Barbara Mayer

"How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent book. Drawing upon new research in psychology, education, and cognitive science, the authors have demystified a complex topic into clear explanations of seven powerful learning principles. Full of great ideas and practical suggestions, all based on solid research evidence, this book is essential reading for instructors at all levels who wish to improve their students' learning." -Barbara Gross Davis, assistant vice chancellor for educational development, University of California, Berkeley, and author, Tools for Teaching

Réunissant les éclairages apportés par la recherche sur la nature de l’apprentissage et sur diverses applications éducatives, cet ouvrage en dégage sept principes fondamentaux. C’est une lecture incontournable pour tous ceux qui s’intéressent à ce que la recherche a à dire sur l’optimisation des apprentissages en classe, à l’école et ailleurs.

Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring’s selfish whims. An inspiration for Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Make Way for Tomorrow is among American cinema’s purest tearjerkers, all the way to its unflinching ending, which McCarey refused to change despite studio pressure.

This book is essential reading for all those interested in knowing what research has to say about how to optimise learning in classrooms, schools and other settings. It aims, first and foremost, to inform practice and educational reform. It will be of particular interest to teachers, education leaders, teacher educators, advisors and decision makers, as well as the research community.

A Wyoming farmer fights to build a better life for his oldest son.

Bargrooves Deluxe Edition 2015 is the latest compilation in the series of luxury, feel-good house music from Bargrooves. Compiled by international DJ and Defected resident Andy Daniell, along with three exclusive mixes from the man himself, this special 40-track edition features a mixture of the best contemporary and classic house music from MK, Tensnake, Hardrive, Chicken Lips, Dennis Ferrer and many more.