Peter Gray

Featuring a wealth of digital content, this concept-based Print and Enhanced Online Course Book Pack has been developed in cooperation with the IB to provide the most comprehensive support for the new DP Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL syllabus, for first teaching in September 2019. Each Enhanced Online Course Book Pack is made up of one full-colour, print textbook and one online textbook - packed full of investigations, exercises, worksheets, worked solutions and answers, plus assessment preparation support.

Featuring a wealth of digital content, this concept-based Online Course Book has been developed in cooperation with the IB to provide the most comprehensive support for the 2019 DP Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL syllabus. Each Enhanced Online Course Book is packed full of investigations, exercises, worksheets, worked solutions and answers, plus assessment preparation support.

What if the cause of the youth mental health crisis wasn’t social media at all? When was the last time you actually saw a group of kids—without adults—playing on a playground? Forty years ago, an American ten-year-old could expect to walk to school, bike to a friend’s, or play pick-up games with other kids in the neighborhood. Today, our children are supervised and controlled at every opportunity. As author, researcher, and psychology professor Peter Gray shows in Restoring Childhood, kids aren’t depressed and anxious because of social media. They’re retreating to social media in large part because they lack agency and autonomy in the real world. Social media use is instead often a symptom of the larger problem: the disappearance of childhood as a stage of life solely for experimentation, play, and learning you can do things on your own. And if we continue to tighten the leash on our kids, no amount of screen-time restriction will reverse the alarming mental health crisis we see our kids enduring today. Restoring Childhood is a radical examination of how certain societal trends—from round-the-clock news coverage, to increasing reliance on cars, to the introduction of Common Core, to growing wealth inequality—conspired to create a fundamentally anti-child environment. If we want to raise mentally healthy and resilient kids, Gray argues, we must restore childhood to children. We must, individually and collectively, prioritize adult-free play, and the time for it—in our schools, in our neighborhoods, and as parents.

A ground-breaking investigation into the changes in the way we are raising and educating our kids, and a clarion call to allow children the freedom to play and explore.

Immerse yourself in the world of butterflies with this delightful hardback coloring book, containing over 70 classic, full-color butterfly illustrations along with back-and-white versions to fill with color. From the Swallowtail to the Red Admiral, this coloring book includes an incredible selection of both familiar and exotic butterflies to color. These artworks have been selected from works by Victorian naturalists who wonderfully captured the unique colors, patterns and wing shapes of butterflies. You can choose to follow the exact colors of the original artworks that appear opposite each line image, or let your imagination take flight and produce your own interpretations. - Includes 77 designs- Printed on thick, high-quality paper- Original full-color illustrations included for easy reference- An index of butterflies helps readers identify each bird and find their favorites. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Hardback Vintage Coloring series will transport you to a world of vintage charm and nostalgia. These delightful coloring books feature original, full-color illustrations by classic artists and designers along with black and white line versions for you to color in.

Recreate the iconic bird illustrations of John James Audubon in this practical colouring kit, containing a 64-page colouring book, 6 frameable colouring projects and 10 colouring pencils. Audubon was a master of ornithological illustrations during the 18th century, and this kit brings together several of his magnificent artworks to colour. Whether you are just starting your adventures in colouring or are an avid enthusiast, Audubon Birds Colouring offers budding artists the opportunity to polish their skills and produce a series of pictures that can grace any home. Inside, you will find: - A 64-page book with 30 artworks to get you started- A set of 6 special cards with outlines for you to colour and frame- A set of 10 colouring pencils All the original artworks are shown in the book, so you can follow the exact colourschemes. Or let your imagination run wild and create a picture that is as dynamicand as bright as you wish. No matter which direction you choose, you'll beproducing unique art that will give you hours of pleasure.

Using a number of the delightful artworks produced by Margaret Tarrant and other great fairy artists, this coloring set gives users the chance to practice their coloring skills in a 64-page book containing 30 images before completing a series of 6 separate artworks that can be framed and used to decorate the home or offered as gifts to family and friends. Also included are 10 coloring pencils, so that all the budding artist has to do is find a comfortable place to sit and enjoy this rewarding pastime. With a range of fairies shown - from flower fairies to elves and other fairy companions - this coloring box makes an ideal gift or self-purchase for arts and crafts enthusiasts.

It's time for a whole new way of doing school People are born systems-thinkers. Education has the power to encourage our innate connection with the complex world, yet instead our schools focus on creating a workforce educated just enough to feed the capitalist pipeline. Reminiscent of and building further on John Taylor Gatto's education critiques, The End of Education as We Know It is for people who want to create schools that teach how to live in harmony with each other, with Earth, and with all the Earth holds. Readers will understand when and how to engage in disruptive actions, manage system tensions, support child and adult learning, and use these skills to design whole new approaches to school- ing. Far more than a call to education-reform-as-usual, Ida Rose Florez's inspiring critique: Provides tools to explore patterns in education, and influence new patterns that lead to changeGives readers specific skills for working in complex systems, whether with a group of children, a contentious school board, or state or provincial governmentsHelps readers reimagine schools as places where communities learn together in a whole new way. This clarion call to action rings a bell for teachers, parents, grandparents, educators, and policy– makers to challenge the outdated paradigm of coercion and exploitation that shapes our current schools. It's time to build a new educational model based on a resilient and regenerative future.

