La forja de un campo profesional

Noted architect and engineer Félix Candela (b. Madrid 1910, lived in Mexico 1939-1970, moved to U.S. in 1970 - d. 1997) and his most iconic engineering structures works in Mexico, his hyperbolic paraboloids (saddle, wings and umbrella shaped) and gravity-defying roofs in commercial, religious and civil buildings proved the real nature and potential of reinforced concrete in structural engineering. Many of Candela's larger projects in Mexico were given to him by the Mexican government in the 1950's and 1960's. In the book "the trail of Félix Candela shells of concrete building in Mexico and...

A young rabbit insists he is not a little bunny but rather a rabbit superhero, and nothing his mother says and nothing he encounters during the day--not even getting a splinter when he jumps into a hollow tree--will change his mind.

Early childhood education across the world has been influenced by the pioneering work of Maria Montessori, and this book provides a complete overview of Montessori pedagogy and practice. It considers the Montessori approach within the context of early childhood education and care, and examines it in the light of new insights from the fields of neuroscience and child development. By helping the reader understand the influence of Montessori on contemporary early years policy and practice, the book outlines ideas relevant to all early years settings, and suggests ways for all early childhood...

En el libro que aquí presentamos encontrará el lector diferentes temas clave para profundizar en la acción socioeducativa con la infancia, adolescencia y juventud más vulnerables y su entorno social y familiar. A lo largo de ocho capítulos, se abordan los principales retos de la intervención-acción socioeducativa y la investigación con estos colectivos: la intervención con la familia y la infancia en riesgo; el sistema de protección, el acogimiento residencial, el acogimiento familiar y la adopción; la reinserción de menores infractores; el escenario de los trastornos de conducta...