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Aspects of Language and Learning
This book is based on a series of lectures, which begin with a look at the history of the language that we use in order to encode our knowledge, particularly our scientific knowledge, i.e., the history of scientific English. Prof. M.A.K. Halliday poses the question of how a growing child comes to master this kind of language and put it to his or her own use as a means of learning. In subsequent…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-662-47821-9
- Collation
- VII, 149
- Series Title
- The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
- Call Number
- 372.6 HOL a
Asian/American Curricular Epistemicide: From Being Excluded to Becoming a Mod…
In this important book, Nicholas Hartlep and Daniel Scott’s detailed analyses on both visual and historical representations of Asian Americans in textbooks and teacher manuals used in our elementary and secondary schools poignantly tell us that generations of children are growing up being fed this single story about Asian Americans. As Hartlep and Scott write. Asian Americans have once aga…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-639-2
- Collation
- XIV, 100
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370 HAR a
Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Teacher Self-Efficacy
In this book the editors have been able to provide a snapshot of current research being undertaken in the Asia-Pacific region in regards to teacher self-efficacy beliefs. This includes specific focuses on inclusive teaching, professionalism, subject domains, collective efficacy as well as specific contexts of early childhood education and care, primary schools education, special needs schools a…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-521-0
- Collation
- XXII, 132
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370 ASI a
Artist-Teachers in Context: International Dialogues
This book brings together interviews with twenty-one artist-teachers from different parts of the world, offering many insights into their identities, challenges and creative and pedagogic practices they have adopted. Based in a range of educational situations—from compulsory to post-secondary education, art schools, departments of art education and community-based environments—these educato…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-633-0
- Collation
- XXII, 204
- Series Title
- Doing Arts Thinking: Arts Practice, Research and Education
- Call Number
- 370 VEL a
Art and Intercultural Dialogue
How can art act as an intercultural mediator for dialogue? In order to scrutinize this question, relevant theoretical ideas are discussed and artistic intervention projects examined so as to highlight its cultural, political, economic, social, and transformational impacts. This thought-provoking work reveals why art is needed to help multicultural neighbourhoods and societies be sustainable, as…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-94-6300-423-7
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices
- Call Number
- 370 ART a
Valences of Interdisciplinarity Theory, Practice, Pedagogy
Valences of Interdisciplinarity presents essays by an international array of scholars committed to enhancing our understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and the practical realities of interdisciplinary teaching and research. What is, and what should be, motivating our reflections on (and practice of) approaches that transcend the conventional boundaries of discipline? And in adopting suc…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-926836-46-1
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Cultural Dialectics
- Call Number
- 405 pages
Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century: Grappling with Enormous Problems a…
How can creative individuals and societies adapt to complex 21st-century conditions? Will civilizations thrive or collapse in the decades to come if they are not creative enough, or if they are too creative? Interest in these questions is growing; however, until now there has been inadequate understanding of the socioeconomic and cultural trends and issues that influence creativity. This book p…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789463005067
- Collation
- X, 276
- Series Title
- Advances in Creativity and Giftedness
- Call Number
- 153.53
A Designer’s Log Case Studies in Instructional Design
Power takes the reader inside his world as an instructional designer, as he learns to navigate the slippery slope of supporting faculty in course design. Through his cases, Power helps us understand how to concede on the small decisions (e.g., the order in which to create the various course documents, activities, etc.) to accomplish the non-negotiables (e.g., coherence among course components; …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781897425466
- Collation
- 266
- Series Title
- Issues in Distance Education
- Call Number
- 266
Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning Foundations and Applications
Contributors to Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning include individuals who are shaping the future of online learning with their innovative applications and investigations on the impact of issues such as openness, analytics, MOOCs, and social media. Building on work first published in Emerging Technologies in Distance Education, the contributors to this collection harness the dispersed…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781771991490.01
- Collation
- 232
- Series Title
- Issues in Distance Education
- Call Number
- 232
Insights from Research in Science Teaching and Learning: Selected Papers from…
This book includes studies that represent the state of the art in science education research and convey a sense of the variation in educational traditions around the world. The papers are organized into six main sections: science teaching processes, conceptual understanding, reasoning strategies, early years science education, and affective and social aspects of science teaching and learning. T…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-20073-6
- Collation
- IX, 313
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370 INS
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