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Geographies of the university
This open access volume raises awareness of the histories, geographies, and practices of universities and analyzes their role as key actors in today’s global knowledge economy. Universities are centers of research, teaching, and expertise with significant economic, social, and cultural impacts at different geographical scales. Scholars from a variety of disciplines and countries offer origina…
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- 9783319755939
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- xiv, 676p. : ill.
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- 378.009 GEO g
Emerging technologies in distance education
A one-stop knowledge resource, Emerging Technologies in Distance Education showcases the international work of research scholars and innovative distance education practitioners who use emerging interactive technologies for teaching and learning at a distance. This widely anticipated book harnesses the dispersed knowledge of international experts who highlight pedagogical, organizational, cultur…
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- 9781897425770
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- xiv, 334p.; ill.
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- 371.358 EME e
Global voices in higher education
Traveling from Zimbabwe to New Zealand and on to Ghana and the United States, the voices of higher education are presented in a way only scholars from these regions can fully articulate and understand. The changing world of higher education challenges all of those involved in very unique ways. In Global Voices in Higher Education, scholars from 10 different countries share their work, describin…
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- 9789535132295
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- 218 p.; 22 cm.
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- 378 GLO g
Human rights in diverse education contexts
The focus of this publication is on answering the central research question: How can Human Rights be advanced with regard to different kinds of diversities, and in different educational settings? The publication pays special attention to the advancement of human rights in a variety of education-related contexts, in keeping with human rights as a declared national priority for both society at la…
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- 9781928523031
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- 380 p.; 22 cm.
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- NWU Education and Human Rights in Diversity Series Volume 1
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- 372.8 HUM h
Researching and transforming adult learning and communities : the local/globa…
The chapters of this volume reflect ongoing research in the field of adult education and learning in and with communities. At the same time the work of the authors presented here offers a very vital reflection of the work of the ESREA research network Between Local and Global—Adult Learning and Communities. The chapters showcase the broad range of professional practice, the variety in both me…
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- 9789463003582
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- VIII, 197 p.
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- Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 5
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- 374 EVA r
Private world(s) : gender and informal learning of adults
This book is the third production from the ESREA Gender network and, once more, an opportunity to let the readers discover, or to know more, for a better understanding of questions related to gender and adult learning. It shows how researchers can be deeply involved in this specific field of adult education. The notion of informal learning has already been treated as a chapter in the 2003s book…
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- 9789462099715
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- viii, 194 p.
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- Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 3
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- 374 OST p
Growing up on the trobriand islands in Papua New Guinea. Childhood and educat…
This volume deals with the children’s socialization on the Trobriands. After a survey of ethnographic studies on childhood, the book zooms in on indigenous ideas of conception and birth-giving, the children’s early development, their integration into playgroups, their games and their education within their `own little community’ until they reach the age of seven years. During this time ch…
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- 9789027200693
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- 274 p.; 22 cm.
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- Culture and Language Use. Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
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- 305.2309953 SEN g
Education for democratic intercultural citizenship
Education for Democratic Intercultural Citizenship (EDIC) is very relevant in contemporary societies. Seven European universities are working together in developing a curriculum to prepare their students for this important academic, societal and political task. The book present their theories and practices. Readership: Scholars in the field of educational studies, in particular moral education …
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- 9789004411944
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- viii, 194 p.
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- 370.117 EDU e
Gendered rural spaces
Rural spaces are connected with different cultural, economic, social and political codes and meanings. In this book these meanings are analysed trough gender. The articles concretely show the process of producing gender and the ways in which accepted gender-based behaviour has been constructed at different times and in different groups. Discussion of gendered spaces leads to wider questions suc…
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- 9789522221544
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- 158 p.; 22 cm
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- 305.3 GEN g
Disability human rights law 2018
Disability human rights law is a rapidly growing field. It merges critical disability studies, disability rights, and human rights to inform, identify, analyse, and create solutions to help protect the human rights of people with disabilities. This is the second volume of the Disability Human Rights Law edited collection. This volume delves deeper into this emerging field and begins to explore …
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- 9783038972518
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- ix, 217p.
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- 346.41013 DIS d
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