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New Social Foundations for Education There has been growing scholarly attention to questions about the revival of religion and religiosity on global social, cultural and political fronts and the emergence

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Treating Child and Adolescent Aggression Through Bibliotherapy Antisocial acts by children and teens are on the rise – from verbal abuse to physical bullying to cyber-threats to weapons in schools.

Literacy and Education: Essays in memory of Dina Feitelson The chapters in this book were contributed by researchers in the area of literacy education and the psychology of reading. The

Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic Root-Based Morphology This book puts together contributions of linguists and psycholinguists whose main interest here is the representation of Semitic words in

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Theatre as a Medium for Children and Young People: Images and Observations This book is organized around nine chapters. Each chapter contains images and arguments developed around topics of importance

The Shape of Sociology for the 21st Century: Tradition and Renewal “This is an important and thought-provoking collection of contemporary articles on the current crisis in social theory.”– Professor Roger

Modern Gnosis and Zionism, The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a

Teaching, Learning, and Visual Literacy: The Dual Role of Visual Representation Visual literacy is an increasingly critical skill in a globalizing, digital world. This book addresses the core issues concerning

Fostering Change in Institutions, Environments, and People This volume is comprised of contributions from leading scholars in education and psychology. In part one of the book the authors provide insight

Beyond the Modern-Postmodern Struggle in Education This book is an attempt to historically and conceptually address the present human condition and the current specific role of education as a distinctively

Future Orientation: Developmental and Ecological Perspectives Where am I going? What do I want to do with my life? Such questions are typical of—even essential to—adolescence and continue to influence

Education in the Era of Globalization In this book we try to address the challenge of global transformations to education in the broadest sense of the concept of education, by

Sozialarbeit in einer multikulturellen Gesellschaft: Ansätze, Modelle und Interventionen Die Welt ist ständig großen demographischen Wandlungen unterworfen (Guadalup und Lum 2005; Hodge 2005; Jordan 2008). Diese Veränderungen erhöhen die Mannigfaltigkeit,

The Possibility/Impossibility of a New Critical Language in Education The critique of Critical Pedagogy—in its current various trends and paths teaches me not only the shortcomings of various versions of

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Disability from a Humanistic Perspective: Towards a Better Quality of Life The objective of this book is to advance awareness and sensitivity towards the special social and personal needs of

Echoes of the Trauma: Relational Themes and Emotions in Children of Holocaust Survivors This book discusses the echoes of the trauma that are traced in the relational narratives that the

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Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses Everyday Life in Asia offers a range of detailed case studies which present social perspectives on sensory experiences in Asia. Thematically

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Shifting Polarized Positions: A Narrative Approach in Teacher Education The authors of this book—teachers of foundation courses to pre-service and in-service teachers in Canada, Israel, and the United States—use culturally

Anxiety 101 (Psych 101) This book provides students with a clear understanding of anxiety research and practice. It reflects the substantial progress recently made in research in the areas of

Immigrant Youth Who Excel: Globalization’s Uncelebrated Heroes This book adopts an asset-based view of immigrant youth, focusing on their potentialities rather than on their disadvantages. It is based on a

Deutsch-Jüdische Jugendliche im Zeitalter der Jugend This groundbreaking collection of essays discusses from a variety of historical, philosophical, and cultural perspectives the appearance of the Jewish Youth Movements and youth

Attachment in Adolescence: Reflections and New Angles The physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that characterize adolescence invite a closer conceptual look at attachment processes and organization during this period.

Policy-Making in Education: A Holistic Approach in Response to Global Changes This book is based on the notion that an adequate response to globalization challenges requires a holistic approach to

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