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The cultural identity and education of University Students in selected East-C…
In Polish and Czech pedagogy, there have not been many studies on the social, cultural and educational functioning of academic youth in a culturally diversified environment. The analysis of identity behaviours presented by university students from the Polish-Czech borderland and of their learning potentialities will provide a chance for mutual recognition, understanding and the enrichment of bo…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783737012546
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- 238 p.
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- 374 THE t
Hip-Hop, art, and visual culture : connections, influences, and critical disc…
Visual art has been tied to hip-hop culture since its emergence in the 1970s. Commentary on these initial connections often emphasizes the importance of graffiti and fashion during hip-hop’s earliest days. Forty years later, hip-hop music has grown into a billion-dollar global industry, and its influence on visual art and society has also expanded. This book-length printed edition of Arts col…
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- 9783039284511
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- XI, 66 p.
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- 781.649 MUN h
Being a presence for students : teaching as a lived defense of liberal education
This book offers a lived defense of liberal education. How does a college professor, on a daily basis, help students feel the value of liberal education and get the most from that education? We answer this question, as professors, each day in the classroom. John William Miller, a philosophy professor at Williams College from 1924-1960 and someone noted for his exceptional teaching, developed on…
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- 9781643150086
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- VIII, 135 p.
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- -
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- 370.112 FRA b
The wealthy, the brilliant, the few : elite education in contemporary America…
How do the US make sense of their own elite educational system, given that it seems to be at odds with core American values, such as equality of opportunity or upward mobility? Sophie Spieler explores scholarly and journalistic investigations, self-representational texts, and fictional narratives revolving around the Ivy League and its peers in order to understand elite education and its peculi…
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- 9783839457290
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- 273 p.
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- Volume 33 in the series American Culture Studies
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- 370.73 SPI t
P.Y. Galperin's development of human mental activity : lectures in educationa…
This open access book introduces the legacy of Piotr Galperin to a wider audience of researchers, educators and psychologists. Previous translations of Galperin’s work present only some aspects of his conceptual thinking; however, his main contribution to the general, genetic and pedagogical psychology as a unique holistic and systemic approach to studying of psychological phenomena and proc…
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- 9783030640224
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- lx, 126p. : ill.
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- -
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- 370.15 ENG p
Education materialised : reconstructing teaching and learning contexts throug…
Manuscripts have played a crucial role in the educational practices of virtually all cultures that have a history of using them. As learning and teaching tools, manuscripts become primary witnesses for reconstructing and studying didactic and research activities and methodologies from elementary levels to the most advanced. The present volume investigates the relation between manuscripts and e…
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- 9783110741124
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- XII, 495 p.
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- Volume 23. In the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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- 091 EDU e
Expanding professionalism in music and higher music education : a changing game
This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our contemporary societies to be more fully realised, recognising both intense challenges that are currently threatening some traditional music practic…
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- 9781003108337
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- XXXIII, 148 p.
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- SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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- 780.7 EXP e
Visually provoking : dissertations in art education
Visually Provoking - a dynamic collection of visually oriented research about current doctoral studies from international art educators in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States of America. Together we are thinking about, with and through the visual, focusing attention on practices that are reshaping our understandings of intellectual e…
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- 243 p.
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- 701 VIS v
Democratising the museum : reflections on participatory technologies
Democratising the museum is a collection of articles reflecting upon the problem of how participation, technologically mediated or not, can support the museum in the process of becoming more accessible. The open museum shares power with its visitors while negotiating professionalism and the role of the museum in a modern society. The book looks at the roles and struggles of audiences/visitors a…
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- -
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- 240 p.
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- 069 DEM d
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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- -
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- 9783839456965
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- 211 p.
- Series Title
- Achtsamkeit - Bildung - Medien, 5
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- 100 DEB m
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