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Hope, where are you?
"Hope, Where Are You?" is the story of six children around the world who are experiencing school closures during COVID-19. Each story follows a similar pattern of frustration/challenge, finding their hope and importantly spreading their hope to others. Along with the six main characters, you will also find the illustrated characters of 'Hope' and 'Germ' who add a comedic twist. Armand Doucet and Elisa Guerra, as globally recognized and award-winning teachers, saw the impact of school closures on children around the world and wanted to help change the narrative and give children and families hope. They collaborated to write a children’s book “Hope, Where Are You?” illustrated by Ana Ragu (Elisa’s daughter). Numerous other volunteer educators from around the world have also joined the project to help translate the text and promote the key messages of hope. The book is written by volunteers, illustrated by volunteers and has been translated by volunteers into over 30 different languages. If you enjoyed the story donations are encouraged to the UNICEF COVID-19 response.
Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In this visionary book, written by six internationally recognized Global Teacher Prize finalists, the authors create a positive and hope-filled template for the future of education. They address the hard moral, ethical and pedagogical questions facing education today so that progress can serve society, rather than destroying it from within our classrooms. This blueprint for education finally brings forward what has always been missing in education reform: a strong collective narrative with authentic examples from teachers on the front line. It is a holistic, personalized approach to education that harnesses the disruptions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to better shape the future for the next generation, and ensure that every child can benefit from the ongoing transformations. A great read for anyone who has an interest in educating our youth for these uncertain times, highlighting why teachers will always matter.
Mind Shift
Does any other animal experience the richness of our inner lives-our ability to imagine, to hope, to dream, to create imaginary worlds? John Parrington answers no, and considers how we came to be so different, even from our nearest primate relatives. In this book, he argues that a 'mind shift' occurred during our evolution, in which tool use and especially the invention of language transformed our brains, which not only became larger, but subtly altered in their structure and function, making them more 'plastic' and open to external influences. Words could be used for inner dialogue too, leading to the emergence of a sense of self, of conscious awareness, as a product of brain biology and social interaction. An outpouring of art, music, literature, science, and technology has been the result-but also suffering, delusions, and despair when this symphonic brain activity goes wrong. Parrington considers the evidence for this language- and culture-driven view of human consciousness, and its implications for our mental health. Book jacket.
The Immortality Key
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist – ...
Teaching Life
In this engaging book, Armand Doucet, a globally respected and recognized teacher, provides a clear roadmap for championing classroom-focused change in a technology-advanced society. Teaching Life brings the voices of teachers into the global conversation about educational reform to offer a how-to for implementing into classrooms design thinking, technology integration and a holistic education based on competencies, social-emotional learning and the literacies. With the innovative ideas in this book, educators can create a foundation for sustainable, honest, transparent leadership and work toward building a true community of local and global learning.
The Forest of Talking Trees
A message in a bottle floats along the Pembrose River. It's a cry for help coming from the Rowan Forest, a mysterious place protected by one-thousand-year-old enchanted trees that seek out intruders. Those who venture into the dark woods never return. But that won't stop Minerva and her friend from heading into the forest - the Order of the Owls never abandons someone in need! But are there some dangers too great for even the brave trio?
Alcohol and Humans
Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. This fascinating multi-disciplinary volume examines the broad use of alcohol in the human lineage and its wider relationship to social contexts such as feasting, sacred rituals, and social bonding.
Tanked
Vikings were on mushrooms. Booze may have cost us Gallipoli. The Nazis loved meth, and the Stone Age was more like the ‘stoned age’. We tend to see the past as a dull, sober place – as a time of stiff collars and straight-laced conformity, when people’s bodies were as pure as their minds. We need to think again. It turns out that many of the great events in history wouldn’t have happened if someone hadn’t got smashed. From presidents and prime ministers, soldiers and scientists, to explorers, writers, musos and more, many of mankind’s great movers and shakers might have been better off having a quiet lie-down. And there’s no one better placed to shine a light on their secrets than the ever-witty – and occasionally coherent – Eamon Evans. Substance by substance and binge by binge, Tanked is your guide to all the trashy little moments that have helped change the course of our world.
The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula
One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.
Teachers' Perspectives on Finnish School Education
This superbly researched study offers a chalk-face perspective on the secret of Finland’s educational success. Providing an intimate and revealing portrait of the Nordic nation’s schools and its teacher training system, it sets out to explain why Finland’s students consistently rank top, with low variance and moderate inputs, among OECD countries across the range of criteria, from reading to mathematics. Alongside the detailed analysis culled from many hours of interviews with teachers and principals and dozens of visits to school throughout the country, the author maps the educational landscape of Finland: the sector’s history, culture and development, its guiding principles, method...
