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Music technology in education: channeling and challenging perspectives
This anthology presents research projects that examine the intersection between music, technology and education from a variety of perspectives. The contributors are from a range of educational programs within traditional pre-, primary and lower secondary school education, as well as music performance and technology educational programs. Data for the studies stems from primary and lower secondar…
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- 9788202652258
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- 285p.: ill.
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- 780.7 MUS m
The evolutionary dynamics of discursive knowledge : communication-theoretical…
This open access book have three themes have been central to Leydesdorff's research: (1) the dynamics of science, technology, and innovation; (2) the scientometric operationalization of these concept; and (3) the elaboration in terms of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations. In this study, I discuss the relations among these themes. Using Luhmann's social-systems theory for…
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- 9783030599515
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- x, 247p. : ill.
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- 301.072 LEY e
Paths : Why is life filled with so many detours?
This open access book explores the amazing similarity between paths taken by people and many other things in life, and its impact on the way we live, teach and learn. Offering insights into the new scientific field of paths as part of the science of networks, it entertainingly describes the universal nature of paths in large networked structures. It also shows the amazing similarity in the w…
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- 9783030475451
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- xxv, 86p. : ill.
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- 511.5 GUL p
The impact of individual expertise and public information on group decision-m…
In this open-access-book the author concludes that expertise could be the key factor for global and interconnected problems. Experimental results have shown that expertise was a stronger predictor than public information regarding change in behavior and strategy adaption. Identifying non-routine problem-solving experts by efficient online assessments could lead to less volatile system performan…
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- 9783658331399
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- xviii, 185p. : ill.
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- 658.4036 STR i
Mindfulness and meditation at university : 10 years of the Munich model
Why should the concepts of mindfulness and meditation be taught in universities? What are the potential impacts of such an undertaking on the education system and its students? Andreas de Bruin showcases the outcomes of the Munich model, »Mindfulness and Meditation in a University Context«, implemented from 2010 to 2020, in which 2000 students participated. In addition to an overview of curre…
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- 9783839456965
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- 211 p.
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- Achtsamkeit - Bildung - Medien, 5
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- 100 DEB m
Cinematic Histospheres: on the theory and practice of Historical Films
In this Open Access book, film scholar Rasmus Greiner develops a theoretical model for the concept of the histosphere to refer to the “sphere” of a cinematically modelled, physically experienceable historical world. His analysis of practices of modelling and perceiving, immersion and empathy, experience and remembering, appropriation and refiguration, combine approaches from film studies, s…
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- 9783030705909
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- xvi, 219p.: ill.
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- 791.43 GRE c
Open access Musicology volume 1
In the fall of 2015, a collection of faculty at liberal arts colleges began a conversation about the challenges we faced as instructors: Why were there so few course materials accessible to undergraduates and lay readers that reflected current scholarly debate? How can we convey the relevance of studying music history to current and future generations of students? And how might we represent and…
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- 9781643150222
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- x, 175p.: ill.
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- 780.9 OPE o
Classical music: contemporary perspectives and challenges
"This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the twenty-first century. With insights drawn from leading composers, performers, academics, journalists, and arts administrators, special focus is placed on classical music’s defining traditions, challenges and contemporary scope. Innovative in structure and approach, the volume compri…
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- 9781800641150
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- XXXI, 199 p.
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- 780.903 CLA c
Animating Truth documentary and visual culture in the 21st century
Animating Truth examines the rise of animated documentary in the 21st century, and addresses how non-photorealistic animation is increasingly used to depict and shape reality.
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- 9781474463386
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- 791.4334 EHR a
Primary sources and Asian pasts
This conference volume unites a wide range of scholars from diverse fields in an effort to explore new perspectives and methods in the study of primary sources from the premodern world. It represents the culmination of the ERC's Synergy project Asia Beyond Boundaries, a research consortium of the British Museum, the British Library and the School of Oriental and African Studies, in partnership …
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- 9783110674088
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- X, 389 p.
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- Beyond Boundaries, 8
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- 950 PRI p
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