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This reference text presents the important components for grasping
the potential of social computing with an emphasis on concerns,
challenges, and benefits of the social platform in depth. Features:
Detailed discussion on social-cyber issues, including hate speech,
cyberbullying, and others. Discusses usefulness of social platforms
for societal needs Includes framework to address the social issues
with their implementations. Covers fake news and rumor detection
models Describes sentimental analysis of social posts with advanced
learning techniques. The book is ideal for undergraduate,
postgraduate, and research students who want to learn about the
issues, challenges, and solutions of social platforms in depth.
This book explores ‘difficult conversations’ in feminist theory
as an integral part of social and theoretical transformations.
Focusing on intersectionality within feminist theory, the book
critically addresses questions of power and difference as a central
feminist concern. It presents ethical, political, social, and
emotional dilemmas while negotiating difficult conversations,
particularly in terms of sexuality, class, ‘race’, ethnicity
and cross-identification between the researcher and researched.
Topics covered include challenging cultural relativism; queer
marginalisation; research and affect; and feminism and the digital
realm. This book is aimed primarily at students, lecturers and
researchers interested in epistemology, research methodology,
gender, identity, and social theory. The interdisciplinary nature
of the book is aimed at reaching the broadest possible audience,
including those engaged with feminist theory, anthropology, social
policy, sociology, psychology and geography.
Building on the editors’ previous publication, Engaging with
Ethics in International Criminological Research, this new book
brings together a fresh collection of leading international
scholars tackling ethical dilemmas in criminological research.
Contributors address how they have experienced and addressed
ethical issues in their research, and how they have balanced the
benefits and harms of doing such research for both the researcher
and the researched. Ethical Dilemmas in International
Criminological Research draws on various issues across a range of
jurisdictions and political and social contexts, including
cybercrime and transgressive online actions; state and police
responses to crime; the war on drugs; working with traumatised
participants in criminological research; punishment and prison; and
sex, sexualities, and gender. Moreover, this collection aims to
offer a truly international perspective, including insights from
research projects in the Global South. This book is essential
reading for junior scholars just starting out with original
research, as well as more seasoned researchers looking to gain
insights into the challenges of criminological research in other
cultural contexts. It is also instructive reading for students
taking courses in criminological and social research methods.
"New York Times" bestselling author and educator Ron Clark
challenges parents, teachers, and communities everywhere embrace a
difference in the classroom and uplift, educate, and empower our
children.
Read this book to find out why so many across the country have
embraced these powerful rules.
- Set the electric tone on day one
- Teach your children how to study--don't expect it to come
naturally
- Don't constantly stress about test scores
- Not every child deserves a cookie
- Lift up your teachers. No, really, lift them up
- If kids like you all the time, you're doing something wrong
- Don't be a penny parent
Be different. Be bold. Join in.
A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF
HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLD From the bestselling author of
Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book.
There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and
there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as
writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide
messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy. In 50 Codes that
Changed the World, Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes,
secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time to tell a new
history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient Greece to
the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes
might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum
mechanics, you will see how a few concealed words could help to win
wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.
Here is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking,
with opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of
the trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.
----------------------- Praise for Sinclair McKay's books: 'This
book [The Secret Life of Bletchley Park] seems a remarkably
faithful account of what we did, why it mattered, and how it all
felt at the time by someone who couldn't possibly have been born
then. - THE GUARDIAN [Bletchley Park Brainteasers] is outrageously
difficult but utterly fascinating. - THE EXPRESS 'Sinclair McKay's
account of this secret war of the airwaves in [Secret Listeners] is
as painstakingly researched and fascinating as his bestselling The
Secret Life Of Bletchley Park, and an essential companion to it.' -
DAILY MAIL
What is a life cycle? is the first Big Book of Level 10 in the Aweh! English reading scheme. Aweh! is a graded reading scheme that will awaken any child’s imagination as they join Mama Africa in saving the world’s stories by charging the Umthombo; the well of stories. The bright and colourful artwork provides a child-centred learning opportunity that integrates both the weekly Mathematics concept and the Life Skills topic. The inside cover identifies the key vocabulary and phonic focus for every book, and includes the Before, During and After Reading information to support the teacher in Shared Reading.
