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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Clark, and Leila Sterman -- Open-access policies : basics and impact on content recruitment / Andrew Wesolek and Paul Royster -- Responsibilities and rights : balancing the institutional imperative for open access with authors' self-determination / Isaac Gilman -- Campus open-access policy implementation models and implications for IR services / Ellen Finnie Duranceau and Sue Kriegsman -- Electronic theses and dissertations : preparing graduate students for their futures / Gail McMillan -- Systematically populating an IR with ETDS : launching a retrospective digitization project and collecting current ETDS at the University of Massachusetts Amherst / Meghan Banach Bergin and Charlotte Roh -- Faculty self-archiving / Stephanie Davis-Kahl -- Incentivizing them to come : strategies, tools, and opportunities for marketing an institutional repository / David Scherer -- Repository as publishing platform / Simone Sacchi and Mark Newton -- Publishing pedagogy : the institutional repository as training ground for a new breed of academic journal editors / Catherine Mitchell and Lisa Schiff -- Purposeful metrics : matching institutional repository metrics to purpose and audience / Todd Bruns and Harrison W. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Class design for developing presentation skills for graduate research students15. Online written argumentation: Internal dialogic features and classroom instruction; 16. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring the Interaction of Space and Networks in the Creation of Knowledge: An Introduction: Johannes Glückler, Emmanuel Lazega, and Ingmar Hammer -- I: The Significance of Knowledge About Networks: The Relational Dimension as a Bridging Principle Between Economic, Social, and Geographic Issues: Reversing the Instrumentality of the Social for the Economic: A Critical Agenda for 21st-Century Knowledge Networks: Nancy Ettlinger -- Interpersonal Networks in Foreign Assignments and Intercultural Learning Processes: Erika Spieß -- Family Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Developing Regions: Pengfei Li -- Studying Networks Geographically: World Political Regionalization in the United Nations General Assembly (1985–2010): Laurent Beauguitte -- (Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites: Sarah Hall -- II: Relational Opportunity: Network Evolution and Its Impact on Individuals and Regions: Organized Mobility and Relational Turnover as Context for Social Mechanisms: A Dynamic Invariant at the Heart of Stability from Movement: Emmanuel Lazega -- Trajectory Types Across Network Positions: Jazz Evolution from 1930 to 1969: Charles Kirschbaum -- Topology and Evolution of Collaboration Networks: The Case of a Policy-anchored District: Laura Prota, Maria Prosperina Vitale, and Maria Rosaria D’Esposito -- Platforming for Path-Breaking? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…International Organisations Assure Nuclear Safety CompetenceHighlights of the Introductory Session; Session A: How To Incorporate New Safety Capabilities Through Educationand Training; Training at the Masters Degree Level in Physics and Technology of NuclearReactors in the UK; Postgraduate Education in Nuclear Engineering: Towards a European Degree; Graduate Nuclear Engineering Programmes Motivate Educational and ResearchActivities; Dissemination of Opportunities in Nuclear Science and Technology in Mexico…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Context of Preschool Education in a Postmodern Perspective -- 1.1 Excursion into the History of Preschool Education -- 1.2 Context of Preschool Education in the Postmodern Situation -- 1.3 Curriculum of Czech Preschool Education -- 1.4 International View on the Quality of Preschool Education -- 2 Preschool Teacher: State of the Art -- 2.1 Who is the Teacher: Defining the Term -- 2.1.1 Preschool Teacher Qualification Requirements -- 2.1.2 Some Specificities of Preschool Children as the Starting Point for the Approaches of Preschool Teachers 2.1.3 Interaction between Preschool Teachers and Children -- 2.1.4 Preschool Teachers' Role in Contemporary Education -- 2.1.5 Preschool Teachers' Professionalism -- 2.2 Quality in the Work of a Preschool Teacher -- 2.2.1 Research on Preschool teachers -- 2.2.2 Model of Quality Preschool Teachers -- 2.3 Model of the Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner -- 2.3.1 Reflection in Contemporary Pedagogical Discourse -- 2.3.2 The Role of Reflection in Professional Development and Learning -- 2.4 Prototype View of a Preschool Teacher 3 The Relation between Reflection and the Quality of a Preschool Teacher's Performance -- 3.1 Methods of Research -- 3.1.1 Research Sample -- 3.1.2 Research Objectives -- 3.1.3 Data collection and data analysis -- 3.2 Results of the Investigation Focused on the Quality of Education in Selected Aspects -- 3.2.1 Overview of Selected Aspects of a Teaching Performance -- 3.2.2 The View upon the Teaching Performance of the Selected Teachers -- 3.3 Results of the Research Aimed at Finding out the Level of Reflective Skills -- 3.4 Comparing Both Phases of the Research 3.4.1 The Relationship between the Quality of Selected Aspects of Teacher Performance and the Level of Reflective Skills -- 3.4.2 Differences in the Teaching Performance and the Level of Reflection between the Teachers who had Completed Only Secondary Education and the University Graduates -- 3.5 Summary and Discussion -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SUMMARY -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- FACTUAL REGISTER…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…a life I never planned / Rosemarie Emanuele -- Coming to terms at full term / Natalie Kertes Weaver -- One mamá's dispensable myths and indispensable machines / Angelica Duran -- That mommy thing / Alissa McElreath -- Failure to progress : what having a baby taught me about Aristotle, advanced degrees, developmental delays, and other natural disasters / Irena Auerbuch Smith -- Infinite calculations / Della Fenster -- I stand here teaching : Tillie Olsen and maternity in the classroom / Julia Lisella -- The facts, the stories / Leah Bradshaw -- I am not a head on a stick : on being a teacher and a doctor and a mommy / Elisabeth Rose Gruner -- Lip service / Jennifer Cognard-Black -- Body double / Leslie Leyland Fields -- The long and winding road / Jean Kazez -- The bags I carried / Caroline Grant -- Of the boys / Martha Ellis Crone -- Free to be-- mom and me : finding my complicated truth as an academic daughter / Megan Pincus Kajitani -- Nontraditional academics : at home with children and a PhD / Susan Bassow, Dana Campbell, Liz Stockwell -- A great place to have a baby / Rebecca Steinitz -- Recovering academic / Jennifer Margulis -- The orange kangaroo / Nicole Cooley and Julia Spicher Kasdorf -- Ideal mama, ideal worker : negotiating guilt and shame in academe / Jean-Anne Sutherland -- In theory/in practice : on choosing children and the academy / Lisa Harper -- Motherhood is easy; graduate school is hard / Tedra Osell -- Momifesto : affirmations for the academic mother / Cynthia Kuhn ... …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Who stays in teaching and why?: a case study of graduates from the University of Kansas' 5th-year teacher education program / Pam Green et al. -- Pt. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Private Stiftungen und die Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf -- Ziele und Arbeit der Anton-Betz-Stiftung der Rheinischen Post -- Forschergruppen an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf -- Klinische Forschergruppe KFO 217 "Hepatobiliärer Transport und Lebererkrankungen" -- Sofja Kovalevskaja-Preisträger -- Wie man virale Infektionen untersuchen kann -- Graduiertenausbildung an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf -- Strukturierte Promotion an der Medizinischen Fakultät: Die Medical Research School Düsseldorf -- Shaping the Future of Doctoral Training: iGRAD - Interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf -- iGRAD-Plant - An International Graduate Program for Plant Science "The Dynamic Response of Plants to a Changing Environment" -- Nachwuchsforschergruppen an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf -- Wissenschaft und Internet -- Ausgründungen aus der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf -- Kennen Sie Konfuzius? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Model Pursued in Other German States -- Exportation to Other Countries -- 4: Training Research Mathematicians circa1900: The Cases of the United States, Germany, France, and Great Britain -- Introduction -- The Prussian Universities as a Model -- The Importation of 'the German Model' to the United States -- Influences on France in the Aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War -- Great Britain as a Late-Comerto Graduate Education in Mathematics -- A Comparative Assessment and a Broader Conclusion -- 5: Research Training in the Humanities in British Universities, c.1870-1939: Classical Studies, History, Philosophy -- Introduction -- The British Academy Sample -- The Scholar's Life Cycle and Credentials -- Research Training in Universities: Adapting the BA Degree -- Fellowships, Essay Prizes, Study Abroad -- Post-graduate Research Training in Britain Before 1939.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EL NIVEL DE POSGRADO: LOS GRADUATE STUDIES Y LA GRADUATE SCHOOL -- 4. MODALIDADES PEDAGÓGICAS. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Tras el estudiante extraviado -- Tránsito con propósito -- Hacia un acompañamiento integral -- Evaluación para el éxito -- Permanencia y éxito estudiantil -- Experiencia estudiantil -- Graduate School of Business. Renovar la confianza -- El GSB puesto a prueba…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Costa Rica recovered well but growth prospects are worsening -- The fiscal outlook improved but remains challenging -- Spreading the benefits of integration in international trade -- Improving education and equality of opportunities -- 1 Key Policy Insights -- Costa Rica recovered well but faces substantial challenges -- Growth is mitigated by high inflationary pressures and the global outlook -- The recovery has further progressed -- Financial stability risks appear contained -- Macroeconomic policies can be further strengthened Adapting the monetary policy stance to contain inflation -- Improving debt sustainability and reinforcing the fiscal framework -- Maintaining fiscal prudence is key for debt sustainability -- Raising more revenue and enhancing the redistributive power of tax policy -- Strengthening the fiscal framework -- Improving public debt management -- Strengthening productivity growth -- Boosting productivity through more competition -- Reducing informality: a win-win for productivity and inclusiveness -- Further spreading the benefits of trade integration -- Closing infrastructure gaps Making the most of digitalisation -- Continuing to improve governance and reduce corruption -- Redoubling efforts to improve equality of opportunities -- Upgrading social protection -- Reducing gender inequalities -- Adapting the pension system to ageing -- Transitioning towards net carbon neutrality -- References -- 2 Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity -- Strengthening pre-tertiary education -- Pre-tertiary education does not equip all students with sufficient skills -- Educational attainment could be increased further The quality of education needs to improve -- Inequality in education is high -- Expanding coverage and quality of early childhood education and care services -- Fully implementing the curricula reform -- Better supporting students at risk of educational exclusion -- Improving school infrastructure -- Strengthening the digitalisation of education -- Improving the quality of teachers -- Improving the selection of students accessing programmes in education -- Improving the hiring system -- Strengthening teachers' in-service training -- Strengthening the appraisal process Improving the governance and regulation of Education and Administrative Boards -- Prioritise spending in early stages of education to better support growth and equity -- Improving tertiary education -- Boosting tertiary graduation rates and improving spending efficiency on tertiary education -- Improving access to tertiary education for vulnerable groups -- Making STEM fields more attractive to students, especially women -- Making public university funding more efficient, accountable and transparent -- Improving spending efficiency at public universities -- Broadening the sources of revenues…”