This updated edition expertly guides teachers to be effective helpers when called upon to respond quickly and appropriately to students' interpersonal, social, and emotional needs.
Indonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic re…
Ketika Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo dilantik sebagai Presiden ketujuh Republik Indonesia, hal ini terutama terjadi di bidang kebijakan luar negeri mengingat Joko Widodo kurang memiliki pengalaman dan pengetahuan kebijakan luar negeri yang memadai. Akankah kebijakan luar negeri Indonesia berubah dengan pemerintahan baru? Jika ya, bagaimana kebijakan luar negeri Indonesia akan berubah dan mengapa? Jika t…
Buku Sosiologi Sastra karya Sapardi Djoko Damono ini memaparkan dengan jelas pendekatan terhadap sastra yang mempertimbangkan segi-segi kemasyarakatan. Juga dibahas fungsi dan peran sastra dalam masyarakat. Sebuah pengantar singkat yang mengemukakan bahwa sastra bisa mengandung gagasan yang mungkin dimanfaatkan untuk menumbuhkan sikap sosial dalam suatu masyarakat atau bahkan untuk mencetuskan …
Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers.
Indonesia's Muslims are still pondering the role of religion in public life. Although the religious violence marring the transition towards democratic reform has ebbed, the Muslim community has polarised into reactionary and progressive camps with increasingly antagonistic views on the place of Islam in society. Debates over the underlying principles of democratisation have further heated up a…
In The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1, Justo L. Gonzalez, author of the highly praised three-volume History of Christian Thought, presents a narrative history of Christianity, from the early church to the dawn of the Protestant reformation. From Jesus' faithful apostles to the early reformist John Wycliffe, Gonzalez skillfully traces core theological issues and developments within the various tr…
Stupidity is all around us. But in order to vanquish it, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world's leading psychologists and thinkers--including a Nobel Prize winner and bestselling authors--discuss in articles, essays and interviews - why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsense; - how our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisions; - w…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman who desires a law career must be in want of a case. So when sixteen year old Lizzie Bennet hears about a scandalous society murder, she sees an opportunity to prove herself as a solicitor by solving the case and ensuring justice is served. Except the man accused of the crime already has a lawyer on his side: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the…