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The SAGE Handbook of Learning
"Profound and useful, readers will benefit from the systematic treatment of learning through superb scholarship. Cultural-philosophical-curricular-pedagogical-historical perspectives on learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, and learners make this collection unique." - Carol A. Mullen, Prof... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The SAGE Handbook of Learning
"Profound and useful, readers will benefit from the systematic treatment of learning through superb scholarship. Cultural-philosophical-curricular-pedagogical-historical perspectives on learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, and learners make this collection unique." - Carol A. Mullen, Prof... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Policy Transfer and Educational Change
Improving education through policy learning is an important notion for countries in need of educational reform. However, identifying a successful set of practices and transferring them from one national setting to another is a complex exercise. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors ex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary & Global Approach
Written by a team of leading international scholars, this new book treats entrepreneurship as an ever-evolving social phenomenon, and explores the recent trends that impact it, such as: digitisation; disruptive technologies; the rise of the 'gig' economy and; the growing import... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary & Global Approach
Written by a team of leading international scholars, this new book treats entrepreneurship as an ever-evolving social phenomenon, and explores the recent trends that impact it, such as: digitisation; disruptive technologies; the rise of the 'gig' economy and; the growing import... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Tourism Management in Warm-water Island Destinations (Cabi Series In Tourism Management Research Ser.)
by Frederic Dimanche • Michael Sadowski • Rachel Dodds • Michelle McLeod • Robertico Croes • David Airey • Professor Noel Scott • Donna Chambers • Sheree-Ann Adams • Anne P. Crick • Brigitte Joubert • Jorge Ridderstaat • Manuel Rivera • Neelu Seetaram • Kelly J. SemradWarm-water islands are a cohesive group of islands distinguished by their geography and remoteness, history as former colonial territories, and dependence on external stakeholders for their economic and social development. Warm-water island destinations also have a year-round tourism industry. The... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Pragmatism and Naturalism: Scientific and Social Inquiry After Representationalism
by Scott Davis • Jeffrey Stout • Philip Kitcher • Wayne Proudfoot • Matthew C. Bagger • Professor Nancy Frankenberry • Terry Godlove • Jonathon Kahn • Michael Raposa • Jim WetzelMost contemporary philosophers would call themselves naturalists, yet there is little consensus on what naturalism entails. Long signifying the notion that science should inform philosophy, debates over naturalism often hinge on how broadly or narrowly the terms nature and science are defined. The f... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
At War: The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (War Culture)
by Susan L. Carruthers • Katherine Ellison • Scott Laderman • Christine Knauer • William Watson • John M. Kinder • Jennifer Mittelstadt • David Kieran • Jana K. Lipman • Edwin A. Martini • Mark R. Wilson • Christopher Hamner • Sahr Conway-Lanz • Stefan Aune • Nick Witham • Wilbur J. Scott • Kara Dixon Vuic • Richard P. Tucker • Bonnie M. Miller • Professor G. Kurt PiehlerThe country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Antidemocracy in America: Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk (Public Books Series)
