"This book provides an introduction into social science pedagogy in India. It delves into the interrelationships between society, social relationships, education and learning. Social science education in schools help build critical understanding of social processes and institutions. This book critically examines school spaces and approaches to social science teaching and pedagogy in modern Indi…
Principles and Concepts of Social Research is a text covering the foundations of social science research, outlining the history and core elements of Western social research. The text covers a variety of topics, ranging from the history of scientific beliefs from Ancient Greece to the contemporary world. It outlines the basics of the development of knowledge systems and logic, the definition of …
How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the case of Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg analyzes more than three thousand news reports and opinion …
Globalization; Science education; Science curricula; Large scale international assessments; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Survey; TIMSS; Policy borrowing; Curriculum reform; IEA Research for Education
Equality is a complex notion and many distinctions need to be drawn in order to clarify the myriad disputes that occur over the nature and value of different forms of equality. This collection of articles, which grew out of the third annual Ratio conference held at The University of Reading in April 1996, makes some of the necessary distinctions, and contributes to various on-going debates conc…
Neil J. Salkind.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-157) and index.; "Written by an academic and a librarian, this book is dedicated to helping students find and use a variety of resources, both print and online. It includes guidance on how to carry out a literat
Previous ed.: Research methods in the social sciences, 2005.; Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-363) and index.;