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Questing excellence in academia : a tale of two universities
Unlike almost most other studies of neoliberal universities and academic capitalism this book ethnographically explores and interprets those transformations and their contradictions empirically in the everyday practices of students, faculty members, and administrators at two public universities: NTNU in Norway and UCLA in California. Differently situated in global political economies, both are …
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- 9780429290633
- Collation
- vii, 236 p.
- Series Title
- Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society, 1
- Call Number
- 378.481 SøR q
Makers at school, educational robotics and innovative learning environments :…
This open access book contains observations, outlines, and analyses of educational robotics methodologies and activities, and developments in the field of educational robotics emerging from the findings presented at FabLearn Italy 2019, the international conference that brought together researchers, teachers, educators and practitioners to discuss the principles of Making and educational roboti…
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- 9783030770402
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- xvii, 376 p. : ill.
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems volume 240
- Call Number
- 629.892071 SCA m
Open world learning : research, innovation and the challenges of high-quality…
This book provides state-of-the-art contemporary research insights into key applications and processes in open world learning. Open world learning seeks to understand access to education, structures, and the presence of dialogue and support systems. It explores how the application of open world and educational technologies can be used to create opportunities for open and high-quality education.…
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- 9781003177098
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- XVIII, 280 p.
- Series Title
- Routledge Research in Digital Education and Educational Technology
- Call Number
- 374.4 OPE o
Compliance and resistance within neoliberal academia : biographical stories, …
This open access book reflects on academic life under a neoliberal regime. Through collaborative autoethnographies, the authors share stories about the everyday experiences, dilemmas and conflicts of three academics: the struggle for promotion, teaching’s challenges, the race to publish, confronting bureaucracy and institutional politics, as well as the resulting emotional stress. These stori…
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- 8
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- 9783030663186
- Collation
- 134 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.43 GAI c
Technology change
Technological change is today central to the theory of economic growth. It is recognised as an important driver of productivity growth and the emergence of new products from which consumers derive welfare. It depends not only on the work of scientists and engineers, but also on a wider range of economic and societal factors, including institutions such as intellectual property rights and corpor…
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- 9789535156246
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- 254 p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 403.6 TEI t
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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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787357303
- Collation
- 266p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- Knowledge and the Curriculum
- Call Number
- 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
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030806583
- Collation
- 323p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity
- Call Number
- 371.9046 ALV i
Designs for Research, Teaching and Learning : A Framework for Future Education
This bookoffers a coherent theoretical and multimodal perspective on research, teaching and learning in different non-formal, semi-formal, and formal learning environments. Drawing on examples across a range of different settings, the book provides a conceptual framework for research on learning in different environments. It provides conceptual models around learning design which act as a frame…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000528855
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- ii, : 159p. : ill.
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- -
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- 370.1523 LIS d
Self-directed learning research and its impact to educational practice
This scholarly book is the third volume in an NWU book series on self-directed learning and is devoted to self-directed learning research and its impact on educational practice. The importance of self-directed learning for learners in the 21st century to equip themselves with the necessary skills to take responsibility for their own learning for life cannot be over emphasised. The target audien…
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- 9781928523451
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- xxxix, 464 p. ; ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 374.0019 MEN s
Educational leadership
There is a growing realization that the role of educational leaders has been undergoing many changes in the era of globalization due to the diverse needs and expectations of the stakeholders of education. Schools have different specific needs due to their demographical structure, the academic achievement level of students, the experience of teachers and parental involvement and they need educat…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781838804879
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- xiii, 72 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 371.2 SEN e
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