Todo el mundo es parte de un equipo. Si usted está casado, usted y su cónyuge son un equipo. Si es un empleado, usted y su compañeros de trabajo son un equipo. Si usted da su tiempo a una iglesia u otra organización, es parte de un equipo de voluntarios. En su estilo único y fácil de entender, el Dr. Maxwell explica de una manera sencilla de retener el proceso de construir un equipo ganador y cómo ponerlo en práctica.
DESCRIPCION DEL LIBRO ORIGINAL: Los equipos de trabajo son un rasgo que define a las organizaciones de estos tiempos, en las que el trabajo individual se ha minimizado y la integración de habilidades, capacidades y competencias de las personas es condición esencial para lograr las metas. En este contexto, todo líder de cualquier organización tiene la difícil tarea de conformar esos equipos exitosos y de velar para que se desarrollen, pero esto no es tarea fácil. La condición humana es compleja y muchas personas no muestran las actitudes positivas necesarias para que un equipo funcione, por lo que la intervención del líder es imprescindible. En esta obra, John C. Maxwell define 17 "leyes" que todo líder debería tener presentes para formar buenos equipos. A través de sus ideas, se desentraña el misterio de esta tarea. Este libro no solo está destinado a los líderes, sino también a los seguidores, no importa la organización a la que pertenezcan. Ya se trate de un gerente empresarial o un empleado, un entrenador o jugador, un profesor o un estudiante, un hijo o un padre, si aplica estas leyes logrará una mayor capacidad del equipo que integra. Con su estilo característico, mezcla de anécdotas, historias de vida y consejos, el autor ha hecho de "Las 17 leyes incuestionables del trabajo en equipo" un éxito en ventas.
This book takes stock of where we are in science education research, and considers where we ought now to be going. It explores how and whether the research effort in science education has contributed to improvements in the practice of teaching science and the science curriculum. It contains contributions from an international group of science educators. Each chapter explores a specific area of research in science education, considering why this research is worth doing, and its potential for development. Together they look candidly at important general issues such as the impact of research on classroom practice and the development of science education as a progressive field of research. The book was produced in celebration of the work of the late Rosalind Driver. All the principal contributors to the book had professional links with her, and the three sections of the book focus on issues that were of central importance in her work: research on teaching and learning in science; the role of science within the school curriculum and the nature of the science education we ought to be providing for young people; and the achievements of, and future agenda for, research in science education.
“The hope for the future depends on teaching current and future students the analytical and critical thinking skills for dealing with the most critical problems. My own hope is for this book to be read by everyone, even those outside the field of environmental education. Read this book, read it again, share it widely, and do something - anything - to help our needy and wounded planet."-Marc Bekoff, author of The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint "Saylan and Blumstein provide a compelling vision of what can be, and what should be, if we have the courage to open our eyes and the boldness to act.”-Peter Saundry, Ph.D., Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment “A clarion call to incorporate environmental education in all grades K-12, across all academic disciplines, in order to produce future generations of environmental stewards."-Mark Gold, President, Heal The Bay "We need a sea change in the educational system. After all, if we can teach schoolchildren that vandalism is wrong, why can we not teach them that environmental destruction is wrong? This book is a haunting call to action. A beautifully written manifesto that gets it right."-Ron Swaisgood, Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global “The greatest threat to the future of all species on the planet is the huge gap between what is understood about global climate change by the scientific community and what is known about climate change by the people who need to know -- the public. The sound prescriptions in this book need to be read now. We are running out of time.”-Dr. James Hansen, world-renowned climatologist and author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity “Environmental education is a disaster and educating the public on environmental issues is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. This book will help us understand why we are headed toward the collapse of civilization, and more important, how to fix it. Packed with sound science, useful information, and brilliant ideas, it is a book we must read, and give, to our local school boards and principals nationwide. Our children will thank us."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Humanity on a Tightrope
Otro gran librito repleto de sabiduría e instrucción para añadir a la exitosa serie Maxwell 101. John C. Maxwell cree que «trabajar en equipo se encuentra en el corazón de los grandes logros». La pregunta no es si los equipos tienen valor. La pregunta es si nosotros reconocemos ese hecho y nos convertimos en mejores trabajadores en equipo. En Equipo 101, Maxwell hace uso de la sabiduría sobre liderazgo de sus libros Las 17 leyes incuestionables del trabajo en equipo, El talento nunca es suficiente, Desarrolle los líderes que están alrededor de usted, Líder de 360°, Cómo ganarse a la gente, Las 21 leyes irrefutables del liderazgo y Las 17 cualidades esenciales de un jugador de equipo. Esta estrategia poderosa y concisa puede ayudar a líderes a crear un ambiente que produzca victoria y satisfacción a todo el equipo.
Focusing on how to provide clean water for all - one of the key Millennium Development Goals, this book integrates technical and social perspectives. A broad, international range of case studies are provided, from developed, middle income and developing countries, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
"In this unique collaboration, naturalists Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble investigate how children come to care deeply about the natural world. They ask searching questions about what may happen to children denied exposure to wild places - a reality for more children today than at any time in human history." "The authors remember pivotal events in their own childhood that led each to a life-long relationship with the land: Nabhan's wanderings in the wasteland of steel mills and power plants of Gary, Indiana, and in the Indiana Dunes; Trimble's travels in the West with a geologist father. They tell stories of children learning about wild places and creatures in settings ranging from cities and suburbs to isolated Nevada sheep ranches to Native American communities in the Southwest and Mexico." "The Geography of Childhood draws insights from fields as various as evolutionary biology, child psychology, education, and ethnography. The book urges adults to rethink our children's contact with nature. Small children have less need for large-scale wilderness than for a garden, gully, or field to create a crucial tie to the natural world. Nabhan suggests that traditional wilderness-oriented rites of passage may help cure the alienation of adolescence: "Those who as adolescents fail to pass through such rites remain in an arrested state of immaturity for the remainder of their lives." Trimble's fatherhood leads him to question how we grant different freedoms to girls and boys in their exploration of nature - and how this bias powerfully affects adult lives. Both authors return to their experiences with indigenous peoples to show how nature is taught and wilderness understood in cultures historically grounded outside of America's cities and suburbs." "The Geography of Childhood makes clear how human growth remains rooted, as it always has, both in childhood and in wild landscapes. It is an essential book for all parents and teachers who wonder what our children may miss if they never experience local wildlife or wild landscapes."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
