This open access book presents a person-centered exploration of student profiles, using variables related to motivation to do school mathematics derived from the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data. Statistical cluster analysis is used to identify groups of students with similar motivational profiles, across grades and over time, for multiple participating…
This book investigates regulatory and social pressures that social media companies face in the aftermath of high profile cyberbullying incidents. The author’s research evaluates the policies companies develop to protect themselves and users. This includes interviews with NGO and social media company reps in the US and the EU. She triangulates these findings against news, policy reports, evalu…
This book is the product of an international workshop dedicated to addressing data accessibility in the linguistics field. It is therefore vital to the book’s mission that its content be open access. Linguistics as a field remains behind many others as far as data management and accessibility strategies. The problem is particularly acute in the subfield of language acquisition, where internat…
One of the central problems facing early childhood education is the push down of an academic curriculum. The pressure for the schoolification of play-based settings has become increasingly prevalent in many Northern Hemisphere continents. Sweden – where the content of this book has been conceptualised and studied – is no exception. Despite the Swedish early childhood education syst…
This book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes. Taking seriously ‘read till it shatters’, a Thai phrase that instructs readers …
Vietnam’s shift to a market-based society has brought about profound realignments in its people’s relations with each other. As the nation continues its retreat from the legacies of war and socialism, significant social rifts have emerged that divide citizens by class, region and ethnicity. By drawing on social connections as a traditional resource, Vietnamese are able to accumulate wealth,…
With a range of interdisciplinary contributions and national and regional case studies, this collection offers a systematic, up-to-date evaluation of the debate relating to international trade law, policy, and gender equality. It analyses recent trade negotiations and agreements through a gender lens. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Kalian pernah makan sup jagung, bubur jagung, es krim jagung, atau sarapan nan lezat corn flake yang dicampur susu? ternyata penganan lezat itu hanya sebagian dari aneka jenis olahan dari jagung. Masih banyak penganan lainnya, yang selain lezat ternyata menyehatkan bagi tubuh, termasuk nasi jagung juga, lho Kali ini, Pak Ino bersama Tia, Ami, dan Dita mengajak kalian untuk mengenal lebih dekat …
This open access book discusses the contribution of sociology and survey research to climate research. The authors address the questions of which behaviors are of climate relevance, who is engaging in these behaviors, in which contexts do these behaviors occur, and which individual perceptions and values are related to them. Utilizing survey research, the book focuses on the measurement of clim…
This book challenges the common assumption that the predominant focus of the history of science should be the achievements of Western scientists since the so-called scientific revolution. The conceptual frameworks within which the members of earlier societies and of modern indigenous groups worked admittedly pose severe problems for our understanding. But rather than dismiss them on the grounds…
Meng Ji, Pierrette Bouillon, Mark Seligman ; with contributions from Bastien David, Magali Norre?, Irene Strasly, Herve? Spechbach, Johanna Gerlach, Lu?cia Morado Va?squez, Silvia Rodri?guez Va?squez.
This book critically examines assumptions about age, women, and gender. Amidst all the attention that has been granted to difference and inequality, however uneven and unsatisfactory in terms of class and caste, race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, disability, religion, and nation, questions of age and its importance for feminism have been less well defined. Drawing on recent literature on…
Hewan Ternak satu ini dengan mudah ditemui, apalagi hari raya kurban. Ya, betul kambing. Hewan memamah biak ini adalah pemakan tumbuhan. Kambing ternak (Capra aegagrus hircus) merupakan salah satu subspesies kambing yang dipelihara atau dijinakan dari kambing liar Asia Barat Daya dan Eropa Timur. Tak hanya menghasilkan daging, kambing juga memproduksi susu. Kotorannya pun bermanfaat sebagai pup…
Kalian pernah minum teh? bagaimana rasanya, manis atau pahit? Ternyata teh bukan hanya dapat dinikmati dengan diseduh, tetapi juga dapat menjadi perisa untuk es krim, cokelat, kue, serta aneka makanan dan minuman. Nah, kali ini Pak Ino mengajak Abi dan Shinta piknik ke kebun teh. Ternyata kebun teh itu sangat indah, udaranya sejuk dan segar. Juga banyak yang dapat kalian pelajari di kebun teh, …
Hmmm, harum, wangi, nikmat ... Kopi Luwak memang tiada duanya. Sudah ada yang tahu kopi? Apakah kalian sudah pernah minum kopi? Maniskah atau pahitkah? Atau sudahkah kalian tahu bagaimana kopi diolah? Yuk kita ikuti petualangan dan Pak Ino mengetahui lebih lengkap tentang kopi. Mulai dari sejarah kopi, budi daya kopi, hingga pengolahannya menjadi bubuk kopi. Kalian juga diajak berkenalan dengan…