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Overt Teaching argues that successful learning is dependent on learners being actively involved in the learning process. Not only do learners need to be aware of what they are learning and why, but their involvement in the discussion of their own success is critical. After laying out the case for Overt Teaching, the authors provide practical steps and activities that will take you on the journey from Covert to Overt Teaching. You will be shown what planning, teaching, progress and success look like from the Overt Teacher’s point of view. > Watch the video! Part A provides an insightful introduction to Overt Teaching and its effectiveness for learners and teachers alike. Part A looks at: Where Covert Teaching might come from The arguments in favour of becoming a more Overt Teacher Five Principles of Overt Teaching which serve as the basis for the rest of the book. Part B offers a path for you to move along as you consider becoming a more Overt Teacher. These steps ensure that your learners truly become the centre of their own learning discussion: Tips and Tasks to encourage you to reflect and develop Ideas to Try it out and Take it further Part C considers how the Principles of Overt Teaching can be applied in practice to A range of teaching situations and modes of delivery Materials writing and teacher development This section provides practical examples of how the Principles of Overt Teaching can be put into action.

The phenomenally creative musician and filmmaker David Byrne presents new artwork that explores daily life in surprising ways, with unique reflections on shared human experiences - a book for our time from a highly influential artist

Focusing on the interconnected crises of economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic, this book employs a complex realist approach to explore how these issues exacerbate one another. It delves into the systemic factors that contribute to inequality in the context of a climate emergency, providing insights into the challenges faced by societies and potential pathways for addressing these urgent global problems.

The book delves into the effects of the Famine on Sir William Palmer's extensive Mayo estates, analyzing the social and economic frameworks and the living conditions of tenants throughout this tumultuous period. It highlights the dynamics between Lord Palmer, an absentee landlord, and his tenants, detailing his influence over local politics and the community's daily lives. Through this exploration, the narrative sheds light on the broader implications of absentee landownership during a critical historical moment.

From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all. Don't miss the Spike Lee film of the Broadway hit American Utopia--on HBO. A joyful collaboration between old friends David Byrne and Maira Kalman, American Utopia offers readers an antidote to cynicism, bursting with pathos, humanism, and hope--featuring his words and lyrics brought to life with more than 150 of her colorful paintings. The text is drawn from David Byrne's American Utopia, which has become a hit Broadway show and is soon to be a documentary from Spike Lee. The four-color artwork, by Maira Kalman, which she created for the Broadway show's curtain, is composed of small moments, expressions, gestures, and interactions that together offer a portrait of daily life and coexistence. With their creative talents combined, American Utopia is a salvo for kindness and a call for jubilation, a reminder to sing, dance, and waste not a moment. Beautifully designed and edited by Alex Kalman, American Utopia is a balm for the soul from two of the world's most extraordinary artists.

Textploitation is divided up into four different text types (articles, stories, conversations, tiny texts) and each section has a lesson from elementary to advanced. Each lesson focuses not just on one grammar point or piece of vocabulary but also looks at developing skills and training learners to be more autonomous. This is achieved through guided discovery and awareness raising activities, using the texts as a source. Each lesson comes with a teaching tip and practical procedures designed to support teachers as they teach. Textploitation is divided up into four different text types (articles, stories, conversations, tiny texts) and each section has a lesson from elementary to advanced. Each lesson focuses not just on one grammar point or piece of vocabulary but also looks at developing skills and training learners to be more autonomous. This is achieved through guided discovery and awareness raising activities, using the texts as a source. Each lesson comes with a teaching tip and practical procedures designed to support teachers as they teach

An intimate, enigmatic glimpse into the mind of the legendary musician and internationally bestselling author of How Music Works. With a new introduction by the author

Historian David Byrne offers an analysis of the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan's political philosophy and policy ideas. číst celé

In 1949, Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a secret, alarmed room in his house. Fifty years later his grandson discovers his secrets, unearthing echoes from across six million years of human history, told from the perspective of a century in which every year is a revolutionary year.

The transition to twenty-first century post-industrial capitalism from the ‘welfare’ industrial capitalism of the twentieth century, has affected the ways in which class is lived in terms of relational inequality and the factors that structure identity. Class After Industry takes a complex realist approach to the dynamics of individual lives, places, the social structure and analyses their significance in terms of class. A wide range of quantitative and qualitative studies are drawn on to explore how ‘life after industry’ shapes class, and the consequent potential for social change. The book will be of interest across the social sciences and beyond, to those concerned with how class forms might translate into political action.