Social Aspects category: 6049 books
Partnerships in Education Research
Creating Knowledge that Matters
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Partnerships in Education Research provides the epistemological and philosophical basis for engaging with partners in research and discusses many of the practical issues facing researchers such as finding the right research partner, developing partnership protocols, joint planning approaches and creating...
Biobanks
Governance in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy – have been set up in order to study the interface between disease, and genetic...
Science, Culture and Society
Understanding Science in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today’s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. And yet science...
Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits
Europe on the Move
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book empirically investigates the (im)mobility decisions, social network formation, sense of European identity and migratory aspirations of higher education students. It draws on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups, conducted in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland and the UK.
Brain, School, and Society
The Neuropsychosocial Preparation Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
This book reports on a research program designed to construct the basics of a new type of literacy that teaches pupils social problem-solving at individual and collective levels. It is the first of a series of books about a chain of intervention research subprojects started in 2009 teaching pupils...
Community Fieldwork in Teacher Education
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
In teacher education, field work in community-based spaces (including foster homes and programs for homeless youth) is frequently contrasted with "traditional" field experiences in classroom settings, where beginning teachers are immediately introduced to teacher-centered models of instruction....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This volume features the works of scholar-practitioners who embrace critical pedagogy and critical research as praxis in qualitative research about education. The authors take an explicit stance toward social justice through education, and they use critical research as a vehicle toward that end. The chapters...
Synthetic Planet
Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This timely collection of original essays traces the migration of synthetic chemicals from the laboratory to the factory and then into the environment, bodies and communities. Turning our attention to the impact these chemicals have on our ecosystems, human health, social organization and political...
by Gerard de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science, law, politics and religion. To facilitate a more realistic understanding of the world, Latour has introduced...
Culture and Structure at a Military Charter School
From School Ground to Battle Ground
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson explores the underpinings of a culture based on militarization and neoliberal educational reforms and probes its effects on individual identity and social interactions at the school.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
This book demonstrates the value of approaching education from a sociological and philosophical perspective. Specifically, it addresses current and long-standing educational issues in the Asia-Pacific region, integrating sociological and philosophical insights with practical applications in four key...
Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education
Critical Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
In this new collection, contributors from a variety of disciplines provide a critical context for the relationship between feminist pedagogy and academic feminism by exploring the complex ways that critical perspectives can be brought into the classroom.
This book discusses the processes employed...
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
An Exploration of the Physical Meaning of Quantum Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Authored by an acclaimed teacher of quantum physics and philosophy, this textbook pays special attention to the aspects that many courses sweep under the carpet. Traditional courses in quantum mechanics teach students how to use the quantum formalism to make calculations. But even the best students...
Science, Explanation, and Rationality
Aspects of the Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2000
Carl G. Hempel exerted greater influence upon philosophers of science than any other figure during the 20th century. In this far-reaching collection, distinguished philosophers contribute valuable studies that illuminate and clarify the central problems to which Hempel was devoted. The essays enhance...