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Transforming education outcomes in Africa: learning from togo
Every girl and every boy should have the right to a quality education so that they can have more chances in life, including employment opportunities, better health and also to participate in the political process. But education is not only a human right. Education reduces poverty, boosts economic growth, and increases income. It increases a person’s chancesof having a healthy life, reduces ma…
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- 9783030127084
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- 370.115 HOO t
Buildings for education : a multidisciplinary overview of the design of schoo…
This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This transformative process aims to give old buildings a fresh identity, to ensure that facilities are compliant with the new educational and teaching models, and to improve both e…
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- 9783030336875
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- xvii, 326p. : ill.
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- 371.6 BUI b
Communities and knowledge production in archaeology
The dynamic processes of knowledge production in archaeology and elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly viewed as the collaborative effort of groups, clusters and communities of researchers rather than the isolated work of so-called ‘instrumental’ actors. Shifting focus from the individual scholar to the wider social contexts of her work and the dynamic creative pr…
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- 9781526134554
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- xvii, 250p. : ill.
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- 930.1 COM c
Young people, social media and health
The pervasiveness of social media in young people’s lives is widely acknowledged, yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young people’s health and wellbeing. Young People, Social Media and Health draws on novel research to understand, explain, and illustrate young people’s experiences of engagement with health-related social media; as well as…
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- 9781351026987
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- xvii, 231p. : ill.
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- 610.2850835 YOU y
Teaching crowds : learning and social media
Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by…
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- 9781771990004
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- xv, 353p. : ill.
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- 371.33 DRO t
Digital transformation and public services : societal impacts in Sweden and b…
Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process affects various welfare services provided by the public sector, and the ensuing implications thereof. Ultimately, this book seeks to understand if it is conceivable for digital advancement to result in the creation of private/non-governmental alternatives …
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- 9780429319297
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- xxii, 353p. : ill.
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- 361.609485 DIG d
Traditions in German-speaking mathematics education research
This open access book shares revealing insights into the development of mathematics education research in Germany from 1976 (ICME 3 in Karlsruhe) to 2016 (ICME 13 in Hamburg). How did mathematics education research evolve in the course of these four decades? Which ideas and people were most influential, and how did German research interact with the international community? These questions are a…
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- 9783030110697
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- viii, 278p. : ill.
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- 370 JAH t
Drawing education : wordwide! : continuities - transfers - mixtures
As a cultural technique, drawing was firmly anchored in the realities of European society from early modern to modern times. Based on this fact, the present volume asks for the first time about the significance of drawing and drawing education in other cultural areas. Indigenous methods of drawing and sign-learning in Arabic, Asian, Latin American, North American and European countries are addr…
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- 9783947732302
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- vii, 323p. : ill.
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- 370 NAN d
Global perspectives on recognising non-formal and informal learning : why rec…
This book deals with the relevance of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning education and training, the workplace and society. In an increasing number of countries, it is at the top of the policy and research agenda ranking among the possible ways to redress the glaring lack of relevant academic and vocational qualifications and to promote the development of competences…
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- 9783319152783
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- xix, 220p : ill.
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- 370.11 SIN g
Garden learning : a study on European botanic gardens' collaborative learning…
"From 2007-2013 the European 7th Framework Program Science in Society (FP7) funded a multitude of formal and informal educational institutions to join forces and engage in alternative ways to teach science—inside and outside the classroom—all over Europe. This book reports on one of these projects named INQUIRE which was developed and implemented to support 14 Botanic Gardens and Natural Hi…
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- 9781909188662
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- vi, 185p. : ill.
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- 370 KAP g
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