Terry Roberts

Broschiertes Buch

The New Smart

How Nurturing Creativity Will Help Children Thrive

Beschreibung

In their world, neither static definitions of intelligence nor traditional ideas of training stand us in good stead. Rather, we need to reframe the question given what lies before us and come to terms with a different answer posited in different language.

Autor

Dr. Terry Roberts is a former high school English teacher. He is practicing scholar of American Literature and Cultural Studies, with a strong penchant for the classics. He is fascinated by the social and intellectual power of dialogue to teach and to inspire. Terry is the lead author of several Paideia publications including The Power of Paideia Schools, The Paideia Classroom, and Teaching Thinking through Dialogue. His debut novel, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, and his second novel, That Bright Land, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award as well as the James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South. Both novels won the annual Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, given to the author of the best novel written by a North Carolinian. Born and raised near Weaverville, North Carolina, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife, Lynn. He has three children: Jesse, Margaret, and Henry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9781684423712
• ISBN-10: 1684423716
• Artikelnr.: 55873720