Mathematics Curriculum Reforms Around the World The 24th ICMI Study /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: Frederick Leung -- International Program Committee -- Part I: Introduction to ICMI Study 24: 1: School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Widespread Practice but Under-researched in Mathematics Education: Yoshinori Shimizu and Renuka Vithal -- 2: School Mathematics: A Bipolar Subject: Jeremy Kilpatrick -- Part II: Theme A - Learning from the Past: Driving Forces and Barriers Shaping Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: 3: Introduction: Marianna Bosch and Niamh O'Meara -- 4: International Co-operation and Influential Reforms: Katalin Gosztonyi, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Naomichi Makinae, Shizumi Shimizu and Marc van Zanten -- 5: Learning from the Past: Case Studies of Past 'Local' Curriculum Reforms: Niamh O'Meara and Jasmina Milinkovic -- 6: The Role of Values and Culture in Past Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Maria Bartolini Bussi, Jasmina Milinkovic and Zahra Gooya -- 7: Curriculum Reforms and the Construction of the Knowledge to be Taught: Marianna Bosch, Thu-HuongVu-Nhu and Dyana Wijayanti -- 8: Conclusion: Final Considerations: Driving Forces and Barriers Affecting Curriculum Reforms: Marianna Bosch and Niamh O'Meara -- Part III: Theme B - Analysing School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms for Coherence and Relevance: 9: Introduction: Will Morony -- 10: Coherence in a Range of Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Will Morony -- 11: Coherence and Relevance Relating to Mathematics and Other Disciplines: Simon Modeste, Joaquín Giménez, José Luis Lupiáñez, Jaime Carvalho e Silva and Nga Nguyen Thi -- 12: Coherence and Relevance of Materials and Technologies to Support Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Jennie Golding -- 13: What Theories and Methodologies Are Appropriate for Studying Phenomena Related to Mathematics Curriculum Reforms?…”
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Academic Integrity in Canada An Enduring and Essential Challenge /

Table of Contents: “…-- Visual plagiarism: Seeing the forest and the trees -- The distinctive nature of academic integrity in graduate legal education -- Perceptions and experiences in understanding academic integrity: Reflections within a doctoral program -- The barriers to reporting incidences of academic dishonesty: The unique perspective of faculty from Canadian community colleges -- Promotion of academic integrity through a marketing lens for Canadian post-secondary institutions -- Academic integrity in the practice / service learning setting -- Promoting academic integrity and preventing misconduct in a Canadian open digital distance education university -- Section III: An urgent and growing problem: Contract cheating in Canada -- Section introduction: Contract cheating in Canada -- Ethics, ed tech, and therise of contract cheating -- Pay-to-pass: Knowledge as a commodity in the digital age -- Education as a financial transaction: Contract employment and contract cheating -- Committing and facilitating academic misconduct as white-collar and corporate crime -- Section IV: Essential strategies and levers to advance academic integrity -- Section introduction: Essential strategies and levers to advance academic integrity -- Using quality assurance frameworks to support an institutional culture of academic integrity at Canadian universities -- Beyond the traditional: Academic integrity advocacy in Canadian librarianship -- Using computer-facilitated focus groups to gather student insight on academic integrity -- Fostering academic integrity through curriculum design -- Threading the needle: Student advocacy offices and their role within academic integrity -- Helping students resolve the ambiguous expectations of academic integrity -- How to talk about academic integrity, so students will listen: The inherent challenge in "mandated" training -- Revisioning instructor-writing specialist collaboration for paraphrasing instruction -- Supporting academic integrity in the writing centre: Student consultant perspectives -- Cultural aspects of academic integrity -- A new framework for enhancing (academic) integrity -- Building a culture of restorative practice and restorative responses to academic misconduct.…”
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Between Psychology and Philosophy East-West Themes and Beyond / by Slote, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Yin-yang, Mind, and Heart-Mind -- Chapter 3: Moral Self-Cultivation East and West: A Critique -- Chapter 4: Philosophical Deficiencies East and West -- Chapter 5: The Many Roles of Empathy -- Chapter 6: How Justice Pays -- Chapter 7: The Impossibility of Egoism -- Chapter 8: Further Connections -- Conclusion. .…”
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Case Studies in Community Psychology Practice A Global Lens by Palmer, Geraldine L., Rogers, Todd L., Viola, Judah, Engel, Maronica

Table of Contents: “…Working with Survivors of Gender-Based Violence -- 11. Journeying Past Hurt: Creating and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Healing Practices With Black Pregnant and Parenting Mothers…”
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Ocean Governance Knowledge Systems, Policy Foundations and Thematic Analyses /

Table of Contents: “…Ocean governance from the perspective of the law of the sea: an inquiry into the past, present and future, with an emphasis on fisheries, area-based management and international seabed mineral resources. …”
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Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations Human Resources Management and Constructive Conflict Management /

