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Multicultural and Multilingual Education in Immigrant Countries
Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, August 2 and 3, 1982
1st Edition
Torsten Husén + 1 more
English
Multicultural and Multilingual Education in Immigrant Countries, Volume 38 is a collection of papers that covers various concerns in the implementation of multilingual and multicultural school curriculum in immigrant countries. The topics tackled by the articles include the social and ideological context, linguistic concerns, and psychological concerns. The text also discusses the psychological and social consideration in deciding on the language of instructions, along with problems of bilingual education. The book will be of great use to educators, sociologists, and psychologists.
Communication and the Schools
The Commonwealth and International Library: Education and Educational Research
1st Edition
C. W. Bending
Edmund King
English
Communication and the Schools discusses the various forms of communication that are utilized in an educational setting. The text discusses the fundamental concepts and the underlying principles in the processes of communication. The subsequent chapter covers the various mediums of communication that are employed in school instruction, such as speaking, interpretative aids, the sound film, television, and recorded speech. The book will be of great use to instructors and school officials. Researchers and practitioners of behavioral science will also benefit from the text.
Economic Workbook and Data
A Tutorial Volume for Students
1st Edition
D. I. Trotman-Dickenson
R Brown + 2 more
English
Economic Workbook and Data presents topics that correspond to the syllabuses for the General Certificate of Education at A level as well as general economic courses at universities. This book aims to introduce students to facts and to encourage them to deliberate in numbers. Organized into two parts, this book begins with questions that can serve as basis for group discussion or as subjects for essays, which are grouped under distinct headings that cover the study of national income, population, consumption, distribution, and production. This text then covers finance and the role of the government in the national economy. Other chapters consider the statistical material for a certain number of countries. The final chapter provides a compilation of tables to match the questions in Part 1 to aid students at a junior level. This book is a valuable resource for students who are in their last years at school and first year at university.
The Costs of Further Education
A British Analysis
1st Edition
C. Selby Smith
Edmund King
English
The Costs of Further Education: A British Analysis offers a critique of the organization of further education in Britain, especially education provided in technical colleges. Emphasis is placed on how the resources allocated to education should be divided among various alternatives. This volume consists of nine chapters organized into three sections. After an overview of further education in Britain, the reader is introduced to the financial costs of providing education courses. The use of information on average costs to estimate marginal financial costs is discussed, along with the imputed costs of student time and the factors that affect the distribution of total cost between various groups. The chapters that follow focus on benefits and their relationship to costs for various courses, along with the principle for project selection. The method of obtaining the cross-section age-earning profiles is described. The concluding chapter includes a summary statement of the present situation and a suggestion for reform. This book is a valuable resource for educators, administrators, and policy planners involved or are interested in British further education.
Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment
EFTA and Economic Integration
1st Edition
Hugh Corbet + 1 more
English
Europe's Free Trade Area Experiment: EFTA and Economic Integration is an 11-chapter book that begins by exploring the role of free trade area. This book then describes the first decade of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and its effects on member countries. Subsequent chapters explain the second phase in EFTA's development, the association's experience with non-tariff barriers, and their expansion. The British business attitudes toward EFTA are also discussed.
Human Anti-Human Gammaglobulins, Their Specificity and Function
Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Lund, October 1969
1st Edition
R. Grubb + 1 more
English
Human Anti-Human Gammaglobulins: Their Specificity and Functions is a written record of the seventeenth volume of the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series, which aims to define natural mechanisms giving rise to human anti-immunoglobulins... the interactions between anti-Igs and Ig determinants and its effects. The book is divided according to the six sessions that were held during the symposium. Topics include basic experimental data; determinants of IgG revealed by human antiglobulins; anti-gammaglobulin factors in tissues; anti-gammaglobulins interacting with immunoglobulins in solution; anti-gammaglobulin—c... interactions; and a special lecture. The text is recommended for medical doctors, especially immunologists, who want to know more about the human anti-human gammaglobulin, its origin, functions, and the discoveries about it.
Art and the Young Adolescent
The Commonwealth and International Library: Painting, Sculpture and Fine Art
1st Edition
Frederick Palmer
Fabio Barraclough
English
Art and the Young Adolescent introduces a mode of instruction that encourages children between the ages of 11 to 15 to express themselves in artistic creation that do not necessarily represent the natural forms of things. It is intended that every kid finds enjoyment in creating works of art without being hindered by the child’s inability to create perfect replica of people and things. The book contains a list of materials and steps about such activities as collage creation, making an image by rubbing a pencil over a paper that covers a coin and tracing patterns on a paper. Selected activities are made to enhance the child’s self-expression. In addition to simple activities, possible creations of more complex projects by the child as he reached adulthood are cited in the book. The subject of the book is to increase the number of children engage in art. The text is intended for art teachers and teenagers in the art class.
Rorschach with Children
A Comparative Study of the Contribution Made by the Rorschach and Other Projective Techniques to Clinical Diagnosis in Work with Children
1st Edition
Jessie Francis-Williams
Hugh L. Freeman
English
Rorschach with Children shows the use of Rorschach test as an aid in clinical diagnoses of children. Other tools of clinical analysis as well as different projective techniques are described in the book as a point of comparison. The book also provides a short description of the scoring categories used for the interpretation of the result of the test. A section of the book is devoted to the discussion of the theories underlying the concept of projections. The book begins with some historical background of psychology with emphasis on the different psycho analytical tools that were used at the time. This section is followed by categories that classify certain projective techniques. The personalities who started some of these projective techniques along with some illustrations of the pictures used for projections are found in the book. The book will be a valuable tool for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, students, and researchers in the field of psychology.
Suicidal Behaviour
The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Work Division
1st Edition
J. Wallace McCulloch + 1 more
Jean P. Nursten
English
Suicidal Behaviour aims to assist troubled people who turn their hostility on themselves, as well as to those whose vocation is to help these people. This text first gives an introduction, explaining the magnitude of the problem, the problem of nomenclature, and the relationship of suicide to attempted suicide. This book then provides and explains social, psychiatric, and psychological findings. Ecological correlates of suicidal behavior and concept of suicide are also tackled. This text also looks into the factors why people attempt suicide repeatedly. This book concludes by explaining the implications for prevention of suicidal behavior. This publication will be invaluable to counselors, sociologists, social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists. Students interested in the subject will also find this book of significance.
How to Find Out About the Victorian Period
A Guide to Sources of Information
1st Edition
Lionel Madden
G. Chandler
English
How to Find Out About the Victorian Period: A Guide to Sources of Information focuses on the Victorian period of Great Britain. The book first discusses the study of the Victorian period and general guides to the literature. The use of books, periodical articles, theses, and bibliographies in the study of this period in British history is emphasized. The text underscores the value of Victorian periodicals and newspapers in the study of the Victorian period. Guides to special collections and source materials on this period are discussed. These include guides to collection of books and manuscripts, libraries and their collections, archives and manuscripts, and government publications. The book also presents guides to the study of the Victorian church. These include encyclopedias and dictionaries, biographical works, and theses. Guides on the kind of education, development of science, visual arts, music, and literature of the Victorian period are also described. The text is a fine reference for readers who are interested in British history, particularly the Victorian era.

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