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Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peer…
How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society. In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten , learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the …
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The political future of social security in aging societies
Doubts about the ability of industrialized countries to continue to provide a sufficient level of retirement benefits to a growing number of retirees has fueled much recent debate and inspired a variety of recommendations for reform. Few major reforms, however, have actually been implemented. In The Political Future of Social Security in Aging Societies, Vincenzo Galasso argues that the success…
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) :illustrations
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Neighborhood as refuge : community reconstruction, place remaking, and enviro…
Environmental justice as studied in a variety of disciplines is most often associated with redressing disproportionate exposure to pollution, contimination, and toxic sites. In this book, Isabelle Anguelovski takes a broader view of environmental justice, examining wide-ranging comprehensive efforts at neighbourhood environmental revitalization that include parks, urban agriculture, fresh food …
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- 9780262322188
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 276 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Brain computation as hierarchical abstraction
The vast differences between the brain's neural circuitry and a computer's silicon circuitry might suggest that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana Ballard argues in this book, computational tools are essential for understanding brain function. Ballard shows that the hierarchical organisation of the brain has many parallels with the hierarchical organisation of computing; as in silico…
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Political nature :environmentalism and the interpretation of Western thought
Concern over environmental problems is prompting us to reexamine established thinking about society and politics. The challenge is to find a way for the public's concern for the environment to become more integral to social, economic, and political decision making. Two interpretations have dominated Western portrayals of the nature-politics relationship, what John Meyer calls the dualist and th…
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The politics of denial
Anger and resentment appear to be playing an increasingly important role in politics, as evidenced by the vociferous opposition to welfare, abortion, and immigrants, and by the rise of the radical Religious Right. The Politics of Denial presents a compelling explanation of these phenomena, providing solid empirical evidence for the role of rigid, harsh childrearing practices in the creation of …
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- 1 online resource (x, 292 pages) :illustrations
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Human subjects research regulation : perspectives on the future
The current framework for the regulation of human subjects research emerged largely in reaction to the horrors of Nazi human experimentation and the Tuskegee syphilis study. This framework, combining elements of paternalism with efforts to preserve individual autonomy, has remained fundamentally unchanged for decades. Yet, as this book documents, it has significant flaws. Invigorated by the U.S…
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The imaginary app
The mobile app as technique and imaginary tool, offering a shortcut to instantaneous connection and entertainment.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 279 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color).
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Out of the shadows, into the streets! : transmedia organizing and the immigra…
Foreword by Manuel Castells."For decades, social movements have vied for attention from the mainstream mass media--newspapers, radio, and television. Today, many argue that social media power social movements, from the Egyptian revolution to Occupy Wall Street. Yet, as Sasha Costanza-Chock reports, community organizers know that social media enhance, rather than replace, face-to-face organizing…
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Robotics : science and systems VIII
Selected papers presented at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) 2012, held July 9-13 at the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.Robotics: Science and Systems VIII spans a wide spectrum of robotics, bringing together contributions from researchers working on the mathematical foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and analysis of robotics systems. This volume presents the proce…
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