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Education in World History
Series: Themes in World History
This book is a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of education throughout the world, from ancient times to the present day. Education in World History analyzes patterns of religious and cultural influence in classical societies, as well as the ways in which conquest, trade and...
To Be Published March 14th 2014 by Routledge
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A Concise Introduction to Data Structures using Java
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing
Designed for a CS2 data structures course, this text provides a thorough but concise overview of data structures as well as a gradual introduction to Java. It uses a concise style and includes pseudocode and exercises throughout so that students learn how to write code, rather than just read it....
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development
Series: Studies in Developmental Psychology
How are the experiences of childhood incorporated into the structures of the developing brain, and how do these changes in the brain influence behaviour? This is one of the many questions motivating research in the relatively new field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. This book provides an...
To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press
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A Concise Introduction to Programming in Python
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing
Suitable for newcomers to computer science, A Concise Introduction to Programming in Python provides a succinct, yet complete, first course in computer science using the Python programming language. The book features: Short, modular chapters with brief and precise explanations, intended for one...
Published December 20th 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Diasporic Journeys, Ritual, and Normativity among Asian Migrant Women
The power of embodied ritual performance to constitute agency and transform subjectivity are increasingly the focus of major debates in the anthropology of Christianity and Islam. They are particularly relevant to understanding the way transnational women migrants from South and South East Asia,...
Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
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The Handbook of Attitudes
This new handbook presents, synthesizes, and integrates the existing knowledge of methods, theories, and data in attitudes. The editors' goal is to promote an understanding of the broader principles underlying attitudes across several disciplines. Divided into three parts: one on definitions and...
Published July 7th 2005 by Psychology Press
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea addresses the current state of the art of the diagnosis and management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, a problem affecting up to 40 percent of the population with enormous associated costs and impact. The book covers every aspect of this common...
Published December 19th 2001 by CRC Press
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Dialogue on Writing
Rethinking Esl, Basic Writing, and First-year Composition
Designed for courses on theories and methods of teaching college writing, this text is distinguished by its emphasis on giving teachers a foundation of knowledge for teaching writing to a diverse student body. As such, it is equally relevant for teacher training in basic writing, ESL, and first...
Published December 12th 2001 by Routledge
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Dialogue on Writing
Rethinking Esl, Basic Writing, and First-year Composition
Designed for courses on theories and methods of teaching college writing, this text is distinguished by its emphasis on giving teachers a foundation of knowledge for teaching writing to a diverse student body. As such, it is equally relevant for teacher training in basic writing, ESL, and first...
Published October 31st 2001 by Routledge
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Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology, Second Edition
Volume III: Personality, Abnormal, Clinical-Counseling, and Social
For those who teach students in psychology, education, and the social sciences, the Handbook of Demonstrations and Activities in the Teaching of Psychology, Second Edition provides practical applications and rich sources of ideas. Revised to include a wealth of new material (56% of the articles are...
Published January 31st 2000 by Psychology Press