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Community development and schools: conflict, power and promise
"This book lays out the promise and potential of schools as community building institutions. It explores the challenges faced in incorporating schools into broader community development policy. It recognizes the changing demographics of schools and the need to integrate schools with economic development policy in order to promote broader community development. The book includes chapters on tax …
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- 9781003463412
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- xvi, 160 pages : illustrations
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- Community development research and practice
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- 307.1 WAR c
Pedagogical translanguaging
Learning through the medium of a second or additional language is becoming very common in different parts of the world because of the increasing use of English as the language of instruction and the mobility of populations. This situation demands a specific approach that considers multilingualism as its core. Pedagogical translanguaging is a theoretical and instructional approach that aims at i…
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- 9781009029384
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- 68 PG.
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- 407.12 PED p
“Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits” A Mixed Methods Study on Corruption…
Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe and the Americas? This open access book addresses these critical questions by elucidating the hegemonic and emancipatory religious factors leading to these dissimilarities b…
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- 9783030784980
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- XXXVI, 407 p ; ill
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- 201.73 SHA J
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022 : Proceedings of t…
This open access book presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 29th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2022 conference, which will be held on January 11–14, 2022. The book provides an extensive overview of how information and communication technologies can be used to dev…
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- 4
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- 9783030947514
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- XII; 507p;
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- 338.4791 INF J
Nazism And Neo-Nazism In Film And Media
This timely book takes an original transnational approach to the theme of Nazism and neo-Nazism in film, media, and popular culture, with examples drawn from mainland Europe, the UK, North and Latin America, Asia, and beyond. This approach fits with the established dominance of global multimedia formats, and will be useful for students, scholars, and researchers in all forms of film and media. …
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- 9789048528295
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Information and communication technologies in tourism 2021 : proceedings of t…
This open access book is the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 28th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER21@yourplace virtual conference January 19–22, 2021. This book advances the current knowledge base of information and communication technologies and tourism in the areas of soci…
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- 9783030657857
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- xvi, 581p. : ill.
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- 338.47910285 INF i
Assessment strategies for online learning: engagement and authenticity
For many learners, assessment conjures up visions of red pens scrawling percentages in the top right-hand corner of exams and feelings of stress, inadequacy, and failure. Although learners sometimes respond negatively to evaluation, assessments have provided educational institutions with important information about learning outcomes and the quality of education for many decades. But how accurat…
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- 9781771992336
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- xiii, 203 p.; 22 cm.
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- 371.26 CON a
Bayesian methods in the search for MH370
This book demonstrates how nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian time series estimation methods were used to produce a probability distribution of potential MH370 flight paths. It provides details of how the probabilistic models of aircraft flight dynamics, satellite communication system measurements, environmental effects and radar data were constructed and calibrated. The probability distribution w…
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- 9789811003790
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- xvi, 114p. : ill.
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- 363.12465 BAY b
African linguistics on the prairie: selected papers from the 45th Annual Conf…
African Linguistics on the Prairie features select revised peer-reviewed papers from the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Kansas. The articles in this volume reflect the enormous diversity of African languages, as they focus on languages from all of the major African language phyla. The articles here also reflect the many different research perspectives …
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- 9783961100378
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- 496 KAN a
Language awareness and multilingualism
In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, breadth of i…
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- 3rd edition
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- 9783319022413
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- xxxi, 412 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Encyclopedia of Language and Education
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- 370.1175 LAN l
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