Social Learning

From the author of the “raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless” (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve—perfect for fans of Killing Eve and Chelsea Cain. Scarlett Clark is an...

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.

One lesson per day. One theme per month. One year to raise a street-smart, mentally strong kid. Raising Street-Smart, Mentally Strong Kids is a 365-day workbook for parents of children ages 8–14: Build unshakeable self-awareness and emotional strength Teach your child to navigate friendships, conflict, and social pressure Prepare them for the digital world, without fear or naivety Develop real-world skills: safety, money, independence, and judgment Raise a child with genuine grit, character, and the confidence to back it up The world your child is growing up in is more complicated, more ...

In the vibrant yet challenging journey of young adulthood, mastering social-emotional skills can be the key to thriving in college and beyond. This audiobook is an essential guide for those looking to enhance their emotional intelligence, cultivate mindfulness, and foster empathy, equipping them for personal and academic success.

Social Learning in the Digital Age: Albert Bandura on Social Media, Influencers, Algorithms, and Online Behavior explains how a classic psychological theory helps make sense of everyday life online. Albert Bandura’s work on modeling, imitation, reinforcement, and self-efficacy offers a practical way to understand why people copy creators, absorb platform norms, join trends, shift their opinions, and present themselves differently in public digital spaces. This book applies those ideas to the platforms people actually use, including TikTok, YouTube, livestreaming, influencer-driven content...

The research is clear that quality leaders are second only to quality teachers in their impact on student achievement. But, what constitutes quality leadership? Viviane Robinson et al. (2008) concluded, among other things, that “leaders’ impact on student outcomes will depend on the particular leadership practices in which [leaders] engage” (p. 637) rather than on the specific type of leader (e.g., transformative, servant, distributed, etc.) leaders profess to be. Simply put, leadership practice trumps the leadership label.

Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for 25 years, mostly to White people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and on college campuses throughout the South, as well as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone. With Teaching Black History to White People, which is “part memoir, part Black history, part pedagogy, and part how-to guide”, Moore delivers an accessible and engaging primer on the Black experience in America.

An engaging exploration of how people have taught, practiced, and thought about rhetoric—from the Iron Age to today “An entertaining history of great oratory.” —New Yorker Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it’s not just for politicians: it’s all around us, whether...

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary quickly became a bestseller in its category back in 2015. Now, in this updated and revised edition—which now contains the 700 most important words you need to master—you'll quickly learn why this title has been such a positive impact in the personal and professional lives of tens of thousands in the English-speaking world.

Social Learning in the Classroom: Albert Bandura’s Ideas for Teaching, Motivation, and Student Confidence explains how students learn from what they see, attempt, repeat, and come to believe about themselves. Rather than treating learning as a matter of explanation alone, the book shows how modeling, attention, memory, practice, and feedback shape everyday classroom outcomes. It is written for teachers, instructional coaches, school leaders, and education students who want a practical account of Bandura’s ideas without abstract jargon. The book focuses first on observational learning in...

Executive functioning skills—including focus, organization, stress management, and more―are critical to succeeding in all aspects of your life. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD or you’ve lived with it your entire life, you know that developing these skills can be a challenge. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of information, assessments, and evidence-based exercises to help you build this mental skill set and take control of your ADHD.

En este audiolibro innovador y práctico, Daniel J. Siegel y Tina Payne Bryson desmitifican las crisis y los conflictos, explicando los nuevos conocimientos científicos sobre cómo está constituido el cerebro y cómo madura. Incluyendo claras explicaciones, estrategias correspondientes a las distintas edades para enfrentarse a las luchas cotidianas e ilustraciones que ayudan a explicar estos conceptos a los niños, El cerebro del niño enseña a cultivar un desarrollo emocional e intelectual sano para que los niños puedan tener una vida equilibrada, significativa, y conectada.

Albert Bandura and Modern Psychology: Social Learning, Cognitive Theory, and the Break from Behaviorism examines how one psychologist changed the way modern psychology explains learning, action, and personal agency. Rather than treating Bandura as a name attached to a few familiar concepts, this book places his work inside the larger conflict between behaviorism and the emerging cognitive view of mind. It explains why Bandura’s challenge to B. F. Skinner mattered, what strict behaviorism could explain well, and where it struggled with imitation, expectation, planning, and social influence...

Learn about the history of the US Constitution with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds. The United States Constitution is the highest law in the United States of America. All other laws made in the country come from the Constitution. The Constitution outlines and shows how the government of the United States should work. It is the oldest and yet shortest Constitution still in use in any major independent country.

More than seven million copies sold! In this updated edition of #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer’s Battlefield of the Mind, you’ll learn to do battle with your fears and worries and recover a life of peace and joy. Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger, and feelings of...

Whether in our business interactions or in our relationships at home, we all sometimes wish we were more effective communicators. That we could articulate our meaning more clearly, leaving no room for misinterpretation. That we could hold our audiences interest, and dictate the direction of our conversations. This ebook will explore the conscious and subconscious messages we send out during every conversation we hold. How our choice of words can affect how we are viewed, what our body language says about us and how our view of the world is affecting how we are seen by others. We will then ...

How can you cheat… at drinking wine? It turns out you can. And when you do, a whole world of power, ego and money will unravel. Corked is the scandalous saga in the glamorous, competitive and mysterious world of fine wines.

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency.