Showing results for "ACTION" in Education

Passive learning just doesn’t cut it in today’s evolving, competitive workplace. Research demonstrates that action-first learning works because it engages the mind immediately and makes sure that knowledge and skills will stick. With a more diverse array of action-based training designs, organizations can motivate learners, provide hands-on, collaborative practice, and drive behavioral change.

Bloomsbury presents Take Action on Distraction: The definitive guide to improving attention and focus in the Early Years and Key Stage One by Professor Sam Wass and Dr Gemma Goldenberg, read by Professor Sam Wass *ERA Early Years Resource Winner, 2026 and Nursery World Awards Professional Book...

Monica Sharma describes how we can source our inner capacities and wisdom to manifest change that embodies universal values such as dignity, compassion, fairness, and courage. Drawing on more than twenty years of work for the United Nations and elsewhere, she presents a radical new approach to...

Blended learning has the power to reinvent education, but the transition requires a new approach to learning and a new skillset for educators. Loaded with research and examples, Blended Learning in Action demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Knowledge That Changes Lives by Coach Owidi is a powerful seven-part journey from knowledge to action. Drawing from the message of Life Gives You What You Ask of It, this booklet challenges the gap between what we know and how we live. Through...

That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of “cool”...

Make sure your tech initiatives put students first with this robust guide for teachers and school leaders. With new artificial intelligence tools sweeping into districts and schools, educators must be able to assess the tools' benefits and limitations and determine if and how they might serve...

Hey Friends, I am AKC and I am an Entrepreneur trying to create a better world for our younger ones through my sustainability startups. Over the past 7 years, my biggest learning is that everything starts with Taking Actions. Whether we are building something or we want to be in other states of mind, happiness, prosperity, and quality of life. “Take Actions Now” is my guide on how to take actions and a compilation of the best practices that I have learned and tools that I have developed for self-development, finding purpose, being happy, and leading a sustainable life. I invite you to be a...

Transform messy classroom and workplace challenges into actionable insights with this practical action research guide. Perfect for your morning commute, this mentor-led approach empowers busy educators, healthcare workers, and community leaders to systematically improve their daily environments...

Master classroom inquiry and elevate your teaching practice with this practical guide to educational action research. Perfect for your daily commute, this encouraging audio experience empowers busy educators to turn everyday instructional struggles into manageable, data-driven solutions. You...

Master classroom instruction and boost student empowerment using the proven, jargon-free tactics of action research. Perfect for your morning commute, this highly practical audio guide helps educators navigate daily school realities without getting bogged down in dense academic theory. Feel...

A riveting investigation into a school, a scam, and a notorious college admissions scandal that exposes the inequalities and racial segregation of American education, from two award-winning New York Times journalists T.M. Landry College Prep, a small private school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice For decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed...

Ron Ritchhart's new book, Cultures of Thinking in Action, takes the next step in helping listeners not only understand how a culture of thinking looks and feels, but also how to create it for themselves and their learners. Arguing that no set of practices or techniques alone is sufficient to create a culture of thinking in and of itself, Ritchhart explores the underlying beliefs that motivate the creation of cultures of thinking, presenting key mindsets every educator and leader needs to embrace.

From Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Jason L. Riley, a contrarian argument that racial preferences have done more harm than good for black Americans After the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the use of race in college admissions was unconstitutional, many...

Educational accountability is here to stay. Comprehensive educational accountability, if designed and implemented effectively, can be the one initiative that helps schools create sustained and meaningful reform.

Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools delivers a practical and actionable method to provide a strong Montessori experience for all children, families, and educators. The first of its kind, this book offers listeners a collection of modern and concrete ways to build an equitable and resilient Montessori program.

These 26 original songs, set to catchy tunes, will soon become firm favourites with parents and children alike, helping children to inform their reading and writing skills. An action-packed collection of 22 songs to keep everyone out of breath, now available on CD! Side 1: The Music Man, Oranges...

Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the...

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children's Book * Horn Book Fanfare Book * Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice * SLJ Best Book of the Year By the beloved and bestselling grandmaster of fantasy, Sir Terry Pratchett, this is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young...