Table of Contents: “…How are they Perceived and What are the Expectations of Employees in Portugal? Ana Passos -- Chapter 11: Spain: Employee Representatives in Spain. …”
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Organic Chemistry by McMurry, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Dedication and Preface -- Chapter 1: Structure and Bonding -- Chapter 2: Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases -- Chapter 3: Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry -- Chapter 4: Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry -- Chapter 5: Stereochemistry at Tetrahedral Centers -- Chapter 6: An Overview of Organic Reactions -- Chapter 7: Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity -- Chapter 8: Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis -- Chapter 9: Alkynes: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis -- Chapter 10: Organohalides -- Chapter 11: Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations -- Chapter 12: Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy -- Chapter 13: Structure Determination: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- Chapter 14: Conjugated Compounds and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy -- Chapter 15: Benzene and Aromaticity -- Chapter 16: Chemistry of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution -- Chapter 17: Alcohols and Phenols -- Chapter 18: Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides -- Chapter 19: Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions -- Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles -- Chapter 21: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions -- Chapter 22: Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions -- Chapter 23: Carbonyl Condensation Reactions -- Chapter 24: Amines and Heterocycles -- Chapter 25: Biomolecules: Carbohydrates -- Chapter 26: Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins -- Chapter 27: Biomolecules: Lipids -- Chapter 28: Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids -- Chapter 29: The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways -- Chapter 30: Orbitals and Organic Chemistry: Pericyclic Reactions -- Chapter 31: Synthetic Polymers -- Appendix A. Nomenclature of Polyfunctional Organic Compounds -- Appendix B. …”
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Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries

Table of Contents: “…Development and Experimentation Project in Mozambique -- PART 5: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, Low-cost digital tools for archaeology -- Digital workflow to support archaeological excavation: from the 3D survey to the websharing of data -- Tools for Reading and Designing the 'Islamic City'. …”
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A Natural History of the Emirates

Table of Contents: “…A Natural History Of The Emirates: An Introduction -- Part 1: An Extreme Environment: Physical Setting Of The Emirates -- Geography And Geology Of The United Arab Emirates: A Naturalist's Introduction -- Climate Of The United Arab Emirates: Present, Past And Impacts On Life -- The Marine Environment Of The Emirates -- Part 2: Ecosystems Of The Emirates -- The Vegetation Of The United Arab Emirates And Ecosystem Management Issues -- The Mountain Regions Of The United Arab Emirates: An Ecosystem Perspective -- Mangrove Ecosystems Of The United Arab Emirates -- Coastal Lagoons (Khors) Of The Emirates -- Seagrasses Of The United Arab Emirates -- Seaweeds Of The Emirates -- Coral Reefs Of The Emirates -- Oyster Beds And Reefs Of The United Arab Emirates -- Part 3: Organisms And Their Environment -- The Vascular Flora Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Mammals Of The United Arab Emirates -- An Introduction To The Birds Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Reptiles And Amphibians Of The United Arab Emirates -- Terrestrial Arthropod Diversity In The United Arab Emirates -- Marine Mammals Of The Emirates: Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises And Dugongs -- Marine Reptiles Of The United Arab Emirates -- Sharks And Rays Of The United Arab Emirates -- Fishes Of The Emirates -- Part : Human Interactions With The Environment -- Human - Environment Interactions In The United Arab Emirates: An Archaeological Perspective -- Cities As Ecosystems In The Emirates -- Part 5: The Future Emirates -- The Emirates At 2050.…”
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Mobilities on the Margins Creative Processes of Place-Making /

Table of Contents: “…Sailing the seas of tourism - past, present and future mobilities on the margins (Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson) -- Chapter 6. …”
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Volcanic Unrest From Science to Society /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 - Overview on volcanic unrest -- Significance of unrest -- Past experiences -- Part 2 - Geophysical and geochemical insights on unrest and precursory activity -- Volcano Seismology: detecting unrest in wiggly lines -- Volcano geodesy and multiparameter investigations -- Volcanic gases and low temperature volcanic fluids -- MONITORING CAPACITY: obvious and hidden problems -- Part 3 - Magma dynamics: Lessons from experiments and models -- Storage and ascent of magma -- Magma rejuvenation: Insights from numerical models -- Crystals, bubbles and melt: critical conduit processes revealed by numerical models -- Interaction between magma and hydrothermal system -- The magma laboratory: Constraining unrest mechanisms -- From unrest to eruption: Conditions for phreatic vs. magmatic activity -- Geochemical and isotopic investigations in the light of unrest -- Magma mixing as a prelude to unrest -- Part 4 - Bridging the gap between science and decision-making -- Legal governance -- A Warner paper incl Cost benefit -- Recognizing and tracking volcanic unrest: a probabilistic approach -- Probabilistic tools for hazard assessment and risk management -- Deterministic vs. probabilistic forecasts -- Perspective on global practices of communication and decision-makers' needs -- Social resilience and compliance during unrest crises -- Outreach and education -- Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises - guidance for future exercises -- Glossary -- INDEX.…”
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World History by Kordas, Ann, Lynch, Ryan J, Nelson, Brooke

