Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology: Proceeding…

PES College of Engineering is organizing an International Conference on Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology (ICERECT-12) in Mandya and merging the event with Golden Jubilee of the Institute. The Proceedings of the Conference presents high quality, peer reviewed articles from the field of Electronics, Computer Science and Technology. The book is a compilation of res…

Globalisation, Cultural Identity and Nation-Building

This book critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to cultural identity, set against the current backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses current discourses concerning globalisation, ideologies and the state, as well as approaches to constructing national, ethnic and religious identities in the global culture. It explores the am…

Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education

This book is the third in a four volume series that focuses on research-based teaching and learning practices that promote social justice and equity in higher education. In this volume, we focus on the application of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education outside of the classroom to maximize the effectiveness of student affairs programming. Specifically, authors focus on t…

Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the University

“It stretches no point to suggest that creativity, innovation and risk-taking will decide our future societal prosperity. We cannot spread those values too widely, so having taught engineering faculty in their first book, these authors now aim to boost the spirit across all disciplines. What a great success for all of us if they succeed.” – Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., president of Purdue …

International Perspectives on Teacher Well-Being and Diversity

This book explores teacher well-being in light of the increasingly ethnically diverse profiles of schools and classrooms, focusing on socially and linguistically diverse teaching contexts. It draws attention to the socio-economic disadvantages that can often be characteristic of ethnically diverse classrooms, prior to examining and reviewing the interconnections between teacher well-being and t…

L.S. Vygotsky’s Pedological Works. Volume 2.

This book is the second volume in a series presenting new English translations of L.S. Vygotsky’s writings on the holistic science of the child he called “pedology”. It presents unique materials which reflect the development of Vygotsky’s theoretical position at the last stage of his creative evolution in 1932-1934 and contributes to the number of original Vygotsky texts available in En…

Sustaining Communities of Practice with Early Career Teachers

This book focuses on sustaining communities of practice in primary and secondary schools in Australia and internationally for the professional learning of all teachers, and particularly, early career teachers. Informed by the communities of practice research of Wenger-Trayner, it shows what factors are conductive to the sustainability of communities of practice, drawing particularly on a case s…

Places of Excellence

This book investigates how excellence and reputability are formed, performed, and perceived at well renowned international higher education institutions. Along six detailed ethnographic case descriptions – including University of Warwick, Goldsmiths, New York University, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Ohio State University, and HEC Montréal – it asks how master’s programs in arts m…

Metrics, Standards and Alignment in Teacher Policy

This book looks at the narrowing effects of contemporary modes of teacher and teaching policy and governance. It draws on political theory to provide new ways of conceptualising the effects of teacher and teaching policies and practices. It adds a new dimension to the robust body of literature related to teacher policy by looking at three interrelated domains: (1) teacher preparation and develo…

Academia from the Inside

This book invites readers to explore how fourteen different experts in their respective fields create deeper meaning in their profession and work with students through thinking, in multiple ways, about the self who teaches, the self who learns, and the ways in which these selves interact within the academy. Essays in this book explore the “inside” of academia through three themes: Pursuing …

Measuring and Developing Professional Competences in COMET

This book is a detailed manual for the implementation of competence diagnostics in the field of vocational training. With the COMET competence model, both conceptual competences as well as practical skills are recorded and evaluated. The manual guides through all methodological steps, including the preparation and implementation of tests, cross and longitudinal studies, the development of conte…

The Corporatization of Student Affairs

This volume explores the tensions between the student affairs foundation of holistic student development and the changing culture of corporatization. While there is ample evidence of neoliberalism in the academic affairs of higher education there is very little to no research to understand how neoliberalism is driving the corporatization of student affairs. This book argues that understanding n…

Educational Research in China

The articles in this book are from Educational Research—the top academic journal in the field of education research in China. It covers education theory and philosophy, basic education, education economy and management and other fields, focusing on the hot and frontier issues of Education in China 2019, such as the development of artificial intelligence and education, the contribution of educ…

