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Life After School - book by McGuire, J.;Priestley, P. DESCRIPTION: This book addresses itself to the situation in which those who are about to leave school, or who have recently left, find themselves. It outlines the development of social skills training and its relevance to the problems of young people as they see them; describes its methods and how t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Women and Media - book by Baehr, H. DESCRIPTION: Explores not only the attitudes towards and stereotyping of women in the mass media but also the employment of women in executive roles in the programmes or media themselves, both in the US and the UK. Essentially a state of the art collection, it is offered in book form because of its ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Lifelong Education for Adults - book by Titmus, C.J. DESCRIPTION: Lifelong Education for Adults: An International Handbook is the first work intended to offer international, encyclopedic coverage of research and studies in the whole field of adult education. With 127 articles written by international specialists, this work will be an invaluable refer... view more info and the price of this book. |
Westminster Workshop - book by Mosley, R.K. DESCRIPTION: The fifth edition of this best-selling textbook serves as an introduction to the study of Parliament and Government in modern Britain and has been written primarily to help candidates taking GCE examinations on British Government. The book is not only a straightforward account of how B... view more info and the price of this book. |
Education, Training & Employment - book by Dale, R. DESCRIPTION: An Open University set book, the primary concerns of this volume are the policy responses to pressures to bring the education system into closer alignment with the priorities of the employers, and to the problems created by the very high level of youth unemployment. The selection of ar... view more info and the price of this book. |
Knowing Educational Administration - book by Evers, C.W.;Lakomski, G. DESCRIPTION: Educational administration is a field currently undergoing great intellectual change. The dominant scientific tradition now competes with a range of alternative, systematically different, accounts of such major concerns in the field as: the nature of administrative and organizational t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Knowledge Base for the Beginning Teacher - book by Reynolds, M.C. DESCRIPTION: In this volume the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education offers the first in a series of state-of-the-art analyses of research, theory, and practice in the various domains of teaching. The knowledge base for teaching and teacher education takes a variety of forms and is... view more info and the price of this book. |
Textbook of Roman Law - book by Thomas, J.A.C. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Thomas, J.A.C. PAGES: 562 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/01/1982 ISBN Number: 0-7204-0513-0... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Encyclopedia of Human Development and Education - book by Thomas, R.M. DESCRIPTION: This Encyclopedia is a collection of 100 articles which examine various theories and aspects of human development and their significance for education, child raising, and counselling practices throughout the world. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Section headings: Preface. Background Issues. Gener... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - book by Eraut, M. DESCRIPTION: The International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology presents a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art reports which cover the whole field of educational technology throughout the world. This Encyclopedia consists of articles which have been drawn from The International Encyc... view more info and the price of this book. |
East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations - book by Yee, A.H. DESCRIPTION: East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations puts East Asian sociopolitical developments in new light by providing new and little-known materials which will be welcomed by researchers in the field. Nineteen scholars cover Burma, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This Encyclopedia intends to provide a research-based overview in an educational perspective of the present state-of-the-art of our knowledge and understanding of the conditions, processes, and modifiabilities of human development and learning. The Encyclopedia focuses on both developme... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Educational assessment serves many purposes — selection for further education and employment; monitoring the performance of educational systems; providing diagnostic feedback on the processes of learning. Throughout the world, and in all these ways, more is constantly being demand... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Economics of Education - book by Carnoy, M. DESCRIPTION: This new Encyclopedia draws upon articles in The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition (described by Choice as being "a premier resource when judged on virtually every criteria applied to a reference work") with revisions as well as new articles. It provides an understand... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education - book by Anderson, L.W. DESCRIPTION: This new Encyclopedia draws upon articles in The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition (described by Choice as being "a premier resource when judged on virtually every criteria applied to a reference work") with revisions as well as new articles. The purpose of the volume... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Adult Education and Training - book by Tuijnman, A.C. DESCRIPTION: This Encyclopedia deals with the financing and organization of adult education and continuing vocational training throughout the world. The volume provides extensive coverage of lifespan development, cognition, adult learning, and theories and methods for the teaching of adults both now... view more info and the price of this book. |
Collaborative Learning: Cognitive and Computational Approaches - book by Dillenbourg, P. DESCRIPTION: Research on collaborative learning is currently a very popular topic in education, psychology and computer science. In recent years, educational research has attempted to determine under what circumstances collaborative learning is more effective than learning alone, and more recently,... view more info and the price of this book. |
Pragmatics in Neurogenic Communication Disorders - book by Paradis, M. DESCRIPTION: Two viewpoints on pragmatics are of interest to the clinician and researcher: The various types of deficits of pragmatic competence in different neurogenic communication disorders on the one hand, and the use of pragmatic features as a compensatory strategy to supplement impaired lingui... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This handbook shows the wide perspective cognitive-behavioural treatment can offer to health professionals, the vast majority of whom now recognize that cognitive behavioural procedures are very useful in treating many 'mental' disorders, even if certain disciplines continue to favour o... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research on Human Subjects - book by Weisstub, D.N. DESCRIPTION: There have been serious controversies in the latter part of the 20th century about the roles and functions of scientific and medical research. In whose interests are medical and biomedical experiments conducted and what are the ethical implications of experimentation on subjects unable ... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 10-Volume Set - book by Asher, R.E.;Simpson, J.M.Y. DESCRIPTION: The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics meets the need for a truly international work of reference and reviews current knowledge in the fields of linguistics and language studies. The work makes a systematic effort to take into account the many different views and perspectives enco... view more info and the price of this book. |
Educational Research, Methodology, and Measurement - book by Keeves, J.P. DESCRIPTION: This Handbook consists of 139 articles which examine educational research methods and perspectives currently employed throughout the world. Developed from The International Encyclopedia of Education, the Handbook contains revised and updated articles from the original work as well as a... view more info and the price of this book. |
The International Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation - book by Walberg, H.J.;Haertel, G.D. DESCRIPTION: Over the past two decades, educational evaluation has become well established as a distinctive field of research and practice. The Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation includes updated and revised material from the award-winning publication The International Encyclopedia of Education... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Encyclopedia of Higher Education - book by Clark, B.R.;Neave, G. DESCRIPTION: The Encyclopedia of Higher Education is an entirely original work providing an up-to-date, comprehensive, critical, state-of-the-art review of higher education worldwide on a scale previously unknown. The articles are authored by internationally recognized experts in their field. A ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Organizational Change and Development, Volume 11 - book by Woodman, R.W.;Pasmore, W.A. DESCRIPTION: As with previous volumes in Research in Organizational Change and Development, volume 11 contains papers that range from explorations of individual action in organizational change to studies of multiple organizations. The change and development field continues to explore new theoretical... view more info and the price of this book. |
