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Teachers' beliefs and strategies when teaching reading in multilingual settin…
Globalization has not only changed our society, it has also had a profound effect on education. Many schools deal with student populations that due to migration have become increasingly multilingual. Politically, few would argue against the importance of multilingualism; rather, it is promoted to the fullest. However, in practical terms the challenges associated with teaching and educational po…
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- 9783832548421
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- 312p: ill.
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- 372.4
The embodied child : readings in children's literature and culture
The Embodied Child: Readings in Children’s Literature and Culture brings together essays that offer compelling analyses of children’s bodies as they read and are read, as they interact with literature and other cultural artifacts, and as they are constructed in literature and popular culture. The chapters examine the ideology behind the cultural constructions of the child’s body and the i…
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- 9781315101262
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- ix, 295 p. ; ill
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- 809.89282 ZIP t
The juggler of Notre Dame and the medievalizing of modernity : volume 5 tumbl…
This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Juggler of Notre Dame tells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the M…
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- 9781783745364
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- 397 p. : ill. ; 25.4 cm.
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- 841.109 ZIO t
Outdoor learning and play : pedagogical practices and children's cultural for…
This Open Access book examines children’s participation in dialectical reciprocity with place-based institutional practices by presenting empirical research from Australia, Brazil, China, Poland, Norway and Wales. Underpinned by cultural-historical theory, the analysis reveals how outdoors and nature form unique conditions for children's play, formal and informal learning and cultural formati…
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- 9783030725952
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- xv, 201p. : ill.
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- 372.1384 OUT o
Verbal and visual strategies in nonfiction picturebooks: theoretical and anal…
This edited volume presents new approaches to better understand how knowledge is presented verbally and visually in children’s and young adult nonfiction picturebooks. Nonfiction for children and young adults has existed alongside fiction ever since the very first texts for children appeared. However, in the field of children’s literature, there are few critical, theoretical and analytical …
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- 9788215042459
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- ix, 279p.: ill.
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- 808.02 GOG v
Cultures of computer game concerns : the child across families, law, science …
The same computer games are played by youths all over the world, and worldwide games become matters of concern in relation to children: worries rise about addiction, violence, education, time, and economy. Yet, these concerns vary depending upon where they are situated: in families, legal contexts, industry or science. They also play out differently across countries and cultures. This situated …
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- 9783839439340
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- III, 355 p.
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- VerKörperungen/MatteRealities - Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung, 23
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- 794.8 CUL c
Childhood in the late Ottoman empire and after
This title, in its entirety, is available online in Open Access. This volume explores the ways childhood was experienced, lived and remembered in the late Ottoman Empire and its successor states in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when rapid change placed unprecedented demands on the young.
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- 9789004305809
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- 304 p.; 22 cm
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- The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, 59
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- 305.230956 CHI c
Borderland studies meets child studies : a European encounter
This edited volume provides a comparative analysis of the history of borderland children during the 20th Century. More than their parents, children were envisioned to play a crucial role in bringing about a peaceful Europe. The contributions show the complexity of nationalisation within various spheres of borderland children´s lives and display the dichotomy between nationalist policies and ma…
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- 9783653070804
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- 194 p.
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- 305.230940904 VEN b
Playing outdoors
This book explores the magic of spontaneous play self-organized by children. Outdoor play must be encouraged in kindergarten, in school and in community settings. Today, much of the time and play of children is organized by adults. This book is about the magic of self-organized play.Children express joy and independence in outdoor play. The author takes us along to play venues outdoors, showing…
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- 9788215034843
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- 111 p.
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- 372 FAS p
Organising the school's response
First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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- 9781134875696
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- x, 109p. : ill.
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- 371.90460942 POS o
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