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Der Entschluss zum biographischen Stillstand ist ein literarischer Topos, der in Texten der Klassischen Moderne, aber auch in postmoderner Gegenwartsliteratur zu finden ist. Entwicklungsverweigerer wie Peter Pan oder Oskar Matzerath sind zu Ikonen der Literatur- und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2010-11-05
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Oxford is one of the world’s great universities but this has not meant that it is exempt from pressures for change. On various fronts it has been required to meet the challenges that universities almost worldwide have to face. Given the retrenchment of public funding,...
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Springer
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2010-11-03
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Youth around the world are fittingly described as digital natives because of their comfort and skill with technological hardware and content. Recent studies indicate that an overwhelming majority of children and teenagers use the Internet, cell phones, and other mobile...
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Springer
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2010-11-02
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This collection of essays introduces multiple social theories through discussions of ideas across national borders. In each of the nine sections, the first chapter introduces a theory in a context outside of the United States. The second chapter then responds to the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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What’s it like for Black male students who are openly gay or «gender non-conforming» to navigate the social geography of urban schools? In the tradition of critical ethnographies of schooling, Lance T. McCready mobilizes feminist theories of intersectionality to explore...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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The chapters in this edited collection examine how the culture of masculinity intersects with issues of health, homophobia, and the suppression and silencing of anxieties about body image among men and boys. Examining the bodily dividends and trade-offs associated with...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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This book examines the ways young people engage in action, dialogue, and activism, and how they become global citizens. The essays in the book illustrate how young people with deep convictions on how to change the world make a difference in their communities. The...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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Teaching is hard. Many teachers find it stressful. New teachers often lose their enthusiasm. The special education population is skyrocketing. Students are losing their motivation. What has gone wrong? How can we create powerful learning in students? Most importantly,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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Advancement in the arts and sciences is a primary driver of economic production and social policy in post-industrial societies. Imagination steps back and asks ‘what advances the arts and sciences?’ This book explores the collective, social and global dimension of human...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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It is generally taken for granted that human behavior distributes along the lines of a bell-shaped, normal curve. This idea underpins much educational theory, research, and practice. There is, however, a considerable body of research demonstrating that the normal curve...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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Too Simple to Fail presents a startling dissection of what is wrong with our educational system and a set of simple, common-sense steps for improving it. This simplicity, Bausell argues, characterizes both the schooling process and the science of education, as witnessed...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-01
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The theory of Nuyorganics joins Nuyorican poetry to organic intellectualism. Examining its possibilities, this book questions existing theories of the dominant elite and offers new theories for those who struggle for accurate representation in their academic...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2010-11-01
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Learn how to hone your selling skills and close more sales with this easy to read guide written by someone with extensive experience of every aspect of selling and marketing in the international arena.Based on the five stage OIMCO selling model it covers :-Opening-phase...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2010-10-29
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A former admissions officer at Dartmouth College reveals how the world's most highly selective schools really make their decisions. For generations, the admissions process of the Ivy League schools has been cloaked in mystery and myth. With absolute candor, Michele...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2010-10-28
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There are many approaches to researching the difficulties in learning that students experience in the key areas of literacy and numeracy. This book seeks to advance understanding of these difficulties and the interventions that have been used to improve outcomes. The...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-10-28
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Designed as a research-based yet matter-of-fact guide for beginning and future scientist-practitioners, A Practical Guide to Building Professional Competencies in School Psychology skillfully augments the reader’s training, supervision, and experience by providing a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-10-28
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Cultivating the Spirit THIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK IS BASED on a five-year study of how students change during the college years and the role college plays in facilitating the development of their spiritual qualities. Students, the authors argue, grapple with the big...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2010-10-26
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The second edition of Dyslexia in the Workplace is a comprehensive guide to how dyslexic adults in employment can improve their skills, and how their employers and other professionals can help. Offers invaluable insights for overcoming obstacles to success, enhancing...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-10-26
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The goal of this book is to emphasize the formal statistical features of the practice of equating, linking, and scaling.The book encourages the view and discusses the quality of the equating results from the statistical perspective (new models, robustness, fit, testing...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-10-19
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The dynamics, politics, and richness of knowledge production in social movements and social activist contexts are often overlooked. This book contends that some of the most radical critiques and understandings about dominant ideologies and power structures, and visions...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-10-18
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