Daniel Shafto's Books

Carnival

By: Daniel Shafto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Throughout the world, there is no holiday celebrated quite like Carnival. This book examines the history and pagan roots of the holiday, and details different customs unique to particular areas, including Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

105

Publisher

Infobase Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438126603

ISBN 13

9781438126609

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

By: Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life. “Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and enhance brain health and functionality.”—David Perlmutter, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D., includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last quarter century and scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. Dr. Amen’s “brain prescriptions” will help you: • To quell anxiety and panic: Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil • To fight depression: Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and use supplements targeted to your brain type • To curb anger: Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage • To boost memory: Learn the specific steps and habits to decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease that can help you today • To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus: Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle • To stop obsessive worrying: Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

482

Publisher

Harmony

Published Date

ISBN 10

110190464X

ISBN 13

9781101904640

Effective Teaching

Evidence and Practice

By: Daniel Muijs,David Reynolds

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Effective Teaching

Evidence and Practice

By: Daniel Muijs,David Reynolds

This new edition of the popular textbook digs into the research behind different aspects of teaching in order to give students an informed understanding of what underpins high quality teaching. It explores what the evidence shows about the effectiveness of different approaches, drawing from a variety of educational schools of thought. New to this edition: enhanced discussion of what we can learn from cognitive science research new chapters on metacognition and thinking skills, teacher subject knowledge, evaluating teacher performance, and international comparisons on teaching new Further Reading and Think Point features encouraging critical engagement with key research findings. This is essential reading for all students on initial teacher education courses including undergraduate, postgraduate, School Direct, Teach First and employment-based routes into teaching, and also qualified teachers wanting to deepen their understanding of educational research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

484

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

1526418428

ISBN 13

9781526418425

Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

The Wordbank Project

By: Michael C. Frank,Mika Braginsky,Daniel Yurovsky,Virginia A. Marchman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

The Wordbank Project

By: Michael C. Frank,Mika Braginsky,Daniel Yurovsky,Virginia A. Marchman

A data-driven exploration of how children's language learning varies across different languages, providing both a theoretical framework and reference. The Wordbank Project examines variability and consistency in children's language learning across different languages and cultures, drawing on Wordbank, an open database with data from more than 75,000 children and twenty-nine languages or dialects. This big data approach makes the book the most comprehensive cross-linguistic analysis to date of early language learning. Moreover, its data-driven picture of which aspects of language learning are consistent across languages suggests constraints on the nature of children's language learning mechanisms. The book provides both a theoretical framework for scholars of language learning, language, and human cognition, and a resource for future research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262045109

ISBN 13

9780262045100

1715

The Great Jacobite Rebellion

By: Daniel Szechi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

1715

The Great Jacobite Rebellion

By: Daniel Szechi

Lacking the romantic imagery of the 1745 uprising of supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 has received far less attention from scholars. Yet the ’15, just eight years after the union of England and Scotland, was in fact a more significant threat to the British state. This book is the first thorough account of the Jacobite rebellion that might have killed the Act of Union in its infancy. Drawing on a substantial range of fresh primary resources in England, Scotland, and France, Daniel Szechi analyzes not only large and dramatic moments of the rebellion but also the smaller risings that took place throughout Scotland and northern England. He examines the complex reasons that led some men to rebel and others to stay at home, and he reappraises the economic, religious, social, and political circumstances that precipitated a Jacobite rising. Shedding new light on the inner world of the Jacobites, Szechi reveals the surprising significance of their widely supported but ultimately doomed rebellion.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

388

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300111002

ISBN 13

9780300111002

Foundations of Cognitive Psychology

Core Readings

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Foundations of Cognitive Psychology

Core Readings

By: Daniel J. Levitin

An anthology of core readings on cognitive psychology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

884

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262621592

ISBN 13

9780262621595

The Intentional Stance

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Intentional Stance

By: Daniel C. Dennett

How are we able to understand and anticipate each other in everyday life, in our daily interactions? Through the use of such "folk" concepts as belief, desire, intention, and expectation, asserts Daniel Dennett in this first full-scale presentation of a theory of intentionality that he has been developing for almost twenty years. We adopt a stance, he argues, a predictive strategy of interpretation that presupposes the rationality of the people—or other entities—we are hoping to understand and predict. These principles of radical interpretation have far-reaching implications for the metaphysical and scientific status of the processes referred to by the everday terms of folk psychology and their corresponding terms in cognitive science.While Dennett's philosophical stance has been steadfast over the years, his views have undergone successive enrichments, refinements, and extensions. The Intentional Stance brings together both previously published and original material: four of the book's ten chapters—its first and the final three—appear here for the first time and push the theory into surprising new territory. The remaining six were published earlier in the 1980s but were not easily accessible; each is followed by a reflection—an essay reconsidering and extending the claims of the earlier work. These reflections and the new chapters represent the vanguard of Dennett's thought. They reveal fresh lines of inquiry into fundamental issues in psychology, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary theory as well as traditional issues in the philosophy of mind. A Bradford Book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

