Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue— either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted through ambiguous and dynamic laws. In case studies that analyze the legal barriers to citizenship rights in over twenty countries, the con…
ntroduction Globalization is a powerful force with far reaching impacts on education and education policy. The growth of large scale international surveys of student achievement and the increasing role played by intergovernmental agencies in education means that the influence that globalization exerts on education is likely to increase even further in the future. This open access book provides …
From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could …
Twenty-five years ago there was increasing optimism in policy, curriculum and research about the contribution that technology education might make to increased technological literacy in schools and the wider population. That optimism continues, although the status of technology as a learning area remains fragile in many places. This edited book is offered as a platform from which to continue…
This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country’s recent transition towards a market economy. Over the past twenty-five years, urban transport in Russia has undergone serious transformations, prompted by the transitioning economy. Yet, the lack of readily available statistical data has led to a gap in the inclusion …
This book provides an overview of recent developments in experiments probing the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states of the second Landau level, especially the \nu=5/2 state. It summarizes the state-of-the-art understanding of these FQH states. It furthermore describes how the properties of the FQH states can be probed experimentally, by investigating tunneling and confinement properties. The …
Apa yang terlihat jelas melalui Praktik Pedagogi Kritis: Pengaruh Joe L. Kincheloe, serta teks/situs lainnya (Teaching Joe L. Kincheloe, International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, dan The Freire Project), adalah dampak mendalam Joe, warisannya yang abadi, dan lebih kuat lagi panggilannya untuk hadir/berpikir / melakukan, untuk solidaritas kritis. Kedalaman intelektual dan maksud pedagogisnya s…
Di sebagian besar negara dengan ekonomi industri maju, ketentuan pendidikan tinggi sekarang semakin diarahkan pada hasil yang terkait dengan pekerjaan tertentu dan kemampuan kerja lulusan dalam pekerjaan tersebut. Dengan cara yang berbeda, program universitas semakin memberikan pertimbangan yang lebih besar pada dunia kerja di luar pendidikan tinggi, dan, dalam banyak kasus, pada persyaratan kh…
Bullying merupakan masalah yang signifikan bagi anak-anak dan remaja. Satu dari tiga anak di Amerika Serikat terlibat dalam bullying. Oleh karena itu, sangat mungkin bahwa orang tua, dokter, dan anggota organisasi yang melayani anak-anak kemungkinan besar akan menjumpai anak-anak yang telah diintimidasi, yang telah ditindas orang lain, atau keduanya. Laporan media baru-baru ini telah menarik ba…
Jika Anda menggaruk-garuk kepala menanggapi judul buku, Development without Code, Anda akan terkejut mengetahui bahwa ini sama sekali bukan sebuah paradoks. Sementara pengembangan tipikal membutuhkan pengetahuan tentang bahasa pemrograman tertentu, pembuatan aplikasi bisnis di dalamnya Salesforce.com tidak. Beberapa karyawan yang sangat cerdas di Salesforce.com telah menghabiskan ribuan jam bek…