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Wellbeing and devolution : reframing the role of government in Scotland, Wale…
It has been over twenty years since the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland voted for devolution. Over that time, the devolved legislatures have established themselves and matured their approach to governance. At different times and for different reasons, each has put wellbeing at the heart of their approach – codifying their values and goals within wellbeing frameworks. This open …
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- 9783030022303
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- xiii, 165p. : ill.
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- 320.80941 WAL w
New pedagogical challenges in the 21st century: contributions of research in …
The societies of the twenty-first century are subject to social, cultural, political, and economic changes. In this context, the school is asked to educate the future citizens in the present. To respond to this kaleidoscopic reality, the school is immersed in a pedagogical revolution. In this book, the reader will find a selection of avant-garde research works from different disciplines and con…
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- 9781789233803
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- 316 p.; 22 cm
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- 378.013 NEW n
High-performance modelling and simulation for big data applications : selecte…
This open access book is the final compendium of case studies emanated from the 4-year COST Action IC1406 “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications” (cHiPSet). Funded by the European Commission from 2015, cHiPSet has created a sustainable reference network linking applied research in High Performance Computing (HPC) and Modelling & Simulation to tangibly address B…
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- 9783030162726
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- xiv, 352p. : ill.
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- 004.11 HIG h
Computer science and engineering education for pre-collegiate students and te…
Now more than ever, as a worldwide STEM community, we need to know what pre-collegiate teachers and students explore, learn, and implement in relation to computer science and engineering education. As computer science and engineering education are not always “stand-alone” courses in pre-collegiate schools, how are pre-collegiate teachers and students learning about these topics? How can the…
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- 9783038979418
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- X, 127 p.
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- 004.0973 COM c
The Pedagogics of Unlearning
What does it mean to unlearn? Once we have learned something, is it ever possible to unlearn that something? If something is said to have been unlearned, does that mean that it is simply forgotten or does some residual force of learning, some perverse force, also resonate in ways that might help us to rethink traditional approaches to teaching and learning? Might we say that education today is …
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- 9780692722343
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- 370.1523 DUN t
Enhanced living environments : algorithms, architectures, platforms, and systems
This open access book is the final publication of the COST Action IC1303 “Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE)” project. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is an area of research based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), medical research, and sociological research. AAL is based on the notion that technology and science can provide im…
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- 9783030107529
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- xx, 322p. : ill.
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- 004.019 ENH e
The future of election administration : cases and conversations
As the American election administration landscape changes as a result of major court cases, national and state legislation, changes in professionalism, and the evolution of equipment and security, so must the work of on-the-ground practitioners change. This Open Access title presents a series of case studies designed to highlight practical responses to these changes from the national, state, an…
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- 9783030185411
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- xxiv, 266p. : ill.
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- 324.630973 FUT f
The hackable city : digital media and collaborative city-making in the networ…
This open access book presents a selection of the best contributions to the Digital Cities 9 Workshop held in Limerick in 2015, combining a number of the latest academic insights into new collaborative modes of city making that are firmly rooted in empirical findings about the actual practices of citizens, designers and policy makers. It explores the affordances of new media technologies for em…
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- 9789811326943
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- xv, 302p. : ill.
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- 621.382 HAC h
Moral reasoning at work : rethinking ethics in organizations
This book is open access under a CC-BY license. Moral dilemmas are a pervasive feature of working life. Moral Reasoning at Work offers a fresh perspective on how to live with them using ethics and moral psychology research. It argues that decision-makers must go beyond compliance and traditional approaches to ethics to prepare for moral dilemmas. The second edition has been updated with a rang…
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- 9783030151911
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- viii, 145p. : ill.
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- 174.4 KVA m
Emerging states and economies : their origins, drivers, and challenges ahead
This open access book asks why and how some of the developing countries have “emerged” under a set of similar global conditions, what led individual countries to choose the particular paths that led to their “emergence,” and what challenges confront them. If we are to understand the nature of major risks and uncertainties in the world, we must look squarely at the political and economic…
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- 9789811326349
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- x, 177p. : ill.
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- 338.9 EME e
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