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P.Y. Galperin's development of human mental activity : lectures in educationa…
This open access book introduces the legacy of Piotr Galperin to a wider audience of researchers, educators and psychologists. Previous translations of Galperin’s work present only some aspects of his conceptual thinking; however, his main contribution to the general, genetic and pedagogical psychology as a unique holistic and systemic approach to studying of psychological phenomena and proc…
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- 9783030640224
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- lx, 126p. : ill.
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- 370.15 ENG p
Education materialised : reconstructing teaching and learning contexts throug…
Manuscripts have played a crucial role in the educational practices of virtually all cultures that have a history of using them. As learning and teaching tools, manuscripts become primary witnesses for reconstructing and studying didactic and research activities and methodologies from elementary levels to the most advanced. The present volume investigates the relation between manuscripts and e…
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- 9783110741124
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- XII, 495 p.
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- Volume 23. In the series Studies in Manuscript Cultures
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- 091 EDU e
Expanding professionalism in music and higher music education : a changing game
This book addresses the need to rethink the concept and enactment of professionalism in music, and how such concepts underpin professional higher music education. There is an urgent imperative to enable the potential of professional musicians in our contemporary societies to be more fully realised, recognising both intense challenges that are currently threatening some traditional music practic…
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- 9781003108337
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- XXXIII, 148 p.
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- SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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- 780.7 EXP e
Visually provoking : dissertations in art education
Visually Provoking - a dynamic collection of visually oriented research about current doctoral studies from international art educators in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States of America. Together we are thinking about, with and through the visual, focusing attention on practices that are reshaping our understandings of intellectual e…
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- 243 p.
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- 701 VIS v
Democratising the museum : reflections on participatory technologies
Democratising the museum is a collection of articles reflecting upon the problem of how participation, technologically mediated or not, can support the museum in the process of becoming more accessible. The open museum shares power with its visitors while negotiating professionalism and the role of the museum in a modern society. The book looks at the roles and struggles of audiences/visitors a…
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- 240 p.
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- 069 DEM d
Mindfulness and meditation at university : 10 years of the Munich model
Why should the concepts of mindfulness and meditation be taught in universities? What are the potential impacts of such an undertaking on the education system and its students? Andreas de Bruin showcases the outcomes of the Munich model, »Mindfulness and Meditation in a University Context«, implemented from 2010 to 2020, in which 2000 students participated. In addition to an overview of curre…
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- 9783839456965
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- 211 p.
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- Achtsamkeit - Bildung - Medien, 5
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- 100 DEB m
Communicating climate change : a guide for educators
Environmental educators face a formidable challenge when they approach climate change due to the complexity of the science and of the political and cultural contexts in which people live. There is a clear consensus among climate scientists that climate change is already occurring as a result of human activities, but high levels of climate change awareness and growing levels of concern have not …
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- 9781501730801
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- IX, 131 p.
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- Cornell Series in Environmental Education
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- 363.73874071073 ARM c
Dialogue for intercultural understanding : placing cultural literacy at the h…
This open access book is a result of an extensive, ambitious and wide-ranging pan-European project focusing on the development of children and young people’s cultural literacy and what it means to be European in the 21st century prioritising intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. The Horizon 2020 funded, 3-year DIalogue and Argumentation for cultural Literacy Learning (DIALLS) proje…
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- 9783030717780
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- xiii, 163p. : ill.
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- 370.15 DIA d
The politics of diversity in music education
This open access book examines the political structures and processes that frame and produce understandings of diversity in and through music education. Recent surges in nationalist, fundamentalist, protectionist and separatist tendencies highlight the imperative for music education to extend beyond nominal policy agendas or wholly celebratory diversity discourses. Bringing together high-level …
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- 9783030656171
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- x, 214p. : ill.
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- 780.71 POL p
Like nobody's business: an insider's guide to how US University finances rea…
"How do university finances really work? From flagship public research universities to small, private liberal arts colleges, there are few aspects of these institutions associated with more confusion, myths or lack of understanding than how they fund themselves and function in the business of higher education. Using simple, approachable explanations supported by clear illustrations, this book t…
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- 9781800641099
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- xi, 471 pages (1 online resource) : charts (color)
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- 378.38 COM l
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