Cognition, Knowledge and Organizations - book by Porac, J.F.;Garud, R. DESCRIPTION: The goal of this new volume is to bring together three streams of research in current management literature that, while clearly overlapping in their underlying purposes and conceptual foundations, have developed somewhat independently over the last decade. This independence reflects sub... view more info and the price of this book. |
Networks In and Around Organizations - book by Andrews, S.B.;Knoke, D. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Andrews, S.B.;Knoke, D. PAGES: 296 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/04/1999 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0473-1... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Containing 53 chapters, this handbook draws on some 18 nations to provide a cross-national perspective that is unique. Written for readers with a sound knowledge base, it is designed as a synthesis and critical review of significant theory and research in all aspects of giftedness, both... view more info and the price of this book. |
Current Topics in Management, Volume 4 - book by Rahim, M.A.;Golembiewski, R.T.;Mackenzie, K.D. DESCRIPTION: This fifth volume of Current Topics contains seventeen chapters divided into six sections. The editors contribute Chapters 1 and 17, and the remaining sixteen were selected from seventy-five competitive papers presented at the sixth annual International Conference on Advances in Managem... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 21 - book by Sutton, R.I.;Staw, B.M. DESCRIPTION: Volume 21 of Research in Organizational Behavior continues the tradition of innovation and theoretical development with eight diverse papers. Most of these papers present theory and propositions that make linkages between different levels of analysis. The subjects addressed include: a m... view more info and the price of this book. |
Dynamic Assessment: Prevailing Models and Applications, 6 - book by Lidz, Carol DESCRIPTION: Dynamic assessment is an innovative approach to conducting psychoeducational evaluation that has an immediate appeal to researchers, clinicians and teachers, While a number of texts on this approach have been published, these have not always addressed the interaction of theoretical, met... view more info and the price of this book. |
Citizen Responsive Government - book by Hoggart, K.;Nichols Clark, T. DESCRIPTION: How can government stay linked to its citizens? Across the world, governments' basic principles are turned on their heads as global markets, weakened national states, and active citizens emerge. Governments increasingly act not alone, but many governments and private groups make policy ... view more info and the price of this book. |
The International Encyclopedia of Curriculum - book by Lewy, A. DESCRIPTION: The International Encyclopedia of Curriculum is a unique collection of analytical and empirical studies on curriculum-related issues. Its 280 articles, authored by experts from 22 countries, are grouped in two sections. The first, Curriculum as a Domain of Enquiry, contains articles dea... view more info and the price of this book. |
Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn - book by Maclure, S.;Davies, P. DESCRIPTION: Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn has grown out of a conference organized by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in July 1989. Its purpose is to discuss and advance the state of knowledge about how young people think and reason. Thinking is a normal activit... view more info and the price of this book. |
Issues in Science Education - book by Husen, T.;Keeves, J.P. DESCRIPTION: This book presents a collection of papers from an international symposium on Science and Education in the 21st Century held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as part of a celebration of their 250th anniversary. The papers, written by leading scientists and educators, review the c... view more info and the price of this book. |
Curriculum Policy - book by Moore, R.;Ozga, J. DESCRIPTION: Throughout the last decade there has been an unprecedented amount of activity in curriculum policy, and recent years have seen the acceleration of that activity following the Education Reform Act of 1988. This reader is a selection of work which addresses some of the more complex ideas ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Planning the Quality of Education - book by Ross, K.N.;Mahlck, L. DESCRIPTION: This book was prepared from the papers and discussions associated with an international workshop on Issues and Practices in Planning the Quality of Education organized by the International Institute for Educational Planning in November 1989. The first part considers the differing inform... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The papers contained in this volume cover the essential points of the 1989 EARLI Conference. They demonstrate a continuing increase in research on learning and instruction as new approaches to learning are constantly being developed. To study these approaches and to achieve a better und... view more info and the price of this book. |
Administrative Philosophy - book by Hodgkinson, C. DESCRIPTION: This book is a bridge between the technical literature of administrative theory and philosophical discourse. It is needed because an adequate axiology (value theory) of administration is ignored by the former and lacking in the latter. That value theory is necessary to leadership and ad... view more info and the price of this book. |
Problem-Based Methodology: Research for the Improvement of Practice - book by Robinson, V. DESCRIPTION: How can educational research make a greater impact on educational practice? Problem-Based Methodology: Research for the Improvement of Practice explains why educational research has contributed so little to the understanding and resolution of educational problems, and how, with a differ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Learning Across the Lifespan: Theories, Research, Policies - book by Tuijnman, A.C.;van der Kamp, M. DESCRIPTION: There is a widespread consensus that adult education and continuing vocational training are central elements in a strategy aimed at achieving economic growth. However, the stakes are not only economic. Adult education has also become a structural determinant of employment opportunities,... view more info and the price of this book. |
The IEA Study of Science I - book by Rosier, M.J.;Keeves, J.P. DESCRIPTION: Science Education and Curricula in Twenty-Three Countries is the first in a series of three volumes presenting the results of the second IEA Science Study. Comparisons are made between countries in terms of the conditions under which science is taught, the organization of science teachi... view more info and the price of this book. |
Linguistics and Philosophy - book by Harre, R.;Harris, R. DESCRIPTION: As hopes that generative linguistics might solve philosophical problems about the mind give way to disillusionment, old problems concerning the relationship between linguistics and philosophy survive unresolved. This collection surveys the historical engagement between the two, and open... view more info and the price of this book. |
School-Based Evaluation: A Dialogue for School Improvement - book by Nevo, D. DESCRIPTION: This book presents a comprehensive conceptual framework for school evaluation, and evaluation methods that can be used within the framework of the school for the benefit of students, teachers, school administrators and parents. It is based on concepts and ideas originally developed in t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Revitalizing Higher Education - book by Salmi, J.;Verspoor, A. DESCRIPTION: This volume focuses on the recent lessons of experience with reform and innovation in higher education that are most relevant to the challenges of developing countries. These lessons are explored in a series of twelve papers which analyze experience and issues in four priority areas. Th... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness - book by Scheerens, J.;Bosker, R. DESCRIPTION: How much do schools really matter? How sure are we on "what works" in education and why? Why is it that certain educational practices work better than others in improving educational effectiveness? In this book recent research and theoretical interpretations are used in a critical analy... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Scientific Study of Human Nature: Tribute to Hans J. Eysenck at Eighty - book by Nyborg, H. DESCRIPTION: This volume is a Festschrift for Hans J. Eysenck on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The world's leading experts in the field of personality and intelligence have gathered together to honour the most widely cited living psychologist. Each chapter describes first Hans Eysenck's contrib... view more info and the price of this book. |
