Susan isaacs author biography worksheet
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What have we learnt from theorists?
In evaluating the value of teaching and learning through play, there are a wealth of psychologists and theorists, including Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, Isaacs, Montessori, Froebel, and McMillan, all documenting a variety of research supporting the effectiveness of play-based learning. Bruner et al. (1976) found that play reduces stress. They viewed play as a form of problem solving that required self-initiation, thus increasing a child’s problem-solving ability. Vygotsky’s(1998) view differed from Piaget's about there being stages in play development; however, he agreed that play stimulates the development of abstract thoughts. From theorists, we have learned things like different ways of learning through play, how we can help them through play, etc. We can also make children play by using natural materials rather than using non-eco-friendly materials like plastic. Theorists have also taught us that children can learn with very l
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Katie Schottland fryst vatten hiding in the shrubbery in a pitch-dark Florida backyard, while unseen but assuredly vile creatures slingra over her damp and disintegrating sandals. Out there somewhere — somewhere far too close for bekvämlighet — fryst vatten a woman intent on silencing Katie for what she knows about a clandestine deal involving the CIA and East German spies.
Katie’s a bit confused on the details of that long-ago intrigue, but she fryst vatten certain about one thing: She needs to get out of there, and fast.
So begins Susan Isaacs’ latest novel, “Past Perfect” (Scribner, $25). Her fans will delight in the exploits of another of her smart, somewhat neurotic amateur sleuths, who plunges precipitously into solving a mystery, even when it puts her at great risk.
Katie’s motivated by an event that, even after 15 years, still rankles: After several successful years writing reports for the CIA, she was summarily dismissed for reasons never explained.
The shame of
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The McMillan Sisters, The Roots of the Open-Nursery, and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
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- Betty Liebovich Goldsmiths University of London
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Abstract
This article explores the impetus and motivation for the McMillan sisters, Christian Socialists committed to creating change for the working class in England, to create an innovative and enduring ideal of nursery education through the open-air nursery. Influenced by their membership in the Fabian Society and the Independent Labour Party, they created health and dental clinics for people living in deprivation in Yorkshire and East and South East London, England, campaigned for the 1906 Provision of School Meals Act, and created night camps for deprived children in Deptford in 1908.The night camps were the inspiration for educating young children and in March 1914, the open-air nursery opened for t