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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “ruth cigman”
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  • Included or Excluded?

    The Challenge of the Mainstream for Some SEN Children

    Edited by Ruth Cigman ...
    In a pamphlet published in 2005 Mary Warnock expressed concerns about some of the concepts that she had helped to introduce in the field of special education almost three decades earlier. She argued that the role of special schools was unclear and the pursuit of inclusion had become too ideological.This highly topical book suggests that distinctions should be made between kinds of special needs ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Cherishing and the Good Life of Learning

    Ethics, Education, Upbringing

    by Dr Ruth Cigman ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Philosophy of Education
    What is a good human life? A life of duty? Virtue? Happiness? This book weaves a path through traditional answers. We live well, suggests the author, not primarily by pursuing goods for ourselves, but by cherishing other people and guiding them towards lives of cherishing. We cherish objects too – the planet, my grandfather's watch – and practices like music-making to which we are personally drawn ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

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  • Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia

    Practices and perspectives

    Edited by Joanne Ailwood ...
    In order to effectively practise as an early childhood educator it is essential to understand the theories, policies and pedagogy that shape the discipline. Understanding Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia provides core foundational knowledge that is critical for best practice.Part One looks at concepts of childhood and the development of mass education before examining influential ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Midlife

    A Philosophical Guide

    by Kieran Setiya ...
    Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle ageHow can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Organising a School's Response

    by Ann Hackney ...
    Series series Special Needs in Mainstream Schools
    First Published in 1988. This book aims to raise the awareness of some of the broader issues which surround provision for pupils with special educational needs so that mainstream teachers can relate more effectively with the special needs system of their own school. It also aims to help special needs staff and senior management in design, coordination and implementation of their school's overall ... Read more

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  • Reflective Practice

    Writing and Professional Development

    by Russell Delderfield, Gillie E J Bolton ...
    Reflecting thoughtfully on your work is vital for improving your own self-awareness, effectiveness and professional development. This newly updated fifth edition of Gillie Bolton’s bestselling book explores reflective writing as a creative and dynamic process for this critical enquiry.New to this edition:An expanded range of exercises and activitiesA new emphasis on using e-portfoliosFurther ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Developing Reflective Practice In The Early Years

    by Alice Paige-Smith, Anna Craft ...
    This book supports early years' practitioners in understanding their own practice working with young children in greater depth. ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • How Children Learn - Book 2

    An Overview of Theories on Children's Literacy, Linguistics and Intelligence

    by Linda Pound ...
    Series Book 2 - How Children Learn Series
    A readable discussion of the key ideas of child development and theory, including how children acquire language, the meaning of intelligence and creativity, as well as how best to teach children to read and write. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming A Teacher: Issues In Secondary Education

    by Justin Dillon, Meg Maguire ...
    This fourth edition is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors, working with young people. ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • A New Stoicism

    Revised Edition

    by Lawrence C. Becker ...
    What would stoic ethics be like today if stoicism had survived as a systematic approach to ethical theory, if it had coped successfully with the challenges of modern philosophy and experimental science? A New Stoicism proposes an answer to that question, offered from within the stoic tradition but without the metaphysical and psychological assumptions that modern philosophy and science have ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Shrink and the Sage

    A Guide to Living

    by Antonia Macaro, Julian Baggini ...
    Based on their Financial Times Weekend column, philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro offer intriguing answers to life's questions. Can infidelity be good for you? What does it mean to stay true to yourself? Must we fulfil our potential? Self-help with a distinctly cerebral edge, the shrink and the sage - aka Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro - have been ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD