Download or read book Engineering in K 12 Education written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering education in K-12 classrooms is a small but growing phenomenon that may have implications for engineering and also for the other STEM subjects-science, technology, and mathematics. Specifically, engineering education may improve student learning and achievement in science and mathematics, increase awareness of engineering and the work of engineers, boost youth interest in pursuing engineering as a career, and increase the technological literacy of all students. The teaching of STEM subjects in U.S. schools must be improved in order to retain U.S. competitiveness in the global economy and to develop a workforce with the knowledge and skills to address technical and technological issues. Engineering in K-12 Education reviews the scope and impact of engineering education today and makes several recommendations to address curriculum, policy, and funding issues. The book also analyzes a number of K-12 engineering curricula in depth and discusses what is known from the cognitive sciences about how children learn engineering-related concepts and skills. Engineering in K-12 Education will serve as a reference for science, technology, engineering, and math educators, policy makers, employers, and others concerned about the development of the country's technical workforce. The book will also prove useful to educational researchers, cognitive scientists, advocates for greater public understanding of engineering, and those working to boost technological and scientific literacy.

Download or read book Spatial Augmented Reality written by Oliver Bimber and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-08-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like virtual reality, augmented reality is becoming an emerging platform in new application areas for museums, edutainment, home entertainment, research, industry, and the art communities using novel approaches which have taken augmented reality beyond traditional eye-worn or hand-held displays. In this book, the authors discuss spatial augmented r

Download or read book Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education written by Pamela Cotterill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a clear, accessible exploration of lifelong learning and educational opportunities for women in higher education. It has been developed from work undertaken by members of the Women in Higher Education Network with chapters organized in three thematic sections: Ambivalent Positions in the Academy, Process and Pedagogy at Work, Career – Identity – Home.

Download or read book Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region written by François Molle and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The water resources of the Mekong river catchment area, from China, through Thailand, Cambodia and Laos to Vietnam, are increasingly contested. Governments, companies and banks are driving new investment in roads, dams, diversions, irrigation schemes, navigation facilities, power plants and other emblems of conventional "development." Their plans and interventions pose multiple burdens and risks to the livelihoods of millions of people dependent on wetlands, floodplains, fisheries and aquatic resources.

Download or read book Disaster risk reduction in school curricula case studies from thirty countries written by and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2012 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wine and Society written by Stephen Charters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wine and Society: The social and cultural context of a drink examines the cultural forces which have shaped both how wine is made and the way in which it is consumed. It's divided into four parts and illustrated by case studies from around the world."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Constituent Imagination written by Stevphen Shukaitis and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ivory tower to the barricades! Radical intellectuals explore the relationship between research and resistance.

Download or read book Beyond Access written by Sheila Aikman and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines analysis of policy and empirically based studies on gender, education, and development.

Download or read book Crude Existence written by Kristin Reed and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing a spectacular economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, Reed explores the exclusion, degradation, and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola.

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Download or read book Mars written by Viorel Badescu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: th th Mars, the Red Planet, fourth planet from the Sun, forever linked with 19 and 20 Century fantasy of a bellicose, intelligent Martian civilization. The romance and excitement of that fiction remains today, even as technologically sophisticated - botic orbiters, landers, and rovers seek to unveil Mars’ secrets; but so far, they have yet to find evidence of life. The aura of excitement, though, is justified for another reason: Mars is a very special place. It is the only planetary surface in the Solar System where humans, once free from the bounds of Earth, might hope to establish habitable, self-sufficient colonies. Endowed with an insatiable drive, focused motivation, and a keen sense of - ploration and adventure, humans will undergo the extremes of physical hardship and danger to push the envelope, to do what has not yet been done. Because of their very nature, there is little doubt that humans will in fact conquer Mars. But even earth-bound extremes, such those experienced by the early polar explorers, may seem like a walk in the park compared to future experiences on Mars.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Conference on Promoting Undergraduate Research in Mathematics written by Joseph A. Gallian and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions of summer research programs: The AIM REU: Individual projects with a common theme by D. W. Farmer The Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Institute by E. T. Camacho and S. A. Wirkus Promoting research and minority participantion via undergraduate research in the mathematical sciences. MTBI/SUMS-Arizona State University by C. Castillo-Chavez, C. Castillo-Garsow, G. Chowell, D. Murillo, and M. Pshaenich Summer mathematics research experience for undergraduates (REU) at Brigham Young University by M. Dorff Introducing undergraduates for underrepresented minorities to mathematical research: The CSU Channel Islands/California Lutheran University REU, 2004-2006 by C. Wyels The REUT and NREUP programs at California State University, Chico by C. M. Gallagher and T. W. Mattman Undergraduate research at Canisius. Geometry and physics on graphs, summer 2006 by S. Prassidis The NSF REU at Central Michigan University by S. Narayan and K. Smith Claremont Colleges REU, 2005-07 by J. Hoste The first summer undergraduate research program at Clayton State University by A. Lanz Clemson REU in computational number theory and combinatorics by N. Calkin and K. James Research with pre-mathematicians by C. R. Johnson Traditional roots, new beginnings: Transitions in undergraduate research in mathematics at ETSU by A. P. Godbole Undergraduate research in mathematics at Grand Valley State University by S. Schlicker The Hope College REU program by T. Pennings The REU experience at Iowa State University by L. Hogben Lafayette College's REU by G. Gordon LSU REU: Graphs, knots, & Dessins in topology, number theory & geometry by N. W. Stoltzfus, R. V. Perlis, and J. W. Hoffman Mount Holyoke College mathematics summer research institute by M. M. Robinson The director's summer program at the NSA by T. White REU in mathematical biology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College by J. P. Previte, M. A. Rutter, and S. A. Stevens The Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics (RUSIS) by J. Rojo The Rose-Hulman REU in mathematics by K. Bryan The REU program at DIMACS/Rutgers University by B. J. Latka and F. S. Roberts The SUNY Potsdam-Clarkson University REU program by J. Foisy The Trinity University research experiences for undergraduates in mathematics program by S. Chapman Undergraduate research in mathematics at the University of Akron by J. D. Adler The Duluth undergraduate research program 1977-2006 by J. A. Gallian Promoting undergraduate research in mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by J. L. Walker, W. Ledder, R. Rebarber, and G. Woodward REU site: Algorithmic combinatorics on words by F. Blanchet-Sadri Promoting undergraduate research by T. Aktosun Research experiences for undergraduates inverse problems for electrical networks by J. A. Morrow Valparaiso experiences in research for undergraduates in mathematics by R. Gillman and Z. Szaniszlo Wabash Summer Institute in Algebra (WSIA) by M. Axtell, J. D. Phillips, and W. Turner THe SMALL program at Williams College by C. E. Silva and F. Morgan Industrial mathematics and statistics research for undergraduates at WPI by A. C. Heinricher and S. L. Weekes Descriptions of summer enrichment programs: Twelve years of summer program for women in mathematics-What works and why? by M. M. Gupta Research experience for undergraduates in numerical analysis and scientific computing: An international program by G. Fairweather and B. M. Moskal Articles: The Long-Term Undergraduate Research (LURE) model by S. S. Adams, J. A. Davis, N. Eugene, K. Hoke, S. Narayan, and K. Smith Research with students from underrepresented groups by R. Ashley, A. Ayela-Uwangue, F. Cabrera, C. Callesano, and D. A. Narayan Research classes at Gettysburg College by B. Bajnok Research in industrial projects for students: A unique undergraduate experience by S. Beggs What students say about their REU experience by F. Connolly and J. A. Gallian Diversity issues in undergraduate research by R. Cortez, D. Davenport, H

