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Women's Voices in the Field of Educational Technology
by J. Ana DonaldsonIn a professional world that has a tradition of the "good old boy" network, women long have fought for recognition in the educational technology field. In this book authors discuss the women in their own lives who have made the difference for them in their professional development. A group of 31 individuals from the USA, Canada, Northern Cyprus, the UK, and South Korea were asked to be part of this endeavor. The breadth of the list was intended to bring together as many perspectives as possible. Some stories included in this book are deeply private, others offer historical perspectives of women's roles in educational technology, while others focus on mentoring. This book is intended as a resource for all individuals in the field of educational technology, instructional design, and learning design at a national and international level.
Women, Clubs and Associations in Britain (Routledge Research in Gender and History)
by Peter Gordon David DoughanWomen have been consistently excluded from all manner of clubs and associations over the years, whether as the direct result of an anti-woman policy or indirectly through prohibitive entry requirements, social constraints, or conflict of interests and tastes. Retaliation from women has taken two directions: some women have set up their own exclusive clubs that reflect their own interests and aims, while others have taken on the men and striven to break down resistance to their joining ‘men’s’ clubs on an equal footing. This book traces the development of the current situation, drawing from a wide range of sources, some of which have never been published before. Looking at the different types of clubs and associations that include women and girls from the WI to the Girl Guides, this book is a rich social history full of fascinating observations and stories, and will be absorbing reading for anyone interested in sociology, women’s history or the transformation of Britain’s social life.
Women, Economic Development, and Higher Education
by Diane E. EynonThis book is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the intersection, relationship, and connection between higher education, economic development, and gender in post-Apartheid South Africa. In just twenty years, South Africa has rewritten its constitution, restructured its macroeconomic growth and development policies, restructured its higher education system, and made a commitment to provide opportunity for all its citizens, specifically those who have historically been marginalized, women and blacks. Eynon weaves together these unique perspectives to illustrate how these multiple domains map onto women and the critical role they play in the present and future of the country. Gender equality and women's empowerment and education were considered key drivers to South Africa's transformation.
Women, Education, and Agency, 1600-2000 (Routledge Research in Gender and History)
by Jean Spence Sarah Aiston Maureen M. MeikleThis collection of essays brings together an international roster of contributors to provide historical insight into women’s agency and activism in education throughout from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Topics discussed range from the strategies adopted by individual women to achieve a personal education and the influence of educated women upon their social environment, to the organized efforts of groups of women to pursue broader feminist goals in an educational context. The collection is designed to recover the variety of the voices of women inhabiting different geographical and social contexts while highlighting commonality and continuity with reference to creativity, achievement, and the management and transgression of structures of gender inequality.
Women, Education, and Development in Asia: Cross-National Perspectives (Reference Books in International Education #33)
by Grace C. L. MakFirst Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Women, Family, and Class: The Lillian Rubin Reader
by Michael S. Kimmel Amy Elizabeth TraverFor more than 40 years, Lillian Rubin's work has stood as a model for the integration of the psychological and the sociological in studies of class, male-female relationships and friendships, women and aging, the sexual revolution, and the contemporary crisis of the American family. Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family and her other books have been enormously influential. This new book brings together articles and book excerpts that reflect Rubin's revolutionary style and her distinct analytic contributions.
Women, Gender, and History Education: Perspectives from Ontario and Quebec
by Kristina R. Llewellyn Marie-Hélène Brunet Rose Fine-MeyerThis is the first edited collection to focus on women, gender, and history education in Canada. The aim of this edited collection is threefold: to offer a historical analysis of women and gender in K-12 teaching and learning of history; to provide an examination of women and gender in relation to contemporary pedagogy, curriculum, and resources in K-12 history education and teacher education; and, to explore the future of history education when informed by intersectional feminism and gender theory. Readers are introduced to the ways in which women’s historical narratives have been repeatedly marginalized, despite the efforts of feminist activists and educators. This collection is the beginning of a long overdue conversation about women and gender in how we teach and learn about the past.
Women, Islam and Education in Iran: Educating Women In The Islamic Republic Of Iran (Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education)
by Goli M. Rezai-Rashti Golnar Mehran Shirin AbdmolaeiDrawing on the complexities and nuances in women’s education in relation to the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this edited collection examines implications of religious-based policies on gender relations as well as the unanticipated outcomes of increasing participation of women in education. With a focus on the impact of the Islamic Republic’s Islamicization endeavor on Iranian society, specifically gender relations and education, this volume offers insight into the paradox of increasing educational opportunities despite discriminatory laws and restrictions that have been imposed on women.