Table of Contents: “…Unit 1 Early Human Societies -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Past -- Chapter 2. Early Humans -- Chapter 3. Early Civilizations and Urban Societies -- Chapter 4. …”
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Protecting the Fatherland: Lawsuits and Political Debates in Jülich, Hesse-Cassel and Brittany (1642-1655) by Romein, Christel Annemieke

Table of Contents: “…Kingdom of France -- Patriots' in France, political talks between 1500-1700 -- Brittany: pay d'états and don gratuit (1648-1652) -- Part III. …”
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Technical Universities Past, present and future /

Table of Contents: “…Concluding discussion: The past, present, and future of technical universities; Anders Broström, Lars Geschwind, Katarina Larsen. .…”
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Horizons of Phenomenology Essays on the State of the Field and Its Applications /

Table of Contents: “…The Life and Afterlife of Phenomenology in Archaeological Theory and Practice -- Chapter 17. Reconstructing Past Phenomenology Using Virtual Reality -- Chapter 18. …”
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Researching with Proximity Relational methodologies for the Anthropocene /

Table of Contents: “…Made-to-measure - In and out of touch with the old-growth forest (Joonas Vola, Pasi Rautio, and Outi Rantala) -- Chapter 11. Inviting engagement with atmospheres (Chris E. …”
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Nordic Mediation Research

Table of Contents: “…- Exploring the Implications of Restorative Processes in Juvenile Offence Cases Based on Interviews and Observations in Northern Ireland, Norway, and Orlando, Florida -- Part III Children's Rights and Mediation: Renee Thørnblad and Astrid Strandbu, The Involvement of Children in the Process of Mandatory Family Mediation -- Kirsikka Salminen, Mediation and the Best Interests of the Child from the Child Law Perspective -- Part IV Mediation in Theory and Practice: Kaijus Ervasti, Past, Present and Future of Mediation in Nordic Countries -- Maija Gellin, Mediation in Finnish Schools - from Conflicts to Restoration.…”
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AVENUE21. Planning and Policy Considerations for an Age of Automated Mobility

Table of Contents: “…-- Control and design of spatial mobility interfaces -- Transformations of European Public Spaces with AVs -- At the end of the road: total safety -- Integration of cycling into future urban transport structures with connected and automated vehicles -- Against the Driverless City -- Strategic spatial planning, "smart shrinking" and the deployment of CAVs in rural Japan -- Integrated strategic planning approaches to automated transport in the context of the mobility transformation -- Opportunities from past mistakes: Land potential en route to an automated mobility system -- New governance concepts for digitalization: Challenges and potentials -- How are automated vehicles driving spatial development in Switzerland? …”
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International Economics Theory and Policy by Suranovic, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Chapter 1: Introductory Trade Issues: History, Institutions, and Legal Framework -- Chapter 2: The Ricardian Theory of Comparative Advantage -- Chapter 3: The Pure Exchange Model of Trade -- Chapter 4: Factor Mobility and Income Redistribution -- Chapter 5: The Heckscher-Ohlin (Factor Proportions) Model -- Chapter 6: Economies of Scale and International Trade -- Chapter 7: Trade Policy Effects with Perfectly Competitive Markets -- Chapter 8: Domestic Policies and International Trade -- Chapter 9: Trade Policies with Market Imperfections and Distortions -- Chapter 10: Political Economy and International Trade -- Chapter 11: Evaluating the Controversy between Free Trade and Protectionism -- Chapter 12: Introductory Finance Issues: Current Patterns, Past History, and International Institutions -- Chapter 13: National Income and the Balance of Payments Accounts -- Chapter 14: The Whole Truth about Trade Imbalances -- Chapter 15: Foreign Exchange Markets and Rates of Return -- Chapter 16: Interest Rate Parity -- Chapter 17: Purchasing Power Parity -- Chapter 18: Interest Rate Determination -- Chapter 19: National Output Determination -- Chapter 20: The AA-DD Model -- Chapter 21: Policy Effects with Floating Exchange Rates -- Chapter 22: Fixed Exchange Rates -- Chapter 23: Policy Effects with Fixed Exchange Rates -- Chapter 24: Fixed versus Floating Exchange Rates…”
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Social Change in the Gulf Region Multidisciplinary Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Tribal Ruling in Urban Kuwaiti Society -- The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response -- Special Economic Zone Experience Overseas? …”
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