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Curriculum reform in the European schools : towards a 21st century vision
This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the European Union, at a time when the global economy demands a new vision for contemporary education. The European schools are currently in a state of crisis: their 60-year-old tradition of bilingual and multilingual education is being strained by rapid EU expansion and the removal of English speaking teachers …
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- 9783319714646
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- xv, 183p. : ill.
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- 375 GRA c
25 years of transformations of higher education systems in post-Soviet countr…
This open access book is a result of the first ever study of the transformations of the higher education institutional landscape in fifteen former USSR countries after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It explores how the single Soviet model that developed across the vast and diverse territory of the Soviet Union over several decades has evolved into fifteen unique national systems, …
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- 9783319529806
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- xxviii, 482p. : ill.
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- 378 TWE t
Digital technology and the practices of humanities research
How does technology impact research practices in the humanities? How does digitisation shape scholarly identity? How do we negotiate trust in the digital realm? What is scholarship, what forms can it take, and how does it acquire authority?This diverse set of essays demonstrate the importance of asking such questions, bringing together established and emerging scholars from a variety of discipl…
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- 9781783748419
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- XI, 276 p.
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- 303.4834 DIG d
Reforms, organizational change and performance in higher education : a compar…
This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, namely: reform or policy initiatives; drivers, aims, instruments and actors; structural changes wit…
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- 9783030117382
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- xx, 326p. : ill.
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- 320.6 REF r
Geographies of schooling
This open access book explores the complex relationship between schooling as a set of practices embedded in educational institutions and their specific spatial dimensions from different disciplinary perspectives. It presents innovative empirical and conceptual research by international scholars from the fields of social geography, pedagogy, educational and social sciences in Germany, the United…
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- 9783030187996
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- xii, 359p. : ill.
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- 306.43 GEO g
Developing writers in higher education : a longitudinal study
For undergraduates following any course of study, it is essential to develop the ability to write effectively. Yet the processes by which students become more capable and ready to meet the challenges of writing for employers, the wider public, and their own purposes remain largely invisible. Developing Writers in Higher Education shows how learning to write for various purposes in multiple disc…
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- 9780472037384
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- ix, 369p. : ill.
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- 808.0420711 DEV d
Family, bullying and cyberbullying
Despite the significant decrease in bullying that has been reported in many countries during the last two decades, bullying continues to be a significant problem among young people. Given the increase of internet use among youth, researchers have started to pay attention to cyberspace, understanding that it may be a fertile ground for bullying behaviors, specifically, what is known as cyberbull…
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- 9783039210817
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- x, 167p. : ill.
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- 302.343 FAM f
A socially critical view of the self-managing school
The shift from the model of central government educational control to school- based management has been widely adopted and acclaimed and has created the general impression of increased democracy and participation.; The international contributors to this book tackle this important policy issue and look behind the scenes of the moves towards school self- management. They investigate the phenomeno…
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- 9781135721114
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- vi, 260p. : ill.
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- 371.2 SOC s
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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