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Becoming a teacher : Research on the work-integrated learning of student teac…
This book disseminates original research on learning in and from practice in pre-service teacher education. Authors such as Lederman and Lederman describe the student teaching practicum (or work-integrated learning [WIL]), which is an essential component of pre-service teacher education, as the ‘elephant in the room’. These authors note that 'the capstone experience in any teacher education…
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- Vol.4
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781928523369
- Collation
- 470p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- NWU Self-Directed Learning Series
- Call Number
- 371.102 JOS b
Space, Place and Educational Settings
This open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes. It gives insight into the complex interplay of educational inequalities and practices of educational governance in the neighborhood and at larger geographical scales. The book ado…
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- vol. 16
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030785970
- Collation
- 227p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- Knowledge and Space
- Call Number
- 306.43 FRE s
What should schools teach? : disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth
The design of school curriculums involves deep thought about the nature of knowledge and its value to learners and society. It is a serious responsibility that raises a number of questions. What is knowledge for? What knowledge is important for children to learn? How do we decide what knowledge matters in each school subject? And how far should the knowledge we teach in school be related to aca…
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- ed. 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787358744
- Collation
- 262 p. : col, ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 375.001 CUT w
Childhood Cultures in Transformation : 30 Years of the UN Convention on the R…
This book investigates and uncover paradoxes and ambivalences that are actualised when seeking to make the right choices in the best interests of the child. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child established a milestone for the 20th century. Many of these ideas still stand, but time calls for new reflections, empirical descriptions and knowledge as provided in this book. …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789004445666
- Collation
- 297p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 323.352 ELI c
Rethinking Class Size : The complex story of impact on teaching and learning
The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring, and aggressive, in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work. But many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, so does not matter, and this dominant view has informed policymaking internationally. Here, th…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- : 9781787358799
- Collation
- 328p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 371.251 PET r
Script effects as the hidden drive of the mind, cognition, and culture
This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offeri…
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- Literacy Studies, 21
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030551520
- Collation
- 251 p.: ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 411.019 PAE s
Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection
This open access book collects expert contributions on actuarial modelling and related topics, from machine learning to legal aspects, and reflects on possible insurance designs during an epidemic/pandemic. Starting by considering the impulse given by COVID-19 to the insurance industry and to actuarial research, the text covers compartment models, mortality changes during a pandemic, risk-shari…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030783341
- Collation
- 298p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 368.400 952 MAR p
Women's choices in Europe : influence of gender on education, occupational ca…
The options women have to shape their lives have dramatically increased in the last decades, and this is true for all European countries. Changes in their societies with respect to women’s rights have been fundamental, amongst other things as a result of the women’s movement, which caused one of the greatest social revolutions of the 20th century. But considering the different starting poin…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783830977438
- Collation
- vi, 229 p. : ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.4094 QUA w
Plurilingual classroom practices and participation : analysing interaction in…
Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation contributes to a better understanding of plurilingual education in Catalonia by providing a description of the interactional resources mobilised by learners as social actors. This volume is a collection of studies that show interactions containing plurilingual and multimodal sequences that illustrate moments of potential acquisition of aspects …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003169123
- Collation
- XXVI, 216 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.117509467 PLU p
Outcomes of open adoption from care : an Australian contribution to an intern…
This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families. The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030764296
- Collation
- 321p. ; ill..
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 362.734 HAR o
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