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Interdisciplinary mathematics education: the state of the art and beyond
This open access book is the first major publication on the topic of “Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education” and arose from the work of the first International Topic Study Group of the same name at the ICME-13 conference in Hamburg in 2016. It offers extensive theoretical insights, empirical research, and practitioner accounts of interdisciplinary mathematics work in STEM and beyond (e.g.…
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- 1st ed. 2019.
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- 9783030110666
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- 1 online resource (VII, 302 pages 56 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color.)
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- 510.71 BOR i
Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: between entanglement and…
This volume focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The book argues that all three countries have reached a new era of post high-growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxietie…
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- 9789048551613
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- 300 CHI c
Fading foundations : probability and the regress problem
This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if knowing requires having good reasons, and reasons can only be good if they are backed by good reasons in turn? The problem has puzzled philosophers ever since antiquity, giving rise to what is often called Agrippa's Trilemma. The current volume approaches the old problem in a…
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- 9783319582955
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- xi, 238p. : ill.
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- -
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- 121 ATK f
Difficult folk?: a political history of social anthropology
How should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redresses the balance. Written in a narrative style and drawing on archival sources and oral histories, it depicts the complex pattern of personal and administrative relationships that shape scholarly wor…
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- -
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- 9781785336638
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- x, 222p.
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- 306.20941 MIL d
Street theatre and the production of postindustrial space : working memories
Street theatre and the production of postindustrial space explores how street theatre transforms industrial space into postindustrial space. Deindustrializing communities have increasingly turned to cultural projects to commemorate industrial heritage while simultaneously generating surplus value and jobs in a changing economy. Through analysis of French street theatre companies working out of …
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- 9781526147288
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- X, 205 p.
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- 792.0220944 CAL s
Civil Society and International Governance: the Role of Non-State Actors in t…
Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only – or even the most important - determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. Many issues, including the environment, health, crime, drugs, migration and terrorism, can no longer be contained within national boundaries. As a result, it is not always …
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- 9780203840054
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- 341.24 BEL c
The archaeology of rock art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually …
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- -
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- 9781760461614
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- XXVI, 499 p.
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- -
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- 919.429 ARC a
New publication cultures in the humanities : exploring the paradigm shift
The changes we have seen in recent years in the scholarly publishing world - including the growth of digital publishing and changes to the role and strategies of publishers and libraries alike - represent the most dramatic paradigm shift in scholarly communications in centuries. This volume brings together leading scholars from across the humanities to explore that transformation and consider t…
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- -
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- 9789089645647
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- 211 p.
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- 070.5797 NEW n
Self-directed learning for the 21st century : implications for higher education
This book is devoted to scholarship in the field of self-directed learning in the 21st century, with specific reference to higher education. The target audience of the book includes scholars in the field of self-directed learning and higher education. The book contributes to the discourse on the quality of education in the 21st century and adds to the body of scholarship in terms of self-direct…
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- -
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- 9781928396888
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- XXXIII, 436 p.
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- NWU Self-directed Learning Series, 1
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- 374 SEL s
Industry 4.0 and regional transformations
This volume brings together expert contributors to explore opportunities and challenges that Industry 4.0 is likely to pose for regions, firms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase in reshoring.This volume brings together expert contributors to explore oppor…
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- -
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- 9780429057984
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- XVIIII, 257 p.
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- -
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- 338.064094 IND i
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