What ideas do children hold about the natural world?

How do these ideas affect their learning of science?

Young learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school. These ideas contribute to subsequent learning, and research has shown that teaching of science is unlikely to be effective unless it takes learners’ perspectives into account.

Making Sense of Secondary Science provides a concise, accessible summary of international research into learners’ ideas about science, presenting evidence-based insight into the conceptions that learners hold, before and even despite teaching. With expert summaries from across the science domains, it covers research findings from life and living processes, materials and their properties and physical processes

This classic text is essential reading for all trainee secondary, elementary and primary school science teachers, as well as those researching the science curriculum and science methods, who want to deepen their understanding of how learners think and to use these insights to inform teaching strategies. It also provides a baseline for researchers wishing to investigate contemporary influences on children’s ideas and to study the persistence of these conceptions.

Both components of Making Sense of Secondary Science – this book and the accompanying teacher’s resource file, Making Sense of Secondary Science: Support materials for teachers - were developed as a result of a collaborative project between Leeds City Council Department of Education and the Children’s Learning in Science Research Group at the University of Leeds, UK.

There’s no place like home, especially if it’s Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. She’d always envisioned a life there with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But Ty’s betrayal has cost her the family and the future they’d once planned. For Ty, losing Annie was heartbreaking. Still, he can’t imagine life without the three-year-old son whose mother left him for Ty to raise. Ty wants it all—Annie, his child and the future he’d dreamed about—and he’s back home in Serenity to fight for it. But getting Annie to forgive and forget may be the hardest challenge he’s ever faced. With the stakes so high, this is one game he can’t afford to lose.“Redolent with Southern small-town atmosphere…emotionally rich.” — Library Journal on A Slice of Heaven

Pensatore vivace e poliedrico, che ai molteplici interessi univa una profonda conoscenza dell'esperienza umana, Robin George Collingwood è stato autore di numerosi scritti di filosofia ed estetica, nonché di contributi importanti alla storia e all'archeologia romana. Pubblicata nel 1939, pochi anni prima della morte, l''Autobiografia' ripercorre la sua vicenda personale e accademica attraverso l'esposizione dei risultati più originali del suo pensiero. Vengono così presentate e dibattute nelle loro reciproche connessioni la 'logica della domanda e della risposta', la concezione della metafisica quale scienza storica diretta a determinare i presupposti di ogni dottrina filosofica, e quella della storia come autocoscienza dello spirito e scienza delle cose umane; oltre all'esame di quei problemi storici e archeologici concreti che costituiscono il campo d'applicazione delle sue teorie epistemologiche. Intrisa di riferimenti all'idealismo crociano, l''Autobiografia' è anche una reazione contro la scuola imperante del 'realismo', responsabile secondo Collingwood dell'involuzione della filosofia inglese. Grazie a una non comune capacità argomentativa, per cui anche le pagine più dense di passaggi logici hanno sempre una chiarezza e semplicità esemplari, l''Autobiografia' può essere considerata ancora oggi la migliore introduzione all'universo mentale di Collingwood.

La filosofia scrive Collingwood non è il deus ex machina capace di risolvere magicamente i mali del suo tempo; eppure il filosofo non è neppure un passivo e compiaciuto spettatore di ciò che, davanti ai suoi occhi e dentro la sua stessa mente, avviene. Di quello 'spirito dei tempi', di hegeliana memoria, che è suo compito e dovere intercettare, intuire, comprendere, spiegare. Da questa comprensione, si dispiega infatti quell'orizzonte più pienamente umano dell'esistere che, grazie alla filosofia, dovrebbe esserci più proprio.

The symposium entitled Vekhi, or Landmarks, is one of the most famous publications in Russian intellectual and political history. Its fame rests on the critique it offers of the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia. It was published in 1909, under the editorship of Mikhail Gershenzon, as a polemical response to the revolution of 1905, the failed outcome of which was deemed by all the Landmarks contributors to exemplify and illuminate fatal philosophical, political, and psychological flaws in the revolutionary intelligentsia that had sought it. Its fame persists until today not least because the volume has been deemed by many in Russia and the West to have proven prophetic in its prediction (and urgent warning) that the realization of the intelligentsia's platform would bring ruin upon Russia. More than any other text, its republication in 1991 symbolically heralded the end of the ideological hegemony of Marxist-Leninism in the Soviet Union.

New edition of best-selling resource for power eating, which has sold over 120,000 copies. Written by Susan M. Kleiner, nutrition consultant to the Seattle Seahawks, and Cleveland Browns and Cavaliers. Helps athletes gain power, reduce body fat, build muscle, and enhance training results. Includes a detailed look at the issue of protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake for muscular development. Details the impact nutrition can have on performance in power sports. Original.

Perché amare diviene 'amare troppo', e quando questo accade? Perché le donne a volte pur riconoscendo il loro partner come inadeguato o non disponibile non riescono a liberarsene? Mentre sperano o desiderano che lui cambi, di fatto si coinvolgono sempre più profondamente in un meccanismo di assuefazione. 'Donne che amano troppo' offre una casistica nella quale sono lucidamente individuate le ragioni per cui molte donne si innamorano dell'uomo sbagliato e spendono inutilmente le loro energie per cambiarlo. Con simpatia e competenza professionale Robin Norwood indica un possibile itinerario verso la consapevolezza di se stessi e verso l'equilibrio dei sentimenti. Prefazione di Dacia Maraini

What could be more appealing than taking a small branch from a tree in your garden and, with a few simple tools, making a wooden spoon to use in your kitchen or give to a friend? Carving this way is a very accessible hobby. The tools are reasonably priced, the raw material is everywhere (yes, it grows on trees!) and there is no need for a dedicated workspace. This book is an introduction to a set of knife and axe cuts that will help you use spoon carving tools effectively and safely. The teaching method is unusual in that it initially focuses on the skills needed to use the tools, rather than what you are making.

Dawood, an emergency medicine nurse in the UK who is joined by other UK emergency medicine nurse practitioners, presents a handbook for nurses, junior doctors, general practitioners, and other emergency medicine practitioners that covers general issues in emergency medicine like prescribing, radiation regulations, documentation, police statements, and pediatric considerations, then instructions for history, examination, and management of specific musculoskeletal, skin, ophthalmology, and primary care conditions and injuries seen in the emergency department. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Creator of the best-selling P90Xª workout series, Tony Horton shows you how to attain the results you want. In his first book he shares the fundamentals of his fitness philosophy, revealing his secrets for getting fit and healthy and melting away pounds.One-size-fits-all diets and exercise regimens just don't work--that's why Tony creates unique programs for each of his clients. Here he shows you how to build your own diet and fitness plan tailored to your individual lifestyle, preferences, and goals. In photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, Tony demonstrates his unique moves and exercise combinations that include cardio fat burners, lower body blitzers, core strengthening, plyometrics, yoga, and more. You'll also discover Tony's fat-blasting eating plan and detox tips, recipes, and mental motivators.--From publisher description.

Following in the footsteps of DK's bestselling adult title Animal, which sold in excess of 2 million copies, Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia reveals the wonders of the animal kingdom to a younger readership.

• Structured by animal group with separate entries for every notable type of animal, from ants and aardvarks to wasps and wallabies
• Fact files provide key information on behavior, distribution, diet, and conservation issues
• Action photography reveals wild animals interacting in their native habitats and puts natural behavior in context
• Highlights animals most likely to fire the imagination of young minds: the deadliest, the largest, the friendliest, the fastest, and the downright strangest