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Learning, Marginalization, and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-inco…
Improving learning evidence and outcomes for those most in need in developing countries is at the heart of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG4). This timely volume brings together contributions on current empirical research and analysis of emerging trends that focus on improving the quality of education through better policy and practice, particularly for those…
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- 9781800642027
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- xxi, 490 p;
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- 379.26 LEA D
Landscapes of lifelong learning policies across Europe : comparative case stu…
This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…
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- 3
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- 9783030964542
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- xix; 248p;
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- 374.94 LAN S
Motivational profiles in TIMSS mathematics : exploring student clusters acros…
This open access book presents a person-centered exploration of student profiles, using variables related to motivation to do school mathematics derived from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data. Statistical cluster analysis is used to identify groups of students with similar motivational profiles, across grades and over time, for multiple participating…
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- 9783030261832
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- xi, 144 p.
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- 510.71 MOT M
Education to build back better : what can we learn from education reform for …
This open access book examines the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for education systems and argues that major education reforms will be necessary, particularly in the Global South, to address the learning loss caused by the pandemic. To inform those reforms, knowledge about the implementation reforms in the Global South is necessary, and such knowledge is seriously lacking as the existin…
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- 9783030939519
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- vi, 204p. : ill,
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- 379 FER e
Educational theory in the 21st century : science, technology, society and edu…
This open access book reviews the effects of the twenty-first century scientific-technological and social developments on the educational theory. The first part handles the subject, focusing on technology and educational philosophy. In the second part, the implications of new human and social conceptions towards the education paradigms are examined. In the chapters of the last part of the book,…
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- 9789811696404
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- xiv, 267p. : ill.
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- 370.1 EDU e
Dinaric perspectives on TIMSS 2019 : teaching and learning mathematics and sc…
This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric Alps, is located in South-eastern Europe, and…
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- 9783030858025
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- x, 244p. : ill.
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- 510.71 DIN d
The Role of Technology in Education
This book has three sections on the role of technology in education. The first section covers the merits of online learning and environment. The second section of the book gives insight on new technologies in learning and teaching. The third section of the book underlines the importance of new tendencies for the technology in education. I have a firm belief that readers can find great insights …
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- 9781789846638
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- xiii, 116p. : ill,
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- 371.33 FAH t
Equity Policies in Global Higher Education
This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation of students from deprived backgrounds, socioeconomic inequalities persist in access to the most prestigious institutions and programmes. Privileged students benefit from…
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- 9783030696917
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- xvii, 245p. : ill,
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- 379.26 EQU e
Opening up the University : teaching and learning with refugees
Contributor(s) Cantat, Celine (editor) Cook, Ian (editor) Rajaram, Prem Kumar (editor) Collection Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language English Show full item record Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions …
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- volume 5
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- 9781800733138
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- XII, 310 p.
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- 371.826914 OPE o
Democracy in a pandemic: participation in response to crisis
Covid-19 has highlighted limitations in our democratic politics – but also lessons for how to deepen our democracy and more effectively respond to future crises. In the face of an emergency, the working assumption all too often is that only a centralised, top-down response is possible. This book exposes the weakness of this assumption, making the case for deeper participation and deliberation…
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- 9781914386183
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- vii, 200 p. ; ill
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- 323.042 SMI d
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