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Environmental Hazards In School Structures And Role Of School Communities, Nilofar Vazir
Environmental Hazards In School Structures And Role Of School Communities, Nilofar Vazir
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
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What Is Self-Esteem, Nilofar Vazir, Syeda Imrana Raza
What Is Self-Esteem, Nilofar Vazir, Syeda Imrana Raza
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
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Managing Conflict In The Classroom, Saima Khalid, Syeda Imrana Raza
Managing Conflict In The Classroom, Saima Khalid, Syeda Imrana Raza
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
No abstract provided.
Beyond Heroes & Role Models: Using Biographies To Develop Young Change Agents, Laura E. Meyers, Teri Holbrook, Laura A. May
Beyond Heroes & Role Models: Using Biographies To Develop Young Change Agents, Laura E. Meyers, Teri Holbrook, Laura A. May
Early Childhood and Elementary Education Faculty Publications
Reading, writing, and discussing biographies provide unique opportunities for teachers and students. Critical thinking can be developed through questioning, predicting, and analyzing various biographical mediums--texts, photographs and illustrations, book reviews, websites, films, news articles, etc.--to learn more about an individual's life experiences and choices. Decision making skills can be enhanced when students juxtapose their perceptions of heroes and role models to that of a change agent, even considering how their own life experiences and choices may be contributing to larger actions of change. In this article, the authors discuss six biographies that could be used with young people in the …