Perspectives on the Social Functions of Schools - book by Wong, K.K. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part headings: Equal Opportunities in Developing Countries. Economic Gap, Racial Change, and Social Challenge. Program Intervention and Evaluation. AUTHORS: Wong, K.K. PAGES: 192 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/10/1998 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0373-5... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: New strategies and policies regarding higher education are needed to solve the present higher education crisis occurring in many developing countries. The important question is whether specific forms of government regulation are more effective than others in helping to solve this crisis... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Advances in School Effectiveness Research and Practice presents a worldwide state-of-the-art summary of the rapidly growing field of school effectiveness research by an internationally renowned group of authors. Current knowledge in the field is reviewed to present an integrated and coh... view more info and the price of this book. |
Tourism Community Relationships - book by Pearce, P.L.;Moscardo, G.M.;Ross, G.F. DESCRIPTION: The study of tourism is, arguably, ready for a thorough theoretical yet empirical analysis of the relationship between tourism and host communities. Pearce, Moscardo and Ross deal with the impacts tourism is having on communities internationally, going beyond a mere review of such impac... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In times of rapid international political and economic change the great universities of Europe and North America are being transformed. Public expectations about access to higher education, government concerns about the role that universities can play in innovation and economic developm... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The Handbook of Special and Remedial Education: Research and Practice is an update of the four-volume Handbook series, which provided a comprehensive summary of the well-confirmed knowledge in the field of special education available through the mid-1980's. The need for an updated secon... view more info and the price of this book. |
Market Approaches to Education - book by Cohn, E. DESCRIPTION: The book contains a number of essays that address the recent debate on school choice and vouchers. In addition to papers that provide opinions on the role of government in education, the book offers a number of papers that analyze many of the issues employing advanced econometric techni... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Child in the World of Tomorrow: The Next Generation - book by Nakou, S.;Pantelakis, S. DESCRIPTION: This book provides an interdisciplinary projection of the factors affecting the lives of Europe's children in the coming decades. It is a sequel to a volume of the same name, published in 1979. Europe is undergoing dramatic changes, demographic, political and technological, which will i... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The book discusses the analysis, comparison and integration of computational approaches to learning and research on human learning. Learning has for some time been an issue of minor importance in the cognitive sciences. It has, however, now become one of the most active research fields ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Aspects of Bilingual Aphasia - book by Paradis, M. DESCRIPTION: This volume marks the 100th anniversary of the first systematic monograph on polyglot aphasia (Pitres, 1895). Its purpose is to focus the attention of language pathologists around the world, and most particularly in areas traditionally assumed to be unilingual, on the pervasiveness of b... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - book by Plomp, T.;Ely, D.P. DESCRIPTION: This Encyclopedia provides scholarly information on all aspects of Educational Technology. Educational Technology is seen as a problem-solving process, concerning most aspects of teaching and learning through media and technology, in the context of education and training. Problems may a... view more info and the price of this book. |
Concise History of the Language Sciences - book by Koerner, E.F.K.;Asher, R.E. DESCRIPTION: This book presents in a single volume a comprehensive history of the language sciences, from ancient times through to the twentieth century. While there has been a concentration on those traditions that have the greatest international relevance, a particular effort has been made to go b... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: With the emergence of mass higher education, many national governments have identified a diverse higher education system as a policy objective. Diversity is seen as good because it supposedly increases the range of choices for students, matches the education provided to the needs and ab... view more info and the price of this book. |
Approaches to the Study of Motor Control and Learning - book by Summers, J.J. DESCRIPTION: During the past two decades, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in the study of motor control and learning. In this volume authors from a variety of backgrounds and theoretical perspectives review their research with particular emphasis on the methods and paradigms employed,... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : (A-D) - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 1242 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/12/1992 ISBN Number: 0-444-86244-7... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : (E-I) - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 1530 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/03/1995 ISBN Number: 0-444-86245-5... view more info and the price of this book. |
Economic Psychology - book by MacFadyen, A.J.;MacFadyen, H.W. DESCRIPTION: These papers, by psychologists and economists, apply well-formulated theories or research methods from one of the sciences to generate new insight in the other discipline. For the psychologist, this approach illustrates how neoclassical economics can provide a formal structure which is... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Drug Traffic Terms - book by Illanes, N. DESCRIPTION: This dictionary provides fast and easy access to terms in areas such as: legal, judicial and court proceedings; law enforcement, police and military training; chemical essentials and chemical precursors; natural, synthetic and designer drugs; banking and money laundering. It also presen... view more info and the price of this book. |
Unusual Occupations and Unusually Organized Occupations - book by Lopata, H.Z.;Henson, K.D. DESCRIPTION: This volume contains in-depth or comparative case studies of specific occupations in America and other countries. The special emphasis of this collection is upon unusual occupations and unusually organized occupations. Through the focus on the unusual, our volume brings into focus the u... view more info and the price of this book. |
Jobs in Context: Circles and Settings - book by Lopata, H.Z. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: jobs in context: circles and settings (H.Z. Lopata). Working sisters from outside: rural Chinese household workers in Beijing (Dai Kejing, P.R. Dempsey). Asian entrepreneurs in Chicago (Jing Zhang). Indian-American success story of "Potel" motels: imm... view more info and the price of this book. |
Political Power and Social Theory, Volume 12 - book by Davis, D.E. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editor's introduction (D.E. Davis). Globalization. The transnational capitalist class and global capitalism: the case of the tobacco industry (L. Sklair). The rise of transnational social formations: Mexican and Dominican state responses to transnational migration ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Political Power and Social Theory, Volume 11 - book by Davis, D.E. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editor's introduction (D.E. Davis). Class and Mass Action. The integration of workplace and community relations at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1930s-1940s (J. Stepan-Norris). Mass action and social structure (S. Paul et al.). States and Regulation. How militarization dri... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Permanent Representatives Committee - book by de Zwaan, J.W. DESCRIPTION: By describing and analysing the process which precedes decision-making in the Council of Ministers, an insider's view is presented in this book of the process of decision-making in the European Union. The main subject is the Permanent Representatives Committee, comprising Ambassadors of... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Self in Infancy - book by Rochat, P. DESCRIPTION: The origins of knowledge about the self is arguably the most fundamental problem of psychology. It is a classic theme that has preoccupied great psychologists, beginning with William James and Freud. On reading current literature, today's developmental psychologists and ethologists are ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : (J-P) - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 1184 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/04/1997 ISBN Number: 0-444-86246-3... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : (Q-Z) - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 1670 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/02/2001 ISBN Number: 0-444-86247-1... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : (Indices) - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 284 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/09/2003 ISBN Number: 0-444-86248-X... view more info and the price of this book. |
Encyclopedia of Public International Law : Consolidated Edition - book by Bernhardt, R. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Bernhardt, R. PAGES: 5910 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/09/2003 ISBN Number: 0-7204-0131-3... view more info and the price of this book. |
Time, Internal Clocks and Movement - book by Pastor, M.A.;Artieda, J. DESCRIPTION: Interest in the concept of time has a long history and has been a topic of study for a wide range of investigators. No change can take place without specification of time. While philosophers and physicists have been intrigued by the concept of subjective perception of time and its relat... view more info and the price of this book. |
Technological Applications - book by Scruggs, T.E.;Mastropieri, M.A. DESCRIPTION: Recent years have witnessed an explosion of technological advances, which has transformed virtually every aspect of human existence. Prominent among these advances are assistive technologies, which have been employed to improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities. In ... view more info and the price of this book. |
New Directions in Measures and Methods, 12 - book by Pintrich, Paul R;Maehr, Martin L DESCRIPTION: The current volume brings together leading researchers in motivation from around the world to address new directions in measures and methods for motivational research. There has been a great deal of reliance on self-report measures in motivational research, but the current volume provi... view more info and the price of this book. |
Organizational Leadership, 12 - book by Kime, Charles DESCRIPTION: Organizational Leadership presents a new perspective on the problem of leadership in organizations. Dr. Charles H. Kime argues that while individuals ultimately take actions we call leadership, structural and non-structural characteristics of the organization influence the ability and i... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The book contains chapters with respect to research on learning potential assessment and cognitive training. Moreover, several contributions discuss the relationship between individual learning and social interaction during learning potential assessment. The book has five themes that co... view more info and the price of this book. |
Transportation Systems 1997 - book by Papageorgiou, M.;Pouliezos, A. DESCRIPTION: This Symposium was the 8th in the series of planned IFAC Symposia on Transportation Systems. The International Program Committee received over 400 papers from the international transportation community. Road Traffic was the most popular subject with over 190 abstracts followed by Interm... view more info and the price of this book. |
Educational Research, Methodology and Measurement - book by Keeves, J.P. DESCRIPTION: During the past decade new approaches to educational measurement have become more widely recognized and the use of computer programs has been developed to make sound use of the procedures and techniques associated with item response theory. However, the implications of these development... view more info and the price of this book. |
Intelligent Environments - book by Droege, P. DESCRIPTION: The environment, as modified and created by people, is largely about the use of information, its generation and exchange. How do recent innovations in the technologies of information management and communication affect our use of space and place, and the way we perceive and think about ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language - book by Lamarque, P. DESCRIPTION: Philosophers have had an interest in language from the earliest times but the twentieth century, with its so-called 'linguistic turn' in philosophy, has seen a huge expansion of work focused specifically on language and its foundations. No branch of philosophy has been unaffected by thi... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume contains a selection of the best papers from the Computer Assisted Learning 1995 Symposium. The theme of the proceedings, Learning to Succeed, draws upon the experience of the widespread use of the microcomputer in education over the past decade in order to assess the use in... view more info and the price of this book. |
International Encyclopedia of Sociology of Education - book by Saha, L.J. DESCRIPTION: The sociology of education is a rapidly expanding area within sociology and in educational studies generally, and cuts across many other disciplines. The area is also often defined as the social contexts of education or the social foundations of education. The sociology of education has... view more info and the price of this book. |
Telematics in Education: Trends and Issues - book by Selinger, M.;Pearson, J. DESCRIPTION: Telematics in Education provides readers with an exciting examination of the use of computer based communication technologies within education. Discussion ranges from whether new forms of teaching and learning involving telematics can replace existing methods, to how far collaborative l... view more info and the price of this book. |
The City as an Entertainment Machine - book by Nichols Clark, T. DESCRIPTION: This volume explores how consumption and entertainment change cities. But it reverses the "normal" causal process. That is, many chapters analyze how consumption and entertainment drive urban development, not vice versa. How? People both live and work in cities. And where they choose t... view more info and the price of this book. |
Acceptability of Transport Pricing Strategies - book by Schade, Jens;Schlag, Bernhard DESCRIPTION: Several studies and research projects all over the world have considered transport pricing strategies as promising attempts to solve the urgent traffic problems in urban areas. However, empirical results have shown that public and political acceptability of such strategies is low. Unti... view more info and the price of this book. |
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, 5 - book by Deflem, Mathieu DESCRIPTION: The contributions in this volume focus on the ways in which criminologists study terrorism and counter-terrorism. Generally, terrorism has not been central in criminology, but since the events of September 11, terrorism has suddenly and resolutely moved center stage in criminological de... view more info and the price of this book. |
Distance and Campus Universities: Tensions and Interactions - book by Guri-Rosenblit, S. DESCRIPTION: Distance education is nowadays widely offered by fully-fledged distance teaching universities (DTUs), by conventional mainstream universities and by many professional and educational establishments. Its importance in higher education is likely to grow in the coming decades with the enha... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The major aim of this book is to contribute to the ongoing European debate on the future relationship between government and universities. The volume refutes the wide spread notion presently adopted by several European politicians and administrators, that the most efficient way to meet ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume provides the first international comparative study on the world of adult learning activities. It offers the first systematic attempt to provide reliable empirical information on some critical issues regarding the transformation of adult and continuing education in post-indus... view more info and the price of this book. |
New Patterns of Adult Learning: A Six-Country Comparative Study - book by Belanger, P.;Tuijnman, A. DESCRIPTION: In post-industrial societies some workers will have stable, good jobs in knowledge and learning-intensive workplaces, while many others will be underemployed or locked into a series of precarious, low-skill jobs in the periphery of the economy. In such a society, inclusions and exclusio... view more info and the price of this book. |
Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics - book by Mey, J.L.;Asher, R.E. DESCRIPTION: Among the recent developments in the language sciences, the coming-of-age of the field of pragmatics and its official inauguration in the mid-seventies stand out as some of the most significant ones. The present work endeavours to sum up the development of the youngest offspring of ling... view more info and the price of this book. |
Japanese Urban Environment - book by Golany, G.S.;Keisuke Hanaki;Osamu Koide DESCRIPTION: Japan has led the world in urban innovation, design and planning, successfully combining high population with functionality, cleanliness and low levels of crime. The Japanese Urban Environment sets out to explain the reasons for this success, showing how both natural and human-made fact... view more info and the price of this book. |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Greek and Latin Word Constituents - book by Lurquin, G. DESCRIPTION: Modern languages borrowed not only the roots, but also prefixes, suffixes and whole words from Greek and Latin. This dictionary of Greek and Latin word constituents lists thousands of these constituents, together with examples of their use in modern English, French, German, Dutch, Ital... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The book is written in the framework of a European collaborative research programme, Learning in Humans and Machines, funded by the European Science Foundation. The book's purpose is to collect papers on learning declarative knowledge and problem solving skills that involve multiple rep... view more info and the price of this book. |
Higher Education and the Nation State - book by Huisman, J.;Maassen, P.;Neave, G. DESCRIPTION: This book contains a number of cross-national analyses of policies and policy-processes regarding higher education. Design, dynamics and outcomes of a variety of policies are studied at both the national and the institutional level. The theoretical perspectives on which the empirical ... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Best of Behaviour Research and Therapy - book by Rachman, S.J. DESCRIPTION: The first issue of Behaviour Research and Therapy (BRAT) appeared in 1962. This collection of outstanding articles from the journal, defining the development of behaviour therapy since the journal's launch, has been put together to celebrate thirty five years of publication. The selecti... view more info and the price of this book. |
