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Transforming Research Excellence : New Ideas from the Global South
Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure of ‘research excellence’, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funder…
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- 9781928502067
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- 370 TRA
Transgressive, but fun! : Music in University Learning Environments
This booklet is about the possible benefits of doing something different with the students in your classroom - to do rhythms! Rhythmical exercises benefit students in various ways: they move their bodies, getting new oxygen to their brains, they see other sides of each other, creating new bonds, they relate to the culture of education by other means than words, creating new ways of belonging, j…
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- 9788771126020
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- 700 JEN t
Supporting Self-Directed Learning in Science and Technology Beyond the School…
While much has been written about science education from pre-K through to postgraduate study, interaction with science and technology does not stop when schooling ends. Moving beyond scholarship on conventional education, this book extends the research and provides an original in-depth look at adult and lifelong learning in science and technology. By identifying the knowledge and skills that in…
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- 9780429434303
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Teacher Quality, instructional Quality and Student Outcomes : Relationships A…
This volume offers insights from modeling relations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student outcomes in mathematics across countries. The relations explored take the educational context, such as school climate, into account. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the only international…
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- 9783319412511
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- VIII, 166 halaman
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- IEA Research for Education
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- 370 TEA
Teaching and Learning About Whole Numbers in Primary School
This book offers a theory for the analysis of how children learn and are taught about whole numbers. Two meanings of numbers are distinguished – the analytical meaning, defined by the number system, and the representational meaning, identified by the use of numbers as conventional signs that stand for quantities. This framework makes it possible to compare different approaches to making numbe…
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- 9783319451121
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- IX, 50 halaman
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- ICME-13 Topical Surveys
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- 370 TER t
Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling : Approaches and Developments Fr…
This survey provides an overview of the German discussion on modelling and applications in schools. It considers the development from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, and discusses the term “mathematical model” as well as different representations of the modelling process as modelling cycles. Different trends in the historical and current debate on applications and modellin…
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- 9783319450032
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- VII, 42 halaman
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- ICME-13 Topical Surveys
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- 370 GRE t
Teachers' Beliefs and Strategies when Teaching Reading in Multilingual Settings
Globalization has not only changed our society, it has also had a profound effect on education. Many schools deal with student populations that due to migration have become increasingly multilingual. Politically, few would argue against the importance of multilingualism; rather, it is promoted to the fullest. However, in practical terms the challenges associated with teaching and educational po…
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- 9783832548421
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Student Politics in Africa : Representation and Activism
The second volume of the African Higher Education Dynamics Series brings together the research of an international network of higher education scholars with interest in higher education and student politics in Africa. Most authors are early career academics who teach and conduct research in universities across the continent, and who came together for a research project and related workshops and…
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- 9781928331223
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- 280 halaman
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- 370 STU
Some Developments in Research in Science and Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Afric…
Much attention in late-developing countries is given to providing access to studies which allow school leavers to enter science and technology-related careers. These programmes are driven by the belief that graduates will then substantially contribute to the developmental needs of their countries. But is providing access to institutions enough? Students in developing countries often come from s…
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- 9781920299293
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- 418 halaman
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- 370 SOM
The State, Business and Education : Public-Private Partnerships Revisited
The State, Business and Education contributes to the ongoing debates surrounding the effects of public funding of private entities by examining the ways in which they affect the quality and equity of those services, and the realization of human rights. Using case studies from both the developing and developed world this book illustrates the variety of ways in which private actors have expanded …
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- 9781788970334
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- 208 halaman
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- NORRAG Series on International Education and Development
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- 370 STA
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