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The Illiterate Listener: on Music Cognition, Musicality and methodology
We have known for some time that babies possess a keen perceptual sensitivity for the melodic, rhythmic and dynamic aspects of speech and music: aspects that linguists are inclined to categorize under the term ‘prosody’, but which are in fact the building blocks of music. Only much later in a child’s development does he make use of this ‘musical prosody’, for instance in delineating a…
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- 9780262327374
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Embodied Curriculum Theory and Research in Arts Education A Dance Scholar's …
This collection of articles by Susan W. Stinson, organized thematically and chronologically by the author, reveals the evolution of the field of arts education in general and dance education in particular, through narrative and critical reflections by this unique scholar and a few co-authors. It also includes contextual insights not available elsewhere. The author's pioneering embodied research…
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- 978-3-319-20786-5
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- XIV, 310
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Living Well Now and in the Future: Why Sustainability MattersBy Randall Curre…
Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably for the sake of future generations, but what does that mean? In this book Randall Curren, a philosopher, and Ellen Metzger, a scientist, clarify normative aspects of sustainability. Combining their perspectives, they propose that sustainability can be understood a…
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- 9780262339100
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 282 pages)
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Emotion in Games Theory and Praxis
The core message of this book is: computer games best realise affective interaction. This book brings together contributions from specialists in affective computing, game studies, game artificial intelligence, user experience research, sensor technology, multi-modal interfaces and psychology that will advance the state-of-the-art in player experience research; affect modelling, induction, and s…
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- 978-3-319-41316-7
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- 11 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
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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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Engineering Safe and Secure Cyber-Physical Systems the Specification Pearl A…
This book introduces the concept of holistic design and development of cyber physical systems to achieve their safe and secure operation. It shows that by following the standards for embedded system’s safety and using appropriate hardware and software components inherently safe system’s architectures can be devised and certified. While the standards already enable testing and certification…
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- 978-3-319-28905-2
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- 28 b/w illustrations
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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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The radical fool of capitalism :on Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon, and the Au…
A fresh interpretation of Jeremy Bentham, finding that his ""radical foolery"" embodied a social ethics that was revolutionary for its time.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262347136
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- 1 online resource (204 pages) :illustrations
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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
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