Catholic Education in Latin America

This book aims to be a reference for understanding an educational system throughout Latin America aligned with the Catholic Church. In both public and private sectors, whether it’s in the secular or the religious sector, considering Catholic Education brings up a question regarding the relevance of religion in the public sector, where education is presented as another alternative of education…

Teachers as Professional Learners

Drawing upon data from an Australian study, this book gives voice to beginning teachers navigating their way through their first year of teaching and discovering what it means to be professional learners. The chapters within provide rich insights into the ways in which beginning teachers make sense of the new and challenging experiences they face during the first year of teaching, and how these…

The Incentivised University

The core thesis of this book is that to understand the implications of incentive structures in modern higher education, we require a deeper understanding of associated issues in the philosophy of science. Significant public and philanthropic resources are directed towards various forms of research in the hope of addressing key societal problems. That view, and the associated allocation of re…

Scaling up ICT-based Innovations in Schools

David Hung is currently Dean of Office of Education Research and a Professor at the National Institute of Education, Singapore with teaching and research interests in learning, in particular, social cultural orientations to cognition and communities of practice. He has conducted research in Learning and Instructional Technologies, Constructivism and Social Constructivism, Learning in Communitie…

Ideas and Action for Health

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Climate change and agriculture

It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt agricultural production. This collection reviews key research addressing this challenge. Climate change is the biggest challenge agriculture faces. Part 1 of this collection reviews current research o…

HUKUM KESEHATAN: EUTANASIA, KEADILAN DAN HUKUM POSITIF DI INDONESIA

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978-602-1642-04-7

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ix, 228 hlm. : ilus. ; 23 cm

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344.041 Sut h

Determinan Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak

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978-602-202-135-3

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xii, 224 hlm.: tab.; 21cm

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362.192 Ami d

TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP; A SYSTEM GUIDE TO Improve Patient Care, …

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1

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978-1-118-50563-2

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xxx, 384p.; ill.; 24cm

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362.106 8 Tra t

TINGKAT PENGHIDUPAN (LIVELIHOOD) PADA KELUARGA MASYARAKAT DI DESA TANJUNG SET…

This research examines the livelihoods of the family community in Tanjung Seteko Village. The problems in this research are livelihood assets namely, economic assets, physical assets, and natural assets. This study aims to determine and obtain the level of livelihood of the people in the village of Tanjung Seteko. The method to be used is a quantitative descriptive approach with data collection…

Public Interest and Private Enterprize: New Developments

This book deals with the effect of public and semi-public companies on economy. In traditional economic models, several private companies – interested in maximizing their profit – interact (e.g., compete) with each other. Such models help to avoid wild oscillation in production and prices (typical for uncontrolled competition), and to come up with a stable equilibrium solution. The problems…

Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss

This open access book originates from an international workshop organized by Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in November 2019 that gathered renown researchers from academia, representatives of leading international reinsurance and modeling companies as well as government agencies responsible of insurance pricing in Turkey. The book includes chapters related to post-earthquake …

Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss

This open access book originates from an international workshop organized by Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in November 2019 that gathered renown researchers from academia, representatives of leading international reinsurance and modeling companies as well as government agencies responsible of insurance pricing in Turkey. The book includes chapters related to post-earthquake …

Mathematical Modelling, Nonlinear Control and Performance Evaluation of a Gro…

In this book, the author deals with the mathematical modelling, nonlinear control and performance evaluation of a conceptual anti-aircraft gun based mobile air defence system engaging an attacking three-dimensional aerial target. This book is of interest to academic faculty, graduate students and industry professionals working in the fields of mathematical modelling and control, ground veh…

The 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development

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978-3-030-64088-0

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xxiii, 452p.:Ill.

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387.5 Int

Decision Support Methods in Modern Transportation Systems and Networks

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978-3-030-71771-1

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viii, 223p.:Ill.

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388.015 Dec

Automating Cities

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978-981-15-8670-5

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vii, 342p.:Ill.

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307.760 285 Aut