Teacher Education in India
A progressive country is built upon the quality and commitment of its teachers. The teacher education system is a powerful vehicle to raise educational standards. This collection of papers analyses this system and its improvement, with special reference to North East India.
Wright assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for a classical musician’s career. The main areas investigated are the relationship between aural ability and success in a music degree, and views about aural and its career relevance.
This is the first modern, extensive study of Late Cretaceous planktic foraminifera, a group of paramount importance for specialists in the oil industry and academia. This volume is dedicated to globotruncanids, describing 61 species with high-quality, spectacular photographs.
Focusing on the digital lives of children aged eight and under, and paying attention to their parents and educators, this collection showcases international research findings from such diverse fields as education, media studies, sociology, cultural studies, and physiotherapy.
The essays here discuss Latin American perspectives against the mainstream view of development, and look at historical context, cultural diversity and the complex philosophy of life from a Latin American perspective to address the subcontinent’s deep cultural heritage.
This conference proceedings provides a starting point for understanding the issues of fracture and disruption within children’s and young adult literature. It includes chapters on violence, war, sexuality and politics, and hybrid literary forms as well as the issue of audience.
Offering insights into contemporary communication studies, this volume details existing studies on qualitative research, current research programs, and trends for future expansion of this methodological approach.
Trends in Radio Research
This book explores radio’s adaptation to the digital era. Drawing on international research from countries like the UK, Spain, and Brazil, chapters investigate key issues, including new business models, the function of community radio, and the future of the radio spectrum.
Metamorphosis through Conscious Living
This collection proposes that engagement with the sacred is what makes research and practice transpersonal, the sacred ‘other’ that lives both within and beyond us as individuals and unique cultures.
Language beyond the Classroom
This compendium offers detailed, how-to guides for developing, implementing, and evaluating service-learning programs for a variety of languages. Contributions here present civic-engagement programs for several languages, including French, German, Russian, and Spanish.
History and Politics
History and politics are interlinked. Politicians consistently use historical arguments, (re)interpreting the past and deciding what should be remembered. A prepared narrative of the past can become a powerful instrument to influence reality and consolidate power.
Bringing together specialists from various backgrounds, this book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it.
Russia and the Former Soviet Space
This title represents a fresh contribution to current academic debate regarding the determinants of Russian foreign policy assertiveness, addressing the ways in which perceived security threats have been used by Russia to legitimize its interventions in the former Soviet Space.
The Metamorphoses of Philosophy I
Charting 3000 years of Western thought, this book explores how philosophical ideas emerge from the interplay of culture, cognition, and values. This first volume traces philosophy’s origins to its peak in ancient Greece, with a compelling contrast to classical Chinese thought.
This anthology discusses issues of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and the arts. It presents ideas on how to promote a deeper understanding of IKS within the arts, the development of IKS-arts research methodologies, and the protection and promotion of IKS in the arts.
Choir Stalls and their Workshops
This conference proceedings discusses the workshop context of medieval choir stalls in its broadest sense, given the relative lack of studies on the process and circumstances of the making of these complex objects.
Nigeria, a Country under Siege
This volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the problem of conflict and its methods of management in Nigeria’s contemporary democracy. It represents a compendium of resourceful studies provided by experts on conflict studies from across the Social Sciences and Humanities.
This text represents a mirror of Kantian studies in North America. It gathers papers presented at the various study groups of the North American Kant Society, along with contributions from hosts, session chairs, and keynote speakers.
Ethics of Social Consequences
This anthology showcases new and unconventional views of many traditional moral values, such as humanity, human dignity, justice and responsibility. The contributions analyse these values and approaches from the point of view of non-utilitarian consequentialism.
English Without Boundaries
This conference proceedings demonstrates the strength of English studies across the world, with contributions from scholars in China, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan and Portugal, as well as from Canada, the UK and the USA, showing the energy and breadth of English studies today.