Global Change Scenarios of the 21st Century - book by Alcamo, J.;Leemans, R.;Kreileman, E. DESCRIPTION: Global Change Scenarios of the 21st Century informs readers of conceivable environmental changes in the next hundred years. Integrated scenarios are used to communicate large amounts of information about different aspects of the global environmental system, together with society's role ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Learning Sites - book by Bliss, J.;Saljo, R.;Light, P. DESCRIPTION: Human learning, reasoning and thinking, and the different sites in which these activities take place, are the focus of this book. It presents the results of research into the nature of learning and the influence of different contexts and factors within the context of learning, the const... view more info and the price of this book. |
Shared Risk: Complex Systems in Seismic Response - book by Comfort, L.K. DESCRIPTION: Shared Risk is an unparalleled study of how communities at risk respond to major hazards. This major new book explores the elastic boundary between structure and flexibility that enables modern organizations to function effectively under uncertain, dynamic conditions. Through a compreh... view more info and the price of this book. |
New Perspectives on Conceptual Change - book by Schnotz, W.;Vosniadou, S.;Carretero, M. DESCRIPTION: New Perspectives on Conceptual Change brings together the latest research on conceptual change from perspectives in developmental, cognitive and motivational psychology, instructional psychology and science education. The book addresses four main themes: The interplay between the learne... view more info and the price of this book. |
Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium - book by Hirsch, W.Z.;Weber, L.E. DESCRIPTION: In May 1998, twenty representatives from the higher education communities of the United States and Western Europe met in Glion, Switzerland to discuss the challenges facing higher education today and to propose effective means for meeting those challenges. Challenges Facing Higher Educ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Modelling Changes in Understanding - book by Kayser, D.;Vosniadou, S. DESCRIPTION: Published as part of the Advances in Learning and Instruction series, Modelling Changes in Understanding brings together Psychologists, Science Educators and Computer Scientists to describe and explain how we develop an understanding of the physical world around us. The contributors exa... view more info and the price of this book. |
Higher Education Research - book by Teichler, U.;Sadlak, J. DESCRIPTION: Higher Education Research provides readers with an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the current state of higher education research and its relationship to policy and practice. The internationally acclaimed team of authors examine the impact of current policy and practice on the res... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Universities' Responsibilities to Society - book by Neave, G. DESCRIPTION: The Fourth Mid Term Conference of Heads of Universities was hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and took place between November 12th and 14th 1997. The occasion brought together heads and representatives of universities and of major national, regional and internation... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The most common trauma that occurs in western civilization is the road traffic accident. Yet medical, psychological and legal professionals have to date largely ignored this all too common horror. In the fall of 1997, the First International Conference was held that was dedicated exclus... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume is devoted to examining multicultural perspectives in special education. It tackles demographic challenges in today's classrooms, schools, and communities that general and special educators must be aware of, by presenting information on multidimensional methods for dealing w... view more info and the price of this book. |
Countryside Stewardship: Policies, Farmers and Markets - book by van Huylenbroeck, G.;Whitby, M. DESCRIPTION: Countryside Stewardship is the first cross-country, empirical study to examine the market effects of stewardship policies across Europe, as well as their possible impact on the supply of agricultural commodities. This timely and insightful book examines the economic nature of the agri-e... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume explores issues connected with quality, planning of services, access concerns especially as linked with providers of care, health care institutions, and patients. Changes have continued to occur with the field but led by overall marketplace trends. Papers are presented in f... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Contributors. Introduction (S. Kuruvilla, B. Mundell). Defusion of the molotov cocktail in South African industrial relations: the burden of the past and the challenge of the future (E. Webster). Colonialism and industrial relations in India (V. Desousa). From oste... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in the Sociology of Education, Volume 12 - book by Pallas, A.M. DESCRIPTION: The chapters in this volume illustrate the ways in which U.S. sociologists of education continue to plumb the depths of fundamental questions about how schools are organized and consequences of school organization for students and teachers. These studies present new ideas and/or finding... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume addresses out-of-the-box leadership challenges for top-performing 21st century organizations. Topics include: self leadership, teleleadership, interorganizational leadership, leadership networks; cognitively complex, behaviorally complex, and socially complex leadership as w... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Volume 1 - book by Pava, M.L.;Primeaux, P. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Statement of purpose. The virtue of courage within the organization (G.F. Cavanaugh, D.J. Moberg). A normative framework for approaching the international arena: a pragmatic perspective (R.A. Buchholz, S.B. Rosenthal). Due diligence and strate... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Organizational Change and Development, Volume 12 - book by Woodman, R.W.;Pasmore, W.A. DESCRIPTION: Ideas which are comfortable and familiar are not likely to challenge or transform our thinking. As human beings, our need to reduce cognitive dissonance causes us to seek the familiar and reject the unfamiliar, often without careful reflection. Scholars must overcome such natural tenden... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Arafat's Palestinian State and JIPTA details how a future Palestinian state with a sound Jordanian-Israeli-Palestinian trade agreement, complete with an acceptable structure for governance, would prepare the way for an expanded and more prosperous regional - 20 nation economic community... view more info and the price of this book. |
Tourism and Modernity - book by Ning Wang DESCRIPTION: In western society it is taken for granted that tourism is a necessary element of contemporary lifestyle, but while many people recognize its importance, they are usually more concerned with its contribution to the economy than with its social, cultural, and political significance. As a... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Doing Educational Administration is the final part in a three volume series by Evers and Lakomski presenting their perspective on educational administration. The first volume, Knowing Educational Administration, established the importance of epistemological issues in the international f... view more info and the price of this book. |
Conceptual Issues in Research on Intelligence - book by Tomic, W.;Kingma, J. DESCRIPTION: Intelligence is considered in its widest sense, representing diverse viewpoints and areas of specialization in this volume. Contributors represent an international network of intelligence and cognition researchers, coming from a wide range of countries including Germany, New Zealand, Th... view more info and the price of this book. |
Reflections on the Concept of Intelligence - book by Kingma, J.;Tomic, W. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Psychometric g and the race question (A.R. Jensen). Race and sex differences in brain size and cognitive ability (J.P. Rushton, C. Davison Ankney). On the comparative generality of g (C. Locurto). Infant cognition and general intelligence (D. Wayne Mitchell, J. Col... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Lessons of Yugoslavia, 3 - book by Spencer, Metta DESCRIPTION: In 1997 Science for Peace invited experts on Yugoslavia to Toronto for a conference to discuss the lessons learnt from the Yugoslav conflict and eventual break-up of the former country. Although each expert addressed a specific range of problems, there was also a surprising degree of co... view more info and the price of this book. |
Social Interaction in Learning and Instruction - book by Cowie, H.;van der Aalsvoort, D. DESCRIPTION: This exciting new text examines how knowledge is socially constructed and shared through discursive interactions within the classroom community. The contributors discuss the meaning of the cognitive, emotional and social discourses that exist between teachers and learners and suggest ho... view more info and the price of this book. |
