Key Terms in Pragmatics

Key Terms in Pragmatics

Author: Nicholas Allott

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2010-04-23

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1847063780

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The first study of pragmatics with an introduction organised by key terms, including short biographies of key thinkers, and a list of key works for further reading.


A Brief History of Psychology

A Brief History of Psychology

Author: Michael Wertheimer

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1848728743

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This edition approaches psychology as a discipline with antecedents in philosophical speculation and early scientific experimentation. It covers these early developments, 19th-century German experimental psychology and empirical psychology in tradition of William James, the 20th century dubbed "the age of schools" and dominated by psychoanalysis, behavioralism, structuralism, and Gestalt psychology, as well as the return to empirical methods and active models of human agency. Finally it evaluates psychology in the new millennium and developments in terms of women in psychology, industrial psychology and social justice


Interthinking: Putting Talk to Work

Interthinking: Putting Talk to Work

Author: Karen Littleton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1136675302

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Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, Interthinking: putting talk to work explores the growing body of work on how people think creatively and productively together. Challenging purely individualistic accounts of human evolution and cognition, its internationally acclaimed authors provide analyses of real-life examples of collective thinking in everyday settings including workplaces, schools, rehearsal spaces and online environments. The authors use socio-cultural psychology to explain the processes involved in interthinking, to explore its creative power, but also to understand why collective thinking isn’t always productive or successful. With this knowledge we can maximise the constructive benefits of our ability to interthink, and understand the best ways in which we can help young people to develop, nurture and value that capability.


An Introduction to Population Geographies

An Introduction to Population Geographies

Author: Holly R. Barcus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1135146004

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An Introduction to Population Geographies provides a foundation to the incredibly diverse, topical and interesting field of twenty-first-century population geography. It establishes the substantive concerns of the subdiscipline, acknowledges the sheer diversity of its approaches, key concepts and theories and engages with the resulting major areas of academic debate that stem from this richness. Written in an accessible style and assuming little prior knowledge of topics covered, yet drawing on a wide range of diverse academic literature, the book’s particular originality comes from its extended definition of population geography that locates it firmly within the multiple geographies of the life course. Consequently, issues such as childhood and adulthood, family dynamics, ageing, everyday mobilities, morbidity and differential ability assume a prominent place alongside the classic population geography triumvirate of births, migrations and deaths. This broader framing of the field allows the book to address more holistically aspects of lives across space often provided little attention in current textbooks. Particular note is given to how these lives are shaped though hybrid social, biological and individual arenas of differential life course experience. By engaging with traditional quantitative perspectives and newer qualitative insights, the authors engage students from the quantitative macro scale of population to the micro individual scale. Aimed at higher-level undergraduate and graduate students, this introductory text provides a well-developed pedagogy, including case studies that illustrate theory, concepts and issues.


Exploring Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Exploring Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Author: Mang Li

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 3642553524

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The focus of this book is on exploring effective strategies in higher education that promote meaningful learning and go beyond discipline boundaries, with a special emphasis on Subjectivity Learning, Refreshing Lecturing, Learning through Construction, Learning through Transaction, Transformative Learning, Using Technology, and Assessment for Learning and Teaching in particular. The research collected in this book is all based on empirical studies and includes research methods and findings that will be of great interest to teachers and researchers in the area of higher education. The main benefit readers will derive from this book is a meaningful insight into what other teachers around the world are doing in higher education and what lessons they have learned, which will support them in their own teaching.


Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 1

Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 1

Author: Walter Leal Filho

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-29

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 3319698389

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This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experience gained in the execution of successful projects and initiatives, and discusses novel methodological approaches aimed at promoting a better understanding of climate change adaptation. Addressing a gap in the literature on climate change communication and pursuing an integrated approach, the handbook documents and disseminates the wealth of experience currently available in this field. Volume 1 of the handbook provides a unique description of the theoretical basis and of some of the key facts and phenomena which help in achieving a better understanding of the basis of climate change communication, providing an essential basis for successful initiatives in this complex field.


The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing

The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing

Author: Alexander Clark

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-24

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 1118448677

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This comprehensive reference work provides an overview of the concepts, methodologies, and applications in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). Features contributions by the top researchers in the field, reflecting the work that is driving the discipline forward Includes an introduction to the major theoretical issues in these fields, as well as the central engineering applications that the work has produced Presents the major developments in an accessible way, explaining the close connection between scientific understanding of the computational properties of natural language and the creation of effective language technologies Serves as an invaluable state-of-the-art reference source for computational linguists and software engineers developing NLP applications in industrial research and development labs of software companies


Research Ethics for Students in the Social Sciences

Research Ethics for Students in the Social Sciences

Author: Jaap Bos

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-10-16

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 3030484157

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This open access textbook offers a practical guide into research ethics for undergraduate students in the social sciences. A step-by-step approach of the most viable issues, in-depth discussions of case histories and a variety of didactical tools will aid the student to grasp the issues at hand and help him or her develop strategies to deal with them. This book addresses problems and questions that any bachelor student in the social sciences should be aware of, including plagiarism, data fabrication and other types of fraud, data augmentation, various forms of research bias, but also peer pressure, issues with confidentiality and questions regarding conflicts of interest. Cheating, ‘free riding’, and broader issues that relate to the place of the social sciences in society are also included. The book concludes with a step-by-step approach designed to coach a student through a research application process.


A Guide to Reflective Practice for New and Experienced Teachers

A Guide to Reflective Practice for New and Experienced Teachers

Author: Hope Hartman

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Published: 2009-02-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780073378343

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In response to concerns about teacher retention, especially among teachers in their first to fourth year in the classroom, we offer future teachers a series of brief guides full of practical advice that they can refer to in both their student teaching and in their first years on the job. A Guide to Reflective Practice for New and Experienced Teachers is designed to promote reflective practice in both your teaching and in your students’ learning. It is based on current theory and research on how people learn and how to teach in ways that maximize learning. The diverse strategies included are geared towards the needs of new as well as experienced teachers.