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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trobriand children's tales and how they reflect the acquisition of linearization strate -- 2.1 Developmental studies on narratives - A brief survey of some basic findings -- 2.2 The children's tales -- 2.2.1 The narrators and their motivation to tell us some of their stories -- 2.2.2 The thirteen tales told by Yabilosi, Towesei, Dudauvelu, Dauya and Tosulebu -- 2.2.2.1 Yabilosi tells the "Kwanebuyeee subwa'eki" - The "Tale of the red ant" and attempts to tel -- 2.2.2.2 Towesei tells the "Kwanebuyeee kakavaku" - The "Tale of the white caterpillar" -- 2.2.2.3 Towesei tells the "Kwanbuyeee minana vivila" - The "Tale of this girl (and the mirror)" -- 2.2.2.4 Towesei tells the "Kwanebuyeee manana manki" - The "Tale of this monkey" -- 2.2.2.5 Towesei tells the "Kwanebuyeee manana bunukwa" - The "Tale of this pig" -- 2.2.2.6 Towesei tells the "Kwanebuyeee manana lekolekwa" - The "Tale of this rooster" -- 2.2.2.7 Towesei tells the "Kwanbuyeee minana vivila" - The "Tale of this girl (who was killed by a -- 2.2.2.8 Towesei tells the "Kwanbuyeee Tokositagina" - The "Tale of Tokositagina" -- 2.2.2.9 Towesei tells the "Kwanebuyeee Pepekwa" - The "Tale of Pepekwa" -- 2.2.2.10 Dudauvelu tells the "Kwanbuyeee mtosita gugwadi" - The "Tale of these children (and the D -- 2.2.2.11 Dudauvelu tells the "Kwanebuyeee mtosita gugwadi" - The "Tale of these children" -- 2.2.2.12 Dauya tells the "Kukwanebuyeee Pusa" - The "Tale of the Cat"…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Promises and Limitations of the CRPD's Inclusion Mandate 3 Sally Tomlinson: A Sociology of Special and Inclusive Education: Insights from the UK, US, Germany, and Finland 4 Mel Ainscow: Inclusion and Equity in Education: Responding to a Global Challenge 5 Lani Florian: The Universal Value of Teacher Education for Inclusive Education 6 Raphael Zahnd: Weltbank: Von ersten Auseinandersetzungen mit Behinderung hin zu inklusiven Perspektiven 7 Marianne Hirschberg/Swantje Köbsell: Disability Studies in Education: Normalität/en im inklusiven Unterricht und im Bildungsbereich hinterfragen 8 Myriam Hummel: Die diskursive Konstruktion inklusiver Bildung im südlichen Afrika II Komparative Perspektiven zu ausgewählten nationalen, regionalen und lokalen Bildungskontexten A Gesetzliche Bedingungen und Governance 9 Julia Biermann: Der Einfluss der UN-BRK auf inklusive Bildung in Nigeria und Deutschland 10 Julia Gasterstädt: Same same but different - Ein Vergleich der Entwicklung inklusiver Strukturen in zwei Bundesländern in Deutschland 11 Lea Schäfer: Maßnahmen inklusiver Bildung - Ein international vergleichender Blick auf Andalusien (Spanien) und Berlin (Deutschland) 12 Mathias Mejeh: Inklusive Bildung als Institution am Beispiel Schweiz 13 Gottfried Biewer: Inklusive Bildung in Österreich - Von den Anfängen der Entwicklung eines rechtlich-normativen Auftrags bis zu den Perspektiven für die Zukunft 14 Tobias Buchner: Einflüsse von Bildungspolitiken auf biographische Verläufe in international vergleichender Perspektive erforschen: Erkenntnisse aus dem Quali-TYDESProjekt B Schulstrukturen, -kulturen und -praktiken 15 Edda Óskarsdóttir/Andreas Köpfer: Inklusive Unterstützungsstrukturen in Schulen in Island und Kanada - Eine kulturvergleichende Analyse mit Blick auf schulrechtliche Entwicklungen und In-School-Support 16 Michelle Proyer/Margarita Bilgeri: Vergleichende Perspektiven auf die Kultur(-en) der (schulischen) Inklusion in Addis Abeba und Bangkok 17 Run Tan: Exploring Successful Inclusive Practice in China: An Inclusive Public Kindergarten in Shanghai 18 Julie Allan/Clara Rübner Jørgensen: Inclusive School Development: The First Years of an English Free School 19 Markku Jahnukainen/Tiina Itkonen: Steps to Inclusion? …”

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“…This book contains a specially curated collection of recent research articles on the modeling and simulation of energy systems written by top experts around the world from universities and research labs, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy, University of Technology Sydney, McMaster University, Queens University, Purdue University, the University of Connecticut, Technical University of Denmark, the University of Toronto, Technische Universität Berlin, Texas A&M, the University of Pennsylvania, and many more. …”

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“…"Quoting is all around us. But do we really know what it means? How do people actually quote today, and how did our present systems come about? …”