Études supérieures

Les couloirs de l'enseignement supérieur résonnent d'idées transformatrices sur le leadership, le changement organisationnel et la pratique fondée sur les preuves. Vous y trouverez une sagesse essentielle pour naviguer dans le développement académique et professionnel avancé, de la planification stratégique et la visualisation de données à la réforme éducative et la transformation culturelle.

Études supérieures Résumés de livres

Leadership

par Peter G. Northouse • 1997

Ten leadership frameworks in one textbook: from traits to ethics, the field's standard text.

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📚 Leadership Theory 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🎓 Management Education

Leadership

Ten leadership frameworks in one textbook: from traits to ethics, the field's standard text.

par Peter G. Northouse 1997

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📚 Leadership Theory 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🎓 Management Education

How Brands Become Icons

par Douglas B. Holt • 2004

Brands become icons by telling myths that resolve cultural tensions.

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🧱 Brand Strategy 🌍 Cultural Strategy 📖 Brand Mythology

How Brands Become Icons

Brands become icons by telling myths that resolve cultural tensions.

par Douglas B. Holt 2004 288 pages

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🧱 Brand Strategy 🌍 Cultural Strategy 📖 Brand Mythology

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership

par Ronald A. Heifetz • 2009

Stop solving problems for your team: manage stress, surface hidden dynamics, lead lasting change.

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🔄 Organizational Change 🧠 Systems Thinking 👥 Group Dynamics

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership

Stop solving problems for your team: manage stress, surface hidden dynamics, lead lasting change.

par Ronald A. Heifetz 2009 328 pages

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🔄 Organizational Change 🧠 Systems Thinking 👥 Group Dynamics

Silencing the Past

par Michel-Rolph Trouillot • 1995

Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.

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📜 Critical Historiography 🔍 Historical Methodology 💡 Power And Knowledge

Silencing the Past

Why the Haitian Revolution was erased from history while it was still happening.

par Michel-Rolph Trouillot 1995 216 pages

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📜 Critical Historiography 🔍 Historical Methodology 💡 Power And Knowledge

Policy Paradox

par Deborah Stone • 1988

Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.

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🏛️ Policy Analysis 🔲 Framing Effects 🏗️ Social Construction

Policy Paradox

Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.

par Deborah Stone 1988 428 pages

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🏛️ Policy Analysis 🔲 Framing Effects 🏗️ Social Construction

Media Literacy

par W. James Potter • 1998

Most media influence happens below awareness. The skills for seeing what shapes you.

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🏫 Media Literacy Education 📡 Critical Media Studies 📚 Information Literacy

Media Literacy

Most media influence happens below awareness. The skills for seeing what shapes you.

par W. James Potter 1998 504 pages

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🏫 Media Literacy Education 📡 Critical Media Studies 📚 Information Literacy

Transforming School Culture

par Anthony Muhammad • 2009

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

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🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Transforming School Culture

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

par Anthony Muhammad 2009 235 pages

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🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Play Therapy

par Garry L. Landreth • 1991

Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.

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🧸 Child Therapy 🎲 Play Therapy 🌱 Child Development

Play Therapy

Children speak through play. Follow their lead, reflect the feeling, and let the relationship heal.

par Garry L. Landreth 1991 432 pages

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🧸 Child Therapy 🎲 Play Therapy 🌱 Child Development

Reframing Organizations

par Lee G. Bolman • 1990

Leaders fail when they see only one version of the truth. Four lenses fix that.

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🏛️ Organizational Theory 🧭 Leadership Frameworks 🔍 Multi-Perspective Thinking

Reframing Organizations

Leaders fail when they see only one version of the truth. Four lenses fix that.

par Lee G. Bolman 1990 512 pages

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🏛️ Organizational Theory 🧭 Leadership Frameworks 🔍 Multi-Perspective Thinking

Counseling the Culturally Diverse

par Derald Wing Sue • 1981

Why standard therapy fails diverse clients, and the clinical skills that keep them in the room.

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🧑‍🏫 Multicultural Counseling 🌍 Cross-Cultural Therapy ✊ Social Justice Advocacy

Counseling the Culturally Diverse

Why standard therapy fails diverse clients, and the clinical skills that keep them in the room.

par Derald Wing Sue 1981 648 pages

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🧑‍🏫 Multicultural Counseling 🌍 Cross-Cultural Therapy ✊ Social Justice Advocacy

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

par Michael White • 1990

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

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🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

par Michael White 1990 256 pages

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🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Trust Matters

par Megan Tschannen-Moran • 2004

Why some schools hum and others sputter: the trust habits every principal needs.

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🏫 School Leadership 🤝 Organizational Trust 🌱 School Culture

Trust Matters

Why some schools hum and others sputter: the trust habits every principal needs.

par Megan Tschannen-Moran 2004 336 pages

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🏫 School Leadership 🤝 Organizational Trust 🌱 School Culture

Dimensions of Human Behavior

par Elizabeth D. Hutchison • 2003

A single theory cannot explain a life; here are eight lenses that together can.

