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Although second language learners’ pragmatic competence (their ability to use language in context) is an essential part of their general communicative competence, it has not been a part of second language tests. This book helps fill this gap by describing the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-30
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Research on the preparation and continued development of mathematics teachers is becoming an increasingly important subset of mathematics education research. Such research explores the attributes, knowledge, skills and beliefs of mathematics teachers as well as methods...
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Springer
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2014-05-28
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The work presents a theoretical framework for the evaluation of e-Teaching that aims at positioning the online activities designed and developed by the teacher as to the Learning, Interaction and Technology Dimensions.The theoretical research that underlies the study...
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Springer
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2014-05-27
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Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet how deeply embedded are they in the learning systems of the Pacific nations? Building on an earlier analysis in China and...
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Springer
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2014-05-23
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In this in-depth examination of self-study as a research methodology, an international selection of physical education scholars share their ideas and experiences and consider the value of self-study as a vector for highlighting the emerging conflicts, dilemmas, and...
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Springer
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2014-05-22
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Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers, and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealth of theoretical and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-21
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‘Action research and Early Years practices go together, as naturally as the new day rising. This book is a celebration of new days. Early Years research is a practice for creative thinking for new tomorrows; the book shows us how to do this, and is to be commended for...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-05-21
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The first ethnographic study of the trend toward religious, parochial schooling in urban Pakistan, this book provides data from over fifty-Karachi area schools to establish the complex reasons middle- and upper-class families enroll in religious Islamic schools.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-20
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This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe. Using concrete indicators of policy change, it focuses on university reform in Italy, France, Germany and the UK to explore how historical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-20
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Die Schule ist ein sensibler Bereich, in dem zwischen besonders schutzwürdigen Personen und dem Staat eine spezifische Nähe begründet wird.Die gesellschaftliche Forderung nach staatlichem Schutz wird dort besonders nachdrücklich erhoben.Die Arbeit stellt die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-20
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There is an intrinsic connection between the notions of image and time. Visual images can strike us as incomplete, as ambiguous, unless they are moving ones, happening in time. However, time cannot be conceptualized except by metaphors, and so ultimately by images, of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-20
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Der unaufhaltsame Prozess der Globalisierung ist für die ganze Welt nicht nur eine ökonomische und ökologische, sondern auch eine kulturelle Herausforderung. Über wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, internationalen Handel, wissenschaftlichen Austausch, weltweiten Tourismus,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-20
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Kinder sind fasziniert, wenn sie die Vielfalt von Bilderbüchern entdecken. Neues suchen und erfahren, erfragen und wissen, verstehen und vielleicht auch bewahren. Die Untersuchung geht von dieser Erkenntnis aus und liefert bewährte Praxisbeispiele, wie Bilderbücher...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-20
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This timely collection focuses on domestic and international education research on race and ethnicity. As co-conveners of the British Education Research Associations (BERA) Special Education Group on Race and Ethnicity (2010-2013), Race and Lander are advocates for the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-19
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Drawing on comparative country case studies, this book explores student mobility in Europe, incorporating original theoretical perspectives to explain how mobility happens and new empirical evidence to illustrate how students become mobile within their present...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-19
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This book offers an insight into the research and practices of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with particular attention paid to how they map on to science as inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore’s science educational practices through...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-05-19
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Just as autism is a continuum of disorders, it is associated with a broad range of neurodevelopmental, social, and communication deficits. For individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has a major impact on their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-05-16
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Performance assessment is a hot topic in school systems, and educators continue to analyze its costs, benefits, and feasibility as a replacement for high-stakes testing. Until now, researchers and policymakers have had to dig to find out what we know and what we still...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-05-14
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As colleges, universities and other learning institutions explore teaching and learning through online environments, online communities of practice may provide solutions to organizational and professional development needs. The purpose of this book is to develop a set...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-05-12
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This book promotes the experimental mathematics approach in the context of secondary mathematics curriculum by exploring mathematical models depending on parameters that were typically considered advanced in the pre-digital education era.This approach, by drawing on the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-05-08
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