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April 11, 2023
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Most of the learning in our lives happens outside of the classroom. This book prepares you for a lifetime of learning. In the classroom, a syllabus is provided and a structure is given. We know what the outcome should be. But in developing yourself and leveling up in any aspect, we are both the teacher and the student. Learn how.
Science-backed tips for directing your own learning journey, no matter the pursuit. The Lifelong Learner is about accomplishing...
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2004.
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The Bell Policy Center's Colorado: The State of Opportunity Report (2002) offers a hopeful vision of a "Cycle of Opportunity" for every resident of Colorado. Each of the state's residents would find a "gateway" into this cycle and have the opportunity to achieve their full economic, social, and personal potential. The Cycle of Opportunity is self-sustaining. Once a family is in the cycle, it is likely to stay in, improving the prospects for its children...
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Pub. Date
©2000
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"Developing Adult Learners highlights the powerful and compelling voices of teachers and students who have discovered the excitement of growing and changing through learning. It is full of pragmatic advice for faculty members, part-time instructors, workplace educators, leadership trainers, and virtually anyone dedicated to helping adult learners achieve rich and rewarding experiences."--BOOK JACKET.
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Pub. Date
[1994]
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In a distinctly personal and highly entertaining style, Jane Vella offers a practical, proven, universally applicable approach to adult education. From a graduate school in New York to the mountains of Nepal to the drought-parched fields of Ethiopia, Vella draws on her rich personal experiences as an adult educator to reveal twelve basic principles of adult learning that transcend cultural differences. The principles include seeing the learner as...
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[2017]
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"RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson is in the Turks and Caicos Islands, enjoying two weeks of leave from his job training police in Haiti with the UN. On an early-morning jog along famed Grace Bay Beach he discovers a dead man in the surf. Ray is shocked to recognize the body as that of one of his Haitian police recruits. To his wife's increasing dismay, Ray is compelled to follow the dead man's trail and finds himself plunged into the world of human trafficking...
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Pub. Date
c2010
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Adults who enter college have unique challenges and concerns. New Beginnings is entirely devoted to helping adults develop skills to succeed in college from how to manage time and stress to how to develop strong writing and study skills. Specifically addressing adults by building on skills they already use in their everyday work and lives, this friendly, accessible, and supportive guide shows readers what to expect and how to create success in college....
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Pub. Date
1999.
Description
For everyone who enjoyed the inspiration and wisdom of Morrie Schwartz in Mitch Albom's moving best-seller Tuesdays with Morrie, here is Morrie's own book, presenting the philosophies by which he triumphantly lived, even as he faced the end of his life.
For decades Morrie engaged his Brandeis University students in the importance of community and involvement in life. Ever the teacher, in his last year, as his battle with the fatal illnes amyotrophic...
