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Identity Work in the Contemporary University: Exploring an Uneasy Profession
"Academic identities research is a growing area of scholarly enquiry especially as academics themselves question the evolving nature of their roles in rapidly-changing university environments. Performative frameworks in many countries around the world reflect these changes and this volume brings a number of disciplinary perspectives to bear on how we understand the lived experiences of academic…
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- 978-94-6300-310-0
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- XIV, 222
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- 371 IDE
Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South
Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of education. The Research on Open Educational Resourc…
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- 9781928331483
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- 370 ADO
Adaptation of Western Economics by Russian Universities : Intercultural Trave…
This book examines an intercultural translation of economics as an academic field from Western to post-Soviet university settings.
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- 9780203943311
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- 330 SUS a
Adult and Continuing Education in Belarus
This publication gives an overview of central aspects of adult and continuing education in Belarus. Galina Veramejchyk presents a range of data and information regarding adult and continuing education institutions, Financing, provision, participation, staff and international relationships. She describes adult and continuing education in Belarus taking into consideration the political, geographi…
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- 9783763959143
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- 374 VER a
Adult and Continuing Education in Cyprus
The volume offers a current stock-take of central areas of adult education in Cyprus. Maria Gravani and Alexandra Ioannidou have compiled large amounts of data and information on institutions, financing, offers, participation, personnel, quality assurance and certification. The authors furthermore take into account the political, geopolitical and cultural context which influences developments i…
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- 9783763953028
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- 374 GRA a
Water Distribution Operator I
Introduces basic concepts and processes of drinking water distribution systems, including a general background of drinking water sources, regulations, water system design, and various distribution system appurtenances.
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Describing and Studying Domain-Specific Serious Games
This book describes research outcomes on domain-specific serious games. The first part of the book focuses on the design and major characteristics of actual (mainly math-related) serious games. The second part of the book presents recent empirical studies on these games, exploring topics such as the effectiveness of serious games for learning and increasing motivation and the influence of learn…
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- 9783319202761
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- xi, 259 pages
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- 370
Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Uni…
"The concept of world-class universities (WCU) has increasingly gained popularity in the past two decades around the world. WCU are regarded as cornerstone institutions of any academic system and imperative to develop a nation’s competitiveness in the global knowledge economy. The development of such universities is high on the policy agenda of various stakeholders worldwide, in both develope…
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- 978-94-6300-773-3
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A Background to Primary School Science
The Australian Academy of Science has had a long standing interest in the provision of science education to Australian school students. Recognising that skills and attitudes in science are acquired at an early age, the Academy in 1994 launched a major program in science education at primary school level under the title Primary Investigations. Since science teachers at primary and lower secondar…
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- 9781921934056
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- 370 FLE b
Design Science and Its Importance in the German Mathematics Educational Discu…
Annotation This 'ICME-13 Topical Survey' reviews the state-of-the-art by first exploring the roots and scope of design science. Second, it presents two examples of current design science projects that focus on substantial learning environments including a student and a teacher perspective. Subsequently, the book elaborates on how empirical research can be conceptualised within design science. L…
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- 9783319435411
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- 43 pages
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- 370
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