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Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum

A Literacy-Based Framework and Guide

By: Richard Beach,David O'Brien

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Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum

A Literacy-Based Framework and Guide

By: Richard Beach,David O'Brien

How can apps be used to foster learning with literacy across the curriculum? This book offers both a theoretical framework for considering app affordances and practical ways to use apps to build students’ disciplinary literacies and to foster a wide range of literacy practices. Using Apps for Learning Across the Curriculum presents a wide range of different apps and also assesses their value features methods for and apps related to planning instruction and assessing student learning identifies favorite apps whose affordances are most likely to foster certain disciplinary literacies includes resources and apps for professional development provides examples of student learning in the classroom A website (www.usingipads.pbworks.com) with resources for teaching and further reading for each chapter, a link to a blog for continuing conversations about topics in the book (appsforlearningliteracies.com), and more enhance the usefulness of the book.

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1317668499

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The Google Generation

Are ICT innovations Changing information Seeking Behaviour?

By: Barrie Gunter,Ian Rowlands,David Nicholas

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The Google Generation

Are ICT innovations Changing information Seeking Behaviour?

By: Barrie Gunter,Ian Rowlands,David Nicholas

The Google Generation examines original and secondary research evidence from international sources to determine whether there is a younger generation of learners who are adopting different styles of information search behaviour from older generations as a function of their patterns of use of online technologies. The book addresses the questions: might the widespread availability and use of search engines, such as Google, give rise to a different type of scholar who seeks out and utilises online information sources and thereby develops a different orientation to learning from older generations whose information seeking practices became established initially in the offline world. - Provides a one of the most comprehensive analyses yet on the evolving nature of information search behaviour - Combines a review of a wide range of international research evidence combined with original, cutting edge research - Directed towards industry end-users and policy makers as well as academics with shared scholarly interests

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Elsevier

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1780631634

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C2 Re-envisioned

The Future of the Enterprise

By: Marius S. Vassiliou,David S. Alberts,Jonathan Russell Agre

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C2 Re-envisioned

The Future of the Enterprise

By: Marius S. Vassiliou,David S. Alberts,Jonathan Russell Agre

Command and Control (C2) is the set of organizational and technical attributes and processes by which an enterprise marshals and employs human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions.C2 Re-envisioned: The Future of the Enterprise identifies four interrelated megatrends that are individually and collectively sh

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CRC Press

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1466595817

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Social Network Analysis

By: David Knoke,Song Yang

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Social Network Analysis

By: David Knoke,Song Yang

David Knoke and Song Yang's Social Network Analysis, Third Edition provides a concise introduction to the concepts and tools of social network analysis. The authors convey key material while at the same time minimizing technical complexities. The examples are simple: sets of 5 or 6 entities such as individuals, positions in a hierarchy, political offices, and nation-states, and the relations between them include friendship, communication, supervision, donations, and trade. The new edition reflects developments and changes in practice over the past decade. The authors also describe important recent developments in network analysis, especially in the fifth chapter. Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) are a prime example: when the second edition was published, P* models were the recommended approach for this, but they have been replaced by ERGMs. Finally, throughout the volume, the authors comment on the challenges and opportunities offered by internet and social media data.

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SAGE Publications

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1506389309

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Shift Ed

A Call to Action for Transforming K–12 Education

By: David Houle,Jeff Cobb

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Shift Ed

A Call to Action for Transforming K–12 Education

By: David Houle,Jeff Cobb

Futurist David Houle and educational strategist Jeff Cobb assert that we already have the information and capabilities to make the necessary changes, and challenges us to take action now.

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Corwin Press

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1412992966

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Language Online

Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

By: Carmen Lee,David Barton

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Language Online

Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

By: Carmen Lee,David Barton

In Language Online, David Barton and Carmen Lee investigate the impact of the online world on the study of language. The effects of language use in the digital world can be seen in every aspect of language study, and new ways of researching the field are needed. In this book the authors look at language online from a variety of perspectives, providing a solid theoretical grounding, an outline of key concepts, and practical guidance on doing research. Chapters cover topical issues including the relation between online language and multilingualism, identity, education and multimodality, then conclude by looking at how to carry out research into online language use. Throughout the book many examples are given, from a variety of digital platforms, and a number of different languages, including Chinese and English. Written in a clear and accessible style, this is a vital read for anyone new to studying online language and an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates working in the areas of new media, literacy and multimodality within language and linguistics courses.