Education has become too narrowly focused on academic success and future earning potential. But creative schools and individual teachers are finding ways, new and old, to reverse this trend. From kindergarten to university, writers in this issue of Plough step back to look at education as the holistic task of forming healthy, responsible, passionate humans, and share success stories from the front lines. On this theme: Alex Sosler on innovative schools where students learn a trade and study the humanities. Brit Frazier on becoming a local volunteer firefighter. Peter Gray on why free play is essential. Anthony Garces-Foley on why he chose to teach in a public school. Stephanie Ebert on reading children scary fairy tales. Patrick Tomassi on Lernvergnugenstag, when teachers get to teach what inspires them. Tim Maendel on a public high school that raises deer and fish. Phil Christmas on why everyone still needs literature. Benjamin Crosby on how Christian teaching gets passed on. Frederick K. S. Leung on why math is not merely instrumental. Also in this issue: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik on hearing God in the subway. Grace Hamman on Sister Penelope, mentor to C. S. Lewis. Paul Coleman on religious persecution in Nicaragua and Finland. Reviews of Edwidge Danticat’s We’re Alone, John Inazu’s Learning to Disagree, and H. G. Parry’s The Magician’s Daughter. New poems by Claude Wilkinson. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to apply their faith to the challenges we face. Each issue includes in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art.

Learn how to draw in 4 weeks with this beginner-friendly drawing book and accompanying sketchpad, presented in a handy folder. Written by bestselling practical art author, Barrington Barber, this carefully designed guide will give complete beginners the confidence to produce effective drawings in just four weeks. Each week focuses on a different area, from still life to landscape as well as drawing people and animals. Readers will learn about creating different effects, how light and shade can affect a drawing, and the techniques needed for a range of projects. - Presented in a handy folder - Includes a spiral-bound drawing guide which allows pages to lie flat- Folder dividers split up each section week by week- Features a large sketchpad to complete your projects In this complete 4-week course, artists of all abilities will learn key drawing techniques and come away with sketchbook filled with their own incredible artwork.

Learn how to create enchanting fairy illustrations with this inspiring and practical workbook, with full-color, step-by-step-projects and practice pages. Abound in story books and animation, these creature's delicate forms, fluttering wings and magical powers are a source of constant wonder. Artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects to create an array of enchanting fairies. Taking inspiration from flowers and the natural world, readers will learn how to create fairy and elf faces, beautiful clothing, and wings which sparkle and flutter. Chapters include: - Fairy faces: features, hair and headdresses- Fairy figures: proportions, poses and fairies in flight- Fairy fashions: styles, wings, color- Fairy folk: Elfin fairy, child fairy, dark fairy- Fairy flora and fauna: flowers, small features, forest scenes Each project is accompanied by practice pages that allow readers to try out their skills. ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hone their skills. With step-by-step instructions and practice grids to try out new techniques, these full-color drawing guides will help artists bring their ideas to life.

William Sharman Crawford (1780-1861) was the leading agrarian and democratic radical active in Ulster politics between the early 1830s and the 1850s. William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism is the first full biography of his life. It places his life and ideas in the context of the development of radical liberalism in the province over a more extended period, from his father's involvement in the Volunteers in the era of the American and French revolutions, through William's own leadership in Irish and British radical reform movements, including the Repeal Association, Chartism, and the Tenant League. It explores his attempts to reconcile Irish patriotism with the existence of the Union through the concept of 'Federalism', his efforts to act as an 'ideal landlord' in the face of agrarian unrest and famine, and his deep commitment to attaining land and welfare reforms that he believed would empower both tenant farmers and the labouring poor. William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism traces the legacy of his politics through the political careers of his children James in Gladstonian liberalism and Mabel in the women's suffrage movement, both of whom sought, in common with Presbyterian allies such as James McKnight, to carry his ideas into the later nineteenth century. It concludes with the collapse of the family's radical tradition in the following generation, as his grandson Robert Gordon came to reject liberal unionism and take an active role in the Ulster Unionist movement from the 1890s. Through an assessment of the Sharman Crawford family over four generations, William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism explores the resilience of the Ulster Protestant radical tradition in the wake of the setbacks of 1798, its strengths and weaknesses, and its relations with Irish Catholic nationalism, British radicalism, the conservative landed, and Orange traditions within Ulster.