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Executive function and education
Executive function is an umbrella term for various cognitive processes that are central to goal-directed behavior, thoughts, and emotions. These processes are especially important in novel or demanding situations, which require a rapid and flexible adjustment of behavior to the changing demands of the environment. The development of executive function relies on the maturation of associated brai…
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- 9782889455720
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- 184 p.; 22 cm.
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- Frontiers Research Topics
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Islamic studies in the twenty-first century : transformations and continuities
In recent decades, traditional methods of philology and intellectual history, applied to the study of Islam and Muslim societies, have been met with considerable criticism from rising generations of scholars who have turned to the social sciences, most notably anthropology and social history, for guidance. This change has been accompanied by the rise of new fields, studying, for example, Islam …
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- 9789048528189
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- 284p. : ill.
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- 306.697 ISL i
Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education
This open access book is about the development of a common understanding of environmental citizenship. It conceptualizes and frames environmental citizenship taking an educational perspective. Organized in four complementary parts, the book first explains the political, economic and societal dimensions of the concept. Next, it examines environmental citizenship as a psychological concept with a…
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- 9783030202491
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- XIII, 261 p.
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- Environmental Discourses in Science Education
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- 370 CON c
Conservation of natural and cultural heritage in Kenya : a cross-disciplinary…
In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of…
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- 9781910634844
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- XVIII, 249 p.
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- 363.69 CON c
Deep stories : practicing, teaching, and learning anthropology with digital s…
Have you ever wondered what makes storytelling and digital media a powerful combination? This edited volume examines the opportunities to think, do, and/or create jointly afforded by digital storytelling. The editors of this volume contend that digital storytelling and digital media can create spaces of empowerment and transformation by facilitating multiple kinds of border crossings and conver…
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- 9783110539363
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- xiv, 194p. : ill.
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- 360 DEE d
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