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The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility
"This book brings together new thinking on education’s complex and evolving role in conflict and fragility. The changing nature of conflict, from inter- to intra-state, and with shifting geopolitical power balances, demands a reconceptualization of where education is positioned. Claims that education on its own can be an agent of conflict transformation are disputed. Deliberate attempts at pe…
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- 978-94-6300-010-9
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- VIII, 266
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- The World Council of Comparative Education Societies
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The Collegiate Way
Establishing and maintaining colleges needs no justification to those who have experience of them – but all who work within collegiate systems are familiar with the need to be able to articulate their benefits to those outside, and to show how such benefits justify the additional cost-base of the collegiate experience. How is this best achieved?
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- 978-94-6300-681-1
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- XVI, 176
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Advances in Engineering Education in the Middle East and North Africa: Curren…
This book provides a collection of the latest advances in engineering education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sheds insights for future development. It is one of the first books to address the lack of comprehensive literature on undergraduate engineering curricula, and stimulates intellectual and critical discourse on the next wave of engineering innovation and education…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-15323-0
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- XXVI, 454
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- 507 ADV a
Lifelong Learning for Poverty Eradication
This book illustrates the meaning and scope of lifelong learning and different types of poverty reduction programs prevalent generally in the African context and particularly in selected communities in Botswana. Lifelong learning is important for all stakeholders in poverty reduction to develop a better understanding of the scope and extent of poverty so that they can make informed decisions on…
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- 978-3-319-10548-2
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Lifelong Learning Participation in a Changing Policy Context: An Interdiscipl…
Drawing on the role of individuals, education and training providers and countries' social policy actions, and borrowing insights from psychology, sociology and economics, this book works towards an interdisciplinary theory of adult lifelong learning participation. It explores the fragmented evidence of why adults do or do not participate in adult lifelong learning activities and focuses on the…
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- 978-1-137-44183-6
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Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction
The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language learning strategies and strategies-based instruction. The last chapter provides insight into the r…
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- 978-3-319-12433-9
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
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Exploring the Early Universe with Gravitational Waves
This work investigates gravitational wave production in the early universe and identifies potentially observable features, thereby paving the way for future gravitational wave experiments. It focuses on gravitational wave production in two scenarios: inflation in a model inspired by loop quantum gravity, and preheating at the end of inflation. In the first part, it is demonstrated that gravitat…
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- 978-3-319-17449-5
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- 11 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
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Exploring Sustainable Behavior Structure in Higher Education A Socio-Psychol…
This book presents a social-psychology model delineating the factors that may influence in an altruistic manner sustainable behaviour (SB) of students, faculty and administrators in four higher education institutions (HEI) with very different economic and social characteristics. It presents the areas where these individuals work (education and community management), and in which of them educati…
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- 978-3-319-19393-9
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- 13 b/w illustrations
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The Charter School Experience
The Charter School Experience: Voices from the Field is a unique book that presents readers with balanced perspectives from teachers, students, parents, and school leaders at charter schools across the United States. Through first-person narratives, the book highlights the delicate intricacies of what makes a school charter succeed or fail. Unlike a book written by academics far removed from th…
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- 978-94-6300-690-3
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- XII, 142
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Liberal Arts Education and Colleges in East Asia: Possibilities and Challenge…
This book discusses liberal arts education and liberal arts colleges in the context of East Asia, specifically focusing on Japan, China and S. Korea where it has become an emerging issue in higher education in recent years. It first explores the development, concepts and challenges of liberal arts education and liberal arts colleges in East Asia. It then delineates the implications of the best …
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- 978-981-10-0513-8
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