Handbook of Research on Using Motor Games in Teaching and Learning Strategy
Handbook of Research on Using Motor Games in Teaching and Learning Strategy

Author: Gil-Madrona, Pedro

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-05-06

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 1799896226

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Motor games are incredibly useful in enhancing education and developing critical skills; they can entertain, produce pleasant emotions, improve moods, and increase the level of relationships. Motor games allow social, emotional, and cognitive development as well as the acquisition of motor skills such as knowledge and mastery of body, postural control and adjustment, and improvement of coordination. However, it is essential to select the appropriate game for each context to achieve the desired learning in all students. Further research on the opportunities, challenges, and future directions of motor games in education is necessary to successfully implement them. The Handbook of Research on Using Motor Games in Teaching and Learning Strategy presents significant advances in motor game education and collects research evidence that uncovers the certainties and testifies to the educational power of motor games in various situations and specific contexts that promote the learning of participants. Covering topics such as emotional physical education and educational mediation, this major reference work is ideal for researchers, academicians, educators, practitioners, and students.

Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories
Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories

Author: Michael Butter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-02-17

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13: 0429840586

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Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It maps out the key debates, and includes chapters on the historical origins of conspiracy theories, as well as their political significance in a broad range of countries and regions. Other chapters consider the psychology and the sociology of conspiracy beliefs, in addition to their changing cultural forms, functions and modes of transmission. This handbook examines where conspiracy theories come from, who believes in them and what their consequences are. This book presents an important resource for students and scholars from a range of disciplines interested in the societal and political impact of conspiracy theories, including Area Studies, Anthropology, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

HCI International 2016 – Posters' Extended Abstracts
HCI International 2016 – Posters' Extended Abstracts

Author: Constantine Stephanidis

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-04

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 331940542X

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This is the second volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 617 and CCIS 618) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016. The total of 1287 papers and 186 posters presented at the HCII 2016 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: web, social media and communities; gesture and motion-based interaction; expressions and emotions recognition and psychophysiological monitoring; technologies for learning and creativity; health applications; location-based and navigation applications; smart environments and the Internet of Things; design and evaluation case studies.

Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability
Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability

Author: Ribeiro de Almeida, Claudia

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-04-22

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1799892182

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The process of globalization based on major forms of entertainment consumption has promoted the interest of enlarged social actors toward cultural experiencing. Disseminated by social media, new forms of information and knowledge about exotic tourism destinations have endorsed an increasing interest in forms of cultural tourism. This cultural tourism turnout results from a significant change in the traveler’s demands and behaviors and has led to a new and renovated interest in cultural heritage that must be studied further. The Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability explores theoretical concepts related to cultural tourism and cultural routes and provides original viewpoints and empirical research with case studies and best practices for the future of cultural tourism. Covering a range of topics such as creative tourism and sustainable tourism, this major reference work is ideal for academicians, practitioners, professionals, policymakers, government officials, instructors, and students.

Systematic Observation: Engaging Researchers in the Study of Daily Life as It Is Lived
Systematic Observation: Engaging Researchers in the Study of Daily Life as It Is Lived

Author: M. Teresa Anguera

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2019-10-04

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 2889459624

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Assessment in natural contexts through observation is unquestionably complex. Systematic observation grounded in observational methodology offers a wide range of possibilities to the rigorous study of everyday behavior in their natural context. These possibilities have been enriched in recent decades with the explosion of information and communication technologies. In this eBook we assemble 23 articles from several researchers who have made important contributions to this evolving field. The articles included in this eBook has been organized with a first part on general methodological developments and a second part with methodological contributions that emphasize different application areas. Considering the enormous possibilities of the systematic observation in the study of daily life, we hope this eBook will be useful to understand innovative applications in different fields.

Affectivity and Learning
Affectivity and Learning

Author: Pablo Fossa

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-07-27

Total Pages: 793

ISBN-13: 3031317092

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This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of affectivity and human learning by bridging the gap between neuroscience, cultural and cognitive psychology. It brings together studies that go beyond the focus on cognitive-intellectual variables involved in learning processes and incorporate the study of the role played by affectivity and emotions in learning not only at educational settings but in all processes of transformation and human development, thus presenting affectivity as a catalyst and mediator of all daily learning processes. Chapters brought together in this contributed volume present both theoretical contributions and results of empirical research from different disciplines, such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, cultural psychology, educational psychology, developmental psychology and philosophy, and are grouped into five thematic sections. The first part of the book brings together chapters discussing different aspects of the role played by affectivity in learning processes from the perspectives of cultural, educational and developmental psychology. The second part is dedicated to the role of affectivity for teachers during their training as educators and during their pedagogical practice in diverse contexts. The third part focuses on the relationship between affectivity and learning from a neuroscientific point of view. The fourth part discusses affectivity and learning in therapeutic and clinical contexts. Finally, the fifth part brings together chapters about affectivity and learning in everyday life. By bringing together this rich interdisciplinary collection of studies, Affectivity and Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Neurosciences, Cultural and Cognitive Psychology will be a valuable resource for researchers in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and education, as well as for educators and teachers interested in knowing more about the relationship between affectivity and human learning.

Análisis de redes sociales. Métodos y aplicaciones
Análisis de redes sociales. Métodos y aplicaciones

Author: Wasserman, Stanley

Publisher: CIS- Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

Published: 2013-12-30

Total Pages: 878

ISBN-13: 8474766311

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El libro consta de siete partes, incluido el epílogo, además de un listado de programas informáticos y un conjunto de datos procedentes de investigaciones ya clásicas hoy en día. Las cuatro primeras se corresponden con la materia básica de cursos de introducción al análisis de redes: los tipos de datos reticulares, las formas de representarlos y las medidas de centralidad, cohesión y equivalencia. La quinta parte presenta los métodos para el análisis de díadas y tríadas, y por último la parte sexta presenta modelos estadísticos para el análisis y puesta a pruebas de hipótesis sobre interacciones diádicas. Como afirma José Luis Molina en su introducción: “Cada año aparecen nuevos manuales de redes sociales que leemos con interés y sin embargo el valor de este libro permanece. Una de las razones de esta permanencia es sin duda su capacidad para atraer a las Ciencias Sociales a científicos de otras áreas, que encuentran una introducción comprensible y exhaustiva al mundo de las redes”. Esta edición incorpora un valioso glosario de términos en español sobre la materia que, con seguridad, constituirá una referencia académica en su campo.

Mixed Methods Social Networks Research
Mixed Methods Social Networks Research

Author: Silvia Domínguez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1107027926

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This edited volume demonstrates the potential of mixed-methods designs for the research of social networks and the utilization of social networks for other research. Mixing methods applies to the combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. In social network research, mixing methods also applies to the combination of structural and actor-oriented approaches. The volume provides readers with methodological concepts to guide mixed-method network studies with precise research designs and methods to investigate social networks of various sorts. Each chapter describes the research design used and discusses the strengths of the methods for that particular field and for specific outcomes.