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Worldwide interest in classroom creativity has exploded over the past decade. The ideas of the world's leading experts, shared in this book, give educators and researchers state-of-the-art advice about how to nurture creativity in K-12 and college-level classrooms.

Human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure, values, and institutions. This volume examines how our biology interacts with our immense cultural diversity to shape our experience, psychology, and imagination.

This volume presents a historical, critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying how people learn. It features both established and up-and-coming scholars, offering a broad yet selective perspective on what the learning sciences are and how contributors conduct their work.

This volume presents a historical, critical analysis of the emerging field of the learning sciences, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying how people learn. It features both established and up-and-coming scholars, offering a broad yet selective perspective on what the learning sciences are and how contributors conduct their work.

This book explores the development of cognitive skills related to reasoning and creativity, two strands that can intertwine to work together at times but may also at odds. Revised and expanded to incorporate the latest research, the second edition of this essential reference work will benefit researchers, psychologists, and teachers.

This book explores the development of cognitive skills related to reasoning and creativity, two strands that can intertwine to work together at times but may also at odds. Revised and expanded to incorporate the latest research, the second edition of this essential reference work will benefit researchers, psychologists, and teachers.

This volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. An international group of leading scholars presents cutting-edge research, demonstrating the efficacy of mindfulness across cultures.

Worldwide interest in classroom creativity has exploded over the past decade. The ideas of the world's leading experts, shared in this book, give educators and researchers state-of-the-art advice about how to nurture creativity in K-12 and college-level classrooms.

This volume, which includes chapters written by leading workplace aggression scholars, addresses three primary topics of workplace aggression: its measurement, predictors and consequences; its social context; and its prevention. Covering a broad conceptualization of workplace aggression, it will be useful to students and researchers of management and psychology.

This volume, which includes chapters written by leading workplace aggression scholars, addresses three primary topics of workplace aggression: its measurement, predictors and consequences; its social context; and its prevention. Covering a broad conceptualization of workplace aggression, it will be useful to students and researchers of management and psychology.

The various studies in this book suggest that people who choose teaching as a career are motivated by a complex interaction of factors embedded within communities and cultural expectations, but seem generally to embrace a desire to undertake meaningful work that makes for a better society.

Bringing together experts from the fields of genetics, education, ethics and law alongside parents and laypersons, this volume provides an essential overview of the implications of genomics-influenced educational practice on a range of philosophical, moral, ethical and policy-related issues.

The various studies in this book suggest that people who choose teaching as a career are motivated by a complex interaction of factors embedded within communities and cultural expectations, but seem generally to embrace a desire to undertake meaningful work that makes for a better society.

Bringing together experts from the fields of genetics, education, ethics and law alongside parents and laypersons, this volume provides an essential overview of the implications of genomics-influenced educational practice on a range of philosophical, moral, ethical and policy-related issues.

This volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. An international group of leading scholars presents cutting-edge research, demonstrating the efficacy of mindfulness across cultures.

Social creatures, like humans, solve problems together. Collective intelligence is essential in all organizations and societies if we want to resolve humanity's greatest challenges. This book explores how to deploy new practices such as crowdsourcing and online knowledge sharing. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.