Experience of Mediated Learning - book by Kozulin, A.;Rand, B.Y. DESCRIPTION: In this volume the authors examine the impact of Feuerstein's theory of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) on our understanding of the learning, instruction and cognitive modifiability of children, adolescents and young adults. The book begins with a historical essay charting the origin... view more info and the price of this book. |
Access to Knowledge - book by Tschang, T.;Della Senta, T. DESCRIPTION: This book examines how the higher education environment is being shaped by new information technologies, with a particular focus on technologies based in the Internet. The work will illustrate a vision of how virtual universities and their elements are emerging, and of how they can be s... view more info and the price of this book. |
Multimedia Learning - book by Rouet, J-F.;Biardeau, A.;Levonen, J.J. DESCRIPTION: With the increased dissemination of information technologies in education, the issue of how learners deal with multimedia information systems has become critical. New research questions have emerged such as: How well do people learn from multimedia documents? How do they achieve integra... view more info and the price of this book. |
Edmund W. Gordon: Producing Knowledge, Pursuing Understanding, Volume 1 - book by Yeakey, C.C. DESCRIPTION: The initial volume in this new series focuses on the work of Edmund W. Gordon, the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Yale University. Gordon had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications of his work f... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This book examines twentieth century reading education. Among the major educational issues, reviewed are testing, diagnosis, individualized education, textbooks, readability, multiculturalism, bi-lingualism, disability, and technology. The book explores attempts by educators and psychol... view more info and the price of this book. |
Reconceptualizing Literacy in the Media Age - book by Watts Pailliotet, A.;Mosenthal, P.B. DESCRIPTION: Information about issues and procedures for media or visual literacy is currently widely dispersed. This title advances current scholarship by transcending traditional research boundaries and combining a number of different backgrounds, such as cultural studies, reading, computers and t... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: This volume is a collection of chapters that is creatively organized to address current topics, issues, and practices related to providing comprehensive special education services for learners with exceptionalities in inclusive settings. Each chapter highlights innovative techniques tha... view more info and the price of this book. |
Regional Cultures - book by Engelstad, F.;Brochmann, G.;Kalleberg, R.;Liera, A.;Mjset, L. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: regionality and culture (F. Engelstad). The cradle of capitalism: the North Sea (Baltic) Basin as an early modern macro region (L. Heermá van Voss). Europe and the regions: past, present, and future (M. Keating, S. Pintarits). Structural change... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Science and Technology Studies: Gender and Work - book by Gorenstein, S. DESCRIPTION: The theme of this volume is gender and work in public and/or domestic domains including gender differences in the ideology and construction of domestic and/or public life. Approaches of the contributing authors are interdisciplinary as well as historical, anthropological, philosophical,... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Science and Technology Studies: Knowledge Systems - book by Gorenstein, S. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: knowledge systems (S. Gorenstein). Mapping encounters and (en)countering maps: a critical examination of cartographic resistance (D. Turnbull). Science, local knowledge, and community (J.A. Schumacher). Knowing in action: men's work in the northern fo... view more info and the price of this book. |
Marginal Employment - book by Hodson, R. DESCRIPTION: This volume will provide students and researchers alike with a solid grounding both in traditional aspects of marginality and in the increasing important topics of part-time and contingent work. The reader will have the opportunity to learn more about the growing range and diversity of ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Solving problems in urban areas characterized by fragmentation and divisiveness: an overview (F.W. Becker, M.J. Dluhy). Socioeconomic Context of the Metropolitan Region. Diversity and division: ethnicity and the history of Miami (S.L. Bowie, A. Stepick III). The em... view more info and the price of this book. |
Current Topics in Management, Volume 5 - book by Rahim, M.A.;Golembiewski, R.T.;Mackenzie, K.D. DESCRIPTION: This series publishes papers initially offered in presentations at the yearly meetings of the International Conference on Advances in Management, and then presents attendees at the next annual conference with a published volume of the best efforts of the previous meeting. This is an unp... view more info and the price of this book. |
Educational Interventions - book by Scruggs, T.E;Mastropieri, M.A. DESCRIPTION: Educational Interventions, volume 14 of Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, addresses new developments in areas relevant to the education of individuals with learning and behavioral disabilities. A prominent feature of this volume is an extensive and comprehensive meta-ana... view more info and the price of this book. |
Living Through 50 Years of Economic Progress - book by Linowes, D.F. DESCRIPTION: This book traces various developments in business breakthroughs during the most productive period in world history. The half century from 1946 to 1996 brought space trips to the moon, artificial intelligence, cloning of animals, and much more. TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Linowes, ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Asking the questions: entrepreneurs and firms after twenty-two years. The founding entrepreneurs: origins, education, and capital. Achievement motivation training and the entrepreneur. The licensing and liberal regimes. Sons and daughters: surviving firms and repla... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgments. Introduction (H. Kurthen et al.). Immigration Policy and Welfare Reform at the Crossroads. Power, perceptions, and the politics of immigration and welfare (N.V. Demleitner). Antecedents and consequences of tightening welfare eligibility for U.S. im... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Human Dichotomy - book by Clarke, J.I. DESCRIPTION: In The Human Dichotomy, John Clarke discusses how the ratio between the numbers of males and females will change in the future. Scientific and technological advances, accompanied by social and economic change, are affecting the number of births, the number of deaths and the mobility of ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Volume 22 - book by Coy, P.G. DESCRIPTION: The contents of this volume reflect the multiple foci that have historically defined the series. We present here two papers on methodological issues facing the study of social movements, four papers on specific social movements or social movement organizations (including two on environm... view more info and the price of this book. |
Social Factors in Mental Health and Illness - book by Morrissey, J.P. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. Social Integration and Help Seeking. Binding and non-binding integration: the relational costs and rewards of social ties on mental health (M. Berbrier, A. Schulte). Understanding depression care in the HMO outpatient setting: what predicts ke... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 20 - book by Sarat, A.;Ewick, P. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of contributors. New Perspectives on Capital Punishment. The disposal of inmate #85271: notes on a routine execution (M. Lynch). "The metaphysics of the hangman" (T.V. Kaufman-Osborn). Race, law, and innocence: executing black men in the eighteenth century (D.... view more info and the price of this book. |
Reading as a Perceptual Process - book by Kennedy, A.;Radach, R.;Heller, D.;Pynte, J. DESCRIPTION: This book is divided into five sections dealing with various fundamental issues in current research: attention, information processing and eye movement control; the role of phonology in reading; syntax and discourse processing and computational models and simulations. Control and measur... view more info and the price of this book. |
War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English - book by Clark, U. DESCRIPTION: Debates about the nature of literacy and literacy practices have been conducted extensively in the last fifteen years or so. The fact that both previous and current British governments have effectively suppressed any real debate makes the publication of this book both timely and import... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 21 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. Their work examines the legal regulation of "dangerous" intimacies, the way th... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Governments around the world are criticized as inefficient, ineffective, too large, too costly, overly bureaucratic, overburdened by unnecessary rules, unresponsive to public needs, secretive, undemocratic, invasive into rights of citizens, self-serving, and failing in provision of the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Governments around the world are criticized as inefficient, ineffective, too large, too costly, overly bureaucratic, overburdened by unnecessary rules, unresponsive to public needs, secretive, undemocratic, invasive into rights of citizens, self-serving, and failing in provision of the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Jones, L.R.;Guthrie, J.;Steane, P. PAGES: 576 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/12/2000 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0761-7... view more info and the price of this book. |