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Work Practice 🧠 Biopsychosocial Model 🌳 Ecological Systems Theory

Dimensions of Human Behavior

A single theory cannot explain a life; here are eight lenses that together can.

par Elizabeth D. Hutchison 2003 584 pages

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Work Practice 🧠 Biopsychosocial Model 🌳 Ecological Systems Theory

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

par John M. Bryson • 1988

How public and nonprofit leaders turn mandates and mission into strategy that gets implemented.

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🗺️ Strategic Planning 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 📋 Public Administration

Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

How public and nonprofit leaders turn mandates and mission into strategy that gets implemented.

par John M. Bryson 1988 547 pages

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🗺️ Strategic Planning 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 📋 Public Administration

Leading in a Culture of Change

par Michael Fullan • 2001

Change needs moral purpose, not heroic decisiveness. Relationships and learning do the real work.

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🔄 Change Management 🎯 Adaptive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking

Leading in a Culture of Change

Change needs moral purpose, not heroic decisiveness. Relationships and learning do the real work.

par Michael Fullan 2001 137 pages

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🔄 Change Management 🎯 Adaptive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking

Tricks of the Trade

par Howard S. Becker • 1998

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

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🔬 Qualitative Methods 🔍 Analytic Induction ⚠️ Deviant Cases

Tricks of the Trade

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

par Howard S. Becker 1998 241 pages

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🔬 Qualitative Methods 🔍 Analytic Induction ⚠️ Deviant Cases

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks

par Wendy Laura Belcher • 2008

Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.

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🖋️ Academic Writing 📚 Academic Publishing ⏰ Writing Productivity

Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks

Short daily sessions beat weekend binges: twelve weeks to turn your draft into a published article.

par Wendy Laura Belcher 2008 376 pages

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🖋️ Academic Writing 📚 Academic Publishing ⏰ Writing Productivity

A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking

par Dan O'Hair • 2003

Speech anxiety is fuel. Turn it into presence, clarity, and career impact.

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🎤 Public Speaking 📊 Presentation Skills 😰 Speech Anxiety

A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking

Speech anxiety is fuel. Turn it into presence, clarity, and career impact.

par Dan O'Hair 2003

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🎤 Public Speaking 📊 Presentation Skills 😰 Speech Anxiety

The Healing Wisdom of Africa

par Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1999

A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.

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🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ritual Healing

The Healing Wisdom of Africa

A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.

par Malidoma Patrice Somé 1999 352 pages

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🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🌍 African Spirituality 🕯️ Ritual Healing

Managing the Non-Profit Organization

par Peter F. Drucker • 1992

Mission is not enough. The management disciplines that turn good intentions into real impact.

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🏢 Nonprofit Management 🎯 Mission-Driven Orgs 🤝 Volunteer Management

Managing the Non-Profit Organization

Mission is not enough. The management disciplines that turn good intentions into real impact.

par Peter F. Drucker 1992 256 pages

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🏢 Nonprofit Management 🎯 Mission-Driven Orgs 🤝 Volunteer Management

Better Conversations

par Jim Knight • 2015

Why most workplace conversations fail, and the eight skills that fix them.

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🗣️ Communication Skills 👂 Active Listening ❓ Questioning Techniques

Better Conversations

Why most workplace conversations fail, and the eight skills that fix them.

par Jim Knight 2015 256 pages

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🗣️ Communication Skills 👂 Active Listening ❓ Questioning Techniques

Mastering Your PhD

par Patricia A. Gosling • 2006

The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.

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🎓 Doctoral Studies 🔬 Lab Dynamics ✍️ Thesis Writing

Mastering Your PhD

The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.

par Patricia A. Gosling 2006 254 pages

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🎓 Doctoral Studies 🔬 Lab Dynamics ✍️ Thesis Writing

The Quality School

par William Glasser • 1998

A quality method from industry: satisfy a student's deepest needs instead of coercing them.

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🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🏫 Classroom Management 🔄 School Reform

The Quality School

A quality method from industry: satisfy a student's deepest needs instead of coercing them.

par William Glasser 1998 192 pages

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🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🏫 Classroom Management 🔄 School Reform

Classics of Public Administration

par Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

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🏛️ Public Administration 🧱 Organizational Theory 🔍 Policy Analysis

Classics of Public Administration

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

par Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 pages

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🏛️ Public Administration 🧱 Organizational Theory 🔍 Policy Analysis

Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)

par Peter M. Senge • 2011

A classroom can think, adapt, and grow. The guide to making it happen.

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🔄 Systems Thinking 🏫 Learning Organizations 📚 School Reform

Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)

A classroom can think, adapt, and grow. The guide to making it happen.

par Peter M. Senge 2011 608 pages

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🔄 Systems Thinking 🏫 Learning Organizations 📚 School Reform

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education

par Joan Poliner Shapiro • 2000

Four lenses for education's hardest calls, so you look past the rulebook to the student.

