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Focusing on the challenges of the transition to responsible, sustainable lifestyles, this book examines developments over the last decade in relation to:- the creation of awareness of consumer citizenship, civic involvement and environmental stewardship - research,...
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Springer
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2015-02-04
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This is the first comprehensive volume to compare the sociolinguistic situations of minorities in Russia and in Western Europe. As such, it provides insight into language policies, the ethnolinguistic vitality and the struggle for reversal of language shift, language...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-01-06
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While the term «public intellectual» has been used to describe scholars who seek to share their re-search with the public, little work has been done to examine the role of a public intellectual in the field of education. This book builds upon the notion of the public...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2015-01-01
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The second edition of America’s Atonement: Racial Pain, Recovery Rhetoric, and the Pedagogy of Healing argues that racial pain is a driving force in contemporary race relations and is especially prevalent in social discourses on identity, fairness, and social justice....
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-12-30
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This book presents research exploring the potential for postfoundational theories to revitalize discussions in early childhood education. In the past two decades, postfoundation theories (e.g., postmodern, poststructural, feminist, postcolonial, etc.) have...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-12-09
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This book compares ways in which children’s rights in, to, and through education, formal and informal, are viewed and implemented in a variety of social and political contexts, aiming to shed light on how policies and practices can improve equal access to high quality...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-12-09
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Die Ostkunde war ein zentrales Bildungsanliegen in der frühen Bundesrepublik. Sie prägte die Schulbildung in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren entscheidend: Sie gestaltete die Erinnerung an die Vertreibungsgebiete sowie die entsprechenden Geschichts- und Gegenwartsbilder und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-05
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This book brings together recent research on Global Academic Mobility and Migration (GAMM) from a variety of perspectives and contexts. There is now a widespread consensus that most countries and world regions are witnessing GAMM. Bringing together leading scholars from...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-12-02
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It may seem self-evident that a democratic society ought to develop inclusive institutions and an inclusive educational system, yet when we try to define what we understand by inclusion, its complexity becomes apparent. This book does not seek to diminish that...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-11-25
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In the context of renewed global interest in the development of vocational skills, policy makers in many countries as well as representatives of technical organisations often hope to reform existing training systems by borrowing models and policies that seem to work...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-11-25
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This monograph analyses and describes successful educational actions with a specific focus on vulnerable groups (i.e. youth, migrants, cultural groups e.g. Roma, women, and people with disabilities). Concrete data that shows success in school performance in subject...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-11-14
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Within critical discussions of school reform, researchers and activists are often of two camps. Some focus their analyses on neoliberal economic agendas, while others center on racial inequality. These analyses often happen in isolation, continuing to divide those...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-10-30
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This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China’s broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-10-28
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This edited volume focuses on how international education policy, set by international policymakers and donors, influences local education policy in developing countries. The book’s primary purpose is to give voice to scholars from developing countries and regions...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-13
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This book is a longitudinal life history of the lives and work of primary school principals in Ireland. It provides a unique opportunity to peer inside the realities of leading schools in changing times. In a system that until recently did not prepare principals for the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-06
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Prisoners prefer moral ideals like justice and responsibility just as much as non-prisoners. However, they lack moral competence, which Georg Lind has defined as the ability to solve conflicts through deliberation and communication rather than through violence, deceit...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-08-27
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Your formula for managing innovation and transforming learning #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education is a refreshing change from the negativity so common in the world of education today. Over the course of a 3-month solo road trip across the United States,...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-08-13
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The smallest and most remote villages in the developing countries are affected by the rapid and seemingly irresistible trend towards globalization.The limitless availability of information however necessitates education to stand out as the key factor for human and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-08-07
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Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Disaster Risk ReductionEducation (DRRE) have overlapping areas of concern focusing on strengthening the link to local communities. In reality, there is significant synergy in ESD and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Both...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-08-06
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Are we witnessing the decline of state involvement in education or is it being reshaped, and if so how? Surprisingly, this question has received little attention from researchers in education studies, sociology and political science. This book aims to fill this gap by...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-08-06
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