New Directions in Urban Sociology - book by Hutchison, R. DESCRIPTION: This volume acknowledges two important themes found in recent work in urban sociology. First is the effort to apply new theoretical models to the analysis of the urban landscape, in particular the recent work in the new urban sociology and the renewed emphasis on the role of the state i... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, Volume 22 - book by Sarat, A.;Ewick, P. DESCRIPTION: Volume 22 of Studies in Law, Politics and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. Their work examines the law's violence, law in literature and film, family life ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 1 - book by Salas, E. DESCRIPTION: This volume launches a new series that will focus on providing state-of-the-art chapters that advance our understanding of human performance in organizational systems as cognitive engineering principles are applied. Topics addressed in this volume include: a historical review of a cog... view more info and the price of this book. |
Empowerment for Sustainable Tourism Development - book by Sofield, T.H.B. DESCRIPTION: Consistent with the objectives of the Tourism Social Science Series to explore theoretical advances in tourism studies, this book broaches new territory by exploring the triadic relationship between tourism, sustainable development and empowerment. While tourism has begun to focus on co... view more info and the price of this book. |
Legal Professions, 3 - book by Van Hoy, Jerry DESCRIPTION: During recent decades legal professions have changed dramatically. Legal work has become more specialized, women have entered legal professions in large numbers, and the number of nonwhite legal practitioners has increased. Equally important as the demographic changes among legal profes... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The papers included in this volume highlight research and practice in child and adolescent mental health from around the world. As systems of care are different across countries and cultures, it is imperative that knowledge is shared and lessons learned. The biennial Elsevier conference... view more info and the price of this book. |
Antitrust Law and Economics, 21 - book by Kirkwood, J.B. DESCRIPTION: This volume contains ten papers, by many prominent authors, examining antitrust issues of current interest. The first paper summarizes the other papers and presents original research on the meaning of consumer welfare and the sources of buyer power. The next five articles evaluate older... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 26 - book by Denzin, N.K. DESCRIPTION: Volume 26 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction emphasizes new development in interactionist theory and practice, as well as examples of post-modern ethnography and performance texts focused on border crossings and border performances. The volume also presents essays honoring Peter Hall's ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Human Rights and Media - book by Papademas, D. DESCRIPTION: Contents will cover the idea and ideology of human rights, the concepts of economics and political rights, the collective rights associated with age, class, gender, race and nationality, human rights movements, implementation of human rights and human rights violation in civil society. ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics - book by Mesthrie, R. DESCRIPTION: This is the ninth in the acclaimed series of spinoff volumes based on the outstanding Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. It comprises 285 articles of which 80 are short biographical entries. 50 of the biographies and 42 other articles are entirely new, while the remaining entri... view more info and the price of this book. |
Community Development and School Reform - book by Crowson, R.L. DESCRIPTION: A connection between educational reform and the renewal or regeneration of individual schools is the newest "hot topic" in public schooling. This book is the first to examine critically and to provide some early case study examples of linkages between community-development activities an... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Motivation in Learning Contexts: Theoretical Advances and Methodological Implications provides a platform for discussing the latest theoretical and methodological developments in the field of motivation research related to learning and instruction. The combination of sociocultural, sit... view more info and the price of this book. |
Exploring Sustainable Consumption - book by Cohen, M.J.;Murphy, J. DESCRIPTION: Consumption and lifestyles in the World's richest countries are a significant cause of global environmental problems. Consumerism is increasingly recognised as a major drain on global resources and the search for sustainable consumption is emerging as a key policy issue. In Exploring S... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 23 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. Their work examines the complex intersections of sovereignty, legality, and p... view more info and the price of this book. |
Political Opportunities, Social Movements and Democratization, 23 - book by Coy, Patrick G DESCRIPTION: As political opportunities shift, social movement decline or mobilization may result. The first section of this intriguing volume examines this phenomenon in depth while also moving theory-building forward. Significant contributions are made to collective identity theory, stalemate theo... view more info and the price of this book. |
Exporting Paradise - book by Clancy, M. DESCRIPTION: Tourism and development are frequently mentioned together, yet the contribution of tourism to development in the Third World is controversial. This book provides an in depth study of Mexico's experience with the international tourism industry over the past 35 years. Beginning in the 196... view more info and the price of this book. |
From Fragments to Objects, 130 - book by Shipley, Thomas F.;Kellman, Philip J. DESCRIPTION: The simple act of seeing an object conceals an array of fascinating and difficult scientific questions. Because objects occlude themselves and each other, the information available for seeing objects is fragmentary. Yet we perceive whole objects, and doing so provides a key foundation f... view more info and the price of this book. |
Politics of Change, 13 - book by Waldner, Lisa K.;Dobratz, Betty A.;Buzzell, Timothy DESCRIPTION: Political struggle situated within and between cleavages based on sexuality, gender, and age is examined in this volume. The collection offers cutting edge work that challenges traditional notions of what is political sociology and what constitutes political behavior. Political activism... view more info and the price of this book. |
African American Education - book by Allen, W.R.;Spencer, M.B.;O'Connor, C. DESCRIPTION: This volume considers African American education in the new millennium through the lens of the Chicago School Tradition, at the University of Chicago. The Chicago School Tradition, among other emphases, stressed the optimistic view that all children who do not have serious physical or e... view more info and the price of this book. |
Writing Hypertext and Learning - book by Bromme, R.;Stahl, E. DESCRIPTION: Once the basic idea of hypertext had spread rapidly throughout the world via the WWW, the reception of hypertexts soon became subject of empirical research among psychologists, cognitive scientists, and educational researchers. As easy to use software for the writing of hypertexts (HTML... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The essays contained in this latest volume address three important and interrelated themes in the theory and practice of democratic politics: the use of information short cuts in political decision making; the role of deliberation in citizens' attitude and opinion formation; and the pat... view more info and the price of this book. |
Reasoning by Mathematical Induction in Children's Arithmetic - book by Smith, L. DESCRIPTION: How do children understand reasoning by mathematical induction? Mathematical induction - Poincaré's reasoning by recurrence - is a standard form of inference with two distinctive properties. One is its necessity. The other is its universality or inference from particular to gene... view more info and the price of this book. |
Consensus Decision Making, Northern Ireland and Indigenous Movements, 24 - book by Coy, Patrick G DESCRIPTION: Decision making is the oil that greases the wheel of social movement organizing. Done poorly, it derails organizations and coalitions; done well, it advances the movement and may model those changes movements seek to effect in society. Despite its importance, movement decision making ha... view more info and the price of this book. |
Challenges of Urban Education and Efficacy of School Reform - book by Hunter, R.C.;Brown, F. DESCRIPTION: Urban Education is the primary target of the school reform movement and remains the most difficult to assess and repair. The crisis in urban school systems mirrors many of the problems found in big cities - poor economic conditions for schools and families, personnel shortages and high ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Social Structures: A Network Approach - book by Berkowitz, S.;Wellman, B. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Berkowitz, S.;Wellman, B. PAGES: pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/06/1997 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0290-9... view more info and the price of this book. |
