Carnow A practical framework for a hands-on approach to teaching active critical and creative thinking. OL28950015W
The Dragons of Eden The Dragons of Eden Carl Sagan Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent … OL2950952W
The crack in the cosmic egg The crack in the cosmic egg Joseph Chilton Pearce The classic work that shaped the thought of a generation with its powerful insights into the true nature of mind and reality. • Defines culture as a "cosmic egg" structured by the mind's drive fo… OL4113234W
The society of mind The society of mind Marvin Minsky An authority on artificial intelligence introduces a theory that explores the workings of the human mind and the mysteries of thought. OL4981641W
Il pendolo di Foucault Il pendolo di Foucault Umberto Eco *Il pendolo di Foucault* è il secondo romanzo dello scrittore italiano Umberto Eco. Pubblicato nel 1988 dalla casa editrice Bompiani (con cui Eco aveva già un pluridecennale rapporto), è ambientato n… OL8996438W
The philosophy of Nietzsche The philosophy of Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche Translations selected from the Levy ed.(London,1921);arrangement based on the Schlechts ed.(Munich,1954-56). OL98158W
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