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Undeclared: a philosophy of formative higher education
An imaginative tour of the contemporary university as it could be: a place to discover self-knowledge, meaning, and purpose. What if college were not just a means of acquiring credentials, but a place to pursue our formation as whole persons striving to lead lives of meaning and purpose? In Undeclared, Chris Higgins confronts the contemporary university in a bid to reclaim a formative missio…
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- 9780262377607
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- 391 p. ; ill.
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- 378.01 HIG u
In From The Cold
"Open hostilities in the Korean War ended on the 27th of July 1953. The armistice that was signed at that time remains the poignant symbol of an incomplete conclusion – of a war that retains a distinct possibility of resuming at short notice. So what did Australia contribute to the Korean War from June 1950 to July 1953? What were the Australians doing there? How significant was the contribut…
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- 9781760462734
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Immigration justice
Immigration Justice is the culmination of over seven years of work that began in the fall of 2005, when I wrote a short paper examining the global egalitarian potential of “open borders.” Judging that paper to be inadequate by itself for defending the central thought underlying my views on the justice of states’ immigrant admissions policies, I resolved to continu…
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- edition 17
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- 9780748670277
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- vi. ;281 p. ill.
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- 325.1. IMM p
Reimagining science education in the anthropocene
This open access edited volume invites transdisciplinary scholars to re-vision science education in the era of the Anthropocene. The collection assembles the works of educators from many walks of life and areas of practice together to help reorient science education toward the problems and peculiarities associated with the geologic times many call the Anthropocene. It has become evident that sc…
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- 9783030796228
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- xx, 375 p. : ill.
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- Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment
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- 507.1 HIG r
Unsettling responsibility in science education : indigenous science, deconstr…
This open access book engages with the response-ability of science education to Indigenous ways-of-living-with-Nature. Higgins deconstructs the ways in which the structures of science education—its concepts, categories, policies, and practices—contribute to the exclusion (or problematic inclusion) of Indigenous science while also shaping its ability respond. Herein, he undertakes an unsettl…
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- 9783030612993
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- xxxvi, 350p. : ill.
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- 507 HIG u
Ecosystem-based management, ecosystem services and aquatic biodiversity : the…
Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of the…
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- 9783030458430
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- viii, 580p. : ill.
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- 577.6 ECO e
500 ICT tips for primary teachers
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been the focus of much debate and development within education, especially in the primary sector. This text offers tried and tested ideas for using IT effectively across the whole primary curriculum.
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- 9780749428631
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- viii, 200p. : ill.
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- 372.1334 HIG f
Meeting the standards in primary ICT : a guide to the ITTNC
This practical guide to using ICT in the primary classroom addresses all the concerns of student teachers and provides plenty of ideas and advice on how to incorporate ICT into classroom practice on a daily basis. The authors bring together theory and practice to help prospective and new teachers acquire and develop the skills required for using ICT effectively. Meeting the Standards in Primary…
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- 9780415230476
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- xii, 209p. : ill.
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- 371.334 HIG m
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