by Saskia Sassen • Pedro Noguera • Judith Butler • Craig Calhoun • Wendy Brown • Thomas J. Sugrue • Douglas S. Massey • Fred Turner • Margaret Levi • William Julius Wilson • Linda Gordon • Richard Sennett • Steven Lukes • Michelle Jackson • Victor Pickard • Patrick Sharkey • Philip Gorski • David B. Grusky • Jefferson Cowie • Scott J. Shapiro • Lisa Wade • Jack Halberstam • Oona A. Hathaway • Daniel Aldana Cohen • Shamus Khan • Alina Das • Michelle Wilde Anderson • Gretchen Blake • Richard Shrum • Tanya Marie Luhrmann • Harel. Shapira • Ashley Farmer • Professor of Sociology Michele LamontOn Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences dras... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Cruise Ship Tourism
by Jo-Anne Lester • Ross Dowling • James Henry • Abel Alonso • Michael Lück • Lori Pennington-Gray • Alexis Papathanassis • Clare Weeden • Hannah Wood • Professor Noel Scott • Sandra Wilson • Joseph M Cheer • Sheree-Ann Adams • Professor Michael Clancy • Professor Ross A Klein • William Terry • Professor Xavier Font • Mireia Guix Navarrete • Maria Jesús Bonilla • Jill Poulston • Michael P. Vogel • Adam Weaver • Philip Gibson • Maree Thyne • Júlio Mendes • Manuela Guerreiro • Bingjie Liu • Peter Tarlow • Arja Lemmetyinen • Gabriella Polizzi • Antonino Mario Oliveri • Professor James Petrick • Suiwen Zou • Kam Hung • Claire Lambert • Nigel Jarvis • Ioannis Pantelidis • Nevil Alexander • Eloise Botelho • Carla Fraga • Rodrigo Vilani • Michael Shone • Jude Wilson • David G Simmons • Emma J Stewart • Gaetano Sabato • C Michael Hall • Claire Ellis • Pascal Scherrer • Kaye Walker • Daniela Liggett • Emad Monshi • Marianna Sigala • Véronique Mondou • Benjamin Taunay • Iris MaoCompletely updated and revised, Cruise Ship Tourism, 2nd Edition covers the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruising, combining the latest knowledge and research to provide a comprehensive account of the subject. Despite the industry growing rapidly, there is a substantial gap in the r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Disaster Management: Medical Preparedness, Response and Homeland Security
by David Allen • Yoram Weiss • Corbin Curtis • Levent Kenar • Jameel Ali • Nandini Mukherjee • Giles Barrier • Miklosh Bala • Tahir Ahmed Dar • Fernando Turégano • P Thullier • Scott P Hagen • Rostislav Kostadinov • Thibaut Pelat • Mesut Ortatatli • Marcia Trainer • Timothy P Cohen • Monideepa Roy • Douglas Paton • Steven Parrillo • Christopher R Foerster • J R Bhardwaj • Rajiv Goel • Dale Vincent • Shabir Dhar • Anders Ruter • Benjamin W Berg • Kamen Kanev • Kai-Lit Phua • Denis Josse • Sudeep Nayak • Christophor Dishovsky • Nibedita Ray-Bennett • Mark Huntington • Itamar Ashkenazi • Stoian Tonev • James Hagen • Gerald Kost • Yasamin Izadkhah • Mahmood Hosseini • Anish V Cherian • Ann Sakaguchi • Edward Waller • Maria Nirmala Christine • Richard Louie • Christopher Cocking • Rakesh Sharma • Aaron Richman • Rupa Gunaseelan • J Bajgar • Vinod Kaushik • Naveen C Kumar • Yuval Weiss • Michael Hust • Anju Goel • Jean B Bail • Raman Chawla • Suresh Bada Math • Professor Robert ChilcottDisaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, includ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection
