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Number of Titles Found: 43
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| Title: Adult Education in Great Britain, Norway & Spain |
| Sub-title: A Comparative Study of Participation, Motivation & Barriers |
| Edited by: Einar F Skaalvik, Liv Finbak |
| ISBN10-13: 8251916690 : 9788251916691 |
| The rapid development and the increased competition in the labor market make continuing education a necessity for an increasing number of people. Equal opportunities for adults to engage in education are therefore important in order to combat exclusion from the labor market. To increase the provision of equality in opportunity for engagement in education we need to understand the psychological processes involved in participation in education. This report presents results from a European Commission Leonardo da Vinci-supported study of adult education in Great Britain, Norway, and Spain. The purpose of the project was, in a comparative perspective, to analyze psychological processes involved in participation and non-participation in adult education. The study focuses on the scale of participation, both in general and in different types of courses: which groups of adults participate the most, motivational aspects of participation, barriers to learning, conceptions of learning, and perceived benefits of adult education. |
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| Clarification of terms; Previous participation surveys; Theoretical perspectives on participation in adult education; Methodology; Participation in adult education; Motivation of participation; Benefits of adult education; Barriers to participation; Adults' learning strategies; Summary and discussion. |
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Pages: 100
Size: 175x250mm
Illustrations: illus
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - January 2001 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Adult education, continuous learning |
| List Price: 14.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 10 |
| Title: 1 of: 43 |
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| Title: Auf den Spuren der Pilger nach Trondheim / On the Pilgrim Way to Trondheim |
| Edited by: Stein Thue |
| ISBN10-13: 8251923050 : 9788251923057 |
| Text in German. The Pilgrim Way Project was launched in 1994 when the Ministry of the Environment instructed the Directorate for Nature Management and The Directorate of Cultural Heritage to reconstruct the walk along the old roads to Nidaros (the former name of Trondheim). The work to reopen the old roads has been carried out in close co-operation with the 29 municipalities through which the Pilgrim Way winds. A steady stream of pilgrims flocked to Saint Olav's shrine in Nidaros Cathedral, from around 1050 until 1537, the time of the Reformation. Now, almost 500 years after the introduction of Protestantism saw the end of the pilgrimages, people are again encouraged to wander in the tracks of the pilgrims. The intention of this text is to stimulate interest in an important part of Norwegian history, to encourage outdoor activities and to let people share cultural experiences. |
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Pages: 48
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - June 2008 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Christian worship, rites & ceremonies : Norway |
| List Price: 14.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
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| Title: 2 of: 43 |
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| Title: Barents Sea |
| Sub-title: Ecosystem, Resources, Management -- Half a Century of Russian/Norwegian Cooperation |
| Edited by: Tore Jakobsen, Vladimir K Ozhigin |
| ISBN10-13: 8251925452 : 9788251925457 |
| The joint management of Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea has been successful in conserving the living marine resources and is a major factor contributing to the present rich fisheries in the area. The basis for this conservation success is scientific research, which, to a large extent, has been conducted through a long-lasting co-operation between Russian and Norwegian scientists that has expanded greatly over the past half century. Based on joint Russian-Norwegian authorships, this monumental book celebrates the scientific co-operation by reflecting on the historical development and the scientific methods applied, and by offering a comprehensive presentation of the vast knowledge of the Barents Sea resources and ecosystem obtained through these co-operative efforts. |
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Pages: 832
Size: 215x280mm
Illustrations: illus
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - February 2012 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Conservation of the environment : Norway : Russia |
| List Price: 75.00 Pounds Sterling |
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| Title: 3 of: 43 |
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| Title: Challenges & Development |
| Sub-title: Adult Education Research in Nordic Countries |
| Edited by: Sigvart Tosse |
| ISBN10-13: 8251915465 : 9788251915465 |
| The theme of this yearbook of ten articles is learning in working life. |
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Pages: 211
Size: 160x230mm
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - January 1999 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Social research & statistics : Adult education, continuous learning : Industrial or vocational training |
| List Price: 16.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 27 |
| Title: 4 of: 43 |
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| Title: Chinese Matters |
| Sub-title: From Grammar to First and Second Language Acquisition |
| By (author): Chris Wilder, Tor A Ã farli |
| ISBN10-13: 8251925363 : 9788251925365 |
| This book addresses topics in Chinese grammar and the acquisition of Chinese as a first and second language. The studies presented share a common framework and comparative perspective. Changing global perspectives bring new language contacts into focus, and the Chinese-Norwegian connection figures prominently among the contributions, which include investigations of Chinese-Norwegian bilingual children and Norwegian-speaking L2 learners of Chinese. |
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Pages: 212
Size: 160x235mm
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - February 2011 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) : Chinese : Chinese |
| List Price: 34.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 24 |
| Title: 5 of: 43 |
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| Title: Conservation of Natural Resources |
| Sub-title: Some African & Asian Examples |
| By (author): Emmanuel J Gereta, Eivin Røskaft |
| ISBN10-13: 8251926017 : 9788251926010 |
| This scientific anthology on conservation of wildlife in Africa and Asia is a comprehensive book, easy to consult and can be used by anyone dealing with conservation. While most of the data and case studies originally are from Tanzania and Bangladesh, the usefulness of this book is not limited to Tanzania and developing countries, but to the entire conservation community globally. |
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"The environmental implications of the Grameen project flow from its impacts on both social capital and women's empowerment, strongly associated with conservation and sustainable natural resource management." -- Professor Mohammad Yunus, Bangladesh, Nobel Piece Price winner 2007
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Pages: 500
Size: 170x245mm
