Peter Lang: 4879 books
by Serie McDougal III
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Research Methods in Africana Studies is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general. This textbook is the first of its kind, offering instruction on how to conduct culturally relevant critical research on Africana communities...
Teacher Evaluation
The Charge and the Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The evaluation of teachers is at the forefront of national discussion, with the divide on the topic growing increasingly deeper. Teachers are under attack, in a war waged from the top down, complete with private entities, standardization, and a limited view of what it means to be «good» or «effective»....
Le marché du travail
Lesprit libéral et la revanche du politique
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Voici plus de 40 ans qu’économistes et politiques s’échinent à faire reculer le chômage de masse, la précarité et les inégalités sociales. En vain. Dans tous les pays développés, la situation, examinée sous l’angle du chômage ou des inégalités, s’est dégradée par rapport à...
by Esra Kabaklarli
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This book examines the financial performance of Turkish firms that were privatized by way of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). The author uses event study methodology to empirically evaluate the financial efficiency of privatized firms. She also compares the equity returns of state firms to the returns...
by Adam Leszczynski
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
This book describes struggles of different countries and their development after World War II. It presents a panorama of different ideologies of accelerated development, which dominated the world just before the war and in the next 40 years. The author explains why in the 1970s global and local elites...
The Fat Pedagogy Reader
Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Over the past decade, concerns about a global «obesity epidemic» have flourished. Public health messages around physical activity, fitness, and nutrition permeate society despite significant evidence disputing the «facts» we have come to believe about «obesity». We live in a culture that privileges...
Re-engaging Disconnected Youth
Transformative Learning through Restorative and Social Justice Education Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
As many young adults continue to disengage with learning each day, teachers and administrators struggle to find ways to re-engage secondary students with their schooling and communities. Re-engaging Disconnected Youth profiles a program that succeeds in doing so, one that can serve as a model for...
Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Edited by the leading scholars in the field, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education provides an overview and introduction to the growing field of disability studies in education, including the application of the interdisciplinary field of disability studies to inclusive education,...
Youth Community Inquiry
New Media for Community and Personal Growth
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Youth Community Inquiry offers a detailed look at how young people use new media to help their communities thrive. Chapters address questions about learning, digital technology, and community engagement through the theory of community inquiry. The settings range from a small farming town, to a mostly...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This book focuses on dyslexia and traumatic experiences. It strives towards fostering a scientific exchange that promotes emergence of synergy effects and real progress in the understanding of dyslexia, psychological trauma, and stress experiences, as well as special methodological problems of qualitative...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
«Tradition and Innovation in Education» presents a number of articles that deal with topics as varied as outdoor education in Estonian kindergartens, student teacher lesson analysis skills, activities that bridge the theory-practice gap and the identity of academics in a changing university environment....
Fictionalizing the World
Rethinking the Politics of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
The book offers ten essays which explore the interaction between literature and politics. The authors investigate a variety of genres including young-adult fiction, national poetry, novels, autobiography, and performance art from different time periods ranging from the 18th up to the 21st century...
by Luis Henrique Alves Sobreira Machado
Language: German
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: German
Release Date: June 30, 2015
In diesem Buch werden Lehre, Rechtsprechung und Gesetzgebung zur Untersuchungshaft in Deutschland und Brasilien untersucht. Ein Vergleich beider Länder ist hier durchaus möglich aufgrund der sich ähnelnden rechtlichen Situation. Der Autor gibt einen umfassenden Überblick zu den Themen: Begriffsdefinition,...
by Catherina Schrell
Language: German
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Am 01.01.2015 tritt ein bundesweit einheitlicher gesetzlicher Mindestlohn in Höhe von 8,50 Euro in Kraft. Bislang ist der deutschen Rechts- und Wirtschaftsordnung ein gesetzlich fixierter Lohn fremd. Es dominiert der Grundsatz der Vertragsfreiheit, wonach ein Lohn als «angemessen» gilt, wenn er...