Women, Mission and Church in Uganda: Ethnographic encounters in an age of imperialism, 1895-1960s (Routledge Studies in Modern British History)
by Elizabeth DimockThis volume recounts the experiences of female missionaries who worked in Uganda in and after 1895. It examines the personal stories of those women who were faced with a stubbornly masculine administration representative of a wider masculine administrative network in Westminster and other outposts of the British Empire. Encounters with Ugandan women and men of a range of ethnicities, the gender relations in those societies and relations between the British Protectorate administration and Ugandan Christian women are all explored in detail. The analysis is offset by the author’s experience of working in Uganda at the close of British Protectorate status in the 1960s, employed by the Uganda Government Education Department in a school founded by the Uganda Mission.
Women, Music and Leadership
by Helen RusakWomen, Music and Leadership offers a wide-ranging survey of women in musical leadership and their experiences, highlighting women’s achievements and considering how they negotiate the challenges of the leadership space in music. Women have always participated in music as performers, teachers, composers and professionals, but remain underrepresented in leadership positions. Covering women’s leadership across a wide variety of roles and musical genres, this book addresses women in classical music, gospel, blues, jazz, popular music, electronic music and non-Western musical contexts, and considers women working as composers, as conductors, and in music management and the music business. Each chapter includes several case studies of women’s careers, exploring their groundbreaking contributions to music and the challenges they faced as leaders. Connecting management theory and leadership research with feminist musicology, this book paints a new picture of women’s major contributions as leaders in music and their ongoing struggles for equity. It will be relevant to students and scholars in arts and music management, as well as all those studying music, gender or leadership, and women music professionals.
Women, Power Relations, and Education in a Transnational World (Global Histories of Education)
by Christine Mayer Adelina ArredondoThis edited collection addresses the nexus of gender, power relations, and education from various angles while covering a broad spectrum of the history of education in both time and geographic space. Taking the position that historians of gender and education find the concept of transnationalism very useful for a deeper understanding of historical change and situations, the editors and their contributors employ a transnational perspective to explore the complex and entangled dimensions of a history of education that transcends regional and national boundaries through a variety of approaches (e.g. through exploring new fields of research, sources, questions, perspectives for interpretation, or methodologies). In doing so, they also undertake to open up a transnational global perspective for the historiography of education.
Women, War, Violence and Learning
by Shahrzad MojabThis anthology provides fresh theorization of gendered dimensions of learning, war, and violence, with a view to offering new insights on the impact of violence on women’s learning and well being. The collection is an important contribution to emerging interdisciplinary approaches to the role and effectiveness of civil society, especially women’s NGOs, working in war and post-conflict zones, and to the relationship between neoliberal, global ‘feminist’ projects and the re-emergence of colonial and imperial feminisms. This collection is also an exploration of the plausibility of current peace education strategies augmenting the political and leadership role of women and their civic engagement.This collection is designed to create a space for conversation across disciplines on such issues as how to advance our conceptualization of gender-related education and conflict; how to provide empirically-based case studies and transnational analyses that improves our understanding of the impact of war and violence on women’s learning; and how to contribute to national and international policy analyses to improve education for women and girls, through related policy reforms or humanitarian aid programs in post-war reconstruction efforts.This book was published as a special issue in the International Journal of Lifelong Education.
Women, Work and Colonialism in the Netherlands and Java: Comparisons, Contrasts, and Connections, 1830–1940 (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)
by Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk‘This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.’—Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK ‘By exploring how colonialism affected women’s work in the Dutch Empire this carefully researched book urges us to rethink the momentous implications of colonial exploitation on gender roles both in periphery and metropolis.’ —Ulbe Bosma, the Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ‘In this exciting and original book, Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk exposes how colonial connections helped determine the status and position of women in both the Netherlands and Java. The effects of these connections continue to shape women’s lives in both colony and metropole today.’—Jane Humphries, University of Oxford, UKRecent postcolonial studies have stressed the importance of the mutual influences of colonialism on both colony and metropole. This book studies such colonial entanglements and their effects by focusing on developments in household labour in the Dutch Empire in the period 1830-1940. The changing role of households’, and particularly women’s, economic activities in the Netherlands and Java, one of the most important Dutch colonies, forms an excellent case study to help understand the connections and disparities between colony and metropole.The author contends that colonial entanglements certainly existed, and influenced developments in women’s economic role to an extent, both in Java and the Netherlands. However, during the nineteenth century, more and more distinctions in the visions and policies towards Dutch working class and Javanese peasant households emerged. Accordingly, a more sophisticated framework is needed to explain how and why such connections were – both intentionally and unintentionally – severed over time.
