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COMPETENCIAS TRANSVERSALES PARA UNA SOCIEDAD BASADA EN CONOCIMIENTO.

VALENZUELA GONZÁLEZ, JAIME RICARDO ET. AL.

Competencias transversales para una sociedad basada en conocimiento es una obra que se ubica en el contexto de los modelos de educación basada en competencias, y pretende satisfacer una necesidad que enfrentan muchos profesores en ejercicio: estos pueden dominar bien sus disciplinas, y saben cómo enseñarlas, pero desconocen cómo pueden ayudar a sus estudiantes a desarrollar un ...

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TERRESTRIAL NAVIGATION

PHILIP M. SMITH

Terrestrial Navigation: A Primer for Deck Officers and Officer of the Watch Exams prepares the reader for the Officer of the Watch and Master/Mate certificates required by all officers on commercial seagoing vessels. Revision and self-test guide to all navigation-related elements contained within the Officer of the Watch exams are included. Top tips are highlighted throughout t...

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MUSEUM LEARNING

JILL HOHENSTEIN / THEANO MOUSSOURI

As museums are increasingly asked to demonstrate not only their cultural, but also their educational and social significance, the means to understand how museum visitors learn becomes ever more important. And yet, learning can be conceptualised and investigated in many ways. Coming to terms with how theories about learning interact with one another and how they relate to ‘evide...

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DEVELOPMENT AND THE RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE

JOHN HARRISS

First published in 1984. It is widely acknowledged that rural-urban differences and interrelationships play an important role in the development process. Some theorists believe they are a primary cause of continuing poverty in poor nations. This volume of essays summarises and appraises theories of rural-urban relations and economic development and explores, mainly on the basis...

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IMPOSSIBLE REFUGE

GEORGINA RAMSAY

Impossible Refuge brings the perspectives of refugees into rapidly emerging dialogues about contemporary situations of mass forced migration, asking: what does it mean to be displaced? Based on multi-sited ethnographic research conducted with refugees from Central Africa living in situations of protracted asylum in Uganda and resettlement in Australia, the book provides a uniqu...

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SOCIAL RIGHTS IN RUSSIA

ELEANOR BINDMAN

Russia's human rights record, especially violations of the right to life, liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much international concern. Social, or welfare, rights, on the other hand, including the right to housing, health and access to social security, have received much less attention. This book explores the changing position in Russia towards such soc...

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CRIMINOLOGY AND THE ANTHROPOCENE

CAMERON HOLLEY

The Anthropocene signals a new age in Earth’s history, a human age, where we are revealed as a powerful force shaping planetary systems. What might criminology be in the Anthropocene? What does the Anthropocene suggest for future theory and practice of criminology? This book seeks to contribute to this research agenda by examining, contrasting and interrogating different vantag...

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SCIENTIFIC IMPERIALISM

USKALI MÄKI

The growing body of research on interdisciplinarity has encouraged a more in depth analysis of the relations that hold among academic disciplines. In particular, the incursion of one scientific discipline into another discipline’s traditional domain, also known as scientific imperialism, has been a matter of increasing debate. Following this trend, Scientific Imperialism aims t...

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EVERYDAY STATE AND POLITICS IN INDIA

SAILEN ROUTRAY

The Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha in Eastern India is regarded as an iconic region of underdevelopment, and is often perceived to be the ‘Somalia’ of the country. It is also the site of a large number of governmental interventions. This book focuses on processes of governance in Odisha, and provides an ethnographic account of the changing forms of governmental actio...

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MEDIA AND CLASS

JUNE DEERY

Although the idea of class is again becoming politically and culturally charged, the relationship between media and class remains understudied. This diverse collection draws together prominent and emerging media scholars to offer readers a much-needed orientation within the wider categories of media, class, and politics in Britain, America, and beyond. Case studies address medi...

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REFORMING CHINA'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Although China’s new healthcare reform, launched in 2009, has achieved remarkable results in improving China’s medical and healthcare system, it is recognised that there is still room for further improvement. This is especially important as China’s population ages, the prevalence of chronic diseases increases and environment-related health risks worsen. This book reports on a m...

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ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS: ETHNOMETHODOLOGICAL STUDIES OF WORK (1986)

HAROLD GARFINKEL

First published in 1986, this collection of essays brings together ethnomethodological studies from key academics of the discipline, including the renowned scholar Harold Garfinkel who established and developed the field. In addition to four case studies, the volume begins and ends with two essays which discuss some of the theory employed by ethnomethodologists. The essays in t...

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THE SWAHILI WORLD

The Swahili World presents the fascinating story of a major world civilization, exploring the archaeology, history, linguistics, and anthropology of the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. It covers a 1,500-year sweep of history, from the first settlement of the coast to the complex urban tradition found there today. Swahili towns contain monumental palaces, tombs, and mosques, set a...

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PEACE AND ETHNIC IDENTITY IN NORTHERN IRELAND

HENRY JARRETT

Consociational power sharing is often perceived to be the method of conflict management that is most likely to succeed in deeply divided societies. The case of Northern Ireland in particular is heralded by many as a consociational success story. Since the signing of the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement in 1998, significant conflict transformation has taken place in the form of a...

