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Able, Gifted and Talented Underachievers


Free Download Able, Gifted and Talented Underachievers By Diane Montgomery (ed.)
2009 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0470740973 | PDF | 3 MB
A practical guide to identifying gifted underachievers and enabling them to fulfil their potential, raising whole school standards. Extensive new content includes the latest best practice in addressing able underachievement Explains the origins of underachievement, both overt and covert, especially in more able learners – provides a model that identifies a range of factors that conspire to lower achievement The UK Government’s 2005 White Paper ‘Higher Standards, Better Schools for All’ set specific provision for Gifted and Talented (G&T) – there are similar programmes in all developed countries The editor is a leading researcher in G&T education – contributors include Belle Wallace, Barry Hymer and Ian Warwick, the foremost practitioners in the field Content: Chapter 1 Why Do the Gifted and Talented Underachieve? How Can Masked and Hidden Talents Be Revealed? (pages 1-40): Diane MontgomeryChapter 2 Literacy, Flexible Thinking and Underachievement (pages 41-57): Joan FreemanChapter 3 What do We Mean by an ‘Enabling Curriculum’ That Raises Achievement for All Learners?: An Examination of the TASC Problem?Solving Framework: Thinking Actively in a Social Context (pages 59-84): Belle WallaceChapter 4 How Can Inclusive and Inclusional Understandings of Gifts/Talents Be Developed Educationally? (pages 85-110): Jack Whitehead and Marie HuxtableChapter 5 Effective Teaching and Learning to Combat Underachievement (pages 111-154): Diane MontgomeryChapter 6 Changing the Teaching for the Underachieving Able Child: The Ruyton School Experience (pages 155-182): Lee Wills and John MunroChapter 7 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Women and Girls ? A Reprise (pages 183-199): Carrie WinstanleyChapter 8 Understanding and Overcoming Underachievement in Boys (pages 201-218): Barry HymerChapter 9 Improving the Quality of Identification, Provision and Support for Gifted and Talented Learners from Under?Represented Communities Through Partnership Working (pages 219-263): Ian WarwickChapter 10 Gifted and Talented Children with Special Educational Needs ? Underachievement in Dual and Multiple Exceptionality (pages 265-301): Diane MontgomeryChapter 11 Using Assistive Technologies to Address the Written Expression Needs of the Twice?exceptional Student (pages 303-325): William F. Morrison, Tara Jeffs and Mary G. RizzaChapter 12 Case Studies of Three Schools Tackling Underachievement (pages 327-343): Diane Montgomery

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We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky The Seductive Promise of Microfinance [Audiobook]


Free Download We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6WKB1LZ | 2024 | 17 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 494 MB
Author: Mara Kardas-Nelson
Narrator: Nene Nwoko

In the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American-trained Bangladeshi economist, met a poor female stool maker who needed money to expand her business. In an act known as the beginning of microfinance, Yunus lent $27 to forty-two women, hoping small credit would help them to pull themselves out of poverty. Soon, Yunus’s Grameen Bank was born, and very small, often high-interest loans for poor people took off. But there are mounting concerns that these small loans are as likely to bury poor people in debt as they are to pull them from poverty, with borrowers facing consequences such as jail time and forced land sales. Hundreds have even reportedly committed suicide.

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China Rising Will the West Be Able to Cope The Real Long-term Challenge to the Rise of China – and Asia in General


Free Download China Rising: Will the West Be Able to Cope?: The Real Long-term Challenge to the Rise of China – and Asia in General By Jan Willem Blankert
2009 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 9812837957 | PDF | 4 MB
Why do some countries get rich and other countries don’t? Does one country’s gain mean another country’s loss? How do we address the biggest challenge of all: the fact that our environment suffers when we all want to have our share of the cake? These key questions in international economics and business are addressed in this timely book. Covering issues such as economic growth, the drivers of economic growth and international competition, pollution and the division of labor, the book focuses on China’s emergence, but examples of other countries provide context and perspective. Written in a jargon-free style yet extremely well-researched, it is suitable for economists and non-economists alike.

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Who Shall Be Able To Stand Finding Personal Meaning in the Book of Revelation


Free Download S. Michael Wilcox, "Who Shall Be Able To Stand? Finding Personal Meaning in the Book of Revelation"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 1609087003 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 0.9 mb
The book of Revelation is one of the plainest books God ever caused to be written, said the Prophet Joseph Smith. Why, then, do so many people find it so difficult to understand? In Who Shall Be Able to Stand? author S. Michael Wilcox helps open our minds and our hearts to understand the eternal message of this supernal book of scripture. In a clear, conversational way, he explains how we can unlock the passages of this seemingly sealed book. But understanding the book is not enough; we must also apply its teachings to our lives. Brother Wilcox helps us find personal meaning and direction from John s words. If you want to better comprehend the Lord s purposes, understand His words, and prepare for His glorious coming, you ll appreciate the powerful message of Who Shall Be Able to Stand?

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