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Key Concepts in Public Archaeology
This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, the book also takes into account the growth of schol…
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- 9781911576419
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- XIV, 273 p.
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- 930.1 KEY k
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology first opened its doors in 1915, and since then has attracted visitors from all over the world as well as providing valuable teaching resources. Named after its founder, the pioneering archaeologist Flinders Petrie, the Museum holds more than 80,000 objects and is one of the largest and finest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the worl…
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- 9781910634042
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- 120 p.
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- 932.00744213 STE p
Particle accelerator physics
This book by Helmut Wiedemann is a well-established, classic text, providing an in-depth and comprehensive introduction to the field of high-energy particle acceleration and beam dynamics. The present 4th edition has been significantly revised, updated and expanded. The newly conceived Part I is an elementary introduction to the subject matter for undergraduate students. Part II gathers the bas…
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- 9783319183169
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- pages cm
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- 539.73 WIE p
Student politics in Africa: representation and activism
The second volume of the African Higher Education Dynamics Series brings together the research of an international network of higher education scholars with interest in higher education and student politics in Africa. Most authors are early career academics who teach and conduct research in universities across the continent, and who came together for a research project and related workshops and…
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- 9781928331223
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- 257 p.
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- African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series, Vol. 2
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- 306.44 STU
Student politics in Africa : representation and activism
The second volume of the African Higher Education Dynamics Series brings together the research of an international network of higher education scholars with interest in higher education and student politics in Africa. Most authors are early career academics who teach and conduct research in universities across the continent, and who came together for a research project and related workshops and…
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- 9781928331223
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- xii, 267p. : ill.
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- 370.96 STU s
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
Competence and competence development
hat are today’s main concepts and theories – and the main stakes – associated with the issue of competences in organisations? Several topics are discussed, including competence issues regarding the evolution of work, professionalisation, competence evaluation, competence management, and the competences of adult educators and trainers, as well as European policies regarding competence need…
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- 9783866494626
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- 146 p.; 22 cm.
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- 658.3124 COM
The State, business and education: public-private partnerships revisited
Businesses, philanthropies and non-profit entities are increasingly successful in capturing public funds to support private provision of schooling in developed and developing countries. Coupled with market-based reforms that include weak regulation, control over workforces, standardization of processes and economies of scale, private provision of schooling is often seen to be convenient for bot…
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- 9781788970327
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- 208 p.; 22 cm.
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- 650.07 STA s
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
Digital humanities and digital media: conversations on politics, culture, aes…
There is no doubt that we live in exciting times: Ours is the age of many ‘silent revolutions’ triggered by startups and research labs of big IT companies; revolutions that quietly and profoundly alter the world we live in. Another ten or five years, and self-tracking will be as normal and inevitable as having a Facebook account or a mobile phone. Our bodies, hooked to wearable devices sitt…
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- 9781785420306
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- Fibreculture Books
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- 144.2116 SIM d
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