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TRANSACTIONAL DISTANCE AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING

FARHAD SABA / RICK L. SHEARER

Transactional Distance and Adaptive Learning takes a fresh look at one of the pioneering educational theories that accommodates the impact of information and communications technologies in learning. The theory of transactional distance (TTD) provides a distinct analytical and planning foundation for educators to conduct an overarching inquiry into transitioning from mass instru...

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HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC GOOD AND MARKETS

JANDHYALA B. G. TILAK

This book critically examines some of the major trends in the development of higher education. It demonstrates how in the context of liberalisation, globalisation and marketisation, the crisis in higher education has assumed different dimensions in all advanced and emerging societies. The author shows how the state tends to slowly withdraw from the responsibility of higher educ...

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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN ASIA

A combination of economic transformation, political transitions and changes in media have substantially, if incrementally, altered the terrain for political participation globally, particularly in Asia, home to several of the most dramatic such shifts over the past two decades. This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function un...

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ENGAGEMENT AND DISENGAGEMENT

HOWARD G. SCHNEIDERMAN

Part dialogue, part debate between Howard Schneiderman and a small number of social theorists, Engagement and Disengagement represents the culmination of a life’s work in social theory. On the one hand, it is about cohesive social, cultural, and intellectual forces, such as authority, community, status, and the sacred, that tie us together, and on the other hand, about forces s...

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INOPERATIVE LEARNING

TYSON E. LEWIS

Inoperative Learning embodies a weak philosophy of education. It does not offer a set of solutions or guidelines for improving educational outcomes, but rather renders taken-for-granted assumptions about the theory-practice coupling inoperative. By arguing that such logic reduces education to instrumental ends, this book presents a challenge to contemporary notions of education...

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JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL ETHICS

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Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics, yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academic world. This collection of critical essays brings together the work of established and up-and-coming scholars from Israel, the United States, and around the world on the topic of J...

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HANDBOOK ON PUNISHMENT DECISIONS

JEFFERY T. ULMER

Handbook on Punishment Decisions: Locations of Disparity provides a comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge on sites of disparity in punishment decision-making. This collection of essays and reports of original research defines disparity broadly to include the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, age, citizenship/immigration status, and socioeconomic status, and it...

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UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS OF GLOBAL MEDIA IN THE DIGITAL AGE

MICKY LEE / DAL YONG JIN

This new introductory textbook provides students with the tools they need to understand the way digital technologies have transformed the global media business of the 21st century. Focusing on three main approaches – media economics, critical political economy, and production studies – the authors provide an empirically rich analysis of ownership, organizational structures and ...

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YOUTH ACTIVISM AND SOLIDARITY

GAVIN BROWN / HELEN YAFFE

From April 1986 until just after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, supporters of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group maintained a continuous protest, day and night, outside the South African Embassy in central London. This book examines how and why a group of children, teenagers and young adults made themselves ‘non-stop against apartheid’, creating one...

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ANGER MANAGEMENT

ADRIAN FAUPEL / ELIZABETH HERRICK / PETER M. SHARP

Do you work with angry children? Are you wondering why young people don’t listen when they are angry? Are you exhausted from trying to understand angry behaviour? Are you having difficulty finding specialist help as soon as you need it? Anger Management is a practical guide that will help you to stay calm in the face of angry outbursts from children and young people, and suppor...

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CHANGING CONSTELLATIONS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA

Southeast Asia is among emerging economies that have become important drivers of the world economy. ASEAN has furthered the region’s economic integration. Yet, growth remains dependent on foreign investment. Inequality has grown or remained high. Democracy, instead of consolidating, has stalled or regressed. Changing Constellations of Southeast Asia seeks to: Shed light on the ...

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EXISTENCE, MEANING, EXCELLENCE

ANDRIUS BIELSKIS

This book addresses the ‘perennial’ question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s teleology. Beginning with the premise that at the core of modernity and modern moral imagination are the entropy of meaning and the sense of meaninglessness, the author critically engages with the work of the post-war existentialists, chiefly that ...

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IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION

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Imagining the Future of Global Education examines the Grand Educational Narrative (GEN) and the major institutions that shape and disseminate it. The book focuses on national visions of education and the imaginary futures that nations seek to make reality. It critiques how the GEN policy implementation process frequently turns dreams of upward mobility into nightmares. In this ...

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POLITICS AND GENDER IDENTITY IN TURKEY

UMUT KORKUT / HANDE ESLEN-ZIYA

The creation of Turkish nationhood, citizenship, economic transformation, the forceful removal of minorities and national homogenisation, gender rights, the position of armed forces in politics, and the political and economic integration of Kurdish minority in Turkish polity have all received major interest in academic and policy debates. The relationship between politics and r...

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WALKING INTO THE VOID

ARPAD SZAKOLCZAI / AGNES HORVATH

The book starts by discussing the significance of walking for the experience of being human, including a comparative study of the language and cultures of walking. It then reviews in detail, relying on archaeology, two turning points of human history: the emergence of cave art sanctuaries and a new cultural practice of long-distance ‘pilgrimages’, implying a descent into such c...

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EVERYDAY PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

BRIAN PETE / ROBIN FOGARTY

Educators know that problem-based learning answers that perennial student question: “When will I ever use this in real life?” Faced with a meaty problem to solve, students finally “get” why they need to learn the content and are energized to do so.But here’s the exciting part: problem-based learning doesn’t require weeks of study or an end-of...

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