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Universities, innovation and the economy
Universities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through research, the teaching and development of experts, and knowledge innovation. While there is nothing new in universities’ links with industry, what is recent is their role as territorial actors. It is government policy in many countries that univer…
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- 9781134344185
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- xii, 265p. : ill.
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- 338.476200094 SMI u
Universities in transition : foregrounding social contexts of knowledge in th…
Universities are social universes in their own right. They are the site of multiple, complex and diverse social relations, identities, communities, knowledges and practices. At the heart of this book are people enrolling at university for the first time and entering into the broad variety of social relations and contexts entailed in their ‘coming to know’ at, of and through university. By r…
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- 9781922064837
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- xi, 244p. : ill.
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- 378.1980994 UNI u
Making publics, making places
This book focuses on the surprising generative possibilities which digital and smart technologies offer media consumers, citizens, institutions and governments in making publics and places, across topics as diverse as Twitter audiences, rural news, the elasticity of the public sphere, Weibo, cultural heritage and responsive spaces in smart cities. Multidisciplinary perspectives engage with crit…
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- 9781925261431
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- xviii, 216p. : ill.
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- 307.76 MAK m
Early start : preschool politics in the United States
In the United States, preschool education is characterized by the dominance of a variegated private sector and patchy, uncoordinated oversight of the public sector. Tracing the history of the American debate over preschool education, Andrew Karch argues that the current state of decentralization and fragmentation is the consequence of a chain of reactions and counterreactions to policy decision…
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- 9780472118724
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- x, 274p. : ill.
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- 372.210973 KAR e
Environmental leadership capacity building in higher education : experience a…
The Graduate Program in Sustainability Science under the Department of Urban Engineering of The University of Tokyo has been running an environmental leadership education program at the graduate student level since 2007 called the Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL). This book describes the University’s experiences in establishing and organizing that program and prov…
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- 9784431543404
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- xi, 140p. : ill.
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- 333.7072 ENV e
Controlling knowledge : freedom of information and privacy protection in a ne…
Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of the regulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information a…
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- 9781926836614
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- xi, 251p. : ill.
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- 342.0853 STE c
Using brainpower in the classroom : five steps to accelerate learning
This book offers a realistic, practical and accessible model to allow teachers to incorporate the best of recent brain-based research into their teaching. The five steps involve: making learning multi-sensory ensuring activities match the dominant intelligence of the learner matching types of learning to the gender of pupils using the lesson structure to fit the natural attention span of the br…
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- 9781134288601
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- vi, 164p. : ill.
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- 371.102 GAR u
Preparing for life in a digital age : The IEA international computer and info…
Ability to use information and communication technologies (ICT) is an imperative for effective participation in today’s digital age. Schools worldwide are responding to the need to provide young people with that ability. But how effective are they in this regard? The IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) responded to this question by studying the extent to which yo…
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- 9783319142227
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- 305p. : ill.
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- 371.334 PRE p
Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift
Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the classic 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of Pacific and global ethnography, it provides a unique course in methods, aims, knowledge, and understanding. The book's highly ori…
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- 9781134523450
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- x, 244p. : ill.
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- 394 SYK a
Information and communications technology : in the 21st century classroom
Are you a student who wants to become an effective teacher in the 21st century? Maybe you are a teacher already? Would you like to learn how to take advantage of educational technologies in order to achieve your pedagogic goals? Nowadays, technology is all around us, but how do we, as teachers, make the best use of it?Technology has entered the classroom and most teachers are not trained in usi…
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- 9783110401455
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- viii, 195p. : ill.
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- 371.33 MRE i
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