What does the development of a truly robust contemporary theory of domination require? Ashley J. Bohrer argues that it is only by considering all of the dimensions of race, gender, sexuality, and class within the structures of capitalism and imperialism that we can understand power relations as we find them nowadays. Bohrer explains how many of the purported incompatibilities between Marxism and intersectionality arise more from miscommunication rather than a fundamental conceptual antagonism. As the first monograph entirely devoted to this issue, »Marxism and Intersectionality« serves as a tool to activists and academics working against multiple systems of domination, exploitation, and oppression.
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Model-Centered Learning: Pathways to Mathematical Understanding Using GeoGebra is the first book to report on the international use of GeoGebra and its growing impact on mathematics teaching and learning. Supported by new developments in model-centered learning and instruction, the chapters in this book move beyond the traditional views of mathematics and mathematics teaching, providing theoretical perspectives and examples of practice for enhancing students’ mathematical understanding through mathematical and didactical modeling. Designed specifically for teaching mathematics, GeoGebra integrates dynamic multiple representations in a conceptually rich learning environment that supports the exploration, construction, and evaluation of mathematical models and simulations. The open source nature of GeoGebra has led to a growing international community of mathematicians, teacher educators, and classroom teachers who seek to tackle the challenges and complexity of mathematics education through a grassroots initiative using instructional innovations. The chapters cover six themes: 1) the history, philosophy, and theory behind GeoGebra, 2) dynamic models and simulations, 3) problem solving and attitude change, 4) GeoGebra as a cognitive and didactical tool, 5) curricular challenges and initiatives, 6) equity and sustainability in technology use. This book should be of interest to mathematics educators, mathematicians, and graduate students in STEM education and instructional technologies.
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In this book Peter Smagorinsky reconsiders his many publications employing Vygotsky’s theory of culturally-mediated human development and applies them, through a unified and coherent series of chapters, to literacy research. This exploration takes previously-published work and incorporates it into a new and sustained argument regarding the application of Vygotsky’s ideas to current questions regarding the nature of literacy and how to investigate it as a cultural phenomenon that contributes to human growth in social context. To conduct this inquiry, Smagorinsky first provides an overview that contextualizes Vygotsky both in his own time and in efforts to extrapolate from his Soviet origins to the 21st Century world. This consideration includes attention to the current context for literacy studies. He then reviews current conceptions of literacy in the realms of reading, writing, and additional tool use, grounding each in a Vygotskian perspective. The book’s final chapters take a critical look at both research method and the writing of research reports, taking into account both research and research reports as social constructions based in disciplinary practices. On the whole, this volume makes an important contribution to Vygotskian studies and literacy research through the author’s careful alignment between theory and practice.
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A Tool for Collaborative Development of Work and Education
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This book provides an innovative and thought-provoking analysis of the policy of integrazione scolastica from an inclusive perspective. Drawing on historical and empirical research methods the book arises out of an ethnographic study, which investigates the extent to which the policy of integrazione scolastica can be considered an inclusive policy. The author poses two fundamental questions: why are there episodes of micro-exclusion and discrimination against disabled pupils still taking place in regular schools after more than 30 years have passed since the enactment of such a progressive policy? Can the policy of integration lead to the development of inclusion in Italy? The research findings presented in the book indicate that exclusion and discrimination towards disabled pupils in education do not result from a lack of implementation of the policy at a school level, rather from the perpetuation of dominant discourses, which construct disability as an individual deficit. The book does not deny the progress made in the country following the application of this anti-discriminatory policy; rather it challenges the hegemonic abilist culture and the traditional perspectives of disability and schooling that undermine the development of inclusive education. After having investigated the theoretical premises of the policy of integration, the author argues that this progressive policy is still rooted in a special needs education paradigm and that what was once a liberating policy has been transformed into a hegemonic tool which still manages, controls and normalizes disability leaving school settings and teaching and learning routines unchanged. She finally argues for a human rights approach for the development of an inclusive school for the 21st century. The book is an essential reading for academics, policy makers, researchers and students involved in education as it links ideological pressures to practical analyses.
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In turbulenten Zeiten müssen sowohl alltägliche Managementprozesse als auch Veränderungsprozesse souverän begleitet werden. Jenseits reiner Tool- und Instrumentenorientierung und praxisferner Organisationstheorie gibt das Buch einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Organisationsentwicklungund stellt neuere Methoden auf den Prüfstand. Über 40 führende Köpfe der Organisationsforschung und Organisationsentwicklung zeigen, wo wir heute in den Bereichen Organisationsdesign, Strategieentwicklung, Change Management, Führung, Teamentwicklung, Krisen- und Konfliktmanagement stehen und welche neuen Perspektiven sich für Organisationen und Unternehmen daraus eröffnen. Mit Beiträgen u.a. von Rudi Wimmer, Fredmund Malik, Eckard Minx, Frank Dievernich.
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Mit 1968 fing eine "neue Zeit" an: Sie schmeckte nach mehr Freiheit - und alles, was die Jugendlichen bis dorthin eingeengt hatte, ging über Bord - in der Musik, im Lebensstil und im Sexuellen. Lange Haare und Emanzipation, Widerstand gegen Autoritäten und das Establishment - das alles hatte den Hauch einer "Revolution", die es galt mit Leben zu füllen. Mick van Hint war damals mit dabei. Er hat nun ein kleines, feines Buch geschrieben über diese Zeit, als die Revolution auch nach Deutschland kam, in die Kleinstädte und in die Dörfer. Mit vielen Alltags-Details macht der Autor diese Zeit lebendig: Um die erste Liebe geht es und die großen Gefühle. Und die neue Musik gehörte dazu - keine deutschen Schlager mehr, sondern Rock-Musik! Namen wie Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep und Frank Zappa klangen in den Ohren. Jede Vinyl-Scheibe war eine neue Offenbarung und brachte bis dahin ungehörte und unerhörte Sounds. Die Spezialität des Autors: Nicht nur seine riesengroße Leidenschaft zur Rockmusik ist zu spüren. Er lässt auch die sportlichen Veränderungen dieser Zeit lebendig werden: Im Fußball wurde es anders - nicht mehr die harten, kurzgeschorenen Männer rannten dem Ball hinterher, sondern sexy Idole. Der Brasilianer Francisco Marinho, genannt "Die weiße Hexe", machte damals Furore und gab dem Buch den Namen. 1974 in Love - ein rundum gelungenes Büchlein voller Freiheits-Atmosphäre, das denen, die damals noch nicht geboren oder zu jung waren, eine Ahnung gibt, wie sich der Aufbruch angefühlt hat. Und für alle, die dabei waren, ist es ein wundervolles Wiedererkennen und Jugend-Reminiszenz, ein Buch also für alte und neue Fans.
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An updated travel guide, written by locals, thought out to be an important tool to plan a trip to Patagonia. Includes different ideas, combinations and itineraries according to the traveler's available time and budget as well as thorough useful information in addition to more than 90 inspiring photos and more than 40 incredible 360 pictures that take you to each place before actually going there. A "must" to start an unforgettable trip with an unforgettable planning experience.
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