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1135907048

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Changing Face of Information: Support Services for Scientific Research

By: David J. Brown

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Changing Face of Information: Support Services for Scientific Research

By: David J. Brown

The health of scientific enterprise has become a critical political and social issue as nation states tackle austerity, diversity, global challenges, whilst simultaneously supporting a competitive and innovative national economy. A key asset in achieving such ambitions is for a scholarly information system which enables the fruits of the research effort to be disseminated efficiently. As the information support system struggles with adapting from a print-based to a digital process, the dysfunctionality current within STEM publishing in particular becomes evident. New ways of supporting research are emerging which require a new approach to publishing, an approach which takes on board the many demographic, social, technical and administrative changes taking place in both science itself and society. A radical strategic assessment is required and this book tracks key aspects required for any new future strategy. This book provides a catalogue of issues to which a future STEM information industry will need to adapt. They range from the effects of technology on the neurological processes of research to the growing use of technology to speed up the exchange of information among groups and collaboratories; from considerations about quality control yet maintaining intellectual ownership; from changing from an elitist STEM system favouring academics to a more democratic process with wider appeal. There is the neglected non-academic market and its need to share in the results of the research effort, often through partnership and being part of a ‘hive mind’. This is the large world of the unaffiliated knowledge workers, of which academia is numerically but a small part. The many changes taking place in scholarly information dictate that the future is unlikely to be a smooth and gradual evolution from the past. Radical new approaches are required, a revolution which takes on board the perfect storm of changes listed in this book. Just as such changes have changed the face of industries such as music and retail in recent years, so similar dramatic changes are likely to result in a restructuring of STEM into a more technologically-focused industry within the next decade. The implications for the current STEM stakeholders are profound.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110650770

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Grassroots Associations

By: David Horton Smith

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Grassroots Associations

By: David Horton Smith

This volume explores the world of grassroots organizations and outlines their history while differentiating them from the more familiar paid-staff nonprofit organizations. David Horton Smith, a leading scholar on the nonprofit and voluntary sector, examines the available empirical research on the topic and analyzes the theoretical concepts that have come to define such associations. He affords the reader a complete, detailed description of the nature and characteristics of grassroots organizations, their formation, structure, leadership, life cycle, effectiveness, and their integral role in postmodern societies.

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0803959931

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Sharing our Lives Online

Risks and Exposure in Social Media

By: David R. Brake

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Sharing our Lives Online

Risks and Exposure in Social Media

By: David R. Brake

Why do we share so much about our lives on social media when we often have little idea who might be reading or viewing? David R. Brake examines the causes and consequences of moving towards a radically open society.

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1137312718

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Teaching Computational Thinking and Coding in Primary Schools

By: David Morris,Gurmit Uppal,David Wells

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Teaching Computational Thinking and Coding in Primary Schools

By: David Morris,Gurmit Uppal,David Wells

This is a guide to the teaching of computing and coding in primary schools, and an exploration of how children develop their computational thinking. It covers all areas of the National Curriculum for primary computing and offers insight into effective teaching. The text considers three strands of computer science, digital literacy and information technology. The teaching of coding is especially challenging for primary teachers, so it highlights learning on this, giving practical examples of how this can be taught. For all areas of the computing curriculum the text also provides guidance on planning age-appropriate activities with step-by-step guides and details of educationally appropriate software and hardware. This book helps you to connect what you need to teach with how it can be taught, and opens up opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching. It also includes the full National Curriculum Programme of Study for Computing, key stages 1 and 2 as a useful reference for trainee teachers.

