Christine Peter: 46 books
Open Borders
In Defense of Free Movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Border control continues to be a highly contested and politically charged subject around the world. This collection of essays challenges reactionary nationalism by making the positive case for the benefits of free movement for countries on both ends of the exchange. Open Borders counters the knee-jerk...
The World's Water 2004-2005
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The quality and availability of fresh water are of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. Given its central role in the functioning of all living systems, water is arguably the mimportant of all natural resources.
Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1
Safety, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
by John Hilsdon, Peter Hartley, Christine Keenan
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
This book shows how Learning Development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK's largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes important insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.
Bring Out The Man In Your Man
Bring Back Energy, Passion and Balance into Your Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Do you want your man to “step up” and be more of a “man”. Do you want him to communicate more and to be more energetic and alive? Do you want him to be more attentive, more playful and sexy? During a recent discussion on relationships, I was surprised when a man in our dinner group said that...
Learning Through Serving
A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Across Academic Disciplines and Cultural Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
"[This] is a self-directed guide for college students engaged in service-learning. The purpose of the book is to walk the reader through elements of learning and serving by focusing on how students can 'best provide meaningful service to a community agency or organization while simultaneously...
by Marlies Kalbhenn, Friedrich Peise, Dieter Riegel
Language: German
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Schneeflocken, Lichterglanz – und eine besinnliche Weihnachtsgeschichte Sanft legt sich der Schnee auf Äste und Zweige, er lässt die Spuren von Schlitten und Kinderfüßen unter einer weißen Decke verschwinden. Im Sternenschein vor dem Fenster macht es sich eine Spatzenfamilie im Vogelhäuschen...
Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity
Law and Justice on TV
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant...
Understanding Family Change and Variation
Toward a Theory of Conjunctural Action
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2011
Fertility rates vary considerably across and within societies, and over time. Over the last three decades, social demographers have made remarkable progress in documenting these axes of variation, but theoretical models to explain family change and variation have lagged behind. At the same time, our...
Self and Meaning in the Lives of Older People
Case Studies over Twenty Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2015
More than thirty-five years ago, a longitudinal study was established to research the health and well-being of older people living in an English city. Self and Meaning in the Lives of Older People provides a unique set of portraits of forty members of this group who were interviewed in depth from...
Mathematics in the Primary School
A Sense of Progression
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Now in its third edition, Mathematics in the Primary School has been updated to reflect recent mathematics curriculum documentation and revised standards for QTS.
Key areas include:
The role of talk in learning maths
Teacher questioning
Development of children’s reasoning
Creative...
... und den Mond als Licht für die Nacht
Andachten zur Nacht im Kirchenjahr
Language: German
Release Date: June 19, 2013
74 Texte zur Nacht, 74 profilierte Autorinnen und Autoren: Der Band bietet eine einzigartige Sammlung verschiedener Zugänge, Stile, Einfälle und Gedanken. Bibelstellen zur Nacht sind den Sonntagen und Festtagen des Kirchenjahrs zugeordnet, so dass keiner leer ausgeht. Der Band eignet sich für Abendandachten...
Beschäftigungsförderung und betriebliche Soziale Arbeit
Sozialpädagogisch-systemische Perspektiven im Kontext von Erwerbstätigkeit
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Der dritte Band der Reihe Systemische Impulse versammelt systemisch oder systemtheoretisch orientierte Beiträge zu zwei für die individuelle Erwerbstätigkeit ummittelbar relevanten Feldern der Sozialen Arbeit: einerseits zu der Sozialen Arbeit in der Beschäftigungsförderung, dem Übergangsmanagement,...
Psychische Gesundheit bei intellektueller Entwicklungsstörung
Ein Lehrbuch für die Praxis
Language: German
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Das zentrale Anliegen des Lehrbuchs ist die Verbesserung der medizinischen und pädagogischen Behandlung und Begleitung von Menschen mit kognitiver Beeinträchtigung. Im Zentrum des ersten Teils stehen Gespräche mit den beteiligten Familien, die Fragen zu psychischer Gesundheit, Lebensqualität und...