by Richard Whittington • Robert Davies • Associate Professor Arun Dhar • Andrew Orry • F C Allnutt • Scott LaPatra • Jo-Ann Leong • Gael Kurath • John S Lumsden • Paul Hick • Ellen Ariel • Mamoru Yoshimizu • Hisae Kasai • Yoshihiro Sakoda • Nanako Sano • Motohiko Sano • Knut Falk • Maria Aamelfot • Peter Dixon • David Stone • Lester H. Khoo • Rodman G. Getchell • Geoffrey H. Groocock • Keith Way • Anna Toffan • Yasuhiko Kawato • Kuttichantran Subramaniam • Kazuhiro Nakajima • Thomas Waltzek • Marius Karlsen • Renate Johansen • Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir • Bryndis Bjornsdottir • Larry A. Hanson • Matt J. Griffin • Terence Greenway • David J. Wise • Thomas P. Loch • Mohamed Faisal • Esteban M. Soto • David T. Gauthier • Martha W. Rhodes • John P. Hawke • Jerri Bartholomew • Kristen D. Arkush • Diane G. Elliott • Craig A. Shoemaker • De-Hai Xu • Alicia E. Toranzo • Beatriz Magariños • Ruben Avendaño-Herrera • Timothy J. Welch • David P. Marancik • Christopher M. Good • Michael OrmsbyTaking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops
by Maria Luisa Badenes • Patrick Brown • Nicolas Roux • Araceli Barceló-Muñoz • Vicente Vicente • Óscar Martínez • Eddo Rugini • Luciana Baldoni • Alain Rival • Magda-Viola Hanke • Henryk Flachowsky • Julie Graham • Luis A. Cañas • Dennis J. Gray • Stephen Adkins • J. R. Botella • Leandro Pena • Ossama Kodad • Pedro Martínez-Gómez • Abhaya Dandekar • Sadanand A. Dhekney • Yuval Cohen • Kate Evans • Nuria Alburquerque • Pedro M. Barros • A. T. Basford • Muhammad Ajmal Bashir • Diego Silva Batista • Julianne Biddle • Manuel Blasco • Lorenzo Burgos • John E. Carlson • Elisabeth Carmona • David Chagné • Rekha Chaudhury • Elisabeth Chevreau • V. E. Chhatre • Yelda Özden Çiftçi • C. Claflin • Elena Corredoira • Valerio Cristofori • Niccolò Cultrera • Maurecilne Lemes da Silva • Leo D’Souza • Ofere Francis Emeriewen • M. Faize • Fábio Gelape Faleiro • Ana Paula Farinha • Yolanda Ferradás • Antonio Figueira • Maureen M.M. Fitch • M. Foale • Svetlana Y. Folimonova • María Victoria González • Isabel María González-Padilla • Smitha Hegde • Professor Jose Ignacio Hormaza • Uma Jaiswal • Nikki Jennings • Hülya Akdemir Koç • Nerea Larrañaga • Chuck Leslie • Z. J. Li • Amanda De Lopes • Carlos López-Encina • Rodolfo López-Gómez • Jorge Lora • Zheng-Rong Luo • S. K. Malik • Roberto Mariotti • Antonio J. Matas • José Mercado • Scott Merkle • Sara Montanari • Gloria Moore • Soraya Mousavi • Isabel Narváez • María Del Naval • Q. T. Nguyen • Shashikiran Nivas • M. Margarida Oliveira • Ahmet Onay • Guillermo Padilla • Elena Palomo-Ríos • Andreas Peil • Rosa M. Pérez-Clemente • Cesar Petri • Paula M. Pijut • Marcos Vinícius Pinheiro • Clara Pliego • Fernando Pliego-Alfaro • Simon H.T. Raharjo • Manoj K Rai • Manuel Rey • Gabino Ríos • Diego Ismael Rocha • M. B. Rosenberg • M. Rouard • D. Ruiz • J. Sardos • Danielle Camargo Scotton • Cristian Silvestri • Michael K Smith • Guo-Qing Song • Veysel Süzerer • Alicia Talavera • Ryutaro Tao • Takuya Tetsumura • Engin Tilkat • Pablo Ric Varas • Wagner Vendrame • Francisco Javier Viéitez • Hazel Wetzstein • Roxana Yockteng • Qing-Lin ZhangThis book covers the biotechnology of all the major perennial fruit and nut species. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2005, there has been significant progress in cell culture, genomics and genetic transformation for many of these species. This book covers these biotechnolo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Molecular Breeding in Wheat, Maize and Sorghum: Strategies for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Yield
