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The Asian Studies Parade : Archival, Biographical, Institutional and Post-Col…
The Asian Studies Parade reflects a lifetime of commitment to the field by Paul van der Velde, a leading Asian studies innovator, scholar, and publisher. The first chapters examine aspects of the Dutch colonial presence in Asia and its intellectual support system in the Netherlands. The author's engagement with historical biography emerges in studies of such contrasting figures as Japanese inte…
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- 9789400604445
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- 306
Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty
This open access book argues that storytelling is an important resource in coming to terms with the loss of the feeling of living a grounded existence where the future remains relatively stable and predictable. Faced with the specter of climate catastrophe, we lose confidence in the future—a well-documented response in the environmental movement, for example. Yet stories, and in particular so…
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- 9781350233911
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- 304.2
Social Networks and Health Inequalities: A New Perspective for Research
This open access book applies insights from the network perspective in health research to explain the reproduction of health inequalities. It discusses the extant literature in this field that strongly correlates differences in social status with health behaviours and outcomes, and add to this literature by providing a coherent theoretical explanation for the causes of these health inequalities…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783030977221, 9783030977221
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- 303
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- 301 KLA s
Building the Inclusive City: Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformation…
This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be si…
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- 169
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- 351 PIN g
Teacher Quality, instructional Quality and Student Outcomes : Relationships A…
This volume offers insights from modeling relations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student outcomes in mathematics across countries. The relations explored take the educational context, such as school climate, into account. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the only international…
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- 9783319412511
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- VIII, 166 halaman
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- IEA Research for Education
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- 370 TEA
Teaching and Learning About Whole Numbers in Primary School
This book offers a theory for the analysis of how children learn and are taught about whole numbers. Two meanings of numbers are distinguished – the analytical meaning, defined by the number system, and the representational meaning, identified by the use of numbers as conventional signs that stand for quantities. This framework makes it possible to compare different approaches to making numbe…
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- 9783319451121
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- IX, 50 halaman
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- ICME-13 Topical Surveys
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- 370 TER t
Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling : Approaches and Developments Fr…
This survey provides an overview of the German discussion on modelling and applications in schools. It considers the development from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, and discusses the term “mathematical model” as well as different representations of the modelling process as modelling cycles. Different trends in the historical and current debate on applications and modellin…
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- 9783319450032
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- VII, 42 halaman
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- ICME-13 Topical Surveys
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- 370 GRE t
Teachers' Beliefs and Strategies when Teaching Reading in Multilingual Settings
Globalization has not only changed our society, it has also had a profound effect on education. Many schools deal with student populations that due to migration have become increasingly multilingual. Politically, few would argue against the importance of multilingualism; rather, it is promoted to the fullest. However, in practical terms the challenges associated with teaching and educational po…
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- 9783832548421
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Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation
Drawing on research from high-level industry meetings, petrochemical plant tours, and polluted communities in the United States, China, Europe, Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical industry as it faces the existential threats of climate change and environmental activism.
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- 9781478025122, 9781478020141
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- 241
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- 301 MAH p
Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence
Winner, 2012 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award. Women of the Washington Press argues that for nearly two centuries women journalists have persisted in their efforts to cover politics in the nation’s capital in spite of blatant prejudice and restrictive societal attitudes. They have been held back by the difficulties of combining two competing roles – those of women and journa…
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- 9780810166141, 9780810125711
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