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International Perspectives on Inclusion within Society and
Education explores how the theme of inclusion in education and
society plays out across different nations and cultures. Covering
topics like dual citizenship, political loyalty, and migration, it
includes important discussions around poverty, educational
disadvantage, youth radicalisation and inequality. With
perspectives from a wide range of countries, including the USA, UK,
Finland, Kosovo, Albania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia and India, this book explores how issues
of inclusion are often decided by a majority for the majority,
which can lead to included minorities feeling disadvantaged and
paradoxically excluded. While setting up a strong case for
inclusion in society and education, it considers factors such as
poverty and mental health both nationally and internationally and
evaluates the effectiveness of additional financial resources and
educational support in creating an inclusive world. This book will
be of great interest for academics, researchers, and post graduate
students in the fields of comparative education, inclusive
education, sociology, political sciences and social work.
This volume examines the dynamics of socio-political order in
post-colonial states across the Pacific Islands region and West
Africa in order to elaborate on the processes and practices of
peace formation. Drawing on field research and engaging with
post-liberal conceptualisations of peacebuilding, this book
investigates the interaction of a variety of actors and
institutions involved in the provision of peace, security and
justice in post-colonial states. The chapters analyse how different
types of actors and institutions involved in peace formation engage
in and are interpenetrated by a host of relations in the local
arena, making 'the local' contested ground on which different
discourses and praxes of peace, security and justice coexist and
overlap. In the course of interactions, new and different forms of
socio-political order emerge which are far from being captured
through the familiar notions of a liberal peace and a Weberian
ideal-type state. Rather, this volume investigates how (dis)order
emerges as a result of interdependence among agents, thus laying
open the fundamentally relational character of peace formation.
This innovative relational, liminal and integrative understanding
of peace formation has far-reaching consequences for
internationally supported peacebuilding. This book will be of much
interest to students of statebuilding, peace studies, security
studies, governance, development and IR.
The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education explores how
increasing migration and population changes are having an
unprecedented impact on global education. Given that the number of
children of migrant background is growing internationally, there is
a need for increasing awareness of the educational attainment and
cultural integration of this population group. This book presents
international perspectives on migration and youth and analyses what
kinds of effects such demographic changes are having on educational
systems around the world. The chapters in this volume provide a
fascinating insight into how countries around the world are dealing
with loss or growth in their young population as well as changes to
their education systems. Written by specialist academics from the
relevant country, the book covers Cuba, Lithuania, the United
Kingdom, the United States, Finland, Greece, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Latvia, China, Australia, India, Italy and Poland. Taking
into consideration the countries' social and political context, the
chapters discuss educational issues surrounding curriculum,
assessment and the opportunities available for the support of young
people. Conclusions are drawn about what could be done in the
future for the benefit of both the migrant and the existing
populations. The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education will
be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate
students in the disciplines of education, sociology, political
sciences and social work. The book will also give secondary
teachers, teaching assistants, social workers and youth workers the
opportunity to reflect on their role within a national and
international context.
The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education explores how
increasing migration and population changes are having an
unprecedented impact on global education. Given that the number of
children of migrant background is growing internationally, there is
a need for increasing awareness of the educational attainment and
cultural integration of this population group. This book presents
international perspectives on migration and youth and analyses what
kinds of effects such demographic changes are having on educational
systems around the world. The chapters in this volume provide a
fascinating insight into how countries around the world are dealing
with loss or growth in their young population as well as changes to
their education systems. Written by specialist academics from the
relevant country, the book covers Cuba, Lithuania, the United
Kingdom, the United States, Finland, Greece, Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Latvia, China, Australia, India, Italy and Poland. Taking
into consideration the countries' social and political context, the
chapters discuss educational issues surrounding curriculum,
assessment and the opportunities available for the support of young
people. Conclusions are drawn about what could be done in the
future for the benefit of both the migrant and the existing
populations. The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education will
be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate
students in the disciplines of education, sociology, political
sciences and social work. The book will also give secondary
teachers, teaching assistants, social workers and youth workers the
opportunity to reflect on their role within a national and
international context.
From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates.
Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief: when your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create.
This might seem uncontroversial, but it flies in the face of a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself. While sweeping digital transformation holds great promise, we have reached an inflection point. The world has turned information technology into both a powerful tool and a formidable weapon, and new approaches are needed to manage an era defined by even more powerful inventions like artificial intelligence. Companies that create technology must accept greater responsibility for the future, and governments will need to regulate technology by moving faster and catching up with the pace of innovation.
