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This book uses practical applications and an accessible writing style to present a summary of psychological research on students' learning of academic subject areas.
The book is organized into two main sections: the general principles of learning, memory, higher-order thinking, and motivation that apply to any school-related skill and specific developmental trends in the acquisition of skills in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies. Unlike typical books on cognitive development, these general principles are explicitly translated to classroom practice. The reader will learn what children can understand and do at various ages in these domains.
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Discover how today's corporations are benefiting from accelerated learning to speed training time, improve results, and reduce costs.
Accelerated learning is the use of music, color, emotion, play, and creativity to involve the whole student and enliven the learning experience. The Accelerated Learning Handbook is the first definitive book to explain state-of-the-art accelerated learning techniques to trainers and teachers, and features 40 techniques designed to save money while producing far better results.
Leading expert Dave Meier provides an overview of the background and underlying principles of accelerated learning, and reviews the latest supporting research results. Training professionals will look to The Accelerated Learning Handbook to:
- Improve the long-term value of training
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Educational Trainer .......2006-11-10
This book is IDEAL for anyone who is going to train or teach anything. How to cut the fluff and deliver the required facts.
A refreshing approach to learning and training--I highly recommend it..........2006-11-03
I am not a professional trainer by trade. However, I was recently appointed training coordinator for my department. The Accelerated Learning Handbook has definitely helped me approach my job with a fresh perspective. The information, ideas, and techniques presented have enabled me to more effectively train those in my department as well as those in other functions. Before reading the AL Handbook, I thought all that was needed to effectively teach someone was simply to make sure all of my PowerPoint slides were logically put together. I now have a broader view of how people learn and a sold framework to use when putting together training materials on any topic. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to engage the audience and create meaningful, effective training presentations.
Practical ideas for facilitators.......2006-02-21
I have worked with adult learners for more than fifteen years and have always tried to incorporate whole-brained, participative learning. This book provided some excellent theoretical background as well as a lot of new instantly usable ideas. I wasn't even all the way through before I applied a couple of the techniques and got an excellent response from my client.
excellent training tool.......2003-07-06
I was getting ready to prepare a training program for 44 persons when I read this book. Immediately! after I used the guidelines to prepare my session. Preparation was fast and easy -and fun! I really couldn't believe that it was that easy to apply and it has been one of my best sessions to date. I refer to it when I need a refresher or a new perspective. I definately reccomend this book for trainers who need to keep their material fresh and interesting (esp. in-house trainers).
Accelerated Learning Handbook.......2002-01-02
Finally, teachers and administrators have a useful tool to recharge their classrooms/schools. We have become so test oriented that many times we forget that the process of learning comes from the doing. The statement comes to mind that we utter with new approaches," When do I have the time to get it all in?". That is where the problem lies! We are so pressured with these new demands that we loose sight of what is important, the process. This book will give us a clearer picture of how we can recharge our teaching and can provide the key so we can use the ideas to change the way we teach or approach the students' learning who are in our care.
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- Practical and well grounded in the literature -- a must own
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This book explains how to develop more effective risk communications using the Carnegie Mellon mental-model approach. Such communications are designed to contain, in readily usable form, the information that people need to make informed decisions about risks to health, safety, and the environment. The approach draws together methods from the natural and social sciences, providing a framework for interdisciplinary collaboration. It is demostrated with varied examples including electromagnetic fields, climate change, radon, and sexually transmitted diseases.
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Practical and well grounded in the literature -- a must own.......2004-07-02
This book is a "must own" for anyone who is interested in conveying risk information to members of the public. It lays out a cohert framework -- and more or less step-by-step instructions -- for identifying what information will be of greatest value to members of a target audience. It is the most useful book I have found thus far to guide my efforts to communicate complex health information to members of various publics.
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‘Anyone committed to gaining a competitive edge in business should read The EI Advantage. The practical content offers a wide range of techniques to help individuals develop the skills and attitudes necessary for superior performance.’
Kim Norman, Chief Executive, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
‘The EI Advantage explains emotional intelligence in a straightforward, effective way. Better still, it offers a wide range of activities so that you can work on those areas of emotional intelligence which need developing.’
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‘This book builds constructively on the ideas of emotional intelligence. It should be enormously useful for people who are looking for help in coping with today’s work environment.’