Women’s Contribution to Higher Education and Social Transformation: Implications for Policy and Praxis from Kenya (Diversity and Inclusion Research)
by Lucy A. WakiagaThis book provides deep insights about women in higher education and their contributions to society. Using Kenya as a case study, it places women in higher education at the center of the socioeconomic, political and cultural discourse both within and outside the higher education institution. It is notable that even with the progress made, both in Kenya and globally, gender considerations in social, economic, political and cultural spheres is still minimal.In higher education, gender imbalance is still distinct in varied areas such as career advancement, leadership, mentorship, and scholarship opportunities. In society, women’s efforts still seem to go unnoticed. The aim of these chapters, therefore, is to share women’s research in higher education and in society especially innovative policy and practice concepts, all aimed at contributing to social transformation.
Women’s Lived Experiences of the Gender Gap: Gender Inequalities from Multiple Global Perspectives (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Angela FitzgeraldThis book explores gender inequity and the gender gap from a range of perspectives including historical, motherhood, professional life and diversity. Using a narrative approach, the book shares diverse experiences and perspectives of the gender gap and the pervasive impact it has. Through authors' in-depth insights and critical analysis, each chapter addresses the gender gap by providing a nuanced understanding of the impact of the particular lens. It shares a holistic understanding of lived experiences of gender inequity.The book offers interdisciplinary insights into current political, social, economic and cultural impacts on women and their lived experiences of inequity. It provides multiple voices from across the world and draws on narrative approaches to sharing evidence-based insights. It includes further insights and critique of each chapter to widen the perspectives shared as the gender gap is explored and provide rigorous discussion about what possibilities and challenges are inherent in the proposed solutions as well as offering new ones.Chapter 10 and chapter 11 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Women’s Work in the Pandemic Economy: The Unbearable Hazard of Hierarchy
by Myfan JordanThis book explores two unique studies of women’s economic behaviour during Australia’s COVID-19 crisis. The first describes the care ‘frontline’ in the feminised labor sectors of healthcare and education, identifying extreme workload pressures, deteriorating conditions, and a shockingly high incidence of workplace bullying: including women targeting other women workers. The author argues workplace cultures are almost inevitable in Australia’s advanced neoliberal economy, where a patri-colonial legacy continues to devalue and under-resource women’s work.In contrast, a second study of voluntary care provisioning taking place in ‘hyperlocal digital sharing networks’ over the same period identifies very different economic behaviours. Here, women – and occasionally men – instead engage in ‘care-full’ labors of gifting, collective provisioning, and hive mind problem-solving, that align with the gift economy models seen in degrowth theory.This book will interest scholars in gender studies, sociology, and economics, particularly those interested in care work, the gift economy, and women’s labor.
Wonder
by Rachel VailEverything changes for twelve-year-old Jessica when she enters junior high school and finds herself a social outcast, ignored by all her former friends.
Wonder (ed. aniversari)
by R.J. PalacioNúmero 1 en vendes a The New York Times;Millor llibre de l'any a Amazon i Barnes and Noble;Millor llibre juvenil de 2012 a Publishers Weekly,Kirkus Review, Booklist, School Library Journal i Washington Post «Em dic August, per cert. No penso descriure la meva cara.Segur que és molt pitjor que tot el que us esteu imaginant». August (Auggie) Pullman ha nascut amb una greu deformació a la cara i s'ha hagut de sotmetre a tantes operacions que no ha pogut anar mai a l'escola; fins ara, que té deu anys i està a punt de començar cinquè a l'escola Beecher. Si alguna vegada heu sigut nous, ja sabeu que dur que és.. Doncs imagineu-vos com deu ser quan tens una cara com l'August. Aconseguirà que els seus companys l'acceptin com un més, encara que sigui el nen més estrany que han vist mai?En un món en què el bullying entre els joves s'està convertint en una veritable epidèmia, els llibres de la sèrie Wonder ofereixen una nova visió, necessària i esperançadora. No t'estiguis d ellegir aquest llibre: la teva vida serà millor. La crítica ha dit:«El que fa que aquesta novel·la sigui tan extraordinària i tan deliciosa és la insòlita generositat amb què R.J. Palacio ens explica la vida de l'Auggie. El resultat és una història preciosa i divertida -i que de vegades et fa plorar a llàgrima viva- sobre una transformació silenciosa.»The Wall Street Journal
Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Snatcher
by Lois DuncanTerrorized by an evil lunch-snatcher at his new school, Brian devises, with the help of a fellow comic book fan, a plan involving a new superhero called Wonder Kid.
