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Education for Sustaining Peace through Historical Memory
‘This is a necessary exercise in deconstruction and reconstruction that challenges conventional and critical approaches to peace education. Schultze-Kraft’s new book is an impressive piece of synthesis, a personal manifesto married to a rigorous interrogation of the theoretical literature. It pushes boundaries enhancing the sustaining peace agenda. As such it deserves the critical attention…
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- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030936549
- Collation
- xi; 119; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 327.1 EDU M
Crisis response in higher education : how the pandemic challenged university …
This open access book explores the impact of Covid-19 on universities, and how students, staff, faculty and academic leaders have adapted to and dealt with the impact of the pandemic. Drawing on experiences from Britain, Australia and Sweden, it showcases how Covid has challenged routines and procedures in universities, and thrown them into a disarray of ever-changing events and short-term adap…
- Edition
- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030978372
- Collation
- xi; 183p; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 378.101 CRI M
The Legibility of Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces : Reading from Paper and Rea…
This open access book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the relevant literature on the legibility of different kinds of typefaces, which goes back over 140 years in the case of reading from paper and more than 50 years in the case of reading from screens. It describes the origins of serif and sans serif styles in ancient inscriptions, their adoption in modern printing techniques, an…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030909840
- Collation
- xiv, 161 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 686.2247 LEG J
ALTHUSSER AND EDUCATION : reassessing critical education
Louis Althusser's thinking laid the groundwork for critical educational theory, yet it is often misunderstood in critical pedagogy, sociology of education, and related fields. In this open access book, David I. Backer reexamines Althusser’s educational theory, specifically the claim that education is the most powerful ideological state apparatus in modern capitalist societies. He then present…
- Edition
- 3
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781350101500
- Collation
- ix, 228p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 194 ALT b
Creating the desire for change in higher education : the Amsterdam path to th…
Focusing on change in higher education, and on furthering the integration of research and education, this open access book brings together and builds upon the international bodies of knowledge on higher education change and on the relationship between research and teaching. Rather than simply combining this knowledge, this book provides a thorough understanding of change paths towards sustainab…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781350244788
- Collation
- xii, 232p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 378 CRE g
Intercultural Approaches to Education : From Theory to Practice
This open access book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education. From an international and comparative perspective, this book first presen…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030708252
- Collation
- xxii, 213 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.117 INT A
Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms : Building an…
This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of develo…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030570392
- Collation
- viii, 198 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.116 IMP F
ANTHROPOCENE CHILDHOODS : speculative fiction, racialization, and climate crisis
This open access book brings together the disciplines of childhood studies, literary studies, and the environmental humanities to focus on the figure of the child as it appears in popular culture and theory. Drawing on theoretical works by Clare Colebrook, Elizabeth Povinelli, Kathryn Yusoff, Donna Haraway and Bruno Latour the book offers creative readings of sci-fi novels, short stories and fi…
- Edition
- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781350262409
- Collation
- ix, 208p.; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 372.21 ANT a
Space, place, and children's reading development : mapping the connections
This open access book is a unique study of the impact of lived experience on literate life, exploring how children’s reading development is affected by their home setting, and how this sense of place influences textual interpretation of the books they read. Based on qualitative research and structured around interviews with twelve participants, Space, Place and Children's Reading Development …
- Edition
- 5
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781350275973
- Collation
- xiv, 256p.; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 372.4 SPA m
Dumbing Down : The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System…
This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the l…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030934293
- Collation
- XVIII, 212 p ; ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 338.4737 DUM
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