Social Efficiency and Instrumentalism in Education: Critical Essays in Ontolo…

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-

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978-0-415-74400-3

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x, 183 p.; 23 cm.

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-

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375.001 Mag s

Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Group Work That Wo…

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-

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978-1-57922-609-1

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330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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-

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300.71 Swe t

MODERN LINGUISTICS SOCIOLINGUISTICS A READER

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-

ISBN/ISSN

0-312-17573-6

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ix, 501 p. ; 21 cm

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-

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306.44 Mod m

Rural Development for Poverty Alleviation; Jubille Symposium on the Effective…

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-

ISBN/ISSN

90-6832-014-9

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viii, 94 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

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-

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361.058 98 Rur r 1986

sport, culture and society: a reader on the sociology of sport, SECOND AND RE…

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2nd

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0-8121-0781-0

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520 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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-

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305.4 Loy s

Urban Food Deserts in Japan

This book introduces the Japanese urban food desert (FD). Currently, Japan has the most rapidly aging society in the world, with a shrinking population and food desert issues in connection with the isolation of the elderly people from their families and local communities. The types of food deserts that Japan is currently facing are likely to occur in many other countries under similar circumsta…

Slum Development in India

This book is an earnest effort in understanding the slums and their needs by taking a case study of Kalaburagi, India. This study aims to contribute sustainable methodologies to advance the living conditions of slum dwellers and for better execution of slum policies. The core objectives are: 1) mapping the existing slums of Kalaburagi (formerly Gulbarga) city using slum ontology from very high-…

Social Psychology

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-

ISBN/ISSN

0-256-02403-0

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xv, 559p.; 24 cm.; Illus.

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The Dorsey Series in Psychology

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155.9 Cra s

Learning about Social Issues through Scripts for Learners aged 11-16

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-

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-415-70313-0

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150 p.; 23 cm.

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-

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372.660 Rai l

Reclaiming the Past: Essays on Cultural Transformation in Southeast Asia

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-

ISBN/ISSN

979-8080-61-0

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xxi, 154 p. ; 23 cm

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-

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303.4059 Rec r

A Primer in Social Choice Theory

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-

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-19-956530-6

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xi, 218 p. ; 23 cm

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-

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304.601 Gae p

Child Development: A Practitioner`s Guide, THIRD EDITION

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3rd

ISBN/ISSN

978-1-60623-909-4

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494 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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-

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362.7 Dav c

An Introduction to Using Mapping Sentences

This book acts as an introductory guide to understanding and using the mapping sentence as a tool in social science and humanities research. The book fills the need for a concise text that simply instructs how and when to use a mapping sentence and provides practical examples. Mapping sentences are a major research component and tool of facet theory. The book begins by covering the background t…

A Pragmatic Perspective of Measurement

This book aims to address the challenges of defining measurement in social sciences, presenting a conceptualization of the practice of measurement from the perspective of the pragmatic tradition in philosophy. The book reviews key questions regarding the scope and limits of measurement, emphasizing that if the trust that the public places on mea­sures in the social sciences relies on their …

New Waves in Social Psychology

This book presents an update on social psychology as a disciplinary space and research field. First, it discusses the irruption of research methods from other cultural niches in the instituted academic area. Then, the second and third chapters discuss the role of Critical Psychology for community emancipation in hybrid settings and the development of Vygotsky's theory in Latin America. The four…

Social Work and Mental Health

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-7456-4611-4

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vi, 262p.; 24,5 cm.; Illus.

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-

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362.2 Kar s

Fulfilling Ageing

This book explores the reality of ageing and old age from the perspectives of the individual and society. It emphasizes cross-cultural aspects of ageing and communication issues both within and across generations. The authors approach the understanding of ageing from a multi-disciplinary perspective, integrating biology, psychology, linguistics, sociology, and history. The book is organized as …

Social Work and Mental Health

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-7456-4611-4

Collation

vi, 262p.; 24,5 cm.; Illus.

Series Title

-

Call Number

362.2 Kar s

Psychology of Group and Collective Intelligence

This book integrates the findings of group research emphasizing “Madness of the Crowd” versus collective intelligence that highlights “Wisdom of the Crowd.” Thus it provides an overview of psychological research on group processes and collective intelligence, analyzing cognitive, social, and structural factors. Chapters address applications of this research to contexts such as organiz…

Youth Cultures in a Globalized World

This book examines the relation between the phenomenon of globalization, changes in the lifeworld of young people and the development of specific youth cultures. It explores the social, political, economic and cultural impact of globalization on young people. Growing diversity in their lifeworlds, technological development, migration and the ubiquity of digital communication and representation …

Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education

This book explores theory and best practices to improve teaching and learning to promote equity in the classroom in specific disciplinary areas including STEM, healthcare, and the humanities. Each chapter includes actionable pedagogical or curricular recommendations such as course assignments and lesson plans. This is the second of four edited volumes focusing on applications of the Scholarship…

Educational Research for Social Justice

This book presents a series of analyses of educational policies – largely in the UK, but some also in Europe – researched by a team of social scientists who share a commitment to social justice and equity in education. We explore what social justice means, in educational policy and practice, and how it impacts on our understanding of both ‘educational science’ and ‘the public good’.…

Language Policies and the Politics of Language Practices

This edited volume consists of chapters celebrating the career of scholar Sjaak Kroon, who has produced ground-breaking work in the field of ethnography of education, immigrant minority language teaching and language politics. The chapters cover the use of immigrant minority languages in education and the development of policies at all levels and across the globe in this sometimes over-policed …

Researching Virtual Play Experiences

This book illuminates the lived experience of a group of primary school children engaged in virtual world play during a year-long after-school club. Shaped by post-structuralist theory and New Literacy Studies, it outlines a playful, participatory and emergent methodological approach, referred to as ‘rhizomic ethnography’. This ‘hybrid’ text uses both words and images to describe the fi…

Care in Mathematics Education

This book investigates the process of care in mathematics teaching. The author proposes transformative educational spaces in which learning mathematics, rather than consisting of a repetitive grind of exercises and facts, can become a part of learner identity. This book describes examples of mathematics teachings in a wide range of contexts and pedagogies, coordinated to identify common feature…

Gang Prevention in Schools

This book delves deep into the hidden population of former gang members who share their positive and negative experiences of being gang members. Their stories of violence, hopelessness, despair, and loneliness also offer a seed of hope – they contain the building blocks for prevention. By understanding why they each turned to gangs, how they turned to gangs, and what went wrong for some along…

Democracy, Social Justice, and the American Community College

This book provides scholars, educators, and legislators with a personal, classroom-level tour of daily life at a community college. Readers will accompany the author into the classroom as he goes about his work as an English teacher meeting with classes and corresponding with students on Blackboard and e-mail. Answering the call for ”student-centered scholarship,” this book blends tradition…

Ecology of Common Care

This book offers an ecological foundation for social work and for care provision in general. It presents the ecosocial approach according to its origins, distinguishing it from other theoretical social work approaches and applying it to various areas of care for welfare. The ecological anchoring of social welfare and common care is an emerging topic in political, organisational, and person-rela…

Preschool Peer Social Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder

This book presents the Preschool Peer Social Intervention (PPSI), a manualized comprehensive social curriculum to enhance peer-interaction for pre-schoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in three key domains: play, interaction, and conversation. The book outlines the PPSI’s transactional approach in each of the three intervention domains and incorporates developmental features and a…

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…