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Engaging the Whole Child: Free eBook available NOW
By Tobi Kibel Piatek | April 30, 2009
“Do students really want to learn? Can schools and classrooms become joyful? Are there natural links between standard curriculum and what motivates students to learn? Explore these and other questions in this e-book collection of articles from Educational Leadership by renowned authors such as Carol Ann Tomlinson, Richard Sagor, Nel Noddings, Thomas R. Guskey, and Allison Zmuda.”
For the last several years the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ACSD) has led a national call to awareness and action.
Blogger Adam Fletcher http://www.bicyclingfish.com/ , who writes about “youth development and engagement, as well as the roles of young people throughout society,” is introducing “an awesome new publication” available FREE for a limited time.
Engaging the Whole Child is the first in a series of Whole Child ebooks from ASCD. According to a recent phone meeting, Fletcher had with ASCD, it’s a limited-time only offering good from April 15 to May 6.
The publication gives “educators and administrators, community workers and parents practical tools designed to engaged the whole community in a whole conversation about young people throughout society.”
Fletcher points out that “this is a huge file, and registering to receive it is a little cumbersome - but its worth it.
Download it here free, let me know what you think, and share this link with your friends. Remember to do it now, because the link is only good until May 6.
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