New Releases by Alex Beard

Original book of the author''s never-before-seen bird painting presented as his sketchbook of more than 100 birds that he has compiled over the past 30 years as an artist exploring the natural world. He paints in his own highly recognizable size and has been awarded national and international awards for his work not just his paintings. His work brings to the reader and incorporation of his understanding of the environment, the unique nature and culture of the birds he is painting, and his amazing use of color and artistry to portray the birds themselves. He is highly recognized by the general public, especially in his hometown of New Orleans,where he has an open gallery that shows his work exclusively and is well-known to the local population as well as visitors.

Nuestra educación permite vaticinar nuestro grado de aprendizaje y satisfacción en el futuro, e incluso cuánto tiempo viviremos. Sin embargo, pese a su extraordinaria importancia, la enseñanza y el aprendizaje han perdido el contacto con el progreso humano. Vivimos en la era de la información, trabajamos en la economía del conocimiento, pero nuestras escuelas son reliquias de la era industrial. En Otras formas de aprender, Alex Beard, conocedor del mundo de la educación, nos guía en un recorrido deslumbrante por el futuro de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, para mostrarnos cómo y por qué debemos hacer mejor las cosas. Abordando todos los temas, desde la inteligencia artificial hasta nuestra comprensión creciente del cerebro del niño, desde las raíces de la creatividad hasta la forma en la que las aulas pueden ser motores involuntarios del extremismo, Beard nos conduce de los pasillos abarrotados de una escuela integrada de Londres a los pabellones de alta tecnología de Silicon Valley, pasando por las fábricas de exámenes de Corea del Sur y las aulas inclusivas de Finlandia, para revelarnos que nos hallamos en el umbral de una revolución del aprendizaje.

Auf der Spur der glücklichsten Schüler von Lima bis London Lernen ist ein menschliches Grundbedürfnis. Egal wo wir geboren werden, egal wie viel wir besitzen – wir sind die Summe unseres Wissens. Unsere Ausbildung bestimmt darüber, wie viel wir verdienen, wie zufrieden wir sein werden und wie lange wir leben. Bildungsexperte Alex Beard beobachtet daher mit Sorge, dass die Bildungslandschaft mit dem Wissensbedürfnis der Menschen nicht mehr mithalten kann. Wir leben in einem Informationszeitalter, doch unsere Schulen sind Relikte einer industriellen Ära. Auf der Suche nach der Schule der Zukunft bereist er die Bildungsfabriken Koreas, erkundet das Inklusions-Geheimnis finnischer Schulen, spricht mit den Erfindern der PISA-Studie und ergründet so die Wurzeln wahrer Kreativität. Wie Bildung im 21. Jahrhundert aussehen sollte Alex Beard ist der international renommierte Bildungsexperte von Teach First

Can warthogs fly? Do tigers eat broccoli? For answers, follow along as Warthog lies his way to the throne in this timeless, yet most timely, Tale from the Watering Hole. Will the Truth catch up with the king? u200bFind out as Alex Beard’s whimsical animals come to life to illuminate real world truths for children of all ages. With a nod to Aesop and Kipling, this funny and pointed parable has lessons for everyone, from the playground to the boardroom and beyond!

"When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other ... Beard''s story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom."--

Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. Our education predicts our earnings, our contentment, even how long we''ll live. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an information age, work in a knowledge economy, yet our schools remain relics of an industrial era.No more. In NATURAL BORN LEARNERS, Alex Beard takes us on a dazzling tour of the future of learning to show how today we can - and must - do better. Combining expert insight, entertaining anecdote and intelligent research, Beard leads us from the crowded corridors of a South London comprehensive to the high-tech halls of Silicon Valley, through the exam factories of South Korea to the inclusive classrooms of Finland.Tackling everything from artificial intelligence to our growing understanding of the infant brain, and from the content of our character to the way classrooms are unwitting engines of extremism, Beard shows that we''re on the cusp of a revolution - and that learning in the twenty-first century must change in order for us to access our better future selves.

New Orleans-based painter and admired children''s author Alex Beard is the creator of a unique style of painting called "Abstract Naturalism," which combines abstract expressionism with naturalist environmental art. Included in this lavishly produced collection are works he''s made over the past twenty-five years.

Afraid to ask Crocodile why he is crying, a black rhinocerous and a tik tik bird ask a series of endangered animals if they know.

Elephant leads a troop of monkeys into a cave they have been afraid to explore, and after admiring the paintings found on the walls they make their own art with mud, squabbling over whose painting is best until Elephant explains that this is not a game to win or lose.