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Mathematical Reasoning and Visualization -- Visualization in Logic and Mathematics -- From Symmetry Perception to Basic Geometry -- Naturalism, Pictures, and Platonic Intuitions -- Mathematical Activity -- Mathematical Explanation and Proof Styles -- Tertium Non Datur: On Reasoning Styles in Early Mathematics -- The Interplay Between Proof and Algorithm in 3rd Century China: The Operation as Pr…
Chapter 1. MOOCs and Educational Value -- Chapter 2. The Economic Crisis and the Rise of MOOCs -- Chapter 3. What are MOOCs? -- Chapter 4. The Primary Educational Value of MOOCs -- Chapter 5. MOOCs and Career Qualifications: Certificates, Credits, Diplomas and Beyond -- Chapter 6. Three Contributions of MOOCs. .This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs …
The Educational Significance of Human and Non-Human Animal Interactions explores human animal/non-human animal interactions from different disciplinary perspectives, from education policy to philosophy of education and ecopedagogy. The authors refute the idea of anthropocentrism (the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet) through an ethical investiga…
Examining cases in educational technology from computer assisted instruction to MOOCs, this volume shows how social interests frame reform programs and realign organizational and pedagogical strategies around them to produce a particular environment for change in higher education. Technology is a contingent product rather than a driver of such changes, suggesting that the politics of reform in …
Preface -- Chapter 1. Philosophy of technology: what and why? -- Chapter 2. Technological artifacts -- Chapter 3. Technological knowledge -- Chapter 4. Technological processes -- Chapter 5. Technology and the nature of humans -- Chapter 6. Ethics and aesthetics of technology -- Chapter 7. Learners’ philosophies of technology -- Chapter 8. Reconceptualizing technology through education -- Chap…
This book explores the strong links between sustainability and the humanities, which go beyond the inclusion of social sciences in discussions on sustainability, and offers a holistic discussion on the intellectual and moral aspects of sustainable development. The contributions from researchers in the fields of education, social sciences, religion, humanities, and sustainable development fulfil…
Preface by Jane Erricker and Clive Erricker -- 1. Introduction: Contemporary understandings and applications of spirituality: An introduction; Marian de Souza -- Section 1: Mysticism and Secularism -- 2. Christian spirituality and religious mysticism: Adjunct, parallel or embedded concepts?; Bernadette Flanagan -- 3. Spirituality and mysticism literature from Iran; Haleh Rafi -- 4. Contemporary…
Chapter 1: Science Education as a Site of Struggle -- Chapter 2: The Constitution of Subjectivities: Discourse, Practices, and Repetition -- Chapter 3: The ‘Ethical Subject’ of Science Education -- Chapter 4: Science Education and Subjectivity in (Bio)political Context -- Chapter 5: Egalitarian Politics and the Dimensions of An Ethical Self -- Afterword: Different concepts and tools to brin…
Preface; Part I: Ethics, Islam and Education -- Chapter 1. Qurānic Conceptual Framework of Ethics -- Chapter 2. The Qurān and the Espousal of Ethics -- Chapter 3. Qurānic Conceptions of being Muslim -- Chapter 4. Qurānic Conceptions of Education -- Part II. Participants in Muslim Education -- Chapter 5. The Qurān and Individual Autonomy -- Chapter 6. Qurānic Conceptions of Community -- Ch…