“…Sections two and three provide examples of what key phases in the curriculum design process - such as needs analysis, design and development, and implementation - look like across various collaborative curriculum design projects. Section four reports on the impact of collaborative curriculum design on student learning, teacher practices, teacher professional growth, and institutional change. …”

“…Offering examples of new frameworks in which collaboration between government, industry, and higher education institutions can prevent lagging behind in this fast changing environment, this book is a key read for anyone wanting to understand how the world should respond to the radical technological shifts underway on the frontline of higher education…”

“…This book contributes provides research that supports the anticipation of potential consequences of the exposure of humans and animals to mycotoxins, future risk assessments, and the establishment of preventive measures…”

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“…This open access book presents the results from the second cycle of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2016). …”

“…Anhand ausgewählter Interaktionssituationen wird gezeigt, wie die Vertreter der französischen Krone und die eidgenössischen Obrigkeiten die politischen Beziehungen der Gemeinwesen im Spannungsfeld von Souveränität, Protektion und Patronage verorteten. Gesandte und Ratsmitglieder, aber auch Solddienstoffiziere, Abenteurer und lokale Klienten übernahmen wichtige Rollen in Verhandlungen und beeinflussten deren Ausgang durch ihre partikularen Interessen. …”

“…This comparative ethnography of two African cities, Maputo and Johannesburg, presents a new narrative about social life in cities often described as sharply divided. …”

“…A total of 18 articles are presented which encompass a broad range of highly relevant topics in genome biology. …”

“…The incidences of human intoxications due to the consumption of seafood contaminated with these toxins have made their study an important task to accomplish in order to protect human health. This Special Issue has a focus on a wide variety of emerging biotoxin classes and techniques to identify and quantify them…”

“…The individual chapters address synergies and intersections between comics and videogames via a diverse set of case studies ranging from independent and experimental projects via popular franchises from the corporate worlds of DC and Marvel to the more playful forms of media mix prominent in Japan. …”

“…Though Close Reading with Computers focuses on but one novel, it has a crucial exemplary function: author Martin Paul Eve demonstrates a set of methods and provides open-source software tools that others can use in their own literary-critical practices. In this way, the project serves as a bridge between users of digital methods and those engaged in more traditional literary-critical endeavors…”

“…Scholars from evangelical, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, religiously hybrid and other background enrich the existing models for interreligious classrooms. …”

“…In particular, this book explores how digital media are shaping our understanding of scholarly projects within composition studies, including the need to reconsider print-centric conceptions of composing; theorize and illustrate new digital genres and interrogate definitions of authorial identity; consider how digital media change our understanding of (virtual and scholarly) space and place and allow new possibilities for embodiment; explore political implications of using new media in scholarship. …”

“…Der Datenreport wurde erstellt im Rahmen des Projektes „Forum Zivilgesellschaftsdaten“, in dem verschiedene datenerhebende Institutionen und Akteure mitgewirkt haben. …”

“…Contents Cost and Revenue Overruns of Olympic Organizing Committees Cost Overruns of Olympic Sport Venues Reflection on Reasons That Cause Cost and Revenue Overruns Target Groups Lecturers and scholars in political, economical, and sport science Practitioners in project management, decision makers from sport governing bodies, politicians, the public authorities and taxpayers The Authors Prof. …”

“… - Le monachisme médiéval, dans son unité et sa diversité, au carrefour du ciel et de la terre, et dont l'empreinte sur la civilisation occidentale demeure toujours présente…”

“…This open access book presents a multitude of different, yet related, innovations in educational measurement and provides insight in their practical possibilities. …”

“…Through topics such as assimilation of children, relationships between emigrants representing different emigration waves, the complex identities and attachments of minority emigrants, and the role of culture and media in identity formation and presentation, this book addresses topics that any contemporary emigrant community is faced with…”