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Learning Matters

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1526414678

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Theorising Personalised Education

Electronically Mediated Higher Education

By: Barbara Garrick,Donna Pendergast,David Geelan

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Theorising Personalised Education

Electronically Mediated Higher Education

By: Barbara Garrick,Donna Pendergast,David Geelan

This book examines the theoretical underpinning of the concept of personalised education and explores the question: What is personalised education in the contemporary higher education sector and how is it implemented? A broad, sophisticated definition of personalised learning has the potential to serve as a basis for more effective educational practices. The term ‘personalised education’ is, and continues to be, one with a variety of definitions. The authors’ definition both incorporates earlier concepts of personalised education and critically reassesses them. The book then adds a further dimension: personalised instruction in electronically mediated environments, where the goal is to achieve learning towards mastery individually with the help of differentiated and individualised electronic learning platforms. This book assesses the various arguments concerning personalised education, examining each through the lens of educational theory and pedagogy and subsequently positing a number of qualitative characteristics of personalised education that have the potential to influence policy and practices in the higher education sector.

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9811027005

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Didáctica del Inglés

Classroom Practice

By: Susan House,Gavin David Dudeney,Ramiro Duran Martínez,Nicky Hockly,Katharine Blanca Scott,Paul Allen Seligson,Karina Vidal Fondo,Jorge Bascón Canales,Beatriz Calle Alonso,Michael Downie

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Didáctica del Inglés

Classroom Practice

By: Susan House,Gavin David Dudeney,Ramiro Duran Martínez,Nicky Hockly,Katharine Blanca Scott,Paul Allen Seligson,Karina Vidal Fondo,Jorge Bascón Canales,Beatriz Calle Alonso,Michael Downie

Eeste libro explora diferentes aspectos de la práctica en el aula: la implementación del currículo; la elección de los materiales de clase; la enseñanza de la gramática, la pronunciación y el vocabulario; el desarrollo de las habilidades instrumentales (listening, speaking, reading y writing); el uso y el aprovechamiento más adecuado de la alfabetización digital; y la gestión eficaz del aula. Cada capítulo incluye tareas para consolidar la información, así como actividades de evaluación más exhaustivas. This book is Volume II in a three volume series addressing the main issues concerning the teaching of English as a Foreign language to secondary school pupils. The eight chapters in this book address different aspects of classroom practice, including implementing a curriculum; choosing classroom materials; working with vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation; developing instrumental skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing); using and exploiting digital literacy and effective classroom management. Each chapter includes tasks for consolidating the information and more extensive assessment tasks.

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Grao

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8499803547

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Digital Mosaic

Media, Power, and Identity in Canada

By: David Taras

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Digital Mosaic

Media, Power, and Identity in Canada

By: David Taras

Digital Media has transformed the way Canadians socialize and interact, conduct business, experience culture, fight political battles, and acquire knowledge. Traditional media, including newspapers and conventional TV networks, remain the primary link to Canada's political sphere but are under concerted attack. YouTube, blogs, online broadcasting, Facebook, and Twitter have opened new and exciting avenues of expression but offer little of the same "nation-building glue" as traditional media. Consequently, Canada is experiencing a number of overlapping crises simultaneously: a crisis in news and journalism, threats to the survival of the media system as a whole, and a decline in citizen engagement. In Digital Mosaic, David Taras both embraces and challenges new media by arguing that these coinciding crises bring exciting opportunities as well as considerable dangers to democratic life and citizen engagement in Canada.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442608897

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Teaching the Arts

By: David Roy,William Baker,Amy Hamilton

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Teaching the Arts

By: David Roy,William Baker,Amy Hamilton

Foregrounds the importance of arts education to children's development and learning.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108552366

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Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders

By: Jerry R. Mendell,John T. Kissel,David R. Cornblath

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Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Disorders

By: Jerry R. Mendell,John T. Kissel,David R. Cornblath

Peripheral neuropathies represent a challenging subject for most physicians. This is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and readable book on peripheral neuropathies that includes concise information on the clinical, electrophysiological, pathological, pathogenic, and treatment aspects of the most important disorders. New molecular and serologic diagnostic tests are discussed. Sections are devoted to nerve and skin biopsy techniques and findings, quantitative sensory and autonomic reflex tests. Case examples are used liberally throughout the text. The editors: Mendell, Kissel, and Cornblath are experienced clinicians that bring complementary knowledge to each of the subjects. Additional authors have been handpicked for specific topics which add to the value of the edition.

