"How We Think" by John Dewey is a groundbreaking exploration of the process of thinking and its role in education and problem-solving. In this influential work, Dewey delves into the nature of intelligence, inquiry, and reflective thought, offering valuable insights into how individuals can enhance their thinking abilities and engage in meaningful learning experiences. The book begins by challenging traditional notions of thinking as a passive, linear...

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1879 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching between schools, private tutors and private reading.. James published his first story, 'A Tragedy of Error', in the Continental Monthly in 1864, when he was twenty years old. In 1876, he emigrated...

First published in 1851, "The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims" is a collection of essays by famed German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. He is perhaps best known for his 1818 work "The World as Will and Representation" and developed an enduring reputation for his philosophical pessimism, in contrast to the idealism of Immanuel Kant. Much of Schopenhauer's work is a reaction to post-Kant German romanticism. In "The Wisdom of Life and Counsels...

While social and emotional learning (SEL) is most familiar as compartmentalized programs separate from academics, the truth is, all learning is social and emotional. What teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we choose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how students think, see themselves, and interact with content and with others. If you teach kids rather than standards, and if you want all kids to get what they...

The primary ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education. On one hand, there is the contrast between, the immaturity of the newborn members of the group, its future sole representatives - and the maturity of the adult members, who possess the knowledge and customs of the group. On the other hand, there is the necessity that these immature members be not merely...

This new selection of writings on education-many previously published under the title Soka Education-comes from some five decades of works by Buddhist philosopher and founder of the Soka schools system, Daisaku Ikeda. From educational proposals and university lectures to personal essays, the writings not only delve into the meaning of soka (value-creating) education but offer a hopeful vision of the power of education to bring happiness to the individual...

La presente obra tiene el objetivo de mostrar una diversidad de enfoques de investigación en problemáticas relacionadas con la educación y la cultura digital. Esta compilación recorre una variedad de objetos de estudio, herramientas de análisis, aproximaciones teóricas y metodológicas que muestran cómo es posible abordar fenómenos sociales y culturales contemporáneos con miradas que ponen el acento en los datos empíricos cuantitativos o...

En este breve libro se exponen las líneas maestras de cuatro preguntas (antropológica, ética, epistemológica y de sentido) que pueden inspirar a los profesores universitarios a realizar tanto su docencia como su investigación desde unos presupuestos de razón abierta, es decir, reconociendo los límites de cada campo particular de estudio y descubriendo la posibilidad de que todo el saber humano aspire a alcanzar una síntesis unificadora.

En estas páginas se ahonda en el caudal inestimable de sabiduría espiritual que la Iglesia ha ido atesorando a través de la lectura que durante siglos ha hecho de las Sagradas Escrituras y que custodia celosamente como un depósito capaz de seguir ayudando al hombre de hoy, ávido de acompañamiento. No hay mejores maestros en acompañar que Cristo y la Iglesia, ni un lenguaje más certero ni una experiencia más penetrante que lo que la Revelación...

These 100 Questions grew out of an assignment to me by the president of the Stamford, Connecticut, chapter of the NAACP, within one month of the killing of George Floyd, an African-American man on May 25, 2020, on "how can white ppl help [end] systemic racism?" My answer was: "Easily. It takes more than two pages however." Here is my presentation to "white ppl" to help end systemic racism/statism, the hurdles, burdens and barriers put in the way of...