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Young people, ethics, and the new digital media : a synthesis from the GoodPl…
Social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other content, uploading and sharing their own creative work: these activities made possible by the new digital media are rich with opportunities and risks for young people. This report, part of the GoodPlay Project, undertaken by researchers at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, investigat…
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- 9780262513630
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- XIV, 109 p.
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- 302.2310835 JAM y
Cultural Dynamics in a Globalized World
The book contains essays on current issues in arts and humanities in which peoples and cultures compete as well as collaborate in globalizing the world while maintaining their uniqueness as viewed from cross- and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The book covers areas such as literature, cultural studies, archaeology, philosophy, history, language studies, information and literacy studies, and a…
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- 9781315225340
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- XII, 930 p.
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- 700.103 CUL c
Contemporary culture : new directions in arts and humanities research
Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities do indeed matter by offering empirically-grounded critical reflections on contemporary cultural practic…
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- 9789089644749
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- 250 p.
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- 701.03 ZIJ c
governance of educational welfare markets
This book is a first exploratory inquiry into possible educational selectivity effects of the European Social Fund (ESF). It assesses the extent of the gap between the social policy objectives set through regulatory competences in multi-level governance and the structure of incentives it breeds in practice, with a broad range of implications for the capacity of the government to control for an …
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- 1st edition.
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- 9783034318990 (alk. paper)
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- 379.4 STA t
The European higher education area: between critical reflections and future p…
Higher Education; Educational Policy and Politics; International and Comparative Education
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- 9783319208770
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- 378.4 CUR t
Citizen science : innovation in open science, society and policy
Citizen science, the active participation of the public in scientific research projects, is a rapidly expanding field in open science and open innovation. It provides an integrated model of public knowledge production and engagement with science. As a growing worldwide phenomenon, it is invigorated by evolving new technologies that connect people easily and effectively with the scientific commu…
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- 9781787352339
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- 303.483 HEC c
Interdisciplinary insights for digital touch communication
Communication is increasingly moving beyond ‘ways of seeing’ to ‘ways of feeling’. This Open Access book provides social design insights and implications for HCI research and design exploring digitally mediated touch communication. It offers a socially orientated map to help navigate the complex social landscape of digitally mediated touch for communication: from everyday touch-screens,…
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- 9783030245641
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- 004.77 JEW i
Learning legacies: archive to Action through women's cross-cultural Teaching
Learning Legacies explores the history of cross-cultural teaching approaches, to highlight how women writer-educators used stories about their collaborations to promote community-building. Robbins demonstrates how educators used stories that resisted dominant conventions and expectations about learners to navigate cultural differences. Using case studies of educational initiatives on behalf of …
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- 9780472073511
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- 371 ROB l
Enter culture, exit arts? : the transformation of cultural hierarchies in Eur…
Key debates of contemporary cultural sociology – the rise of the ‘cultural omnivore’, the fate of classical ‘highbrow’ culture, the popularization, commercialization and globalization of culture – deal with temporal changes. Yet, systematic research about these processes is scarce due to the lack of suitable longitudinal data. This book explores these questions through the lens of a…
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- 9781138740556
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- xvi, 255p. : ill.
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- 306.094 ENT e
Children after a natural disaster : materials for educators and tearchers. (V…
"Catastrophes and natural disasters lead to numerous problems in the education of children and teenagers, who present as the most vulnerable subjects in the communities affected. Often, in these circumstances, adults (educators, teachers, parents) do not know how to respond to their needs, reactions and feelings. What do we need to know about childhood trauma? What answers should we give to chi…
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- 9788891767974
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- 370 VAC c
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