In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne bring us a captivating narrative from the cockpit of one of the world's largest and most powerful tech companies as it finds itself in the middle of some of the thorniest emerging issues of our time. These are challenges that come with no pre-existing playbook, including privacy, cybercrime and cyberwar, social media, the moral conundrums of artificial intelligence, big tech's relationship to inequality, and the challenges for democracy, far and near. While in no way a self-glorifying "Microsoft memoir," the book pulls back the curtain remarkably wide onto some of the company's most crucial recent decision points as it strives to protect the hopes technology offers against the very real threats it also presents. There are huge ramifications for communities and countries, and Brad Smith provides a thoughtful and urgent contribution to that effort.
In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith takes us behind the scenes on some of the biggest stories to hit the tech industry in the past decade and some of the biggest threats we face. From Edward Snowden's NSA leak to the NHS WannaCry ransomware attack, this book is essential reading to understand what's happening in the world around us.
Following the development of the German Lied after the nineteenth
century - when it was widely known as the setting of Romantic
poetry to music - this book explores the changing artistic scene in
the early twentieth century, as rapid social, economic and
environmental changes affected German cultural production. The Lied
then faced not only a crisis of identity, but also a threat to its
survival. This book considers the literary and musical ideas that
both challenged and complemented each other as new directions in
songwriting were developed across the modern period. The composers
selected for their relevance in Lieder composition during this time
illustrate not only the diversity of their musical thought but also
a changing approach to the relationship between the poetic text and
its musical counterpart. Hans Pfitzner represents the determination
to maintain established tradition; subsequently, a chronological
progression through the individuality of Paul Hindemith and social
integrity of Hanns Eisler leads to the point where transformation
of the genre can be said to have begun, with Arnold Schoenberg.
With the Lieder of Alban Berg and Anton Webern, the genre arrived
at a point of convergence with the ideals of German modernism. This
study offers new insights into the cultural significance of German
songwriting in the first part of the twentieth century.
A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of
Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing
how it departed from continental practice largely due to a
differing perception and application of Pelagianism. Christ in
Celtic Christianity gives a new interpretation of the nature of
Christianity in Celtic Britain and Ireland from the fifth to the
tenth century. The written and visual evidence on which the authors
base their argument includes images of Christ created in and for
this milieu, taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture and
reproduced in this study. The authors challenge the received
opinion that Celtic Christians were in unity with Romein all
matters except the method of Easter reckoning and the shape of the
clerical tonsure. They find, on the contrary, that the strain of
the Pelagian heresy which rooted itself in Britain in the early
fifth century influenced the theology and practice of the Celtic
monastic Churches on both sides of the Irish Sea for several
hundred years, creating a theological spectrum quite distinct from
that of continental establishments. MICHAEL W. HERRENis Professor
of Classics and Distinguished Research Professor at York University
(Toronto), a member of the Graduate Faculty at the Centre for
Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, and an Honorary
Member of the Royal Irish Academy; SHIRLEY ANN BROWN is Professor
of Art History and a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at
York University.
International Perspectives on Inclusion within Society and
Education explores how the theme of inclusion in education and
society plays out across different nations and cultures. Covering
topics like dual citizenship, political loyalty, and migration, it
includes important discussions around poverty, educational
disadvantage, youth radicalisation and inequality. With
perspectives from a wide range of countries, including the USA, UK,
Finland, Kosovo, Albania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia and India, this book explores how issues
of inclusion are often decided by a majority for the majority,
which can lead to included minorities feeling disadvantaged and
paradoxically excluded. While setting up a strong case for
inclusion in society and education, it considers factors such as
poverty and mental health both nationally and internationally and
evaluates the effectiveness of additional financial resources and
educational support in creating an inclusive world. This book will
be of great interest for academics, researchers, and post graduate
students in the fields of comparative education, inclusive
education, sociology, political sciences and social work.
Exploring Childhood in a Comparative Context meets an increasing
need for students focusing on early childhood to be familiar with
alternative practices in other countries. Providing a ready-made
source of information about a wide range of countries including
Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, New Zealand, Japan,
South Africa and many more, the book clearly describes the way each
country understands and conceptualises childhood. Each chapter
includes contextual information about the country, an introduction
to the theory that has shaped practice and describes the curriculum
for pre-school and primary education. Including vignettes from
practitioners working in each country to illustrate practice, the
chapters explore key themes such as: Child development Parental
involvement Teaching and learning Professionalism Assessment Pupil
experience. Accessibly written and including opportunities for
reflection, this timely new book will give students a valuable
insight into alternative education systems that is essential if
they are to become practitioners with a current and global
approach.
This three volume set concentrates on Henry James, Edith Wharton
and Oscar Wilde, all born into wealthy society and who spent their
literary careers documenting and satirising this millieu. This
collection includes digitally cleaned facsimile reprints and a wide
range of documents written by the authors' contemporaries.
