Rick Ackerly has over 40 years of experience working with students, teachers, and parents as a principal, father, and consultant. The stories and advice in his first book THE GENIUS IN CHILDREN reveal a rare wisdom about children and the process of education. The value of this experience to hundreds of children, parents, and teachers derives from the depth of his perception and the subtlety of ...
Parenting as 'A Help to Life' is an exposition of one world citizen's well lived educational wisdom. It is a plea and a life-prescription for parents and children, hand in hand. It is about the peaceful preservation of our matrix of existence, by infusing each breath of being with unconditional love through thought, word and deed. It is about 'respect' for the individual made of the collective and ...
'Widening Horizons for Educating the Gifted and General Education' is an eye-opening and inspiring guidebook for educators worldwide - school teachers, teacher educators, researchers, educational policy makers and administrators, and given its simple and lucid style, even parents. The book examines vital issues that are relevant not only for 'education of the gifted' but also for 'education in ...
The book features a collection of art, poems, and essays submitted by the children who have participated in Justice for Athletes' Culture, Education, Sportsmanship and Ethics Program (CESEP). CESEP provides educational outreach and promotes drug-prevention awareness to countries around the world. The new book provides a fresh perspective and gives a voice to children's perception on ethics, ...
Teaching a child is the single most important responsibility of adults. The preschool years are critical in the formation of young minds. Teachers, caregivers, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, the barber, the grocer, the mailman, the firefighter, and the policeman all have a critical role in the experiences of a child. Everyone that comes into contact with a child has a role in molding ...