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Quest to Learn
The design for Quest to Learn, an innovative school in New York City that offers a “game-like” approach to learning. Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning. The designers of Quest to Learn developed an approach to learning that draws from what games …
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- 371.3344678 SAL
Educational mobility of Second-Generation Turks : Cross-national perspectives
This definitive study investigates the variations in educational mobility of Turkish second-generation immigrants in France, Austria and Sweden. The findings show that differences are most pronounced in the Austrian education system, can be seen clearly in France and are least pronounced in Sweden. Schnell underscores the importance of both individual characteristics and institutional ones, but…
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- 9789089646514
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- 379.26 SCH e
Competences for pharmacy education and practice in europe
One of the main aspirations of the European Union (EU) is the development of a pan-European health system in all member states, with unhindered access to quality care. The PHAR-QA “Quality Assurance in European Pharmacy Education and Training” project explored the realities surrounding this idea in the area of pharmacy. This book assembles a series of papers, already published in the journa…
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- 9783038970941
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- 615.1 ATK
Social inclusion and higher education
This book is about the experiences of students in institutions of higher education from 'non-traditional' backgrounds with contributions from the UK, the USA and Australia which reveal that the issues surrounding the inclusion of 'non-traditional' students are broadly similar in different countries.
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- 9781447354734
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- 378.1982 SOC s
Indigenous knowledge and education in Africa
This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens wh…
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- 9789811366352
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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
Enhancing future skills and entrepreneurship : 3rd Indo-German Conference on …
This open access book presents the proceedings of the 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, on September 16–17, 2019. Intended to foster the synergies between research and education, the conference is one of the joint activities of the BITS Pilani and TU Braunschweig conducted under the auspices of Indo-Ge…
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- 9783030442484
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- ix, 292p. : ill.
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History education and confict transformation : social psychological theories,…
This volume discusses the effects, models and implications of history teaching in relation to conflict transformation and reconciliation from a social-psychological perspective. Bringing together a mix of established and young researchers and academics, from the fields of psychology, education, and history, the book provides an in-depth exploration of the role of historical narratives, history …
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- 9783319546810
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- IX, 384 p.
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- 370.09 PSA h
Principles and practice of case-based clinical reasoning education a method …
This volume describes and explains the educational method of Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR) used successfully in medical schools to prepare students to think like doctors before they enter the clinical arena and become engaged in patient care. Although this approach poses the paradoxical problem of a lack of clinical experience that is so essential for building proficiency in clinical rea…
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- 9783319648286
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- 207 p.
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- 610.71 CAT p
Online distance education : towards a research agenda
Online Distance Education provides a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one relevant issue in online distance education, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, summarizing major research on the topic, posing questions and…
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- 978-1-927356-63-0
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- IX, 507 p.
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- Issuesin distance education
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- 371.358072 ONL o
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