This collection challenges the view that translanguaging should only be used by language teachers. Through practical descriptions of its use in science and maths classrooms, it shows how this pedagogy can be a vehicle to help students understand difficult academic concepts.
This book is the third in a series presenting outcomes from the Maryvale Institute’s doctoral research programme. It provides an overview of work by students across the globe and their contribution to new knowledge in Catholic studies.
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism
This volume explores the cultural, social and ethical dimensions of St Gregory Palamas’ works, relating his mystical theology to contemporary debates in philosophy, politics, and art. Topics include church-state relations and hesychast influences on Byzantine iconography.
A tool for teachers in the multicultural classroom, this book focuses on cross-cultural communicative competency. It provides a foundation for teaching English as a lingua franca in the age of globalization, bringing pluralism and multiculturalism center stage.
Neuroscience is the new paradigm, prefixing everything from economics to ethics. But what does this really mean? This work examines the ethics of neuroscientific investigations and their associated technologies, including the moral problems of cognitive enhancement.
This monumental work on the late Romantic Irish poet George Darley features a scholarly edition of his complete poetry and a new biography. For the first time, it establishes Darley as a translator of Virgil’s Æneid and includes newly discovered poems and over 40 new letters.
Information Resource Science
This book introduces the new field of ‘Information Resource Science.’ While applied knowledge is developing, no theoretical study exists. This book fills that gap, solving basic issues of information resource theory to improve the creation and use of information.
This volume explores the confluences between post-modernism and post-colonialism. It examines their shared challenge to Eurocentric master narratives, sheds light on the East-West relation, and questions Western modes of representation in literary and cultural works.
Plautus’ Erudite Comedy
This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.
This book uses mathematical modeling to increase enterprise efficiency. Instead of devouring competition, it proposes a cooperative ‘win-win’ benchmarking model, proving its advantage through implementation in real companies, banks, and industrial enterprises.
Journalism Standards of Work Today
In an age of new technology, are journalism ethics still relevant? This book examines the first national code of ethics from 1923, finding timeless values that can be applied to media today to equip citizens for representative governance without abandoning essential principles.
Executed during the Exclusion Crisis, Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) was a key figure in the English civil wars. This book investigates his political thought, which mixed the modern philosophy of natural rights with the republicanism of Machiavelli.
When geopolitical changes occur, they alter our identity. This book looks at contemporary history with new eyes, from a scholarly perspective that cancels borders. It explores migration, geopolitics, and human rights, making the old self-other dichotomy obsolete.
Christian Forgery in Jewish Antiquities
Josephus’s history has long been considered extra-biblical proof of Jesus, James, and John the Baptist. Based on the latest research, this book sets out the final proof that, apart from the New Testament, there is no valid record of their historical existence.
Civil Liberties in Real Life
US authors explore ‘What is civil liberty?’, examining how and why marginalized groups used freedoms of speech, religion, and assembly in their struggle for equality. This must-read covers topics from the influence of consumerism to free speech in the classroom.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the applications of radioactivity and ionising radiation. It covers topics such as radiation’s use in medicine, food, agriculture, and industry, making it of interest to professionals in these fields.
This work highlights how the black American academic achievement gap is a product of capitalist forces and structural reproduction. To resolve the gap, it argues that black Americans should be treated as immigrant students against their structurally differentiated identities.
Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
Interpreting the Synthesizer
This volume examines the synthesizer’s significance for music and culture. Contributors explore how the synth evolved to signify futurism for new wave acts, mind expansion for psychedelic bands, and escapism for techno, leading to its ubiquity in modern pop.
Personal essays illuminate the effects of whiteness in the workplace. Combining storytelling and scholarship, this collection makes a compelling case for changing the individuals and systems that perpetuate disparities in opportunity, advancement, and well-being.