Social Aspects category: 6049 books
New Directions in Social Education Research
The Influence of Technology and Globalization on the Lives of Students
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Through rapid developments in commerce, transportation and communication, people once separated by space, language and politics are now interwoven into a complex global system (Friedman, 2005). With the rise of new technology, local populations, businesses and states are better equipped to participate...
The Heart and Mind in Teaching
Pedagogical Styles through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Not only does this book trace the history of teaching, but it highlights the dramatic changes that have taken place in the United States during the 21st century. While most educators would agree that teaching is both an art and a science, the authors emphasize an attempt to make teaching scientific while perhaps neglecting the artistic aspects.
The Digital Difference
Media Technology and the Theory of Communication Effects
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
W. Russell Neuman examines how the transition from the industrial-era media of one-way publishing and broadcasting to the two-way digital era of online search and social media has affected the dynamics of public life. The issues range from propaganda studies and Big Brother to information overload and Internet network neutrality.
by Emma Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
'This excellent book considers the extent to which policy and practice, particularly in the UK, have led to a more equitable education system and ultimately to a fairer society. The ideas and arguments are extremely accessible, wide-ranging and well-informed. A welcome addition to the reading list...
The Curriculum
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2009
'This book will be of interest to educational practitioners, and many other professionals concerned with the education and development of the young' - ESCalate
`A very well-respected book [and a] Curriculum classic...[which offers] balance to current official publications...One of its strengths...
by Jim Crowther, Mary Hamilton, Lyn Tett
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2001
As the gap increases between those with access to information and those denied it, redistributing information and making it accessible become ever more important educational and political tasks. While some people now have greater access to a wide range of information, they do not necessarily have...
Karl Marx
The Revolutionary as Educator
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
This book is an introduction to Karl Marx (1818–1883) as a radical educational thinker. Marx’s own schooling and education are examined and we see how his interest in educational issues was informed by his own experience. Educational themes in Marx’s thinking are identified: the role of education...
History, Geography and Civics
Teaching and Learning in the Primary Years
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
History, Geography and Civics provides an in-depth and engaging introduction to teaching and learning socio-environmental education from F-6 in Australia and New Zealand. It explores the centrality of socio-environmental issues to all aspects of life and education and makes explicit links between...
Not So Fast
Thinking Twice about Technology
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
There’s a well-known story about an older fish who swims by two younger fish andasks, “How’s the water?” The younger fish are puzzled. “What’s water?” they ask.
Many of us today might ask a similar question: What’s technology? Technology defines the world we live in, yet we’re...
Social Capital, Lifelong Learning and the Management of Place
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2007
With contributions from around the world, this book brings together inter-related research from three fields: social capital, place management and lifelong learning regions. Providing valuable insight into the management of place and the development of learning at a regional level, the book presents...
Socially Just Pedagogies
Posthumanist, Feminist and Materialist Perspectives in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
This book addresses contemporary philosophical issues in higher education and how we can create socially just pedagogies and a socially just university. Providing a forum for thinking through how critical posthumanism, affect theory and feminist new materialisms provide a useful lens for higher education,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2010
This volume defends a novel approach to the philosophy of physics: it is the first book devoted to a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of contemporary physics -- particularly quantum and statistical physics. The philosophical...
Facing Gaia
Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world.
The situation...
Mobilizing Science
Movements, Participation, and the Remaking of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2009
Mobilizing Science theoretically and empirically explores the rise of a new kind of social movement—one that attempts to empower citizens through the use of expert scientific research. Sabrina McCormick advances theories of social movements, development, and science and technology studies by examining...