Patents and Innovation Trends and Policy Challenges

Patents and Innovation Trends and Policy Challenges
Author: OECD
Publsiher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004-02-02
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9789264026728

Download Patents and Innovation Trends and Policy Challenges Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Few systematic economic evaluations have been carried out on patent system to better inform policy choices. This report, which covers a range of areas, and highlights some issues that policy makers should address in the near future, including ...

Connecting Histories of Education

Connecting Histories of Education
Author: Barnita Bagchi,Eckhardt Fuchs,Kate Rousmaniere
Publsiher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781782382676

Download Connecting Histories of Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The history of education in the modern world is a history of transnational and cross-cultural influence. This collection explores those influences in (post) colonial and indigenous education across different geographical contexts. The authors emphasize how local actors constructed their own adaptation of colonialism, identity, and autonomy, creating a multi-centric and entangled history of modern education. In both formal as well as informal aspects, they demonstrate that transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in education have been characterized by appropriation, re-contextualization, and hybridization, thereby rejecting traditional notions of colonial education as an export of pre-existing metropolitan educational systems.

Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning
Author: Orakc?, ?enol
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-04-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781799831471

Download Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

One of the most important transformations in the world today is the adaptation to education and teaching methods that must be made to enhance the learning experience for Millennial and Generation Z students. The system in which the student is passive and the teacher is active is no longer the most effective form of education. Additionally, with the increased availability to information, knowledge transfer is no longer done solely by the teacher. Educators need to become moderators in order to promote effective teaching practices. Paradigm Shifts in 21st Century Teaching and Learning is an essential scholarly publication that examines new approaches to learning and their application in the teaching-learning process. Featuring a wide range of topics such as game-based learning, curriculum design, and sustainability, this book is ideal for teachers, curriculum developers, instructional designers, researchers, education professionals, administrators, academicians, educational policymakers, and students.

Trends in Global Higher Education

Trends in Global Higher Education
Author: Philip G. Altbach,Liz Reisberg,Laura E. Rumbley
Publsiher: BRILL
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789004406155

Download Trends in Global Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Patterns of globalization, the flow of students and scholars across borders, the impact of information technology, and other key forces are critically assessed. This book is a key resource for understanding the present and future of global higher education.

External Quality Assurance in Higher Education

External Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Author: Michaela Martin,Antony Stella
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: UOM:39015073615968

Download External Quality Assurance in Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

External quality assurance (EQA) has become an important item on the policy agendas of higher education systems across the world. This publication discusses the different options available. This publication can be used for identifying issues and concerns of policy-makers in the area of quality assurance.--Publisher's description.

Educational Writings

Educational Writings
Author: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1916
Genre: Education
ISBN: PSU:000004515135

Download Educational Writings Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Africa Empire and Globalization

Africa  Empire and Globalization
Author: Toyin Falola,Emily Brownell
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 1594603529

Download Africa Empire and Globalization Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Previously published as a jacketed hardback, this book is now bound as a paperback. Africa, Empire and Globalization is a set of original essays in honor of the distinguished historian, Professor A. G. Hopkins, whose career of over fifty years covers three main areas that are global in reach, but connect to ideas that are generated in such major cities as Lagos and London. The volume celebrates the key principles that have emerged from the cumulative body of Hopkins'' work: searching for originality; extending the frontier of knowledge through new data and interpretations; questioning received assumptions and wisdom; promoting conversations between multiple, often divergent, sets of ideas from different disciplines; presenting ideas such that those within and outside of the academy can benefit; and applying theories drawn from various disciplines to organize the evidence and to present it in digestible form. The first section covers Africa, with essays on the economic history of Lagos and West Africa, the connections between economic change and imperialism, and the role of Africa in the world economy, including the trans-Saharan, trans-Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean World. The role of Africans in creating wealth and responding to new economic opportunities receives prominent attention in some chapters. In the second section, new topics on imperialism are explored, such as the British expansion to India, the role of trade in the Gambia, and the overall impact of the empire. Hopkins'' idea of "gentlemanly capitalism" generates considerable debate in various chapters, and is also applied to various contexts and places. The current issues around the theme of globalization are developed in the third section in terms of the relevance of the concept, the contributions that historians can make to the subject, the arguments for and against, and its impact on capitalism and democracy. From peace to war, from economic prosperity to economic decline, from the use of power to nationalist resurgence, the section looks at the dominant concerns of our time. Hopkins'' career, as the volume amply demonstrates, is rich, held together by interest in the connections between the local and the national, the national and the regional, and the regional and the global. In thus interconnecting the world, a philosophy of history emerges--how economic forces shape political realities. His work, while being quite broad-ranging spatially, has remained topically focused on economic history, for the most part. This emphasis will be a large part of what he passes on to future scholarly generations. As we pay various tributes through the original essays collected here, we believe that, for our shared benefit, Professor A. G. Hopkins has demonstrated how to remain candidly involved in the debates over one''s work, to defend oneself when appropriate, to reconsider one''s work when necessary, and continually to build upon one''s own body of work in compelling and relevant version. This book is part of the African World Series, edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin. "This weighty and impressive book is a thoroughly appropriate scholarly festschrift for Tony Hopkins....Wherever one cares to dip into the volume, one finds finely crafted, densely textured pieces of historical research." -- Journal of African History "[A]n important volume and a fitting tribute to the work of A.G. Hopkins....[T]he anthology may look and feel like a tome, but it is a delight to read. The breadth of topics and careful scholarship should ensure this collection receives a broad readership and stimulates further debates over Africa, empire, and globalization." -- H-Net Reviews "...this is not a deferential miscellanea, but a volume of the widest interest to all those who practise in the fields in which Tony Hopkins has worked. It is the best possible tribute." -- The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

The Translation of Love

The Translation of Love
Author: Lynne Kutsukake
Publsiher: Random House
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781473526747

Download The Translation of Love Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

WINNER OF THE KOBO EMERGING WRITERS PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA AWARDS DEBUT CROWN "The Translation of Love is sweepingly gorgeous book about two little girls, and their heart-stopping search for a lost sister in the underbelly of Tokyo. From the desperate clutch of friendship in the time of tumult, to the bustling night markets and brothels - every brutal, moving moment is beautifully wrought. An incredible debut." Lisa Gabriele, author of 'Tempting Faith DiNapoli' "An epic tale of defeat, despair and redemption ... a beautiful debut." Toronto Star "Conjures the voices of an agonised time with elegant simplicity and moments of indelible poignancy." New York Times "Kutsukake’s moving debut focuses on the intertwining stories of several protagonists in post–World War II Tokyo... The result is a memorable story of hope and loneliness with a cathartic ending." Publisher's Weekly During the American occupation, the citizens of Japan were encouraged to write to General MacArthur – “if you have a problem, write a letter, this is what democracy means” – and so write they did. MacArthur received over 500,000 letters, letters of entreaty, rage, gratitude, complaint, even adoration. Twelve-year-old Fumi Tanaka has a problem – her beautiful and beloved older sister, Sumiko, has disappeared. Determined to find her, Fumi enlists the help of her new classmate Aya, forcibly repatriated with her father from Canada after the war. Together, they write to MacArthur and deliver their letter into the reluctant hands of Corporal Matt Matsumoto, a Japanese-American GI whose job it is to translate the endless letters. When weeks pass and they hear nothing from Matt, the girls take matters into their own hands, venturing into the dark and dangerous world of the black market and dancehalls. They're unaware that their teacher, Kondo Sensei, moonlights as a translator of love letters, and that he holds the key to Sumiko's safe return.