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📚 Educational Leadership ⚖️ Applied Ethics 📖 Case Method

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education

Four lenses for education's hardest calls, so you look past the rulebook to the student.

par Joan Poliner Shapiro 2000 200 pages

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📚 Educational Leadership ⚖️ Applied Ethics 📖 Case Method

The Brand Idea

par Nathalie Laidler-Kylande • 2013

Nonprofit brands shouldn't compete. They should align, involve stakeholders, and partner for impact.

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🏷️ Nonprofit Branding 🌍 Social Impact 🔗 Brand Alignment

The Brand Idea

Nonprofit brands shouldn't compete. They should align, involve stakeholders, and partner for impact.

par Nathalie Laidler-Kylande 2013 240 pages

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🏷️ Nonprofit Branding 🌍 Social Impact 🔗 Brand Alignment

Where Research Begins

par Thomas S. Mullaney • 2022

Most research guides skip the hardest part: figuring out what problem is yours to solve.

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🧪 Research Methods ✍️ Academic Writing 🎓 Graduate Students

Where Research Begins

Most research guides skip the hardest part: figuring out what problem is yours to solve.

par Thomas S. Mullaney 2022 218 pages

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🧪 Research Methods ✍️ Academic Writing 🎓 Graduate Students

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

par Kim Marshall • 2009

Replace useless annual evaluations with five-minute visits that actually close achievement gaps.

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🏫 Instructional Leadership 📋 Teacher Evaluation 🚶 Classroom Walkthroughs

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

Replace useless annual evaluations with five-minute visits that actually close achievement gaps.

par Kim Marshall 2009 288 pages

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🏫 Instructional Leadership 📋 Teacher Evaluation 🚶 Classroom Walkthroughs

Lives of the Artists

par Calvin Tomkins • 2008

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

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🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce

Lives of the Artists

When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.

par Calvin Tomkins 2008 272 pages

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🎨 Contemporary Art ✍️ Art Criticism 💰 Art And Commerce

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

par Eric N. Franklin • 1996

Your posture is a mental picture. Change the picture, and alignment follows without force.

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💃 Dance Technique 🎓 Dance Pedagogy 🦴 Movement Anatomy

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

Your posture is a mental picture. Change the picture, and alignment follows without force.

par Eric N. Franklin 1996 448 pages

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💃 Dance Technique 🎓 Dance Pedagogy 🦴 Movement Anatomy

Sex in the Heartland

par Bailey • 1999

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

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❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture

Sex in the Heartland

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

par Bailey 1999 265 pages

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❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

par Oliver Ramsbotham • 2005

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

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🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

par Oliver Ramsbotham 2005 424 pages

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🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

The Populist Vision

par Charles Postel • 2007

Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.

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💰 Gilded Age 🌾 American Populism 🚜 Rural History

The Populist Vision

Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.

par Charles Postel 2007 397 pages

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💰 Gilded Age 🌾 American Populism 🚜 Rural History

A Nation Under Our Feet

par Steven Hahn • 2003

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

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🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

A Nation Under Our Feet

Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.

par Steven Hahn 2003 624 pages

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🗳️ Reconstruction Era 🌾 Southern History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

The Making of a Therapist

par Louis Cozolino • 2004

Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.

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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🧘 Therapeutic Presence 🪞 Countertransference

The Making of a Therapist

Grad school taught technique. This teaches how to sit with pain without losing yourself.

par Louis Cozolino 2004 240 pages

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🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 🧘 Therapeutic Presence 🪞 Countertransference

The Myth of Santa Fe

par Chris Wilson • 1997

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

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🏙️ Urban Identity 🧳 Tourism Economies 🎭 Invented Traditions

The Myth of Santa Fe

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

par Chris Wilson 1997 420 pages

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🏙️ Urban Identity 🧳 Tourism Economies 🎭 Invented Traditions

Indians and English

par Karen Ordahl Kupperman • 2000

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory

Indians and English

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

par Karen Ordahl Kupperman 2000 320 pages

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory

A Little Manual for Knowing

par Esther Lightcap Meek • 2014

Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.

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🧠 Epistemology 🔍 Tacit Knowledge ✝️ Christian Philosophy

A Little Manual for Knowing

Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.

par Esther Lightcap Meek 2014 114 pages

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🧠 Epistemology 🔍 Tacit Knowledge ✝️ Christian Philosophy

The Rational Public

par Benjamin I. Page • 1992

One voter's opinion is noise. Combine millions, and a different story about democracy emerges.

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📊 Public Opinion Research 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🧠 Collective Intelligence

The Rational Public

One voter's opinion is noise. Combine millions, and a different story about democracy emerges.

par Benjamin I. Page 1992 506 pages

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📊 Public Opinion Research 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

par Gerald Corey • 2004

Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.

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📚 Psychotherapy Theories 🎓 Counselor Education 💞 Therapeutic Relationship

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Twelve ways to do therapy, one truth: the therapist heals with who they are, not what they know.

par Gerald Corey 2004 576 pages

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📚 Psychotherapy Theories 🎓 Counselor Education 💞 Therapeutic Relationship

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