“…In recent years, the development of global citizenship education and the building of students’ global citizenship competencies have become a focal point in global agendas for education, international educational assessments and international organisations. …”

“…Over the last two decades, digital technology—and the changes that came with it—have accelerated this transformation to a point where evolution starts to become a revolution.The wider Open Science movement, and Open Access in particular, is one of these changes and is already having a profound impact. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction --1. The origins of co-operation in Ireland --2. A civilisation among the fields --3. …”

“…The making of British bioethics provides the first in-depth study of the growing demand for this outside involvement in Britain, where bioethicists have become renowned and influential ‘ethics experts’. …”

“…This book describes the extensive contributions made toward the advancement of human assessment by scientists from one of the world’s leading research institutions, Educational Testing Service. …”

“…In the interview material, students and researchers share their experiences of the difficulties and the joys of writing, as well as personal decisions they have made in the course of becoming creative writers in their fields. In the discussion, a conceptual repertoire is developed from the philosophy of education, theories of identity development and recognition, to transcend the common belief that writing is something we either can or cannot master. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From welfare to work, or work to welfare?, Kirrily Jordan and Jon Altman -- Reframed as welfare: CDEP's fall from favour, Will Sanders -- Some statistical context for analysis of CDEP, Boyd Hunter -- Just a jobs program? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: On the Concept of Cross- European Technology Assessment -- The TA Manifesto -- Part I Expanding Technology Assessment -- 1 Seeing Technology Assessment with New Eyes -- 2 Expanding the TA Landscape - Lessons from Seven European Countries -- 3 Adopting TA in Central and Eastern Europe - An Organizational Perspective -- 4 Technology Assessment for Parliaments - Towards Reflexive Governance of Innovation -- 5 Doing Cross-European Technology Assessment -- Part II Exemplifying Cross-European -- 6 The Future Panel on Public Health Genomics - Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives -- 7 The Future of Ageing - Stakeholder Involvement on the Future of Care -- 8 Europe Wide Views on Sustainable Consumption -- Part III Building Capacities for Cross-European TA -- 9 Making Technology Assessment Accessible to New Players -- 10 Training TA Professionals -- 11 Building Community - Or Why We Need an Ongoing Conference Platform for TA -- 12 E-Infrastructure for Technology Assessment -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…Among its conclusions: First, researchers must become better educated about these issues, particularly the differences between the concepts and terms. …”

“…It retrieves the illusory body of Kathy Acker through dream and through horror, sees the morphing body of Michael Jackson in becoming all of the bodies he was asked to be, and looks toward Sylvia Plath and the language of her own body. …”

“…Illustrated through interpretive interactionist case studies of 17 older adults and data from their friends, family, and co-workers, the book incorporates perspectives from Gerontology, Communication, and Information Studies in its creation of the ICT User Typology. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Needs Analysis for Planning Educational Programmes""; ""6.1 From needs analysis to programme planning""; ""6.2 Structure and function of programme planning""; ""6.3 Elements of programme planning""; ""6.3.1 The basic data of the intended programme""; ""6.3.2 Knowledge and capability of the programme planners""; ""6.3.3 The basic rules, steps, and criteria of the planning procedure""; ""6.3.4 Aspects to be planned""…”

“…Because it bears unmistakable traces of social change, it also becomes an invaluable source for the study of indigenous perceptions of shifting relationships, developing ideologies and evolving reactions to economic, social and political experience.This book contains twenty-eight traditional circumcision songs of the Kikuyu people, taperecorded in January 1972 during a celebration organized on the eve of the circumcision of a young boy from Kiambu, the principal town of the southern part of Kikuyu country. …”

Materias:

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wireless -- [Editorials] (1909) -- From The Wireless Telephone (1911) -- A Treatise on Wireless Telegraphy (1913) -- The Future of Wireless (1916) -- From Radio for All (1922) -- Radio Broadcasting (1922) -- Is Radio at a Standstill? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: George Lucas, Lucasfilm, and the Legends of Transtextual Authorship across the Star Wars Franchise / Han Leia Shot First: Transmedia Storytelling and the National Public Radio Dramatization of Star Wars / From Sequel to Quasi-Novelization: Splinter of the Mind's Eye and the 1970s Culture of Transmedia Contingency / Another Canon, Another Time: The Novelizations of the Star Wars Films / Franchising Empire: Parker Brothers, Atari, and the Rise of LucasArts / "You must feel the Force around you!"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Common challenges with software -- The map -- A holistic view to change -- The compass -- The journeys -- Co-develop in a community -- Charing is caring -- A thriving Open Source culture behind the wall -- Keeping the doors open.- Building ecosystems -- Pushing the boundaries -- Add supplementary services -- Adding Internet to things -- Boosting product sales by services -- Deliver 24/7 -- Pruning a bush -- Ensuring prima deliveries -- Pump up the volume -- Global R&D goes agile with SAFe -- Multi-site development -- Agile and disciplined -- Scaling Agile in Automotive -- Scaling Agile in Life sciences -- Outside the box -- Efficient communication -- Outsourcing Strategy at Sony Mobile -- Not so shore anymore -- Play it again, Sam, backwards -- First things first -- Robotic growing pains -- Softhouse reflects on architecture changes -- From mobile to Platform -- Your journey…”

“…Written in engaging prose, the book will appeal to the broader public's interest in natural disasters, and will become required reading for undergraduates in courses on natural disasters in world history…”

“…Vinod Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disaster prevention and controlling climate change into national growth strategies. …”

“…This consideration has been intellectual (from scholars in a wide range of disciplines) and public (from communities and individuals whose stories are held captive, or sometimes hidden or excluded from official archives), as well as institutional. …”