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Chemistry Education and Contributions from History and Philosophy of Science
This book explores the relationship between the content of chemistry education and the history and philosophy of science (HPS) framework that underlies such education. It discusses the need to present an image that reflects how chemistry developed and progresses. It proposes that chemistry should be taught the way it is practiced by chemists: as a human enterprise, at the interface of scientifi…
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- 978-3-319-26248-2
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- 370
Changing Governance in Universities : Italian Higher Education in Comparative…
“This book is one of the very few analyses to carry out a comparison between the evolution of the Italian higher education system and other European systems. … this monograph analyzes with great accuracy and from an original viewpoint the basic weaknesses of a not so atypical case, which might suggest useful reflections for other HE systems at a general level.” (Roberto Moscati, European …
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- 978-1-137-54817-7
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- 378
Prime Ministers at the Australian National University : An Archival Guide
The ANU Archives holds records about all 27 Australian prime ministers in the Noel Butlin Archives Centre and in the university's own archives. Prime ministers have been supporters, visitors, Council members, fellows, students, and even Chancellor of the Australian National University. Prime ministers have also been trade unionists and businessmen, and have been lobbied by trade unions, compani…
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- 9780980728453
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- 370 PIG p
Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands : Between Economy, Public Health, a…
Governments have known since the 1960s that smoking results in irreversible health damage. This open access book examines why governments have done so little to combat this when they have been aware of the problem and its solutions for decades. What are the strategies and decisions that make a difference, given that policy environments are often not conducive to change? Taking the Netherlands a…
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- 9783319433486
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- XXI, 373 halaman
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- Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research
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- 362 WIL t
Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomics Lessons from the Crisis and Beyond
In this edited collection, Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman present a series of studies on contemporary macroeconomic issues. The book discusses a set of key lessons for macroeconomic theory following the recent global financial crisis and explores unconventional monetary policy in a post-crisis world
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- 9781137529589
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- xiv, 203 pages
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- 338.71
Developing Educators for the Digital Age : a Framework for Capturing Knowledg…
Evaluating skills and knowledge capture lies at the cutting edge of contemporary higher education where there is a drive towards increasing evaluation of classroom performance and use of digital technologies in pedagogy. Developing Educators for the Digital Age is a book that provides a narrative account of teacher development geared towards the further usage of technologies (including iPads, M…
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- 9781911534686
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- 370 BRE d
Global Perspectives on Recognising Non-Formal and informal Learning : Why Rec…
This book deals with the relevance of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning education and training, the workplace and society. In an increasing number of countries, it is at the top of the policy and research agenda ranking among the possible ways to redress the glaring lack of relevant academic and vocational qualifications and to promote the development of competences…
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- 9783319152776
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- XIX, 220 halaman
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- Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
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- 370 SIN g
The Economics of the Audiovisual Industry : Financing TV, Film and Web
This book is open access under a CC BY licence. Recent reductions in public funding for audiovisual products have led to dramatic changes in the industry. The lack of interaction between the industry and capital markets has made sourcing funds for audiovisual products especially difficult. This book explains why the distance between the audiovisual and financial markets exists, and considers th…
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- 9781137378477
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- XII, 191 halaman
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- 338 TOR e
Who Will Be the Next President? : a Guide to the U.S. Presidential Election S…
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses the peculiarities of the current presidential election system not yet addressed in other publications. It argues that any rules for electing a President that may have a chance to replace the current ones should provide an equal representation of states as equal members of the Union, and of the nation as a whole. This boo…
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- 9783319446950
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- XIX, 165 halaman
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- 320 BEL w
Quality Management for Science and Technology
We will first define and discuss some common definitions and measures of quality that have been put forward by quality philosophers. Next we will provide an overview of the historical development of quality management. In the third major section of this module we describe the eight different dimensions of quality used for analysing quality characteristics. An important measure of the effectiven…
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