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - September 2010 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Conservation of the environment |
| List Price: 50.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 6 of: 43 |
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| Title: Controlling the Uncontrollable? |
| Sub-title: The Great Powers in the Middle East |
| Edited by: Tore T Petersen |
| ISBN10-13: 8251921902 : 9788251921909 |
| The Norwegian University of Science and Technology hosted a conference on the Anglo-American Middle East in Trondheim 2 to 4 May 2005. A distinguished group of scholars accepted our invitations and gracefully agreed to rewrite their lectures for inclusion in this book. They also easily transcended the, perhaps, narrow theme of the conference, making their papers a sophisticated discussion, by and large, how the different great powers have, not always successfully, tried to control the Middle East. Hence the title of this book, 'Controlling the Uncontrollable'. Edward Ingram compares with a grand sweep the British and the American imperial experience in the Middle East, he notes that too many scholars exaggerate the power of nineteenth-century Great Britain in order to compare it with the present day 'US paramountcy'. Alan Milward is on a different tack, explaining how the oil crisis and oil embargo forced the European Common Market to take a new approach towards the Arabs, in the process cutting loose from the American embrace and laying the foundation for a common EU foreign policy. In his article, Douglas Little deepens our understanding of his concept American Orientalism -- the tendency to dismiss Muslims as backward, decadent and evil -- ending his essay with a withering criticism of George W Bush who has rejected the doctrine of containment in favour of preventive war when invading Iraq, needlessly creating the current imbroglio there. Peter Hahn discusses American-Israeli relations in the period 1945-1961, showing that Israeli and American officials were often at loggerheads on the future of the Jewish state. Rounding off the essays is Mary Ann Heiss' account of key episodes of American oil policy since 1945. Even with the importance of oil, as Heiss explains, the balance of power had by 1974 shifted in favour of the oil producers; that had 'shrewdly divided the Atlantic Alliance, pitting the Western Europeans against both the Americans and each other'. |
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| Foreword; Introduction; Pairing Off Empires: The United States as Great Britain in the Middle East; Was the Middle East the Birthplace of a Common European Foreign Policy?; Innocents Abroad? Orientalism and America's New Empire in the Middle East; The United States and Israel: The Formative Years; Oil, Allies, Anti-Communism, and Nationalism: US Interests in the Middle East Since 1945; Index. |
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Pages: 114
Size: 170x240mm
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - December 2006 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Regional studies : Middle East |
| List Price: 28.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
| Title: 7 of: 43 |
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| Title: Corporate & Nonformal Learning |
| Sub-title: Adult Education Research in Nordic Countries |
| Edited by: Falkencrone Tosse, Bergstedt Puurula |
| ISBN10-13: 8251913071 : 9788251913072 |
| The main themes of these thirteen articles are individual and corporate learning and multi-cultural education. |
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Pages: 276
Size: 155x230mm
Illustrations: charts
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - January 1998 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Social research & statistics : Adult education, continuous learning : Industrial or vocational training : Business & management |
| List Price: 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 118 |
| Title: 8 of: 43 |
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| Title: Design Guidelines for a Monitoring Environment Concerning Distributed Real-Time Systems |
| By (author): Aida Omerovic |
| ISBN10-13: 8251919312 : 9788251919319 |
| While the dependability requirements of distributed real-time systems are expanding, there is currently no framework for defining and mapping these requirements into the system design and operation. A method of controlling and achieving the dependability level is real-time monitoring, which measures the degree of requirements fulfilment, relates it to the pre-defined, measurable system-level expectations and dynamically adapts the system, based on quality metrics, risk analysis, cost evaluation, control theory, neural networks, data acquisition and system knowledge management. The book deduces a framework to reveal, define, quantify, measure, analyse, design, implement, test, monitor and enhance dependability (functional and non-functional) requirements of a distributed system with real-time constraints. It is presented how the framework can be applied throughout all life-cycle stages, under varying constraints and with maximised cost effectiveness. An overview of the tools and methodologies applicable has been given and an integrated and generalised architecture for ensuring continuous fulfilment of system requirements, proposed. The framework provides a multilevel specification mechanism to establish the preservation of system requirements. This ensures the correct functioning of system through adaptations at run time. Among the benefits are controlled access and coordinated resource sharing in accordance with service-level agreement policies, multi-stakeholder interest preservation, transparency with respect to location, naming, performance etc., achievement of quality of service on demand, decentralisation, seamless integration of resources and applications, as well as increased predictability. READERSHIP: The intended audience is broad: real time and distributed systems scientists and developers, software engineers, students, quality assurance managers, contractors, users, service providers and all those searching for an alternative approach to handling and ensuring automated control of fulfilment of system requirements. Moreover, those needing a handbook on contract negotiations and a method of tracing operational results back into system requirements of long lived projects with high dependability and integrity demands. |
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Pages: 202
Size: 155x230mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - April 2004 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Health & safety aspects of IT : Ethical & social aspects of IT : Expert systems / knowledge-based systems |
| List Price: 29.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 7 |
| Title: 9 of: 43 |
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| Title: Ecclesia Nidrosiensis, 1153-1537 |
| Edited by: Steinar Imsen |
| ISBN10-13: 8251918731 : 9788251918732 |
| Text in Norwegian. In this book several archaeologists and historians discuss the cathedral of Nidaros in Norse and European context -- its political, cultural and general impact on society in the centuries after 1153. Special emphasis is placed on the different relations between centre and periphery inside the province of Nidaros, and between Nidaros and the Church leadership in Rome. |
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Pages: 488
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| Published: Tapir Academic Press (N) - December 2003 |
| Format: Hardback |
| Subjects: Religious buildings : Religion & beliefs : Norwegian |
| List Price: 41.50 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Title: 10 of: 43 |
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