Social Structures: A Network Approach - book by Berkowitz, S.;Wellman, B. DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Berkowitz, S.;Wellman, B. PAGES: pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/06/1997 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0291-7... view more info and the price of this book. |
Violent Acts and Violentization, 4 - book by Athens, Lonnie;Ulmer, Jeffrey T DESCRIPTION: In the latest volume of The Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance, Lonnie Athens' work on violence is applied, assessed, and extended by scholars from a wide variety of fields, including clinical psychology, criminology, history, psychiatry, and sociology. Athens, who is both a criminol... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: In this book, we argue that effective education must facilitate the identification, evaluation, and placement and instructional programming for learners with exceptionalities. Based upon the school improvement and effective education literature and standards-based reform movement, schoo... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: Over the past ten to fifteen years the international scene of research on learning and instruction has witnessed the emergence of important and promising developments. New theoretical frameworks, design principles, and research methodologies focusing on the construction, implementation,... view more info and the price of this book. |
The Roots of Visual Awareness - book by Heywood, C.A.;Milner, A.D.;Blakemore, C. DESCRIPTION: The present volume was assembled in honor of Professor Alan Cowey FRS, and attempts to embrace his wide range of research interests in visual neuroscience. It is divided into four sections. The first contains a group of papers dealing with different fundamental aspects of the visual s... view more info and the price of this book. |
Cognitive Approaches to Entreprenuership Research, 6 - book by Katz, Jerome A.;Shepherd, Dean DESCRIPTION: Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth provides an ongoing examination of the major current research, theoretical, and methodological efforts in the field of entrepreneurship, and its related disciplines of small business, family business, and population ecology, as wel... view more info and the price of this book. |
Cultural Ergonomics, 4 - book by Kaplan, Michael DESCRIPTION: In work environments world-wide, whether simple or complex, the ways in which people think, do their jobs, and interface with other human beings grow out of their experiences in the groups of which they are or have been a part. How these influences affect their performance and human int... view more info and the price of this book. |
Representation in Mind - book by Clapin, Hugh;Staines, Phillip;Slezak, Peter DESCRIPTION: 'Representation in Mind' is the first book in the new series 'Perspectives on Cognitive Science' and includes well known contributors in the areas of philosophy of mind, psychology and cognitive science. The papers in this volume offer new ideas, fresh approaches and new criticisms of ... view more info and the price of this book. |
Advances in Political Psychology, Vol 1 - book by Hermann, Margaret DESCRIPTION: In volume 1 of the series, the focus is on political psychology as a perspective or way of exploring politics. The volume shows how political psychology provides a window on the world by exploring issues of identity, political participation and framing as well as showing how world leade... view more info and the price of this book. |
New Frontiers in Socialization, 7 - book by Settersten Jr., Richard A.;Owens, Timothy J DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Settersten Jr., Richard A.;Owens, Timothy J PAGES: 542 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/06/2002 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0863-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 22 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia DESCRIPTION: TABLE OF CONTENTS: AUTHORS: Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia PAGES: 242 pages PUBLISH DATE: 01/03/2001 ISBN Number: 0-7623-0765-x... view more info and the price of this book. |
Studies in Law, Politics and Society, 33 - book by Sarat, Austin;Ewick, Patricia DESCRIPTION: This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. These scholars examine law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the pl... view more info and the price of this book. |
On the Psychobiology of Personality - book by Stelmack, Robert M DESCRIPTION: Zuckerman received his Ph.D. in psychology from New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1954 with a specialization in clinical psychology. After graduation, he worked for three years as a clinical psychologist in state hospitals in Norwich, Connecticut and Indianapol... view more info and the price of this book. |
Authority in Contention, 25 - book by Myers, Daniel;Cress, Daniel DESCRIPTION: Social movement theorizing has been invigorated in recent years by the contentious politics approach to studying political protest activity. In 2002, a conference sponsored by the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association was held at the ... view more info and the price of this book. |
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DESCRIPTION: The aim of this study is to discover basic principles underlying linguistic figurativeness and to develop a theory that is capable of capturing conventional figurative language (referred to as CFLT, i.e. Conventional Figurative Language Theory). The rich empirical data analysed for this... view more info and the price of this book. |
Interurban Road Charging for Trucks in Europe, 11 - book by Viegas, Jose Manuel DESCRIPTION: Charging for the use of transport infrastructure has very different traditions in the various modes, reflecting the different nature of their infrastructure (nodal vs. linear), but also different historical traditions of open access, system integration, etc. Since the early 90's variou... view more info and the price of this book. |
Ethnographies of Law and Social Control, 6 - book by Burns, Stacy Lee DESCRIPTION: This volume brings together distinguished scholars and cutting-edge experts in the fields of ethnography, law, and social control to present a comprehensive, insightful, and state-of-the-art overview of the everyday work and activities of legal and social control professionals, function... view more info and the price of this book. |
Handbooks in Transport 6-Volume Set - book by Hensher, David A;Button, Kenneth J DESCRIPTION: Transportation research has a solid foundation of established methodology for students and professionals to turn to, and for future researchers and practitioners to build on. Recognised by reviewers as "excellent" and "essential", Elsevier's acclaimed set of six Handbooks in Transport... view more info and the price of this book. |
Traffic and Transport Psychology - book by Underwood, Geoffrey DESCRIPTION: Just as our transport systems become more and more important to our economic and social well-being, so they become more and more crowded and more at risk from congestion, disruption, and collapse. Technology and engineering can provide part of the solution, but the complete solution wil... view more info and the price of this book. |
Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science - book by Cohen, Henri;Lefebvre, Claire DESCRIPTION: Categorization, the basic cognitive process of arranging objects into categories, is a fundamental process in human and machine intelligence and is central to investigations and research in cognitive science. Until now, categorization has been approached from singular disciplinary persp... view more info and the price of this book. |
Toward a Critique of Guilt, 36 - book by Anderson, Matthew DESCRIPTION: This special volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society takes up a subject of an enormous import for law and legal scholarship, Guilt. At the center of our belief in law is the hope and expectation that law can differentiate the guilty from the innocent. But as the articles in this... view more info and the price of this book. |
Morality in Context, 137 - book by Edelstein, Wolfgang;Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud DESCRIPTION: Morality in context is a timely topic. A debate between philosophers and social scientists is a good way to approach it. Why is there such a booming interest in morality and why does it focus on context? One starting point is the change in the sociostructural and sociocultural condition... view more info and the price of this book. |
Neuroanatomy of the Oculomotor System, 151 - book by Buttner-Ennever, Jean DESCRIPTION: This volume in the Progress in Brain Research series features reviews on the functional neuroanatomy and connectivity of the brain areas involved in controlling eye movements. Oculomotor control of the eyes is now the subject of many research projects and advances in this field are rele... view more info and the price of this book. |
Developments in Litigation Economics, 87 - book by Gaughan, Patrick A.;Thornton, Robert J. DESCRIPTION: This book is a collection of original articles on recent developments in the rapidly growing field of litigation economics, also called forensic economics. The book spans the more popular areas of litigation economics including: personal-injury economic loss analysis, commercial damages... view more info and the price of this book. |
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