406

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262540533

ISBN 13

9780262540537

Consciousness Explained

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Consciousness Explained

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Daniel Dennett's "brilliant" exploration of human consciousness — named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times — is a masterpiece beloved by both scientific experts and general readers (New York Times Book Review). Consciousness Explained is a full-scale exploration of human consciousness. In this landmark book, Daniel Dennett refutes the traditional, commonsense theory of consciousness and presents a new model, based on a wealth of information from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence. Our current theories about conscious life — of people, animal, even robots — are transformed by the new perspectives found in this book. "Dennett is a witty and gifted scientific raconteur, and the book is full of fascinating information about humans, animals, and machines. The result is highly digestible and a useful tour of the field." —Wall Street Journal

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

707

Publisher

Hachette+ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

0316439487

ISBN 13

9780316439480

The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them

By: Daniel L. Schwartz,Jessica M. Tsang,Kristen P. Blair

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them

By: Daniel L. Schwartz,Jessica M. Tsang,Kristen P. Blair

Selected as one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, this book offers superior learning tools for teachers and students, from A to Z. An explosive growth in research on how people learn has revealed many ways to improve teaching and catalyze learning at all ages. The purpose of this book is to present this new science of learning so that educators can creatively translate the science into exceptional practice. The book is highly appropriate for the preparation and professional development of teachers and college faculty, but also parents, trainers, instructional designers, psychology students, and simply curious folks interested in improving their own learning. Based on a popular Stanford University course, The ABCs of How We Learn uses a novel format that is suitable as both a textbook and a popular read. With everyday language, engaging examples, a sense of humor, and solid evidence, it describes 26 unique ways that students learn. Each chapter offers a concise and approachable breakdown of one way people learn, how it works, how we know it works, how and when to use it, and what mistakes to avoid. The book presents learning research in a way that educators can creatively translate into exceptional lessons and classroom practice. The book covers field-defining learning theories ranging from behaviorism (R is for Reward) to cognitive psychology (S is for Self-Explanation) to social psychology (O is for Observation). The chapters also introduce lesser-known theories exceptionally relevant to practice, such as arousal theory (X is for eXcitement). Together the theories, evidence, and strategies from each chapter can be combined endlessly to create original and effective learning plans and the means to know if they succeed.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

468

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

039370940X

ISBN 13

9780393709407

Cognitive Narrative Thematics

A Book About What Books Are About

By: Daniel Candel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cognitive Narrative Thematics

A Book About What Books Are About

By: Daniel Candel

Cognitive Narratives Thematics proposes a new way in which narrative works organise their thematic material. It rehabilitates the study of what books are about by providing a cognitive narrative thematic model (CNT). Part I presents CNT by combining different approaches to narrative, such as evolutionary theory, semiotics, possible worlds theory, or rhetorical criticism. Part II applies CNT to a variety of well-known narratives in different modalities, such as Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess", Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, Frank Miller’s 300, or Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. It also considers literary histories and digital humanities. Daniel Candel shows that CNT deserves greater attention and that thematics generates its own forms and adds to the aesthetic pleasure of the text. Candel illustrates that CNT improves the established interpretations of the narrative works it studies. This innovative study reveals how CNT offers readers a deeper understanding, and how readers and critics are often using CNT intuitively without being aware of it. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of narrative theory.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

205

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1003813240

ISBN 13

9781003813248

Psychology

By: Daniel L. Schacter,Daniel T. Gilbert,Daniel M. Wegner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Psychology

By: Daniel L. Schacter,Daniel T. Gilbert,Daniel M. Wegner

Your students may forget it’s a textbook. But they will always remember what they learn. View a sample chapter and student video reviews at www.worthpublishers.com/thedans Their research continues to change the way psychology is taught. Their teaching has inspired thousands of students. Their writing fascinates readers and vividly shows how psychological science is relevant to their lives. So it was no surprise that Dan Schacter, Dan Gilbert, and Dan Wegner’s introductory psychology textbook was a breakout success. With the new edition, Psychology is more than ever a book instructors are looking for—a text that students will read and keep reading. Thoroughly updated, the new edition is filled with captivating stories of real people and breakthrough research, plus a variety of proven and effective new learning tools, all carried along by the Dans’ uncanny way of making the story of psychological principles as riveting and enriching as reading a great book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

