Human Learning

Although there has been significant exploration of the need for and importance of culturally responsive, sustaining, equitable and inclusive teaching and learning within the past several years, the focus is often on creating these environments and experiences for Black and Brown students. Open Windows, Open Minds builds from Rudine Sims Bishop's concept of Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors to provide anti-bias, anti-racist, and allyship development for teachers, then to offer strategies for moving that work into classroom instruction through literacy practices

Police who engage in torture are condemned by human rights activists, the media, and people across the world who shudder at their brutality. Stark revelations about torture by American forces at places like Guantanamo Bay have stoked a fascination with torture and debates about human rights. Yet despite this interest, the public knows little about the officers who actually commit such violence. Just Violence reveals the moral perspective of perpetrators and how they respond to human rights efforts.

Are you ready to master human resources and propel your career to the next level? In today’s competitive HR landscape, certification isn’t just a credential, it’s a gateway to influence, higher earning potential, and professional credibility. The PHR and SPHR exams are global benchmarks of HR expertise, testing knowledge in employment law, workforce planning, strategic leadership, and compensation. Success requires more than memorization it demands insight, strategy, and application. This study guide is your companion for conquering both exams.

Awake and Aligned takes you on a powerful conscious journey of spiritual transformation, one where you will learn that this pesky thing called “being human” is not only okay, but is a vital component of living a happy, satisfying, and fulfilling life. This extraordinary audiobook offers you a single key to navigating your day-to-day experience in a way that opens you up to receiving everything you’ve ever wanted to do, be, or have.

Resource Management for School Administrators is the only comprehensive book covering all school resources - fiscal, facilities, and human resources. Each chapter has objectives that are aligned with the new ELCC and ISLCC standards on accreditation. Many of the federal and various state policies and laws are included. Everything you need to know on managing school resources is covered: national and state perspectives, future challenges to funding public education, resource allocation, developing a school district budget, and much more.

Our ability to make meaningful connections with other animal species and their ability to return the favour is, perhaps, never more beautiful than the bond we have with dogs. This book explores what every dog owner knows – that a dog is never just a dog. They are our companions, best friends...

The book is a revelation. Warning. It'll force everyone to give thought to the concept of self presence, the fine line between evil and good, sin and virtue. For harmonization, the narration is supplemented with verses. They enhance the reader's sensation.

If you want to learn about artificial intelligence without having to go through a boring textbook, then pay attention....

Have you ever been lied to, let down, and deceived by somebody close to you? Want to discover how to spot when somebody is lying, faking, or being manipulative? If yes, then listen to this audiobook.

Prepare for the Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) exam with the SHRM-CP Exam Study Guide. This comprehensive resource is designed to help you master the exam content and achieve certification success.

Ever wonder why athletes earn more than 40 times the president's salary or why adults line up to watch movies about superheroes dressed in tights and capes? Bones in a Box adeptly explains the foundation of human behavior and what drives, motivates, and captivates us all. The book provides critical perspective for those in business or sales, in relationships or for anyone trying to understand the uncertain world of politics, murder, terrorism, and war. Bones in a Box is a quick listen but grounded in research supporting the author's original revelations.

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study in preparation for the SHRM exam. However, the truth is that the SHRM test is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test.

In What I Know About the Human Race, Christian Fennell explores the concept of humanity today through varying forms of writing: fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and a one act play.

The most powerful weapon in business today is the alliance between the mathematical smarts of machines and the imaginative human intellect of great leaders. Together they make the mathematical corporation, the business model of the future. We are at a once-in-a-decade breaking point similar to...

What if leaders stripped away all preconceptions about how business operates, allowing the organization to go back to its core and build itself back up to become something new - something so responsive, so innovative and resilient, it becomes virtually non-displaceable in the market? The Regenerative Business sets the stage for what is now only dreamt of by most of today's forward-thinking leaders and paves the path to make it possible.

To compete with today's increasing globalization and rapidly evolving technologies, individuals and organizations must take their ability to learn--the foundation for continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation--to a much higher level. In Learn or Die, Edward D. Hess combines...

You are no doubt a busy professional with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study in preparation for the SHRM exam. However, the truth is that the SHRM test is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Jeff Woodson, an HR professional, developed the SHRM-CP Study Guide! It is a complete review edition that reviews all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam.

Last year, US companies spent over $165 billon on training; while many training programs themselves provide valuable skills and concepts, even the best-designed programs are ineffective because the learned behaviors are not reinforced. Without reinforcement, learned information gets shuffled to the back of the mind in the "nice to know" file, never again to see the light of day. This book bridges the canyon between learning and doing by providing solid reinforcement strategies.

US psychologist Abraham Maslow's 1943 essay "A Theory of Human Motivation" established his idea of humanistic psychology as a "third force" in the field. He outlined a new approach to understanding the mind, saying humans are motivated by their need to satisfy a series of hierarchical needs, starting with the most essential first. He thought it important for the advancement of psychology to identify, group, and rank them in terms of priority.

Sabine Heinlein spent almost a year reporting at "The Farm", a program for mental patients at the notorious Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens. Originally designed to teach its "members" confidence and skills by caring for animals and plants, the Farm had long become a dysfunctional hoarder's den. The patients sat idly on chairs in a grimy dayroom filled with the therapist's "collectibles" and garbage.