This volume examines the dynamics of socio-political order in
post-colonial states across the Pacific Islands region and West
Africa in order to elaborate on the processes and practices of
peace formation. Drawing on field research and engaging with
post-liberal conceptualisations of peacebuilding, this book
investigates the interaction of a variety of actors and
institutions involved in the provision of peace, security and
justice in post-colonial states. The chapters analyse how different
types of actors and institutions involved in peace formation engage
in and are interpenetrated by a host of relations in the local
arena, making 'the local' contested ground on which different
discourses and praxes of peace, security and justice coexist and
overlap. In the course of interactions, new and different forms of
socio-political order emerge which are far from being captured
through the familiar notions of a liberal peace and a Weberian
ideal-type state. Rather, this volume investigates how (dis)order
emerges as a result of interdependence among agents, thus laying
open the fundamentally relational character of peace formation.
This innovative relational, liminal and integrative understanding
of peace formation has far-reaching consequences for
internationally supported peacebuilding. This book will be of much
interest to students of statebuilding, peace studies, security
studies, governance, development and IR.
A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in
Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief
diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States
about Cuba. As part of the National Association of Diversity
Officers in Higher Education delegation to Cuba in July, 2015, A
Promising Reality represents a collection of voices, experiences,
and perspectives about issues of race, gender, cultural identity,
and the African experience in Cuba. Key themes explored include
Cuban culture, the Cuban Revolution, politics, economics,
education, equity, and social change. Utilizing narrative inquiry,
some of the reflections are comparative with the United States, and
some reflections focus exclusively on Cuba. The book takes readers
on a journey of thought-provoking stories that reflect the
excitement, uncertainty, complexity, and promising possibilities on
the cusp of changing diplomatic, political, economic, and social
relationships between the United States and Cuba. A Promising
Reality seeks to broaden the perspectives of its readers regarding
US-Cuban relations. This book is ideal for courses on international
relations, international studies, international affairs,
comparative cultures, political science, education, politics,
sociology, history, race, gender, and social justice. It is a
must-read for anyone traveling to Cuba as part of study-abroad,
professional development, or personal adventure.
A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in
Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief
diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States
about Cuba. As part of the National Association of Diversity
Officers in Higher Education delegation to Cuba in July, 2015, A
Promising Reality represents a collection of voices, experiences,
and perspectives about issues of race, gender, cultural identity,
and the African experience in Cuba. Key themes explored include
Cuban culture, the Cuban Revolution, politics, economics,
education, equity, and social change. Utilizing narrative inquiry,
some of the reflections are comparative with the United States, and
some reflections focus exclusively on Cuba. The book takes readers
on a journey of thought-provoking stories that reflect the
excitement, uncertainty, complexity, and promising possibilities on
the cusp of changing diplomatic, political, economic, and social
relationships between the United States and Cuba. A Promising
Reality seeks to broaden the perspectives of its readers regarding
US-Cuban relations. This book is ideal for courses on international
relations, international studies, international affairs,
comparative cultures, political science, education, politics,
sociology, history, race, gender, and social justice. It is a
must-read for anyone traveling to Cuba as part of study-abroad,
professional development, or personal adventure.
Migration and the Education of Young People 0-19 investigates
migration from a number of perspectives to consider the changing
dynamics of society within different countries. Examining the data
associated with global migration by focusing on case studies from a
wide range of countries, it provides detailed and balanced coverage
of this politically sensitive topic to explore the educational
needs of migrant young people, the impact of large-scale migration
to and from countries and the policy challenges that individual
countries face when ensuring adequate provision for migrant young
people within their education systems. Chapters cover: The reasons
why people might move Social and emotional learning in Britain: a
tool to guard against cultural pollution? Migration into a global
city: the economic and educational success of London Latvian people
on the move and the impact on education People's movement - Greece
Return migration in Lithuania: incoming challenges for children's
education The United States, Latin America, immigration and
education Tanzanian street children: victims, ordinary lives or
extraordinary survivors? This book explores the changing social
dynamics through an extensive range of case studies and will be an
essential resource for students taking undergraduate and
postgraduate courses in education, sociology and international
relations.
Migration and the Education of Young People 0-19 investigates
migration from a number of perspectives to consider the changing
dynamics of society within different countries. Examining the data
associated with global migration by focusing on case studies from a
wide range of countries, it provides detailed and balanced coverage
of this politically sensitive topic to explore the educational
needs of migrant young people, the impact of large-scale migration
to and from countries and the policy challenges that individual
countries face when ensuring adequate provision for migrant young
people within their education systems. Chapters cover: The reasons
why people might move Social and emotional learning in Britain: a
tool to guard against cultural pollution? Migration into a global
city: the economic and educational success of London Latvian people
on the move and the impact on education People's movement - Greece
Return migration in Lithuania: incoming challenges for children's
education The United States, Latin America, immigration and
education Tanzanian street children: victims, ordinary lives or
extraordinary survivors? This book explores the changing social
dynamics through an extensive range of case studies and will be an
essential resource for students taking undergraduate and
postgraduate courses in education, sociology and international
relations.
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