Accusations have been made that tourism studies lacks a theoretical base. Such assertions are often based upon a lack of understanding of the relationship between the academic study of tourism and theories from the social sciences.
In this ground breaking text, the authors span a range of issues central to contemporary school English. They collectively examine how English is shaped by policy, by institutions, and by the social relations of the classroom. By connecting policy and social context, the book provides a detailed account of factors such as the characteristics of urban multi-cultural schools, teacher formation and tradition, the ethos of School English departments, and the institutional changes that have shaped school English in urban classrooms and students' experiences of learning.
This book is an accessible and jargon-free guide to the key concepts used in adult education and training. The author examines in detail forty-five of these concepts, ranging from core concepts such as education and development, to more specialist concepts like social capital and social inclusion. This new edition has been fully revised and updated in view of the recent surge of interest in concepts such as lifelong education and the learning society.
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The Britannica Book of the Year 2008 is an unequaled accounting of the people, the events, and the trends that made 2007 memorable. Not only will articles and special reports describe in accurate detail the past year, but you can also access hundreds of statistical facts in the World Data section. Read about the world's hot spots, learn about the latest cultural and social trends, and uncover new technological developments, global warming, China's exploding economy and much more.
Added by: mythoslogos | Karma: 125.17 | Fiction literature | 10 September 2008
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Sense and Sensibility
is Austen's first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by
historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of
the work. The text is that of the 1813 Second Edition (the origins of
which can be traced back to 1795). The text is fully annotated and is
accompanied by a map of nineteenth-century England. "Contexts" explores
the personal and social issues that loom large in Austen's novel:
sense, sensibility, self-control, judgment, romantic attachments,
family, and inheritance.