by Pradeep Kumar • Natasha Sharma • Shabir Hussain Wani • Santosh Kumar • Muhammad Sarwar Khan • Charan Singh • Rod Snowdon • Pardeep Kumar • Professor David Edwards • Andrea Acuna • Muhammad Amjad Ali • John Amalraj • Maria Arguello • Arushi Arora • Diana Ballesteros • Bhoja R Basnet • Salma Bhyan • Richard Boyles • Faïçal Brini • Yibo Cao • S Antony Ceasar • Nidhi Chakma • Subhadra Chakrabarty • Moutoshi Chakraborty • Harmeet Singh Chawla • Dharampal Choudhary • Mukesh Choudhary • M C Dagla • Mônica Furaste Danilevicz • Abhijit Kumar Das • Haixiao Dong • Kate Dreher • Susanne Dreisigacker • Xiaorong Fan • Maria Laura Federico • Cassandria Tay Fernandez • Ertugrul Filiz • Monika Garg • Claudia Teixeira Guimaraes • Karama Hamdi • K Hariprasanna • Firoz Hossain • Guanghui Hu • Zhaorong Hu • B S Jat • Caifu Jiang • Faiz Ahmad Joyia • Mehar Kamboj • Chikkappa Karjagi • Lovenpreet Kaur • Emna Khanfir • Rajesh Khulbe • Bhupender Kumar • Firat Kurt • Zhao Li • Yun-Hua Liu • Ningthaipuilu Longmei • Damar Lopez-Arredondo • Jurandir Vieira de Magalhaes • T Maharajan • Jacob Marsh • R. Esten Mason • Clémentine Mercé • Ghulam Mustafa • Vignesh Muthusamy • Sudha K Nair • Zhongfu Ni • Kazutoshi Okuno • Geoffrey Onaga • Huiru Peng • Jorge Fernando Pereira • Sacn Perera • Bhukya Prakash • Lydia Pramitha • P Rajendrakumar • Mantena Raju • Savaram Vr Rao • Ali Razzaq • P Sanjana Reddy • Trenton Roberts • G Victor Roch • Umesh R Rosyara • Pawan Saini • Sindhu Sareen • Gajanan Saykhedkar • André Schaffasz • Armin Scheben • Tariq Shehzad • Sonia Sheoran • Ishwar Singh • Prabha Singh • Vishal Singh • Nithya Subramanian • Qixin Sun • Madhumal Thayil Vinayan • Yiqiao Wang • Steffen Windpassinger • Kerstin Wydra • Yinping Jiao • Mingming Xin • Ines Yacoubi • Pranjal Yadava • Yingyin Yao • Kuohai Yu • Yaping Yuan • Pervez Haider Zaidi • Hong-Bin Zhang • Meiping Zhang • Zhiwu Zhang • Rajkumar U ZunjareThe global population is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, and food and feed production will need to increase by 70%. Wheat, maize and sorghum are three key cereals which provide nutrition for the majority of the world's population. Their production is affected by various abiotic stresse... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Integrated Nematode Management: State-of-the-Art and Visions for the Future
by John Mueller • Andreas Westphal • Pedro Luiz Pedro Luiz Martins • Graham Stirling • Jon Pickup • Danny Coyne • Thomas Forge • Professor Johannes Hallmann • Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora • Terry L. Niblack • Richard W. Smiley • Gregory L. Tylka • Inga A. Zasada • Sheila Storey • Muhammad Amjad Ali • Larry Duncan • Johan Desaeger • Amer A Dababat • Ravi Singh • Abasola C. Simon • Driekie Fourie • John. W. Kimenju • P. K. Wendo • A. K. Thuo • H S Gaur • J. S. Prasad • Nethi Somasekhar • Prabashnie Ramouthar • Andressa Cristina Machado • Richard F Davis • Robert C. Kemerait • Kathy S. Lawrence • Daniel Dalvan Nascimento • Deliang Peng • Edward Sikora • Philip A Roberts • Nicola Greco • Zane Grabau • Patricia Timper • Sonia Steenkamp • Luis Pocasangre • Soledad Verdejo-Lucas • Joseph W. Noling • Michael V. McKenry • John M. Halbrendt • Hans Hugo • M. S Daneel • W. P. Steyn • Sônia Maria Salgado • Willian C. Terra • Raman K. Walia • Nicola Sasanelli • Miguel Talavera-Rubia • J. Ole Becker • Johnny Visser • Brinkman D.D. Onion • Wim M.L. Wesemael • Bernd Augustin • Pella Brinkman • Misghina Goitom Teklu • Saad L. Hafez • Sundararaj Palanisamy • Mikhail Pridannikov • Ann. MacGuidwin • Biodun Claudius-ColePlant parasitic nematodes are costly burdens of crop production, causing an estimated US$80 - 118 billion per year in damage to crops. They are associated with nearly every important agricultural crop, and are a significant constraint on global food security. Regulations on the use of chemical pesti... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022