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An intriguing collection of stories of ghost spirits in nature and
the underworld, passed on through countless generations.
Master the fundamentals of digital communications systems with this
accessible and hands-on introductory textbook, carefully
interweaving theory and practice. The just-in-time approach
introduces essential background as needed, keeping academic theory
firmly linked to practical applications. The example-led teaching
frames key concepts in the context of real-world systems, such as
5G, WiFi, and GPS. Stark provides foundational material on the
trade-offs between energy and bandwidth efficiency, giving students
a solid grounding in the fundamental challenges of designing
digital communications systems. Features include over 300
illustrative figures, 80 examples, and 130 end-of-chapter problems
to reinforce student understanding, with solutions for instructors.
Accompanied online by lecture slides, computational MATLAB® and
Python resources, and supporting data sets, this is the ideal
introduction to digital communications for senior undergraduate and
graduate students in electrical engineering.
Care-Based Methodologies reimagines relationships between
researchers and youth participants in school-based research. The
book calls attention to care-based methodologies as essential to
qualitative and ethnographic research in schools, particularly when
participants are youth from nondominant communities. While
researchers come to schools seeking to understand youths’ lived
experiences and become implicated in the quotidian rhythms of their
lives, it is rare that they receive training on how to navigate the
complex interpersonal dynamics and relationships that take shape
during long-term school research. How can researchers ensure that
they care for the wellbeing of youth, not just the stories and data
collected from them? How do researchers maneuver the various roles
they may come to play in youth’s lives over the course of, and
beyond, a study with care? What happens when scholars transgress
the traditional power dynamics of researcher-participant
relationships to walk with youth in their research? This book
illustrates the possibilities for conducting rigorous and
responsible research that simultaneously improves our understanding
of youth’s lives, cares for their wellbeing, and works toward
dismantling the systems that oppress them. The editors of the
volume offer an opening chapter that articulates how researchers
can practice care-based methodologies with youth by centering
transparency, reflexivity, reciprocity, curiosity, consent, and
self-care. The chapters that follow draw from a range of
qualitative and ethnographic studies to highlight how care mediates
and informs the research process and offer concrete guidance for
employing care-based methodologies in school-based studies with
youth.
Students invest significant resources in coming to university and
universities play a crucial role in enabling their students to
benefit from this investment and to be employable once they have
finished their degree. Giving a platform to the debate about
graduate employability from the student, university and employer
perspectives, this innovative How To Guide explores the challenges
associated with ensuring the employability of university graduates.
In defining the nature of employability, the book discusses how the
concept is a shared responsibility dependent on individual
capabilities, the labour market and social capital. Considering
what employers want from graduates, this book looks at how
universities can provide strong graduate outcomes and inclusive
career opportunities irrespective of student background. The book
illustrates ways to embed employability across the curriculum,
suggesting innovative approaches to careers guidance and specific
employability initiatives, while upholding the benefits of
entrepreneurial activities and widening participation
opportunities. With insights from around the world, the book
concludes by thinking about the institutional response to the
challenges faced by the employability agenda, reflecting on how
research has developed over the past 20 years. Interdisciplinary
and comparative in scope, this book of international case studies
of employability approaches across a wide range of educational
institutions will prove an engaging resource for students and
scholars of business, education management, and teaching methods.
Its exploration of regulatory environments will also prove useful
for policymakers working in education.
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