¡En peligro! (At Risk!)

A family wants to share a pizza, but who gets how much? And how do they know? The answer is mathematical equations! Mathematical equations can be applied to food measurement, the human body, and even outer space! Students will answer different questions on mathematical equations in the book Comenzó con una pizza (It Started With Pizza). Used in the classroom or at home, this Spanish text includes a glossary, an index, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills while they are engaged in reading high-interest content.

Wildlife scientists study animals and plants, and they learn about endangered animals and how to help save them. Many times animals are tagged to study them and track them. Dr. Ian Stirling studies polar bears and retrieves data by observing them throughout the year. Dr. Jane Goodall studied chimpanzees all her life and learned many interesting things about the way they live, which is much like humans. She believes that we can help animals and promote peace in the world.

In recent months there has been pressure from the community that question the ways in which homework aggravates social inequalities due to the difference between students who rely on family support that is not always available. In some cases, an overabundance of homework leaves children without a childhood. This reflection on the usefulness of homework serves as an invitation to rethink what it means today to educate, both inside and outside the classroom.

Se aborda una temática que se ha debatido y ha sido controversial durante muchas décadas de la historia de Chile, más aún cuando esta se ubica en la esfera pública como parte de la política educativa. ¿Familia o Estado? Es la interrogante siempre presente sobre quién, finalmente, es responsable de entregar la educación sexual a las nuevas generaciones. Es esta discusión la que ha ido marcando los cambios en los límites en el abordaje de contenidos y enfoques, así como la proactividad de las autoridades en la implementación de los programas de educación sexual en los...

El presente texto es un ensayo sobre el estudio de la comunicación no verbal de los docentes de una persona que investiga y hace docencia en el ámbito universitario, lo que, afortunadamente, son dos acciones que permiten moverse de un modo transgeneracional y así captar la fuerza no siempre tangible de la comunicación humana. En el texto se estudia y analiza una de las manifestaciones más primigenias del ser humano: la comunicación y, por extensión, el lenguaje del cuerpo, centrándonos en la comunicación paraverbal docente. Junto a un enfoque sistémico de la comunicación, desata...

"Thorough, well-researched history of UNAM from its contemporary founding to 1920. Explores the relationship of the university to the Mexican government and demonstrates the extent to which UNAM mirrored the major conflicts that were part of Mexico's revolutionary history"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.