This open access book is designed as an international anthology on the broader subject of inclusion, education, social justice and translanguaging. Prefaced by Ofelia García, the volume unites conceptional and empirical contributions focusing on various actors within educational institutions, from early childhood to secondary education and teacher training, while offering insights into multipl…
This open access volume is the first academic book on the controversial issue of including spiritual care in integrated electronic medical records (EMR). Based on an international study group comprising researchers from Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland), the United States, Canada, and Australia, this edited collection provides an overview of different charting practices and expe…
For more than 30 years, governments, as well as certain prominent individuals and organizations, have actively promoted computers as learning technologies. Enormous amounts of money and time have been spent promoting specific kinds of educational computing, and the policies by which these might be implemented. The view that computers can enhance student learning has gained broad acceptance. Whe…
This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens wh…
edited by Lia Kent, Joanne Wallis and Claire Cronin.
Jeff Handmaker & Remko Berkhout (editors)
A key, intensifying change affecting rural areas in the last few decades has been a decline in the proportion of national populations whose principal livelihood is farming. The corresponding re-distribution of population has typically resulted in a net population loss to rural areas, and diversification of rural activity. The corporatization and technological modification of food production has…
The history of criminal justice in modern Germany has become a vibrant field of research, as demonstrated in this volume. Following an introductory survey, the twelve chapters examine major topics in the history of crime and criminal justice from Imperial Germany, through the Weimar and Nazi eras, to the early postwar years. These topics include case studies of criminal trials, the development …
Perpustakaan adalah institusi pengelola koleksi karya tulis, karya cetak,dan/atau karya rekam secara profesional dengan sistem yang baku guna memenuhikebutuhan pendidikan, penelitian, pelestarian, informasi, dan rekreasi para pemustaka(UU No 43 tahun 2007 tentang Perpustakaan) untuk itu, dalam rangka memberikan layanan kepada masyarakat, perpustakaan diharapkan memberikan layanan minimal sesuai…
Pedoman RDA di Indonesia ini dimaksudkan untuk memberikan petunjuk dasar dalam penerapan RDA sebagai acuan pengatalogan bahan perpustakaan di Indonesia, sehingga terjadi keseragaman dan kesamaan persepsi dalam pengolahan bahan perpustakaan. Selain itu, penerapan RDA untuk memudahkan kerjasama dalam pemanfaatan koleksi perpustakaan. Pelaksanaan penerapan RDA dilakukan secara bertahap dan diprior…
This book attempts to understand the origins and development of religious belief in Iceland and greater Scandinavia through the lenses of five carefully selected Icelandic folktales collected in Iceland during the nineteenth century. Each of these five stories has a story of its own: a historical and cultural context, a literary legacy, influences from beliefs of all kinds (orthodox and heterod…
The United Nations estimates that four billion people worldwide live outside the protection of the law. These people can be driven from their land, intimidated by violence, and excluded from society. This book is about community paralegals - sometimes called barefoot lawyers - who demystify law and empower people to advocate for themselves. These paralegals date back to 1950s South Africa and a…
When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of indigenous peoples recognized in research and commercialization? What other ethical, legal, and policy issues come into play? Is it accurate for countries to self-identify as users or providers of genetic resources? This edited collection, which focuses on Canada, i…
This updated edition of Marketing Management and Communications in the Public Sector provides a thorough overview of the major concepts in public sector marketing and communications, two fields that have continued to grow in importance for modern public administrations. With extended coverage of topics such as social marketing and institutional communication, the authors skilfully build on the …
This open access book offers up-to-date advice and practical guidance on how to undertake a discrete choice experiment as a tool for environmental valuation. It discusses crucial issues in designing, implementing and analysing choice experiments. Compiled by leading experts in the field, the book promotes discrete choice analysis in environmental valuation through a more solid scientific basis …
This open access book offers essential information on values-based practice (VBP): the clinical skills involved, teamwork and person-centered care, links between values and evidence, and the importance of partnerships in shared decision-making. Different cultures have different values; for example, partnership in decision-making looks very different, from the highly individualized perspective o…
Buku antologi ini merupakan hasil dari workshop pustakawa di lingkungan Perpustakaan Nasional yang diselenggarakan beberapa waktu lalu. Buku ini berisienam belas tulisan pustakawan yang dibagi dalam tiga kategori yaitu Inovasi Perpustakaan dan Literasi, Perpustakaan dan Layanannya dan Serba - Serbi Pustakawan. Antologi ini diharapkan mendorong para pustakawan untuk dapat menuangkan gagasan da…
Buku Antologi berjudul Inovasi Pustakawan Menuju Indonesia Maju berisi karya bersama hasil kegiatan Inkubator Literasi Pustaka Nasional. Ada 15 (lima belas) naskah dalam buku ini sebagai bentuk pemikiran dan inovasi pustakawan dalam upaya memberi kontribusi bagi peningkatan SDM untuk Indonesia Maju.
This timely volume brings together a range of international scholars to analyse cultural, political, and individual factors which contribute to the continued global issue of female underrepresentation in STEM study and careers. Offering a comparative approach to examining gender equity in STEM fields across countries including the UK, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Africa,…
Sejak tahun 2014, Pemerintah Indonesia telah menggelontorkan dana sebesar kurang lebih satu miliar rupiah bagi desa di seluruh pelosok negeri. Semangatnya adalah agar desa dapat melakukan perubahan dan pembangunan demi meningkatkan kesejahteraan warganya. Sekian tahun telah berjalan, ternyata dampak yang dihasilkan dari pengimplementasian dana desa masih belum merata. Sebagian desa telah berhas…