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Emotions can help point our thinking in the right direction. They are valuable indicators of instinctive knowledge and unrecognised needs. But they can mislead us.
The EI Advantage will advise you on how to differentiate between CONSTRUCTIVE and DAMAGING emotions. Intelligence is more than just IQ and this book is packed with advice, activities, case studies and quotations that will inspire you to reach maximum potential in all areas of your life.
Using the practical work book approach you will learn how to:
recognise and manage your emotions
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harness your emotional energy to take you where you want to go
If you are seeking fulfillment in your personal and professional life, this is the book for you.
The authors of this book are experienced trainers and consultants in the field of emotional intelligence.
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- HAS THE POTENTIAL OF OFFERING YOU PROFOUND PERSONAL GROWTH.
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In his latest work, renowned psychologist, author, and consultant Nathaniel Branden--father of the self-esteem movement-shows you how high self-esteem is becoming a prime determinant of both organizational and personal success in the Information Age. Get the basics on:
* Stirring creativity through self-esteem
* Establishing a work culture that builds self-esteem
* Boosting communication skills . . . and much more!
"Nathaniel Branden is a giant. His work integrating innovation and entrepreneurship with self-esteem is the cutting edge, and shows how the qualities of high self-esteem are the same attributes needed for succes in today's environment."
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager
"I want to personally thank Nathaniel Branden for adding a million dollars to our sales this year, which I don't believe we would have had without his ideas triggering new thinking . . . ."
-- Thomas E. Trumble, president and CEO, Leanin' Tree
The 21-week, self-directed development program at the end of the book is essential for employees at every level of an organization.
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HAS THE POTENTIAL OF OFFERING YOU PROFOUND PERSONAL GROWTH........1999-04-02
Branden shines a bright light on how critical self-esteem is to individual health, happiness and success in the workplace. Using a highly accessible writing style, he examines the nature and role of self-esteem, with special emphasis on its link to effective leadership. Managers will find enormous value in these pages. Branden's examination of the high self-esteem leader and high self-esteem management is as penetrating as it is clearly and tersely expressed.
Central to Branden's insights for leading and managing are six practices (ways of living) essential to building self-esteem: being at a high level of consciousness, self-acceptance and acceptance of others, self-responsibility, self-assertiveness, purposefulness and personal integrity. This book is geared to self development-for helping anyone develop the qualities that underlie a healthy sense of self and effectiveness in living. Branden provides the reader with a 21 week personal development program that has enormous potential, provided you approach it with commitment and sincerity!
Branden's ideas offer the prospect of profound personal growth. The implications of his thinking for creating a highly effective organization should be thought about deeply by leaders. If you are embarked on organizational change, you should read this book before charging forward. Recommended. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern's Sourcefinder The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern's CyberSpace SourceFinder, and the Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.
The essential thinking to what really drives business succes.......1999-01-01
At last, this brief book is an accessable look into what really drives success in business. Branden's work gets to the core of what motivates human beings, what we need from the work experience, how to get it, and how to foster it in others. One could easily throw out every other "how to achieve success at work" or "how to lead" book published over the past 20 years in favor of the wisdom just dripping from the pages of this one. It is perfect for everyone who works, but especially valuable for anyone who manages, and absolutely essential for anyone who leads. Business leaders are often put off by anything psychologically oriented in favor of management fads dressed in the more quantifiable language of business school affiliated consultants. Yet, we discard one such fad after the other when the promised results fail to materialize. All the while, the real answers have been right under our noses in all of Branden's previous books. Finally, under the branding umbrella of leadership guru Warren Bennis, Branden and Josey-Bass publishers have wisely repackaged Branden's technologies (developed over nearly 40 years) specifically for the business audience. Because this book is brief, it is a great starting point for time-pressured executives. Take it on the plane! Then, use it as a way into Branden's more detailed works for the fuller course: "The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem"; and "Taking Responsibility," for starters.
Branden has the answer to business success........1998-10-07
British philosopher Colin Wilson calls Nathaniel Branden the foremost psychologist of our age and this wonderful book confirms that evaluation. Branden explains the driving force behind all business innovation and productivity and then gives you a practical process to build your own self-esteem at work. This book should be required reading for anyone in a business that has two or more people in it.
