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Making Universities Matter : Collaboration, Engagement, Impact
In an era of rapid change and increasing societal demands, the role of universities as knowledge producers and catalysts for change has come under scrutiny. This open access book offers a fresh perspective on the significance of universities in society, shedding light on how their knowledge can truly matter beyond academia. Drawing upon insightful inquiries from both the Swedish and internat…
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- 9783031487996
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- V, 232
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- Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM)
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- 370 MAK
Social Innovation in Higher Education : Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities
This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional di…
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- 978-3-030-84044-0
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- X, 313
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- Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM)
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- 370 SOC
Urban Planning Against Poverty : How to Think and Do Better Cities in the Glo…
This open access book revisits the theoretical foundations of urban planning and the application of these concepts and methods in the context of Southern countries by examining several case studies from different regions of the world. For instance, the case of Koudougou, a medium-sized city in one of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso, with a population of 115.000 inhabitants, all…
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- 978-3-030-28419-0
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- VIII, 214
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- Future City (FUCI, volume 14)
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- 307 BOL u
Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
This open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the clim…
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- 978-3-030-71819-0
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- XXXV, 418
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- Future City (FUCI, volume 15)
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- 307 RET
(Re)theorising More-than-parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education an…
This open access book provides a critical, thought-provoking, and stimulating overview of theories applied worldwide to conceptualise collaborations between early childhood education and children's families. The book starts with a critical reflection on the colonial undertones of parental involvement (PI) and acknowledges a strong political will to improve this aspect of early childhood educati…
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- 978-3-031-38762-3
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- XXI, 203
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 40)
- Call Number
- 370 RET
Methodology for Research with Early Childhood Education and Care Professional…
This open access book addresses the growing trend in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) research named collaborative knowledge building in which researchers and ECEC personnel collaborate. This kind of research encompasses a number of approaches, such as design studies, action studies, Learning Studies, Lesson Studies, and combined research and development studies. There …
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- 978-3-031-14583-4
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- XII, 181
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 38)
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- 370 MET
Professions and Proficiency
This open access book takes an original view on the social production of knowledge in and across space. It explores how people build and transfer proficiency within and beyond the bounds of social groups. Social groups, such as professions, epistemic communities, or academic disciplines, collectively organize to help individuals gain understanding of and knowledge about specific subjects of exp…
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- 978-3-031-24910-5
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- X, 270
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- Knowledge and Space (KNAS, volume 18)
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- 334 PRO
Play-Responsive Teaching in Early Childhood Education
This open access book develops a theoretical concept of teaching that is relevant to early childhood education, and based on children’s learning and development through play. It discusses theoretical premises and research on playing and learning, and proposes the development of play-responsive didaktik. It examines the processes and products of learning and development, teaching and its phyl…
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- 978-3-030-15958-0
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- XIII, 183
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 26)
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- 370 PRA p
Outdoor Learning and Play : Pedagogical Practices and Children's Cultural For…
This Open Access book examines children’s participation in dialectical reciprocity with place-based institutional practices by presenting empirical research from Australia, Brazil, China, Poland, Norway and Wales. Underpinned by cultural-historical theory, the analysis reveals how outdoors and nature form unique conditions for children's play, formal and informal learning and cultural formati…
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- 978-3-030-72595-2
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- XV, 201
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 34)
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- 370 OUT
Children's Exploration and Cultural Formation
This open access book examines the educational conditions that support cultures of exploration in kindergartens. It conceptualises cultures of exploration, whether those cultures are created through children’s own engagement or are demanded of them through undertaking specific tasks within different institutional settings. It shows how the conditions for children’s exploration form a web of…
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- 978-3-030-36271-3
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- VIII, 187
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- International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development (CHILD, volume 29)
- Call Number
- 370 CHI
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