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Home circumstances or school regimes are often blamed for the worst excesses of pupil disaffection. The authors argue that this simplistic response needs to be re-examined, and report the findings of a research programme based on the views and experiences of pupils themselves.

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This handbook on the intentional intervention process in psychology and education, covers fundamental aspects of the subject; classification of problems; the psychology of clients and ethical considerations; planning and implementation; and evaluation.

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Creativity can be taught and nurtured, and we can build classrooms in which creativity thrives. This philosophy acts as a central thesis in a new book, Organic Creativity in the Classroom, edited by award-winning author Jane Piirto, Ph.D.

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This book addresses an area that is theoretically undeveloped in educational studiesthe constitution of the human subject. What is needed is the development of a psychodynamic 'social psychology of classes.' According to the author, we need to investigate the differential relations between institutional and self-formative processes.

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Intended for student teachers, as well as experienced teachers and educationalists, this title provides an introduction to psychology. It includes coverage of gender and cultural diversity, behavioural problems, social development and the learning environment.

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Intended for student teachers, as well as experienced teachers and educationalists, this title provides an introduction to psychology. It includes coverage of gender and cultural diversity, behavioural problems, social development and the learning environment.

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Presenting an alternative view of where educational reform must begin, the contributors contend that we must begin with rethinking the nature of learning and with newer knowledge about how students learn.

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This work is a comprehensive survey of the literature focusing on the puzzles and unanswered questions surrounding the evolving field of consultation as it effects change on an individual, group, and organizational basis.

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This book explains how a teaching system focused on identifying and stoking each student's strengthsrather than concentrating on deficitscan bring remarkable academic improvement and achievement.

It's a familiar and seemingly logical model: to improve performance, identify weaknesses and target these problem areas.

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Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults.

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Some educators feel that children's cognitive styles should be taken into account when learning activities are planned for them. The term cognitive styles refers to one's personal style, and describes an individual's mode of understanding, thinking, remembering, judging, and solving problems;

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Teaching Critical Thinking presents case studies of teaching in four disciplines, demonstrating how teachers view secondary content and transform content knowledge into work tasks for students.

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The Five Stages of Culture Shock examines an international shipboard educational program and seeks to identify specific insights resulting from informal extracurricular contact between students and host nationals in the context of culture shock experiences.

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Over the years German education policy and practice has attracted interest in England. This monograph provides an analysis of the rich material from government reports, the press, travel accounts, memoirs, and the archives to uncover the nature of the English fascination with education in Germany, from 1800 to the end of the twentieth century.

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