Social Sciences Education

All social groups have ideals for behavior, even though ethics vary among different cultures and among individuals within each culture. In trying to understand why, Churchland brings together an understanding of the influences of nature and nurture. She looks to evolution to elucidate how, from birth, our brains are configured to form bonds, to cooperate, and to care. Conscience delves into scientific studies, particularly the fascinating work on twins, to deepen our understanding of whether people have a predisposition to embrace specific ethical stands.

A pioneer of the New Journalism movement, Hunter S. Thompson wrote with a fire that captured the attention of millions. Here Thompson delivers a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential race, packed with all the horror, sacrifice, lust, and glory that made this campaign so utterly fascinating.

Everybody has secrets, and former US presidents are no exception. Discover which stories about America’s past leaders are true and which ones are just tall tales.

What is daily life like in space? How do astronauts cook, sleep, and go to the bathroom? Listeners will learn all about the interesting daily life of an astronaut.

What jobs does an astronaut have? What kind of work needs to be done on a spacecraft? Listeners will learn all about the work an astronaut does.

Airplanes that soared through ancient skies? An underwater city? Could these unbelievable things ever have existed? Learn about the top 10 ancient mysteries and investigate for yourself.

What's it like to travel through space? From take off to landing to everything in between, listeners will learn the ins and outs of space travel.

What does it take to become an astronaut? How do astronauts train to be in outer space? Listeners will learn all about what it's like to become an astronaut.

Das Spezialthema ist in diesem Monat der Start in einer neuen Wohnung oder in einem neuen Haus. Denn in jedem Land gibt es andere Konventionen: Wie stelle ich mich zum Beispiel beim Einzug den Nachbarn vor? Außerdem geht es zu Besuch nach Köln: Der Dom der Stadt ist die populärste Sehenswürdigkeit Deutschlands. Die Hörtexte finden Sie in dem Begleitheft. So können Sie mitlesen, wenn Sie möchten. Die Transkription der Nachrichten und die Lösungen zu den Übungen finden Sie am Ende des Begleithefts.

Diesen Monat geht es um die Fragen: "wo?", "woher?", und "wohin?" Um auf diese Fragen zu antworten, benutzt man bestimmte Adverbien, Präpositionen und Verben. Hier können Sie diese Grammatikstrukturen rund um den Ort kompakt wiederholen und üben. Außerdem sind Sie zu Besuch in Hamburg: Mehr als zwei Millionen Menschen kommen jedes Jahr in die Metropole, um eines der vielen Musicals zu sehen. Die Hörtexte finden Sie in dem Begleitheft.

Im Spezialthema geht es diesen Monat darum, wie Sie über den Charakter von Personen sprechen können. Dazu lernen Sie wichtigen Wortschatz, interessante Dialoge und die Deklination und Wortbildung von Adjektiven. Außerdem geht es nach Berlin: Dort gibt es seit Kurzem den bis jetzt größten Supermarkt der deutschsprachigen Länder, der Waren ohne Verpackung verkauft.

Ce livre audio est le résultat d'une étude qui porte sur le contenu du cœur masculin et qui a été initiée à partir de la question "Comment et pourquoi, moi, en tant que mâle, je cache mes émotions ?" L'auteur s'ouvre à vous avec complicité, d'une façon profonde, chaleureuse et humaine. L'émotion est au cœur de la souffrance de l'homme, car elle y reste prisonnière, ce qui le laisse avec le sentiment culpabilisant d'être insensible, avec une souffrance de solitude et un manque d'identité.

If educators’ realities are filtered through the belief that they can do very little to influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will manifest in their practice. The solution? Collective efficacy (CE)—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement. Educators with high efficacy show greater effort and persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend more closely to struggling students’ needs. This book presents practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement.

In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover - to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot. A "robot-proof" education, Aoun argues, is not concerned solely with topping up students' minds with high-octane facts. Rather, it calibrates them with a creative mindset and the mental elasticity to invent, discover, or create something valuable to society.

Published in 1961, the year of Frantz Fanon's death, The Wretched of the Earth is both a powerful analysis of the psychological effects of colonization and a rallying cry for violent uprising and independence. The book rejects colonial assumptions that the people of colonized countries need to be guided by their European colonizers because they are somehow less evolved or civilized. Fanon argues that violence is justified to purge colonialism not just from the countries themselves, but from the very souls of their inhabitants.

America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most influential columnists, and Michael Mandelbaum, one of our leading foreign policy thinkers, analyze those challenges - globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption - and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.

This is an audio summary of Factfulness, an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you.

Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just 16 years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets of India. When Braun asked the boy what he wanted most in the world, he simply answered, "A pencil." This small request became the inspiration for Pencils of Promise, the organization Braun would leave a prestigious job at Bain & Company to start with just $25 at the age of 24.

Only he who understands life will be able to take his lessons from life itself. He will draw up no capricious schemes, for he knows that no other fundamental laws of life will prevail in the future than such as prevail in the present. Theosophy will therefore of necessity have respect for the existing state of things. Even, should it still find in what is existent, very much that might be improved, yet it will not fail to perceive in the present the germs of the future. But it knows, too, that for all things nascent there is a growth and a development.

What if learning could be deeper, faster, and longer-lasting—without adding more stress or content overload? Breakthrough Learning reveals how small, science-backed teaching shifts can create powerful results in any learning environment. Rooted in cognitive psychology and real-world classroom examples, this book guides educators, learners, and lifelong thinkers through practical strategies that actually work.