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Vorkuta: Three Chapters in the Making of a Working Class
(2014-01-16)
In the 1930s, Vorkuta in Siberia emerged as one of the Soviet Union’s principle sources of coal. It was also the principal site of the final horror of Stalin’s extermination of the politicized workers who had raised the ...
The ‘success’ of formal diversion programs for youth: Understanding why alternatives to court are so popular among youth and law enforcement.
(2014-01-16)
The diversion of young people from the traditional court process has been supported for many years. Much of the research on diversion policies and program has focused exclusively on how diversion programs operate, such ...
Writing for Publication and Nurse Practitioners Readiness for Practice
(2014-01-16)
Writing for Publication: Debbie Fraser
An integral component of furthering nursing knowledge, scholarly writing is a part of any advanced practice nursing role. Too often however, as busy professionals we find reasons to ...
English Proficiency and Participation in Online Discussion for Learning
(2014-01-16)
Does English proficiency affect participation in online discussion? This study polled 14 students from a postgraduate online course that require online discussion. The students are divided into groups according to their ...
Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for all – including those with multiple disabilities
(2014-01-16)
The presenter will share many practical ideas for helping people who have both cognitive and severe physical challenges to do more and communicate better than they thought they could. One part of the presentation will be ...
Testing under Pressure
(2014-01-16)
“For most of us, testing shares more in common with emergency response than with airplane maintenance. In a perfect world we’d check the torque on every bolt, and leave the runway with 100% certainty every flight. Most ...
Large Scale Deployment of Tablet Computers in K-12 Schools in Brazil
(2014-01-16)
Different sectors of the society of many countries have been demanding for significant improvements in their education systems and teaching and learning practices in recent years (Keller, 2008; Latchem & Hanna, 2001). The ...
Location-Based Learning Management System for Adaptive Mobile Learning
(2014-01-16)
E-learning and distance learning are all forms of learning that take place outside of a traditional learning environment and can be alternatives for learners who are not able to study in a traditional environment for various ...
Subaltern Approach and the “Sense” of History in Global Studies
(2014-01-16)
In the 1980s, the scope of enquiry of Subaltern Studies was applied as a corrective to the dominant Eurocentric history writing, particularly in the South Asian postcolonial historiography. In its early commitment to social ...
Be Like Winifred: Transferring Images of Colonial Africa to the South Pacific
(2014-01-16)
European colonial history is filled with examples of attempts to transfer cultural values, attitudes and beliefs from the metropolis to the colonies. European publishers at first sent textbooks to the colonies without ...