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Oxford University Press

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0195133013

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Classroom Blogging

A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Wikis, & Other Tools that are Shaping a New Information Landscape

By: David Warlick

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Classroom Blogging

A Teacher's Guide to Blogs, Wikis, & Other Tools that are Shaping a New Information Landscape

By: David Warlick

Weblogs are about reading and writing. Literacy is about reading and writing. Blogging equals literacy. How rarely does an aspect of how we live and work plug so perfectly into how we teach and learn? Reading this book will give teachers important clues not only in how to become a blogger and to make their students bloggers, but also how this new avenue of expression is revolutionizing the information environment that we live in.

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Lulu.com

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143032676X

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The ICT Handbook for Primary Teachers

A Guide for Students and Professionals

By: David Hall

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The ICT Handbook for Primary Teachers

A Guide for Students and Professionals

By: David Hall

Helps those involved in primary education, whether in training, teaching or leadership roles, to develop the ICT knowledge, understanding and skills required to enhance children's learning in the classroom.

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Routledge

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1135190429

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Faith and Learning

A Handbook for Christian Higher Education

By: David S. Dockery

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Faith and Learning

A Handbook for Christian Higher Education

By: David S. Dockery

Two dozen Christian higher education professionals thoroughly explore the question of the faith's place on the university campus, whether in administrative matters, the broader academic world, or in student life.

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1433673118

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Collisions in the Digital Paradigm

Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age

By: David John Harvey

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Collisions in the Digital Paradigm

Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age

By: David John Harvey

It has been said that the only asset that a lawyer has is time. But the reality is that a lawyer's greatest asset is information. The practice and the business of law is all about information exchange. The flow of information travels in a number of different directions during the life of a case. A client communicates certain facts to a lawyer. The lawyer assimilates those facts and seeks out specialised legal information which may be applicable to those facts. In the course of a generation there has been a technological revolution which represents a paradigm shift in the flow of information and communication. Collisions in the Digital Paradigm is about how the law deals with digital information technologies and some of the problems that arise when the law has to deal with issues arising in a new paradigm.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509906517

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Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents

Part II

By: Alan C. Sartorelli,David G. Johns

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Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents

Part II

By: Alan C. Sartorelli,David G. Johns

Over the past two decades a number of attempts have been made, with varying degrees of success, to collect in a single treatise available information on the basic and applied pharmacology and biochemical mechanism of action of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agents. The logarithmic growth of knowledge in this field has made it progressively more difficult to do justice to all aspects of this topic, and it is possible that the present handbook, more than four years in preparation, may be the last attempt to survey in a single volume the entire field of drugs employed in cancer chemotherapy and immunosuppression. Even in the present instance, it has proved necessary for practical reasons to publish the material in two parts, although the plan of the work constitutes, at least in the editors' view, a single integrated treatment of this research area. A number of factors have contributed to the continuous expansion of research in the areas of cancer chemotherapy and immunosuppression. Active compounds have been emerging at ever-increasing rates from experimental tumor screening systems maintained by a variety of private and governmental laboratories through out the world. At the molecular level, knowledge of the modes of action of established agents has continued to expand, and has permitted rational drug design to play a significantly greater role in a process which, in its early years, depended almost completely upon empirical and fortuitous observations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642658067

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Using New Web Tools in the Primary Classroom

A practical guide for enhancing teaching and learning

By: David Barber,Linda Cooper

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Using New Web Tools in the Primary Classroom

A practical guide for enhancing teaching and learning

By: David Barber,Linda Cooper

How can we ensure we use technology effectively with young children? Using New Web Tools in the Primary Classroom is for all teachers interested in the application of new web-based ICTs to primary teaching. It offers a justification for using Web 2.0 tools and explores tangible ways in which technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasting, media shar

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1136618198

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Jousting for the New Generation

Challenges to Contemporary Schooling

By: David Loader,Amanda McGraw,Mary Mason

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Jousting for the New Generation

