According to psychiatrist Lawrence S. Kubie MD., ".... education will continue to perpetuate a fraud on culture until it accepts the full implications of the fact that the free creative velocity of our thinking apparatus is continually being braked and driven off course by the play of unconscious forces." He says, ".... we do not need to be taught to think; indeed, that is something that cannot be taught." While Kubie's model deals with adult levels...

I started writing my book the first day that I started taking classes at College of the Canyons. I didn't write the book in printing, I wrote in my heart.The title of my book is My Graduation, because I finished the day I graduated. I took my first class in the spring semester of 1989, my final class in the spring semester of 2005. My book talks about my struggles to get an education while raising a family, as well as the nostalgia for my old country...

La presente publicación tiene como centro de estudio la experiencia educativa en la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), en particular, lo relativo al ciclo básico del Colegio de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. La creación de esta Universidad (2001) representó una alternativa para atender el alto porcentaje de aspirantes que no eran aceptados en las universidades públicas como la UNAM, la UAM y otras. Además, fue concebida...

Purpose-Driven Parents: How to Raise an Academically Sound Child for College and Career Readiness is an engaging book that immediately grabs your attention with the author's storytelling capabilities of real-life examples. The author divides the book into ten sections that provide guidance when preparing your child for academic success, college, and career readiness. Each section is filled with several real-life stories that address the topic of these...

Think back to when you were in school. Think of the friendships, the science experiments, field trips, lunch in the cafeteria.... that one teacher you loved and the one you couldn't stand. Was school a place that you enjoyed being at, just dying to get there? Or was it a place you loathed, a prison that you were just dying to break out of? School should be a place that students and teachers love. It should be a place that is fun, safe, comfortable,...

You remember your favorite teacher, don't you? How about your least favorite teacher? Some were good... Some were not so good... Some were REALLY good... And, some were just plain AWFUL! Teachers have remarkable impacts on everyone. YOUR students deserve to have the best teacher in front of them at all times. In You Are #1, stories and science merge in order to create an understanding about how the power of a teacher stays with everyone for the...

The study skills in this booklet should enable students to: -1) Know what type of Conclusion to write2) Write a clear Conclusion related to the Assignment3) Draw up a well-structured 'Addendum'4) Understand the purpose of Appendices and Footnotes5) Design useful Bibliographies6) Categorize the types of 'sources' that go into a Bibliography7) Leave a good impression at the end of a given Assignment

21st Century education is at the cross-roads. It can continue to be defined by a narrow scope, benefiting the median student who can muster moments of brilliance assisted by the technology he or she so easily wields, or it can salvage what was deemed noble by tradition and merge them with the modernistic tools and educational innovations of the new century. Education has reached a point where its students and parents have either seen the limitations...

Mastering Time Management is a comprehensive guide to help individuals take control of their time and achieve their goals. This book is designed to help readers identify their goals, prioritize their tasks, and create a schedule that allows them to allocate their time effectively. It provides a step-by-step approach to time management, offering practical tips and techniques to increase productivity, reduce stress, and achieve success in both personal...

This book builds the case for systemic change in education through recognising that humans have two further innate drives beyond the drive for competence. Autonomy has been largely curbed in modern schooling and the drive towards meaning, although supported by school structures, is invisible to participants and the support provided is no longer adequate to current needs. A systemic change in education means a change in the behaviours of educators...