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Sociocultural Theories of Learning and Motivation: Looking Back, Looking Forward (Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learn)

It is now nearly thirty years since sociocultural theories of learning created great excitement and debate amongst those concerned with learning in diverse contexts. Since that time significant advances have been made in sociocultural theory and research. Various sociocultural approaches to the understanding of learning (for example, sociocultural psychology, sociocultural discourse, cultural historical activity theory) have been developed and consolidated and new challenges are currently being addressed. In the motivational arena sociocultural approaches deriving from Vygotsky have only begun to emerge relatively recently. In this Volume we examine and evaluate the achievements of past sociocultural theory and research, and consider the future directions of sociocultural theory and research in the domains of learning and motivation.

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Woman Up: Stop Looking for Something You are Not because You might Find it…Then What?

Woman Up is a novel that addresses real women’s issues. It is a mirror that makes the reader reflect on personal thoughts, actions, experiences and choices that have been made throughout their lives. It will hold the reader responsible for every decision that has been made and provides possible ways forward. This is a thought provoking conversation piece! Ladies Men have Man’d Up…it is time for us to Woman Up!

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John Green Audiobook Collection on MP3-CD: Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars

Four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green.

The John Green Collection includes Printz Award–winning Looking for Alaska, Printz Honor book An Abundance of Katherines, Edgar Award–winning Paper Towns, and #1 New York Times bestselling The Fault in Our Stars.

Looking for Alaska

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school and finds Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another.

An Abundance of Katherines

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered novel.

Paper Towns

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.

The Fault in Our Stars

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

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Looking at Life with a Wise Wild Woman:Everyday Lessons in Being Aware

What exactly is self-awareness and what good will it do me? What follows aims to show you how being self-aware benefits you in so many ways, not least by helping you change any thoughts or behaviour that are holding you back from being the best that you can be. The articles were written during the six years I was living in France and trying to create my own niche within another culture. They describe certain incidents and situations in my life during that time: my observations, what I learnt and how I carried that learning forward. There are additional suggestions as to how you too might apply similar learning in your life. This method of learning involves being open and aware as you engage with life from day to day. It’s the foundation of all personal growth and, like anything of fundamental value, it’s simple but not easy. The encouraging thing is that anyone can do it, as perfection is not required at all. You can work at it slowly and steadily and still see improvements as you come to know your authentic Self. Indeed it’s usually the most difficult experiences we encounter that afford us the greatest opportunity to learn about our Self. To begin, you need only appreciate and put into practice what many of us take for granted: our capacity to see and to listen, to notice, as we go about our day to day lives.