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Education in Bhutan : Culture, Schooling, and Gross National Happiness
Bhutan is a country in the Himalayas with a relatively new education system and a unique governmental philosophy known as Gross National Happiness. This book explores the history, culture, challenges, and opportunities of schooling in Bhutan. It discusses topics including historical perspectives on Buddhist monastic education, the regional and international influence on educational development,…
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- 9789811016493
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- xx, 252 pages: illustrations
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- 370
Education, citizenship, and Cuban identity
This book explores how Cuba's famously successful and inclusive education system has formed young Cubans' political, social, and moral identities in a country transfigured by new inequalities and moral compromises made in the name of survival.
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- 9781137583055
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- xi, 278 pages ; 22 cm
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- 379.1
Education, equity, economy : crafting a new intersection
This volume will introduce the readers to an alternative nexus of education, equity and economy, pointing to economies and educations that promote a less stratified and exploitive world, and as the chapter authors demonstrate, this view has a wide range of applications, from technology, mathematics, to environmental catastrophes and indigenous cultures. This first volume in the new book series …
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- 9783319216430
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- xi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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- 306.43
Education, globalization and the nation
Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the transnational European Union
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- 9781137460349
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- x, 224 pages ; 22 cm
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- 370.9
Authentic Problem Solving and Learning in the 21st Century : Perspectives fro…
With the rapid changes in the social, political, economic and technological landscape around the world, today’s learners face a more globally competitive job market after leaving school. The 21st century, which is characterized by the emergence of knowledge-based societies, expects learners to be comfortable in dealing with ambiguities and complexities in the real world and to be able to use …
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- 978-981-287-521-1
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- XI, 368
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- 370
Assessment Strategies for Online Learning Engagement and Authenticity
In their investigation of assessment methods and learning approaches, Conrad and Openo aim to explore assessment that engages learners and authentically evaluates education. They insist that moving to new learning environments, specifically those online and at a distance, afford educators opportunities to embrace only the most effective face-to-face assessment methods and to realize the potenti…
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- 9781771992329.01
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- 6 x 9, 220
Accessible Elements Teaching Science Online and at a Distance
Accessible Elements informs science educators about current practices in online and distance education: distance-delivered methods for laboratory coursework, the requisite administrative and institutional aspects of online and distance teaching, and the relevant educational theory. Delivery of university-level courses through online and distance education is a method of providing equal access t…
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- 978-1-897425-47-3
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Education, Theory and Pedagogies of Change in a Global Landscape Interdiscipl…
Where does theory come from in educational research - and how is it operationalized in diverse, interdisciplinary contexts and professional settings? This volume examines the places and spaces of theory in the work of nine pre- to post-doctoral scholars, whose narratives transport us across a wide range of interdisciplinary themes and fields of inquiry from Irigaray on mothering in higher educa…
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- 9781137549235
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- xv, 223 pages
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- 370.1
Educational Contexts and Borders through a Cultural Lens Looking Inside, View…
This book provides a ℓ́ℓcontextℓ́ℓ of discussion for researchers and educational experts in order to rethink the relationship between actors, practices and borders within the educational contexts. The research in educational psychology has often challenged the concept of ℓ́ℓeducational contextℓ́ℓ. According to the different theoretical frameworks, the construct of contexts, …
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- 9783319187655
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- xxi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 306.43
Educational effectiveness and ineffectiveness : a critical review of the know…
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions.
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- 9789401774574
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- xv, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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- 371.207
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