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The happiest days?: how pupils cope with school
This book examines pupils' experience of school from their own perspectives, showing a range of responses involving both pain and pleasure. It brings together a wide range of material to evoke pupil realities, to describe pupil cultures, and to consider the meanings of activities.
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- 1st Edition
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- 9780203973271
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Education Policies in the 21st Century
This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies’ demands from educational institutions ar…
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- 1
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- 978-981-19-1604-5
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- Maarif Global Education Series
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- XIV, 292
Educational Theory in the 21st Century
This open access book reviews the effects of the twenty-first century scientific-technological and social developments on the educational theory. The first part handles the subject, focusing on technology and educational philosophy. In the second part, the implications of new human and social conceptions towards the education paradigms are examined. In the chapters of the last part of the book,…
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- 1
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- 978-981-16-9640-4
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- Maarif Global Education Series
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- XIV, 267
Women in STEM in Higher Education
This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview o…
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- 1
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- 978-981-19-1554-3
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- Lecture Notes in Educational Technology
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- XIV, 197
Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe
This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-96454-2
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- Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
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- XIX, 248
Journeys Towards Intercultural Capability in Language Classrooms
This open access book presents an account of five teacher educators who, over a two-year period, undertook a research project with five teachers of languages other than English in pre-secondary schools in New Zealand. Their collaborative aim was to develop students’ intercultural capability in the context of learning a new language. The school participants were typical of many in New Zealand…
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- 1
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- 978-981-19-0991-7
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- Intercultural Communication and Language Education
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- XIII, 182
Ausbildungsqualitäten – andersartig, aber gleichwertig?
Am Beispiel zweier konkurrierender allgemein- und berufsbildender Gesundheitsausbildungen - die Fachmittelschule mit Berufsfeld Gesundheit und die berufliche Erstausbildung Fachfrau/-mann Gesundheit - zeigt diese Open Access Studie, wie Qualität von Bildung sozial konstruiert wird. Die Ergebnisse veranschaulichen die Andersartigkeit der Lehr- und Wissenskulturen und tragen damit zur Erklärung…
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- 978-3-658-36353-6
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- Soziologie der Konventionen
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- XXIV, 347
Speaking in Public About Science: A Quick Guide for the Preparation of Good L…
This book introduces the basic techniques and methods traditionally used in speaking about science to the public. The public often has a very different perception and understanding of science, and this must be taken into account when communicating with the public. This volume covers methods of scientific discourse, oral communication, preparation of the presentation, techniques and use of visua…
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- 978-3-319-06517-5
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Putting PIRLS to Use in Classrooms Across the Globe
This open access book provides teachers with approaches to strengthen reading comprehension instruction based on scientific research and evidence-based didactic principles. In this volume, the Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) framework is used to inform teachers about the skills and knowledge that students need to comprehend certain texts. The book gives practical guidance on how…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-95266-2
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- IEA Research for Educators
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- XV, 110
Building Communities of Trust Creative Work for Social Change
Drawing upon a combination of ethnographic research and media and communication theory, Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change offers pathways to building trust in a range of situations and communities. Ann Feldman presents rich examples from her own life and social-impact journey with nonprofit, Artistic Circles, along with supplemental case studies from interviews w…
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- 9781003296423
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