Challenges to Contemporary Schooling

By: David Loader,Amanda McGraw,Mary Mason

Learning is not some technical task like computer programming; it is integral to the person. It is part of the spirit, the soul and the heart of a person.we need to be encouraged to explore what is inside us -- what we feel, what we think, where we have come from, as well as where we wish to go. I have written unashamedly in a personal and passionate way." - In this new collection of essays, David Loader addresses a range of contemporary issues in education, and encourages critical dialogue about prevailing educational cultures. These 'jousts,' as he calls them, are challenges to the status quo, written to encourage verbal repartee, argument and counter-argument. Dipping into Jousting for the New Generation is intended to inspire the reader and generate spirited discussion.

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Aust Council for Ed Research

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0864317344

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How Computer Games Help Children Learn

By: David Williamson Shaffer

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How Computer Games Help Children Learn

By: David Williamson Shaffer

This book looks at how particular video and computer games--such as Digital Zoo, The Pandora Project, SodaConstructor, and more--can help teach our children and students to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, urban planners, journalists, and other professionals. In the process, new "smart games" will give them the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world.

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Macmillan

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0230602525

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Essential Primary English

By: Jane Medwell,David Wray

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Essential Primary English

By: Jane Medwell,David Wray

This book is an essential guide to teaching the Primary English curriculum, offering guidance on how to teach the subject, as well as covering the theory and subject knowledge that underpins it. Covering the whole of the Primary English curriculum the book focuses in particular on less-developed aspects such as the development of spoken language, the nature and development of comprehension and the teaching and learning of grammar. Key features include: • Practical teaching sequences, strategies and activities • Classroom cameos suggest ways of delivering content through meaningful activities • Essential ‘Subject Knowledge’ boxes present brief exposés of essential knowledge • Subject Knowledge Quizzes enable you to self-check your knowledge • ‘Insights from Research’ boxes outline underpinning theory and research If you are teaching or training to teach in the primary phase then this book will help you address each area of the Primary English curriculum, covering the requirements for both Key Stage One and Key Stage Two.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335262015

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Changing Organizations

Business Networks In The New Political Economy

By: David Knoke

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Changing Organizations

Business Networks In The New Political Economy

By: David Knoke

We are in the midst of rapid change in how firms organize themselves and their work. There are numerous popular accounts of this evolution but few theoretically grounded and research based assessments. Into this gap steps David Knoke. Changing Organizations is an invaluable resource for all concerned with organizational restructuring and will be an essential reference and starting point for scholars and practitioners who want a serious account of what has occurred and what is likely to happen next." Peter Osterman Massachusetts Institute of Technology "In this book, Changing Organizations, David Knoke shows how a social network approach can unify topics as diverse as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, national innovation systems, workplace struggles, and corporate informed explanation of why corporations have become so powerful in American society. For graduate students in organization studies courses and MBAs, the book's many extended case examples will provide a valuable context for classroom discussions. The book is packed with informative figures and charts, as well as a helpful appendix on network analysis, and thus will prove valuable as a reference book, as well." Howard E. Aldrich University of North Carolina In Changing Organizations David Knoke examines the formation of intra- and inter-organizational networks and their impact on the fates of employees, companies, and communities. He explores how the network perspective—when used in conjunction with ecology, insitutionalism, power and resource dependence, transaction cost economics, organizational learning, and evolutionary theories—contributes to a more comprehensive explanation of organizational transformations. Written in an accessible narrative style for advanced undergraduate students in sociology, public policy, and business management courses, it draws heavily from contemporary cases to illustrate key concepts. Knoke also offers readers a careful exposition of basic structural and network concepts and principles. This text is well suited for courses in sociology of organizations, business organizations/management, and public policy/administration.

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0429981384

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100 Ideas for Teaching Design and Technology

By: David Spendlove

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100 Ideas for Teaching Design and Technology

By: David Spendlove

Useful and resourceful - this book is ideal for trainees, NQTs and experienced teachers alike. *100 inspirational ideas on teaching, learning and assessing design and technology *Each one has been successfully tried and tested *Ideas range from understanding the place design and technology has in the modern school to creative teaching strategies.