Download or read book A guide to forest water management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.

Download or read book School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa written by Serge Theunynck and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa' examines the scope of the infrastructure challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa and the constraints to scaling up at an affordable cost. It assesses the experiences of African countries with school planning, school facility designs, and construction techniques, procurement and implementation arrangements over the past thirty years. It reviews the roles of the various actors in the implementation process: central and deconcentrated administrations, local governments, agencies, social funds, NGOs, and local communities. Drawing upon extensive analysis of data from over 200 250 projects sponsored by the World Bank and other donor agencies, the book draws lessons on promising approaches to enable African countries to scale up the facilities required to achieve the EFA goals and MDGs of complete quality primary education for all children at the lowest marginal cost.

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Download or read book Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research written by Kenneth C. Land and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research is to create an overview of the field of Quality of Life (QOL) studies in the early years of the 21st century that can be updated and improved upon as the field evolves and the century unfolds. Social indicators are statistical time series “...used to monitor the social system, helping to identify changes and to guide intervention to alter the course of social change”. Examples include unemployment rates, crime rates, estimates of life expectancy, health status indices, school enrollment rates, average achievement scores, election voting rates, and measures of subjective well-being such as satisfaction with life-as-a-whole and with specific domains or aspects of life. This book provides a review of the historical development of the field including the history of QOL in medicine and mental health as well as the research related to quality-of-work-life (QWL) programs. It discusses several of QOL main concepts: happiness, positive psychology, and subjective wellbeing. Relations between spirituality and religiousness and QOL are examined as are the effects of educational attainment on QOL and marketing, and the associations with economic growth. The book goes on to investigate methodological approaches and issues that should be considered in measuring and analysing quality of life from a quantitative perspective. The final chapters are dedicated to research on elements of QOL in a broad range of countries and populations.

Download or read book Serious Leisure written by Robert A. Stebbins and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Stebbins divides such activity into categories of serious, casual, and project-based leisure that he further separates into a variety of types and subtypes. Together they comprise what he calls "serious leisure." In this perspective, serious leisure constitutes systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer activity sufficiently substantial and interesting in nature and requiring special skills, knowledge, and experience. Casual leisure, though immediately, intrinsically rewarding, is by contrast a relatively short-lived pleasurable activity, requiring little or no special training to enjoy it. Project-based leisure is a short-term, reasonably complicated, occasional creative undertaking carried out in free time. Stebbins sets out the basic concepts and propositions that make up the three forms, focusing on their essential elements. He takes stock of the serious leisure literature as well as that for casual and project-based leisure. Stebbins sees "serious leisure" realized by way of a set of foundational concepts--organization, community, history, lifestyle, and culture--and several of their component areas. He reviews the history and background of the concept of serious leisure and then adds historical commentary on, first, casual leisure and, then, project-based leisure. Finally, he examines the future and the importance of the serious leisure perspective in a globalizing world, and some of its critical links with other fields of knowledge and practice, notably the nonprofit sector and preventive medicine. Together with its original insights, Serious Leisure offers a single, handy, coherent, comprehensive resource. It will be of interest to sociologists, labor studies specialists, and economists.