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The civilising offensive : social and educational reform in 19th-century Belgium
"This volume offers a multifaceted selection of studies on 19th-century Belgian reformers and initiatives they instigated to solve the ‘social question’ by ‘civilising’ and moralising the lower classes. Around 1850 Belgium was continental Europe’s most heavily industrialised state. From the mid-century until the Belle Époque many international social reform associations were based in…
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- 9783110581546
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- VI, 238 p.
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- New Perspectives on the History of Liberalism and Freethought, 1
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- 306.09493 CIV c
Language and discourse in special education: understanding ethnographic inter…
Interdisciplinary teamwork has significantly improved the education of children with special needs. Because the students' needs are complex, the responses of the diverse professionals working together to provide services must be equally multifaceted. Language and Discourse in Special Education analyzes how interdisciplinary teams work in school settings, specifically how members convey their kn…
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- 9783319090245
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- xiv, 142 p. 11 illus.; 22 cm.
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- 371.9 MAN l
Public history and school : international perspectives
How do schools and public history influence each other? Cases studies focusing on school and public history around the world shed light on the intricate relationships between schools, students, teachers, policy makers and public historians. From why Robben Island is not included in South African curriculum to how German schools shape Holocaust memory, the case studies offered in this book sheds…
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- 9783110466133
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- X, 220 p.
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- 943 PUB p
Computational thinking education
This book offers a comprehensive guide, covering every important aspect of computational thinking education. It provides an in-depth discussion of computational thinking, including the notion of perceiving computational thinking practices as ways of mapping models from the abstraction of data and process structures to natural phenomena. Further, it explores how computational thinking education …
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- 9789811365287
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- ix, 382p. : ill.
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- 370.1523 KON c
Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education : IC…
The book presents the Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13) and is based on the presentations given at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13). ICME-13 took place from 24th- 31st July 2016 at the University of Hamburg in Hamburg (Germany). The congress was hosted by the Society of Didactics of Mathematics (Gesellschaft f…
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- 9783319625973
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- xviii, 766p. : ill.
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- 370 PRO p
Mobilities of knowledge
This collection of essays examines how spatial mobilities of people and practices, technologies and objects, knowledge and ideas have shaped the production, circulation, and transfer of knowledge in different historical and geographical contexts. Targeting an interdisciplinary audience, Mobilities of Knowledge combines detailed empirical analyses with innovative conceptual approaches. The first…
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- 9783319446530
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- x, 303p. : ill.
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- 304.2 MOB m
Accessible elements: teaching science online and at a distance
The importance of science education and science literacy is rising rapidly. As a society and as individuals, having access to it has become absolutely vital. Established educational routes of the past have served us well, but their limitations are becoming more apparent. There is very real and growing demand by students for more flexible approaches to learning science. Online and distance…
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- 9781897425480
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- 372.21 KEN a
National reflections on the Netherlands didactics of mathematics teaching and…
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 Thematic Afternoon on “European Didactic Traditions”, consists of 17 chapters, in which educators from the Netherlands reflect on the teaching and learning of mathematics in their country and the role of the Dutch domain-specific instruction theory of Realistic Mathematics Education. Written by mathematics teachers, mathematics teacher educator…
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- 9783030338244
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- 510.71 NAT n
Interdisciplinary mathematics education: the state of the art and beyond
This open access book is the first major publication on the topic of “Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education” and arose from the work of the first International Topic Study Group of the same name at the ICME-13 conference in Hamburg in 2016. It offers extensive theoretical insights, empirical research, and practitioner accounts of interdisciplinary mathematics work in STEM and beyond (e.g.…
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- 1st ed. 2019.
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- 9783030110666
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- 1 online resource (VII, 302 pages 56 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color.)
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- 510.71 BOR i
Smooth path or long and winding road?: how intitutions shape the transition f…
The book uses a comparative study of Germany and Britain to reveal how national institutions shape the labour market careers of higher education graduates. It identifies four institutional spheres that are important: the structure of higher education systems, the content of study, the structure of graduate labour markets, and labour market flexibility. Due to country differences, the transition…
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- 9783940755421
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- 280p.: ill.
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- 370.11 LEU s
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