This collection aims to fill in the deep gaps of vital
contributions that have been erased from the sexuality field,
illuminating the historical and current work, strategies,
solutions, and thoughts from sexologists that have been excluded
until now. Historically, the US sexuality field has not included
the experiences and wisdom of racialized sexologists, educators,
therapists, or professionals. Instead, sexuality professionals have
been trained using a color-free narrative that does an injustice by
excluding their work as well as failing to offer a fuller
examination of how they have expanded the field and held it
accountable. The result of this wholesale erasure is that today
many sexuality professionals understand these contributions as
extra or tangential, and not part of the full vision and history of
the field of sexology. Highlighting the voices and experiences of
those who have been racialized and thus excluded, isolated, erased,
and yet have still emerged as vital contributors to the North
American sexuality field, this text offers a significant shift in
the way we learn and understand sexuality, one that is expansive
and committed to liberation, healing, equity, and justice. Divided
into three sections addressing safety, movement, and oral
narratives, the contributors offer insightful and provoking
chapters that discuss reproductive justice, LGBTQ themes, racial
and social justice, and gender, and disability justice,
demonstrating how these sexologists have been leaders, past and
present, in change and progression. This futuristic textbook
includes correction, engaged reading, and lesson plans which offers
community workers and trainers an opportunity to use the text in
their non-traditional learning environments. Creating a path
forward that many believed was impossible, this accessible book is
for all who work in and around sexuality. It welcomes inquiry and
celebrates our humanity for the worlds we are building now and for
the future.
On the night of November 7,1841, the Creole was transporting slaves
from Richmond, Virginia, to the auction block at New Orleans. A
band of slaves led by Marion Washington seized the crew and its
captain. Over the next several days they forced the Creole to sail
into Nassua harbor, where the British authorities offered freedom
to the slaves aboard, touching off a diplomatic squabble and
continuing legal ramifications.
Making Sense of Statistics, Eighth Edition, is the ideal
introduction to the concepts of descriptive and inferential
statistics for students undertaking their first research project.
It presents each statistical concept in a series of short steps,
then uses worked examples and exercises to enable students to apply
their own learning. It focuses on presenting the "why," as well as
the "how" of statistical concepts, rather than computations and
formulas. As such, it is suitable for students from all disciplines
regardless of mathematical background. Only statistical techniques
that are almost universally included in introductory statistics
courses, and widely reported in journals, have been included. This
conceptual book is useful for all study levels, from undergraduate
to doctoral level across disciplines. Once students understand and
feel comfortable with the statistics presented in this book, they
should find it easy to master additional statistical concepts. New
to the Eighth Edition Reorganization of chapters to allow a better
progress of conceptual understanding Additional discussions on
program evaluation, display of outcomes and examples Chapter
objectives at the beginning of each chapter are listed with clear
learning objectives for the reader Expanded Appendices include a
reference to common computational formulas and examples Glossary of
key terms has been updated to function as useful vocabulary list
for use in first course in statistics Updated online resources,
including a basic math review and answers, PowerPoint slides and a
test bank of questions The downloadable Support Material can be
accessed at: www.routledge.com/9781032289649
This is the first textbook designed to teach statistics to students
in aviation courses. All examples and exercises are grounded in an
aviation context, including flight instruction, air traffic
control, airport management, and human factors. Structured in six
parts, theiscovers the key foundational topics relative to
descriptive and inferential statistics, including hypothesis
testing, confidence intervals, z and t tests, correlation,
regression, ANOVA, and chi-square. In addition, this book promotes
both procedural knowledge and conceptual understanding. Detailed,
guided examples are presented from the perspective of conducting a
research study. Each analysis technique is clearly explained,
enabling readers to understand, carry out, and report results
correctly. Students are further supported by a range of pedagogical
features in each chapter, including objectives, a summary, and a
vocabulary check. Digital supplements comprise downloadable data
sets and short video lectures explaining key concepts. Instructors
also have access to PPT slides and an instructor’s manual that
consists of a test bank with multiple choice exams, exercises with
data sets, and solutions. This is the ideal statistics textbook for
aviation courses globally, especially in aviation statistics,
research methods in aviation, human factors, and related areas.
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