Social Aspects category: 6049 books
The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis
Reasoning about Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
This book describes argumentative tools and strategies that can be used to guide policy decisions under conditions of great uncertainty. Contributing authors explore methods from philosophical analysis and in particular argumentation analysis, showing how it can be used to systematize discussions...
International Educational Development and Learning through Sustainable Partnerships
Living Global Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Addressing the debate around what makes a good citizen, this work proposes a new form of post-colonial citizenship education which can be applied in any cultural setting. International educational partnerships provide the opportunity for participants to live out values such as cultural empathy and thus demonstrate their right to citizenship.
Measurement, Realism and Objectivity
Essays on Measurement in the Social and Physical Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World...
In Pursuit of Equity in Education
Using International Indicators to Compare Equity Policies
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
This book makes a compelling case for better international equity indicators in education. A conceptual framework for a system of comparable indicators is proposed and a spectrum of findings and perspectives presented. Topics include: the sociology of equality and equity in education; the application...
Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education
Managing to Survive in the Education Marketplace?
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book highlights the difficulties that women working as managers and leaders in initial teacher education face. Teacher education is at the forefront of education reforms and yet little is known about the professional lives of those who work within it. Whereas many women are moving into positions...
Science Outside the Laboratory
Measurement in Field Science and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The conduct of most of social science occurs outside the laboratory. Such studies in field science explore phenomena that cannot for practical, technical, or ethical reasons be explored under controlled conditions. These phenomena cannot be fully isolated from their environment or investigated by...
by H. E. Holliday
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
One of America's greatest challenges is to reverse the steep decline of the intellectual performance of its young men. The dramatic increase in violent acts and the downward spiral of high stakes testing in our schools has confirmed that many of our young men have lost hope or simply given up. Reconnecting,...
by Bruce Burton, Margret Lepp, Morag Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
This book offers a complete and detailed account of the evolution of an internationally successful, evidence-based program that has been the result of almost two decades of action research into conflict and bullying. It addresses one of the most serious problems encountered in schools and work places...
Class Degrees
Smart Work, Managed Choice, and the Transformation of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
A current truism holds that the undergraduate degree today is equivalent to the high-school diploma of yesterday. But undergraduates at a research university would probably not recognize themselves in the historical mirror of high-school vocational education. Students in a vast range of institutions...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
This edited volume addresses the dynamic global contexts redefining Asia Pacific higher education, including cross-border education, capacity and national birthrate profiles, pressures created within ranking/status systems, and complex shifts in the meanings of the public good that influence public education in an increasingly privatized world.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
It is easy to see that the world finds itself too often in tumultuous situations with catastrophic results. An adequate education can instill holistic knowledge, empathy, and the skills necessary for promoting an international coalition of peaceful nations. Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement...
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
Because of the constant advances and dynamics within the nascent field of nursing informatics, many nurses struggle in practice as they continue to try and apply habitual communication practices in the new environment without any critical reflection on, and adaptation of, those practices. Evidence-Based...
Higher Education and Civic Engagement
Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Provides an original and challenging contribution to contemporary debates on the civic purpose of higher education, exploring its manifestations through practices of teaching and research. Offers critical perspectives on the role of higher education institutions in terms of realizing civic missions, especially in current global market conditions.
Fungible Life
Experiment in the Asian City of Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and cosmopolitan sciences are entangled in a tropical environment brimming with the threat of emergent diseases. At biomedical centers...