Opens the way for personal self discovery and growth.......1998-09-04
Branden delves into the shadowy, subtle but profoundly crucial realm of the self. He takes us on an intriguing journey to reveal the power of self-esteem in determining psychological health, well-being and success in the workplace. Using a highly accessible writing style, the author examines the nature and role of self-esteem, with special emphasis on its vital link to effective leadership. The discussion of leadership and self-esteem is penetrating and perceptive. The book is geared to self development. It includes a 21 week personal development program that is straightforward and challenging. Branden's book opens the way for personal self discovery and growth and, for the receptive and perservering reader, offers great value.
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Written for those interested in the topic of "shared knowledge" in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes and perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject. The papers were presented at a conference designed to bring together behavioral scientists who were interested in the creation, conversation, distribution, and protection of knowledge in organizations.
The editors bring together a distinguished group of social psychologists who have made important contributions to social cognition and group processes. They cast a wide net in terms of the topics covered and challenged the authors to think about how their research applies to the management or mismanagement of knowledge in organizations. The volume is divided into three sections: knowledge systems, emotional-motivational systems, and communication and behavioral systems. A final conclusion chapter discusses and integrates the various contributions.
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The PaperRoom, the groundbreaking career navigation process introduced in Choice Points, leads people through an entirely new perspective of their lives and careers. With a series of innovative tools that help to examine assumptions and barriers and identify needs for challenge, recognition, accomplishment, and connection, readers reflect and take action.
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Great balance of idealism and practicality.......2004-12-26
As a writer on career issues, I have read dozens of career books; this is one of the very best. Author Sydney Rice distingushes herself from the hordes of career and life coaches in the world, many of whom, as a Web search will show, sell new-age snake oil with their unproven processes and their expensive tapes, seminars, and coaching contracts. A smart, experienced executive coach, Sydney, by contrast, offers a rare blend of idealism and practicality. Through a comprehensive but not overwhelming process, she shows the reader how all of one's life experiences can and should be used to make change and to reach one's full potential. It's especially inspiring for those making change at midlife, but it's applicable to any age. For more on her approach, see Sydney Rice's Web site at www.thepaperroom.com.
A superbly organized and presented self-help guide.......2003-05-16
Choice Points: Navigate Your Career Using The Unique PaperRoom Process by professional business coach, consultant and trainer Sydney Rice (founder and president of The Boston Coaching Company) is a superbly organized and presented self-help guide written to aid readers in navigating their ideal career path. Personal inquiry exercises to better understand oneself, one's talents, and one's goals, are blended with solid advice for reviewing and presenting one's past work experience, tips tricks and techniques for pursuing serious career advancement. Choice Points is strongly recommended as an methodical and integrative career planning guide.
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Career Development and Services: A Cognitive Approach
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Large-scale efforts have been made since the 1990s to ensure that all children of the world go to school. But mere enrollment is not sufficient, students must learn fluent reading and calculation by the end of grade 2. The digital age requires ability to process volumes of text quickly and use the information for decisions that may ultimately reduce poverty. State-of-the-art brain imaging and cognitive psychology research offer insights to help improve the basic skills of low-income students. The book integrates this research into practical applications that extend from preschool brain development to the memory of adult educators.
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Career Creativity: Explorations in the Remaking of Work
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Careers are changing-a simple linear development is now rare. People need to be creative about their careers, and society needs to generate creativity from its work arrangements. Many believe that the so-called creative industries (media, high-tech, IT, etc.) offer a model for likely working patterns and career development in the future. In this book leading experts from ten countries look at the dual meaning of Career Creativity to explore both the creativity in people's career behavior and the concomitant creative development of the institutions of work and society. The book's four sections address the observation of creative careers, the enactment of careers within the social structure, the shape of careers in what have traditionally been seen as creative industries, and the role that careers play in the creation of industries. The chapters cover a diverse range of issues and perspectives such as knowledge-intensive workers, paths to creativity, the career metaphor, transformation and adversity in creative lives, the pursuit of international assignments, and the consequences of career mobility. They draw from a number of different employment sectors including high-technology, craft work, film-making, country music, biotechnology, and open-source software.
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