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Gender differences in computer and information literacy : an in-depth analysi…
This open access book presents a systematic investigation into internationally comparable data gathered in ICILS 2013. It identifies differences in female and male students’ use of, perceptions about, and proficiency in using computer technologies. Teachers’ use of computers, and their perceptions regarding the benefits of computer use in education, are also analyzed by gender. When compute…
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- 9783030262037
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- xi, 73p. : ill.
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- 370.81 GEB g
Socioeconomic inequality and educational outcomes : evidence from twenty year…
This open access book focuses on trends in educational inequality using twenty years of grade 8 student data collected from 13 education systems by the IEA’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) between 1995 and 2015. While the overall positive association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and student achievement is well documented in the literature, the magnitude of this r…
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- 9783030119911
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- viii, 83p. : ill.
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- 379.26 BRO s
Education and development in colonial and postcolonial Africa : policies, par…
This open access edited volume offers an analysis of the entangled histories of education and development in twentieth-century Africa. It deals with the plurality of actors that competed and collaborated to formulate educational and developmental paradigms and projects: debating their utility and purpose, pondering their necessity and risk, and evaluating their intended and unintended consequen…
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- 9783030278014
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- xix, 321p.: ill.
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- 370.96 EDU e
The change laboratory for teacher training in entrepreneurship education : a …
This open access book illustrates a new type of formative intervention for in-service teacher training in entrepreneurship education. The book describes a Change Laboratory and shows how teachers and workshop assistants develop the idea of a multidisciplinary project entailing the design of a self-service and parking lot in a dismissed area close to the city centre. The multidisciplinary projec…
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- 9783030025717
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- xv, 144p.: ill.
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- 370.113 MOR c
Open and distance education in Australia, Europe and the Americas : national …
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. It discusses how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of national higher education systems in these countries, and explore…
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- 9789811302985
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- vi, 131p.: ill.
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- 371.3 OPE o
Asia pacific education : diversity, challenges and changes
Education in Asia Pacific countries is being transformed by globalisation and the market economy. Most economies within the region have flourished due to increased regional capital flow, trade and other forms of economic and political interaction. The Asia Pacific also has rich and unique traditions, which create cultural diversity as well as common challenges, including obstacles of language a…
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- 9781921867415
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- xxi, 281p. : ill.
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- 370.95 ASI a
Theories in Adult Learning and Education
Adult Learning and Education The graduate student guide in adult education explores theories of adult learning and adult education participation. It provides a frame of reference for understanding the development of a rapidly evolving field and for enhancing knowledge and competencies in this professional domain. The publication is divided into two sections: a section on adult learning theories…
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- 9783866493629
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- 106p.. ill.
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- 374 bel t
Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. It describes how open and distance education is evolving in a digital age to reflect the needs and circumstances of the national higher education systems in these countries. It…
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- 9789811357879
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- viii, 140p.: ill.
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- 374.4 zaw o
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