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A&C Black

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1441154388

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9781441154385

Consultancy Skills for Mission and Ministry

By: David Dadswell

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Consultancy Skills for Mission and Ministry

By: David Dadswell

An hands-on handbook on consultancy for church-based organisations, and a key resource for church leaders such as archdeacons, mission enablers and others.

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Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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0334043735

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9780334043737

Mapping Multiple Literacies

An Introduction to Deleuzian Literacy Studies

By: Diana Masny,David R. Cole

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Mapping Multiple Literacies

An Introduction to Deleuzian Literacy Studies

By: Diana Masny,David R. Cole

Mapping Multiple Literacies brings together the latest theory and research in the fields of literacy study and European philosophy, Multiple Literacies Theory (MLT) and the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze. It frames the process of becoming literate as a fluid process involving multiple modes of presentation, and explains these processes in terms of making maps of our social lives and ways of doing things together. For Deleuze, language acquisition is a social activity of which we are a part, but only one part amongst many others. Masny and Cole draw on Deleuze's thinking to expand the repertoires of literacy research and understanding. They outline how we can understand literacy as a social activity and map the ways in which becoming literate may take hold and transform communities. The chapters in this book weave together theory, data and practice to open up a creative new area of literacy studies and to provoke vigorous debate about the sociology of literacy.

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1441186956

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Managing Knowledge Networks

By: J. David Johnson

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Managing Knowledge Networks

By: J. David Johnson

The information context of the modern organization is rapidly evolving in the face of intense global competition. Information technologies, including databases, new telecommunications systems, and software for synthesizing information, make a vast array of information available to an ever expanding number of organizational members. Management's exclusive control over knowledge is steadily declining, in part because of the downsizing of organizations and the decline of the number of layers in an organizational hierarchy. These trends, as well as issues surrounding the Web 2.0 and social networking, mean that it is increasingly important that we understand how informal knowledge networks impact the generation, capturing, storing, dissemination, and application of knowledge. This innovative book provides a thorough analysis of knowledge networks, focusing on how relationships contribute to the creation of knowledge, its distribution within organizations, how it is diffused and transferred, and how people find it and share it collaboratively.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521514541

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9780521514545

Teaching English and Maths in FE

What works for vocational learners?

By: David Allan

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Teaching English and Maths in FE

What works for vocational learners?

By: David Allan

This book is a guide for all teachers in the FE and Skills Sector, regardless of their discipline. It explores how FE teachers can address the mathematics and English needs of all learners, to redress the skills gap that is a current focus. The text explores what works in the sector, examining the barriers to learning and how all learners can be included. It takes a focused look at what works for the vocational learners who have not succeeded in a school setting, and helps tackle the problem of low motivation in learners. The text goes beyond simply providing strategies to follow and includes background theory and detailed case studies to enhance your understanding of different approaches.

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Learning Matters

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1526414619

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9781526414618

The Bible and Digital Millennials

By: David G. Ford,Joshua L. Mann,Peter M. Phillips

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The Bible and Digital Millennials

By: David G. Ford,Joshua L. Mann,Peter M. Phillips

The Bible and Digital Millennials explores the place of the Bible in the lives of 18 to 35 year-olds who have been born into the digital age. As the use of digital media becomes increasingly pervasive, it should follow that it will have a significant effect on people’s engagement with religion and the sacred texts associated with it. Drawing on contemporary in-depth surveys, this study unpacks digital millennials’ stance towards, use of and engagement with the Bible in both offline and online settings. The book features results from a nationally representative survey of 2,000 young British people specifically commissioned for this project. The data is also compared with the findings of others, including a poll of 850 British Bible-centric Christians and recent Bible engagement surveys from the USA. This book investigates the relevance of the Bible to the lives of those who have grown up in the digital age. It will, therefore, offer fresh insight to any scholar of biblical studies, religion and digital media, and religious studies.

