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Making Sense of Work Through Collaborative Storytelling
Collaborative Storytelling is a theory of social and cultural change. The theory itself advocates for space and time to refect on social identities and embodied lived experiences through stories. In this chapter, we introduce how metaphors, narratives and stories powerfully impact organisational change in exclusive or inclusive ways.
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- 9783030894467
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- XIX, 119
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Seeds for Diversity and Inclusion
Seed diversity is crucial to the sustainability of food and agricultural systems. Yet as Michel Pimbert’s survey of the global ‘state of seeds’ reveals, both wild and domesticated varieties are disappearing under an onslaught of human-driven pressures. Planetary crises—the sixth great extinction and climate change—constitute one. Industrialized agriculture is another: just three …
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- 9783030894054
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- XIX, 199
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Sexualisierte Gewalt und digitale Medien
Digitale Medien sind in unserem Alltag – das heißt auch dem von Kindern und Jugendlichen – so dauerhaft präsent, dass eine Unterscheidung zwischen digital und nicht digital oder aber on- und offline kaum noch haltbar ist. Spätestens seit der Verbreitung von Smartphones werden erhebliche Teile des Lebens offensichtlich oder im Hintergrund durch Algorithmen, Apps, Foto- und Videotechni…
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- 9783658357641
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- XIII, 213
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Learning Cultural Literacy through Creative Practices in Schools
The introductory chapter explains the core concepts of the book: Cultural literacy and creativity. Cultural literacy is defined as a social practice that is inherently dialogic and based on learning and gaining knowledge through emphatic, tolerant, and inclusive interaction. Creativity is seen as stimulating cultural literacy learning through openness and curiosity to test and develop some…
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- 9783030892364
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- XXI, 151
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Learning to Diagnose with Simulations
Making decisions require professionals in different fields to be able to identify, understand, and even predict situations and events relevant to their professions. This makes diagnosis an essential part of professional competences across domains. Diagnosis involves identifying the problem, analyzing the context, and application of obtained knowledge and experience to make practical decisio…
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- 9783030891473
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- VI, 157
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Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit im Jugendalter
Wohlbefnden und Gesundheit im Kindheits- und Jugendalter haben in den vergangenen Jahren in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung an Bedeutung gewonnen. Im Vordergrund steht dabei vor allem die Erforschung der Bedingungsfaktoren für die Entwicklung eines „guten“ Wohlbefndens und einer „guten“ Gesundheit bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Die verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen beschäfti…
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- 9783658357443
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- XVIII, 729
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Multivariate Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Genomic Prediction
Thanks to advances in digital technologies like electronic devices and networks, it is possible to automatize and digitalize many jobs, processes, and services, which are generating huge quantities of data. These “big data” are transmitted, collected, aggregated, and analyzed to deliver deep insights into processes and human behavior. For this reason, data are called the new oil, since …
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- 9783030890100
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- XXIV, 691
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Children's Life-Histories in Primary Schools : Imagining Schooling as a Posit…
This open access book explores schooling from the perspective of children via data from a longitudinal life-history study. It questions whether schooling creates an environment where all children to flourish; or whether a policy focus on attainment in mathematics and English hinders some children’s wellbeing and learning. By drawing on the children’s life-history narratives and their ideas,…
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- 9783031694455
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- XXII, 228 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Climate-Smart Food
This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our breakfast tea and toast, through breaktime chocolate bar, to take-away supper, Dave Reay explores the weather extremes the world’s farmers are already dealing with, and what ne…
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- 9783030182069
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- XIV, 201 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Future Intelligence : The World in 2050 - Enabling Governments, Innovators, a…
The first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. Th…
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- 9783031363825
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- XXII, 241 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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