Wonder Walls: How to Transform Your Space with Colorful Geometrics, Graphic Lettering, and Other Fabulous Paint Techniques
by Phoebe Cornog Roxy PrimaWallpaper may be desirable, but it can be expensive, difficult to install, and damaging to the wall upon removal. Street art and graffiti might seem unattainable, but everyone has an interior wall they can paint. Wall painting offers a way to achieve these modern design effects in the home, and it can be accessible to everyone — even those who don&’t consider themselves artists. This bright and colorful book from the creators of Pandr Design Co. features DIY how-to wall painting techniques that will help readers discover the possibilities of paint and see their walls as their canvas. Authors Phoebe Cornog and Roxy Prima take readers through wall preparation and paint selection and then teach how to achieve different techniques step by step, from marbling to sponging to geometric design to lettering and more. They address tips, tricks, and troubleshooting and help readers customize their home — without breaking a sweat or breaking the bank. For fans of interior design or anyone seeking to bring color into their home and make their space unique, this book will spark the imagination, feed creativity, and deliver the confidence to do it themselves. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
Wonder Woman 1984: Destined for Greatness (I Can Read Level 3)
by Alexandra WestWonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters in fall 2020, from Warner Bros. Pictures, and will see the return of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast as friend turned foe Barbara Minerva, aka The Cheetah! Based on the Warner Bros. major motion picture, Wonder Woman 1984: Destined for Greatness is a uniquely illustrated 32-page Level 3 I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. As a bonus, this I Can Read features eight pages of live-action photos taken right from the film! Experience the excitement of Wonder Woman 1984 all over again in this early reader that retells the opening scene from the film! Young Diana competes for the first time in the Amazon Games, but will she win the race or will her victory be cut short?
Wonder Woman 1984: Inspirational Quotes & Stories from Wonder Woman (Wonder Woman 1984)
by Alexandra WestWonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters in fall 2020, from Warner Bros. Pictures, and will see the return of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast as friend turned foe Barbara Minerva, aka The Cheetah! Unlock your inner warrior in this inspirational collection of quotes and stories from the mind of the greatest female Super Hero of all time—Wonder Woman! This gift book is perfect for fans of all ages and not only includes stories from Wonder Woman, who is now living in the year 1984, but also quotes from both of the Wonder Woman films! Illustrated with unique, full-color artwork and written in Diana’s own voice, there’s no doubt that Truth, Love, & Wonder is sure to be a favorite of Wonder Woman fans everywhere!
Wonder Woman 1984: Meet Wonder Woman (I Can Read Level 3)
by Alexandra WestWonder Woman 1984 is set to hit theaters in fall 2020, from Warner Bros. Pictures, and will see the return of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, with Kristen Wiig joining the cast as friend turned foe Barbara Minerva, aka The Cheetah!Based on the Warner Bros. major motion picture, Wonder Woman 1984: Meet Wonder Woman is a 32-page Level 3 I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.Featuring dozens of action-packed photos taken right from the film! Learn about Wonder Woman and her rival Cheetah—plus over ten other characters to discover!
Wonder-Full Education: The Centrality of Wonder in Teaching and Learning Across the Curriculum
by Kieran Egan, Annabella Cant and Gillian JudsonFor many children much of the time their experience in classrooms can be rather dull, and yet the world the school is supposed to initiate children into is full of wonder. This book offers a rich understanding of the nature and roles of wonder in general and provides multiple suggestions for to how to revive wonder in adults (teachers and curriculum makers) and how to keep it alive in children. Its aim is to show that adequate education needs to take seriously the task of evoking wonder about the content of the curriculum and to show how this can routinely be done in everyday classrooms. The authors do not wax flowery; they present strong arguments based on either research or precisely described experience, and demonstrate how this argument can be seen to work itself out in daily practice. The emphasis is not on ways of evoking wonder that might require virtuoso teaching, but rather on how wonder can be evoked about the everyday features of the math or science or social studies curriculum in regular classrooms.
Wonder. El juego de Christopher
by R.J. PalacioTierna, intimista, inteligente, Wonder. El juego de Christopher nos lleva al principio de todo, al momento en el que todo comenzó... Millones de lectores aman a Auggie, el protagonista de La lección de August. ¿Pero cómo era su vida antes de ir al colegio? Christopher fue el mejor amigo de August desde que eran bebés hasta que se cambió de casa. Estuvo a su lado durante todas sus operaciones y desengaños, y también en los buenos momentos, como cuando veían La Guerra de las Galaxias o imaginaban viajar juntos a Plutón. Pero desde entonces han pasado muchas cosas, y Auggie y Christopher han tenido que aprender que la verdadera amistad merece un esfuerzo extra. Sensible, intimista y perspicaz, Wonder. El juego de Christopher es la historia de dos chicos que deberán descubrir que las grandes amistades a veces requieren un poco de esfuerzo. Es la historia de una amistad a través del tiempo y del espacio. En un mundo en el que el bullying entre los jóvenes se está convirtiendo en una verdadera epidemia, los libros de la serie «Wonder» ofrecen una nueva visión refrescante, necesaria y esperanzadora.