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4. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness In the early 2010s, teen mental health statistics suddenly plunged in many countries around the world. Johnathan Haidt ties this disaster to the end of play-based child rearing and educational practices that were replaced with screen time. He calls on teachers, parents and governments to take steps to restore childhood now.
5. Understanding and Supporting Refugee Children and Young People: A Practical Resource for Teachers, Parents and Carers of Those Exposed to the Trauma of War As we accept more refugees from around the world into the country, our teachers need to know how to support chil- dren whose experiences are completely foreign to most of us. Author Tina Rae explains how we can talk about difficult and painful topics with compassion and help children to develop post-traumatic growth.
6. Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation An interesting exploration of why misinformation is as appealing as junk food while facts are as appetizing as raw broccoli. Author Dannagal Goldthwaite Young explores why we cling to lies rather than embrace difficult truths. 7. Learning with AI: The K–12 Teacher's Guide to a New Era of Human Learning This practical guide to AI literacy will show teachers how to teach their students critically needed AI skills. 8. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada An honest analysis of Canada’s discriminatory past and cur- rent state, while reminding us all of the work we as settlers and Indigenous peoples still need to do.
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3. Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attach- ment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems Why do people give up their autonomy to cult leaders? What makes voting for a dictator seem like a good idea? Author Alexandra Stein shares the dangers of isolating relationships and closed-beliefs systems and shows how education can be used to inoculate us from these traps.
1. Enseigner avec bienveillance Ce livre propose de précieuses informations aux enseignants et parents qui souhaitent enseigner avec bienveillance, c'est-à-dire développer des relations saines avec les enfants, rompre avec des schémas passés insatisfaisants et créer de nouvelles structures sociales acceptables pour tous. 2. La littérature de jeunesse contre le harcèlement scolaire : développer l’empathie pour prévenir le harcèlement Conciliant analyse littéraire et réflexion didac- tique, ce livre offre aux enseignants et aux professionnels de l'éducation des outils pour développer auprès de leurs élèves des activi tés de prévention du harcèlement scolaire.
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Shelley Comfort Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis, Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah, and l'Assassin impossible by Laurent Chabin.
Patricia Gagnon The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is the best book I've read in a long time and a bit of a departure for me, as I'm a psychological thriller kind of girl.
Melanie Alde The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. Love this for a little self-love. By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult. Inspiring read for women.
Melissa Henke-Lambert Dad Up! by Steve Patterson. This is a must- read for any expecting parents and even those who are not expecting. Steve Patterson goes through the ups and downs of being a first-time father and reflects on his own child- hood. I guarantee you will be laughing out
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loud many times through this book and can relate to many things Steve Patterson is going through as a father and went through during his childhood. For instance, how does a father take his daughter swimming when he does not know how to swim himself?
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