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Motivational profiles in TIMSS mathematics
This open access book presents a person-centered exploration of student profiles, using variables related to motivation to do school mathematics derived from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data. Statistical cluster analysis is used to identify groups of students with similar motivational profiles, across grades and over time, for multiple participating…
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- 9783030261832
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- xi, 144p.: ill.
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- 510.71 MIC m
Social and political dimension of mathematics education: current thinking
This book examines the current thinking on five critical social and political areas in mathematics education. It focuses on material conditions in teaching and learning, and details features of social life and their influence on mathematics teaching, learning and achievement. Following an introduction, the first section addresses equitable access and participation in quality mathematics educati…
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- 9783319296555
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- vii, 37p.:
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- 370
Professional learning in education
Educational quality is at the center of debates worldwide. In all these debates, teachers are considered as the critical actors determining to a large extent the quality of our educational systems. At the same time, doubts are expressed related to teachers’ quality as well as to the education or training of teachers. In this context, policy debates underline the need for ‘excellent’ teach…
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- 9789038225968
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- 229p. : ill.
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- 371.172 DE p
Rethinking schooling: twenty-five years of the journal of curriculum Studies
This book is the outcome of a challenge – an invitation to present a view of curriculum studies by way of a selection of articles drawn from the pages of theJournal of Curriculum Studies(JCS). JCShas been published since 1968. Since1987, the journal has appeared six times a year, with each annual volume containing more than 750 pages and about 40 articles. To keep this book to a reasonable si…
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- 9780415407441
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- 347 WES r
Transforming education outcomes in Africa: learning from togo
Every girl and every boy should have the right to a quality education so that they can have more chances in life, including employment opportunities, better health and also to participate in the political process. But education is not only a human right. Education reduces poverty, boosts economic growth, and increases income. It increases a person’s chancesof having a healthy life, reduces ma…
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- 9783030127084
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- 370.115 HOO t
Buildings for education : a multidisciplinary overview of the design of schoo…
This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This transformative process aims to give old buildings a fresh identity, to ensure that facilities are compliant with the new educational and teaching models, and to improve both e…
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- 9783030336875
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- xvii, 326p. : ill.
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- 371.6 BUI b
Communities and knowledge production in archaeology
The dynamic processes of knowledge production in archaeology and elsewhere in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly viewed as the collaborative effort of groups, clusters and communities of researchers rather than the isolated work of so-called ‘instrumental’ actors. Shifting focus from the individual scholar to the wider social contexts of her work and the dynamic creative pr…
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- 9781526134554
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- xvii, 250p. : ill.
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- 930.1 COM c
Young people, social media and health
The pervasiveness of social media in young people’s lives is widely acknowledged, yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young people’s health and wellbeing. Young People, Social Media and Health draws on novel research to understand, explain, and illustrate young people’s experiences of engagement with health-related social media; as well as…
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- 9781351026987
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- xvii, 231p. : ill.
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- 610.2850835 YOU y
Teaching crowds : learning and social media
Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS). However, while traditional "classroom" learning is by…
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- 9781771990004
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- xv, 353p. : ill.
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- 371.33 DRO t
Digital transformation and public services : societal impacts in Sweden and b…
Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process affects various welfare services provided by the public sector, and the ensuing implications thereof. Ultimately, this book seeks to understand if it is conceivable for digital advancement to result in the creation of private/non-governmental alternatives …
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- 9780429319297
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- xxii, 353p. : ill.
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- 361.609485 DIG d
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