793

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429237198

ISBN 13

9781429237192

Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults

By: Linda L. Daniel,Sneha V. Bharadwaj

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults

By: Linda L. Daniel,Sneha V. Bharadwaj

The Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide: Enhancing Listening and Spoken Language in Children and Adults is the first aural rehabilitation book of its kind to intertwine chapter text with over 200 captioned videos. This unique resource is intended to educate undergraduate and graduate students in speech-language pathology, audiology, and education of the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as enhance the knowledge and skills of practicing professionals. The extensive videos are also an invaluable resource for students enrolled in a clinical or student teaching practicum. Videos feature speech-language pathologists, audiologists, Listening and Spoken Language Specialists, teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, early interventionists, otologists, and occupational therapists practicing in settings such as clinics, private practices, schools, hospitals, and the community. Topics addressed in the text and videos include hearing technologies, aural rehabilitation procedures, factors that affect intervention outcomes, fundamentals of assessment, supports for education, counseling for children and adults with hearing loss, and the psychosocial well-being of persons with hearing loss and their families. The Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide can be used as a stand-alone text or as a companion alongside the most frequently used aural rehabilitation textbooks. Key Features: * Over 200 captioned videos accessible on a companion site * Collaboration among 14 professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, Listening and Spoken Language, medicine, education, research, and psychology * Chapters with concise summaries, recommended resources for further learning, and study questions with answer keys * Background information on the individuals featured in the videos * This exciting new text with instructional videos is a much-needed bridge that integrates the disciplines of speech-language pathology, audiology, and education of the deaf and hard of hearing to educate professionals serving children and adults with hearing loss and their families. NOTE: This ebook has 200+ embedded videos which could make it slower to download and open than a text-only ebook.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

Plural Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

163550113X

ISBN 13

9781635501131

Brainchildren

Essays on Designing Minds

By: Daniel C. Dennett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Brainchildren

Essays on Designing Minds

By: Daniel C. Dennett

A new collection of wide-ranging essays from one of cognitive science's most distingushed figures. Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social; only a unified, multidisciplinary approach will yield a realistic theory of how they came into existence and how they work. One of the foremost workers in this multidisciplinary field is Daniel Dennett. This book brings together his essays on the philosphy of mind, artificial intelligence, and cognitive ethology that appeared in inaccessible journals from 1984 to 1996. Highlights include "Can Machines Think?," "The Unimagined Preposterousness of Zombies," "Artificial Life as Philosophy," and "Animal Consciousness: What Matters and Why." Collected in a single volume, the essays are now available to a wider audience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

438

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262540908

ISBN 13

9780262540902

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators

By: Christi Crosby Bergin,David Allen Bergin,Sue Walker,Graham Daniel,Angela Fenton,Pearl Subban

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators

By: Christi Crosby Bergin,David Allen Bergin,Sue Walker,Graham Daniel,Angela Fenton,Pearl Subban

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators covers development from early childhood through high school. This text provides authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for the classroom, helping future teachers to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children. The authors apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including classroom discipline, constructivism, social-emotional development, and many others. Child and Adolescent Development for Educators combines the core theory with practical implications for educational contexts, and shows how child development links to the Australian Professional Standards for Graduate Teachers. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom. Along with strong coverage of key local research such as the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and Longitudinal Study of Indigenous children.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

672

Publisher

Cengage AU

Published Date

ISBN 10

0170388662

ISBN 13

9780170388665

Psychology Third Canadian Edition

By: Daniel L. Schacter,Daniel T. Gilbert,Daniel M. Wegner,Matthew K. Nock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Psychology Third Canadian Edition

By: Daniel L. Schacter,Daniel T. Gilbert,Daniel M. Wegner,Matthew K. Nock

Schacter, Gilbert, Wegner, and Nock’s Psychology, Third Edition is widely acclaimed for captivating students with contemporary psychology research on the major topics of the introductory course, while helping them develop critical thinking skills that will stay with them beyond the course term. Expert coverage of the DSM-5, quirky examples of thinking gone awry, scenarios based on common psychological misconceptions, and contributions from new co-author Matthew Nock highlight the new edition. And now, this breakthrough text is available in a version created just for Canadian students and teachers. It offers the same fascinating writing, helpful study tools, and keen eye for intriguing stories as Psychology, Third Edition, but with a wide range of Canadian examples and impactful work by Canadian researchers incorporated throughout. Welcome Canadian author, Ingrid Johnsrude Ingrid’s principal area of investigation is the neural basis of understanding speech, and she leads experiments examining how utterances are transformed into acoustic signals and then into meaning via a variety of cognitive processes. Her investigations span multiple levels—from understanding the brain structures involved in hearing and comprehension to observing the ways listeners deal with challenges such as background noise.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

814

Publisher

Macmillan Higher Education

Published Date

ISBN 10

1464157030

ISBN 13

9781464157035

Book's by Daniel Shafto

Carnival

Carnival

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

Effective Teaching

Effective Teaching

Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

1715

1715

Foundations of Cognitive Psychology

Foundations of Cognitive Psychology

The Intentional Stance

The Intentional Stance

Consciousness Explained

Consciousness Explained

The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them

The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them

Cognitive Narrative Thematics

Cognitive Narrative Thematics

Psychology

Psychology

Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Video-Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide

Brainchildren

Brainchildren

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators

Psychology Third Canadian Edition

Psychology Third Canadian Edition

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email