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A connected curriculum for higher education
Is it possible to bring university research and student education into a more connected, more symbiotic relationship? If so, can we develop programmes of study that enable faculty, students and ‘real world’ communities to connect in new ways? In this accessible book, Dilly Fung argues that it is not only possible but also potentially transformational to develop new forms of research-based e…
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- 9781911576358
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- 182 p.; 22 cm
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- 378 FUN c
The globalization of science curricula
Globalization is a powerful force with far reaching impacts on education and education policy. The growth of large scale international surveys of student achievement and the increasing role played by intergovernmental agencies in education means that the influence that globalization exerts on education is likely to increase even further in the future.This open access book provides a significant…
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- volume 3
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- 9783319715322
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- 100 p.; 22 cm.
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- A Series of In-depth Analyses Based on Data of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
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- 373 STA g
Knowledge production and contradictory functions in African higher education
This volume brings together excellent scholarship and innovative policy discussion to demonstrate the essential role of higher education in the development of Africa and of the world at large. Based on deep knowledge of the university system in several African countries, this book will reshape the debate on development in the global information economy for years to come. It should be mandatory …
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- 9781920677855
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- 370 CLO k
The Service User as a Partner in Social Work Projects and Education : Concept…
To become a competent social worker it is essential to know the perspective of the service users. Therefore, service users are more and more included in field research projects and the instruction of social workers to-be. However, they are usually reduced to the role of informants and not actively taking part as co-partners. For the first time, this anthology gives an overview of courses in whi…
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- 9783847409298
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- 144 p.
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- 361.007 SER s
Women from traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia : negoti…
Until currently there have been no specific publications, particularly in English, on women in traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, known as pesantren, which played a significant role in shaping the gender issues in the Indonesian Muslim community. This informative and insightful book contributes to two booming fields in Indonesian studies: the study of Islam and the study…
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- 9789089644213
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- 184p. : ill.
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- 297.77082 SR w
Educational reception in Rotterdam and Barcelona: policies, practices and gaps
The reception of newcomer youngsters by schools constitutes a policy issue in Europe already for decades. This book deals with how practitioners in Rotterdam and Barcelona apply existing policies for the reception of immigrant students, the dilemmas they face and the strategies they design as a response. Using a combination of discursive, organizational, and ethnographic research techniques, th…
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- 9789089646446
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- 312p. : ill.
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- 371.909492385 BRU e
A philosophy of Israel education : a relational approach
Philosophy of Education; Religion and Society; Philosophy of Religion; Judaism
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- 9783319307794
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- vii, 64p. : ill.
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- 370.1 CHA p
Horizontal learning in the high middle ages: peer-to-peer knowledge transfer …
The history of medieval learning has been studied both as a vertical master-student phenomenon, and as part of a broad 'educational environment'. This volume centers on the ways in which cohabiting peers learned and taught one another in a dialectical process - how they acquired knowledge and skills, but also how they developed concepts, beliefs, and adapted their behavior to suit the group: ev…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789048532919
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- 301p. : ill
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- 370.902 HOR h
Competence training for pharmacy
The educational system leading up to the pharmacy degree, student training, and the continuing personal development of pharmacists are being more and more mapped to the competences pharmacists require to provide the relevant safe and efficient pharmaceutical services to meet the health needs of patients. This book draws on the experience of experts involved in the develoment of competence train…
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- 9783038424819
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- vii, 153p.: ill.
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- 615 COM c
Educational change amongst english language college teachers in China : trans…
This open access book provides anthropological insights into the arduous yet rewarding journeys involved in selected TESOL teachers’ pedagogical transition to teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at universities in Shanghai, the largest metropolitan area in China. Applying a unique combination of ethnography and phenomenology, the book offers innovative new perspectives on teacher…
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- 9789811530531
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- x, 149p. : ill.
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- 378.1982951 LI e
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