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Transforming Early Childhood in England : Towards a Democratic Education
Early childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Educat…
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- 9781787357167
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- xv, 244 p. : ill.
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- 372.210942 CAM t
Managing change at universities : volume iii
In dem Sammelband werden Reformprojekte vorgestellt, die Teilnehmende eines afrikanisch-asiatischen Qualifizierungsprogramms für Dekane an ihren Heimathochschulen umgesetzt haben. In den Projekten haben sie Veränderungen in verschiedenen Bereichen initiiert. Dazu gehören Verbesserungen in Forschung und Lehre sowie die Einführung einer Qualitätssicherung. Im "DIES International Deans' Cours…
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- 9783763960330
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- 202 p. ; ill
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- 370 BAS m
Knowing History in Schools : Powerful knowledge and the powers of knowledge
The ‘knowledge turn’ in curriculum studies has drawn attention to the central role that knowledge of the disciplines plays in education, and to the need for new thinking about how we understand knowledge and knowledge-building. Knowing History in Schools explores these issues in the context of teaching and learning history through a dialogue between the eminent sociologist of curriculum Mic…
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- 9781787357303
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- 266p. ; ill.
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- Knowledge and the Curriculum
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- 372.89 ART k
Improving Inclusive Education through Universal Design for Learning
This open access international scientific study provides an analysis of how the educational strategy of Universal Design for Learning can stimulate the process of inclusive education in different educational-cultural contexts and different areas of the educational system. The findings of the research deepen the conception of inclusive education and present an analysis of factors that are signif…
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- Vol.5
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- 9783030806583
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- 323p. ; ill.
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- Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity
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- 371.9046 ALV i
Holocaust Education : Contemporary challenges and controversies
Teaching and learning about the Holocaust is central to school curriculums in many parts of the world. As a field for discourse and a body of practice, it is rich, multidimensional and innovative. But the history of the Holocaust is complex and challenging, and can render teaching it a complex and daunting area of work. Drawing on landmark research into teaching practices and students’ knowle…
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- 9781787355699
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- 234p. ; ill.
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- 940.5318071 STU h
Higher education revolutions in the Gulf : globalization and institutional vi…
Over the past quarter century, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have witnessed a revolutionary transformation in higher education. In 1990, there were fewer than ten public universities that offered their Arabic-language curricula in sex-segregated settings to national citizens only. In 2015, there are more than one hundred public, semi-public, and private colleges and universities. Most of …
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- 9780203796139
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- xix, 236 p. : ill.
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- Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
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- 378.536 BAD h
International Perspectives of Distance Learning in Higher Education
This book, written by authors representing 12 countries and five continents, is a collection of international perspectives on distance learning and distance learning implementations in higher education. The perspectives are presented in the form of practical case studies of distance learning implementations, research studies on teaching and learning in distance learning environments, and concep…
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- 9789535151258
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- 346 p.: ill.
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- 370 MOO i
Global Pathways to Education : Cultural Spheres, Networks, and International …
In this open access volume, the editors identify the trajectories and patterns displayed by education systems and investigate the causes of change from a global and historical perspective. The contributors argue that the emergence and development of education systems can be traced back to inherent national factors, as well as to the international diffusion of ideas. The research prese…
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- 9783030788858
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- 318p. ; ill.
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- 370.1 KER g
Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective
The research in this Special Issue is an international collection of studies focusing on the current challenges and possibilities in teacher education. The contributors examine teacher education with theoretical and empirical approaches including both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The studies demonstrate that future teachers need high-level ethical and pedagogical skills to cop…
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- 9783036516899
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- 168 p. : ill.
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- 001.3 KIR c
Economics of education and sustainable development
This book consists of articles that investigate and discuss the relationship between economics of education and sustainable development; that is, how education economics plays an important role in sustainable development. Economics of education or education economics is the study of economic issues relating to education (such as education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisi…
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- 9783036517179
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- 267 p. : ill.
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- 338.5 LIN e
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