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Routledge

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0429788967

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Languages for Social Cohesion

Language Education in a Multilingual and Multicultural Europe

By: David Newby,Edith Matzer,Hermine Penz,Council of Europe,European Centre for Modern Languages

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Languages for Social Cohesion

Language Education in a Multilingual and Multicultural Europe

By: David Newby,Edith Matzer,Hermine Penz,Council of Europe,European Centre for Modern Languages

The ECML's Languages for social cohesion programme (2004-2007) involved approximately 4500 language professionals from Europe and beyond. This publication focuses on key developments in language education promoted through the work of the European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe (ECML). It serves three main functions. Firstly, it summarises the ECML's contributions to fostering linguistic and cultural diversity in European societies. Secondly, it contains the proceedings of the ECML Conference, held in September 2007 at the University of Graz, to communicate the results of this programme to the wider public. Thirdly, it provides a preview of the projects which comprise the next programme of the ECML (2008-2011): 'Empowering language professionals: competences - networks - impact - quality'. In this way the publication both provides an overview of current issues and trends in European language teaching and indicates perspectives for the future.

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Council of Europe

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9287164282

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9789287164285

The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry

Progressive Labor Insurgents in the 1960s

By: Leigh David Benin

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The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry

Progressive Labor Insurgents in the 1960s

By: Leigh David Benin

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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0815333854

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9780815333852

Organizing for Collective Action

The Political Economies of Associations

By: David Knoke

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Organizing for Collective Action

The Political Economies of Associations

By: David Knoke

Organizing for Collective Action investigates the political and economic behaviors of national associations, including trade associations, professional societies, labor unions, and public interest groups. It focuses upon the ways that these organizations acquire resources and allocate them to various collective actions, particularly for member services, public relations, and political action. This analysis is structured around three broad theoretical paradigms for collective action: (1) the problem of societal integration which concerns the ways that people are tied to organizations and the ways that organizations connect their members with the larger society; (2) the problem of organizational governance which considers how individuals become unified collectivities capable of acting in a coordinated manner, and (3) the problem of public policy influence which involves interactions among public and private interest groups to formulate the binding decisions under which we all must live.

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Routledge

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1351328700

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9781351328708

Headache in Children and Adolescents

By: Paul Winner,Donald W. Lewis,Winner, Paul,A. David Rothner

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Headache in Children and Adolescents

By: Paul Winner,Donald W. Lewis,Winner, Paul,A. David Rothner

This is a clinically useful book for pediatricians and other primary care providers who take care of children to guide them in the best ways to take care of children and teenagers who have headaches. It provides a blend of the best available evidence based data with a ton of 'experience-based' information from a team of authors who take care of kids with headache all the time. The book includes a CD-Rom showing case studies and references. The video demonstrations show not only a broad spectrum of cases and types of headache, but show an efficient manner for extracting the necessary information. This is an exciting area with new indications for adolescents of drugs heretofore approved only for adults.

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PMPH-USA

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1550092715

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9781550092714

EBOOK: Principles and Practice of Marketing

By: JOBBER, DAVID/E

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EBOOK: Principles and Practice of Marketing

By: JOBBER, DAVID/E

EBOOK: Principles and Practice of Marketing

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McGraw Hill

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0077174151

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9780077174156

Comparing Policy Networks

Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan

By: David Knoke

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Comparing Policy Networks

Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan

By: David Knoke

This book examines how labor policies were made in the US, Germany, and Japan during the 1980s.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521499275

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9780521499279

The Pedagogy of the Open Society

Knowledge and the Governance of Higher Education

By: Michael A. Peters,Tze-Chang Liu,David J. Ondercin

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The Pedagogy of the Open Society

Knowledge and the Governance of Higher Education

By: Michael A. Peters,Tze-Chang Liu,David J. Ondercin

Social processes and policies that foster openness as an overriding value as evidenced in the growth of open source, open access and open education and their convergences that characterize global knowledge communities that transcend borders of the nation-state. Openness seems also to suggest political transparency and the norms of open inquiry, indeed, even democracy itself as both the basis of the logic of inquiry and the dissemination of its results. Openness is a value and philosophy that also offers us a means for transforming our institutions and our practices. This book examines the interface between learning, pedagogy and economy in terms of the potential of open institutions to transform and revitalize education in the name of the public good.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9460919677

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9789460919671

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