Michael Dr Michael: 494 books
Aspects of Playwork
Play and Culture Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The postwar years in the UK saw the development of numerous artificial playgrounds intended to compensate children for increasing urbanization and a lack of wild places to play. Many of these sites employed playleaders, whose job was to use play to instill social behavioral norms on children, using...
Motivating for STEM Success
A 50-step guide to motivating Middle and High School students for STEM success.
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
In 50 thoughtful steps, Dr. Crowley guides you through the process of creating a learning environment that will motivate your STEM students to complete rigorous and long-duration STEM projects.
In this first-in-a-series guide, Dr. Crowley shares techniques that have motivated his STEM students...
Aspire High
Imagining Tomorrow's School Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
The ideal school is closer than you think.
This high school of your dreams is a dynamic place that promotes aspirations and meaningful learning—and each aspect of its success exists in a school today, drawn from research, observations, focus groups, and interviews. Whether you’re a policymaker...
The Fallacy of The Calorie
Why The Modern Western Diet is Killing Us and How to Stop It
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote in "The Physiology of Taste", two months before his death; "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." In the almost 200 years since its publication in 1825 we have borne witness to the ultimate veracity of such a simple observation....
by Dr. Michael McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
“Anyone ever associated with football, as a player, a fan or as in my own case as a referee, will de nitely enjoy reading ‘Bull in the Ring’. I certainly did.”
Fred Swearingen Retired NFL Head Referee
“I think anybody who likes sports, especially football,...
Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War
A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Michael Hopkinson’s Green Against Green is the definitive study of the Irish civil war, putting in perspective a bitter and passionate conflict, the legacy of which still divides Irish society today. Widely praised and frequently cited as the most authoritative work on the subject, it continues...
by Dr. Michael Jaffe
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
“I once was lost but now am found.” These words from John Newton’s Amazing Grace express the journey of Michael Jaffe, a journey through devastating grief to the wonder of meaning. Jaffe tells his story by sharing his most vulnerable life’s moments. He straightforwardly and poignantly reveals...
by Canon Dr. Michael Green
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 1998
In the tradition of Michael Green's successful "Who Is This Jesus?" and "My God", comes "Follow in His Footprints", a beautifully packaged inspirational book in the same popular format. Michael Green directs this book to readers who feel adrift and alone with a lack of...
by Dr. Michael Roscher
Language: German
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: June 26, 2018
In diesem Buch geht es um Liebesgedichte wie verliebt man sein kann. Schon vor hunderte von Jahren waren Liebesgedichte die ultimative Ausdrucksform von gegenseitiger Zuneigung. Wer die perfekten und am besten noch persönlich passenden Liebesgedichte findet, hat bereits einen gehörigen Vorsprung...
Rural Geography
Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
"Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to be called state-of-the-art."
- Geographische Rundschau
"With Rural Geography Michael Woods...
Facilitating Evaluation
Principles in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
In Facilitating Evaluation, Michael Quinn Patton recounts stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator. Evaluation facilitation applies and adapts general facilitation knowledge and techniques to the specialized challenges of working with stakeholder groups involved in program evaluation.The...
by Dr Michael Bottery
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
`It should be essential reading at the National College for School Leadership' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine
`This book continues Michael Bottery's principled and persuasive assault on the application by policymakers of fashionable, shallow and decontextualised...
by Prof. Dr. Michael Pauen
Language: German
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Ist eine wissenschaftliche Erklärung unseres Geistes möglich? Diese Frage beantwortet das neue Buch ›Die Natur des Geistes‹ des renommierten Philosophen Michael Pauen.Das "Jahrzehnt des Gehirns" ist lange vorbei, doch eine Erklärung des Geistes scheint ferner denn je. Müssen wir...
Really Raising Standards
Cognitive intervention and academic achievement
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2006
Written by experienced teachers and educational researchers Phillip Adey and Michael Shayer, Really Raising Standards analyses attempts to teach children to think more effectively and efficiently. Their practical advice on how to improve children's performance by the application of the findings of...