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The shortage of superhero comic books in academic libraries: Case study of the Library System of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

open access: yesBiblios, 2015
Objective. The objective of this article has been to prove the findings about the lack of superhero comic books in an academic library in Puerto Rico, as in to demostrate its academic value of this bibliographical resource, and the possibility of ...
Manuel Martínez Nazario
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Creating E-Comic to Motivate Students to Learning Mandarin

open access: yesLingua Cultura
The research explored whether digital comic books were a new learning method that could increase learning motivation in learning Mandarin. Illustrated learning media made it easier for students to understand learning material.
Yi Ying   +4 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

…Comic Books, Möbius Strips, Philosophy and…

open access: yesThe Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2019
This article examines three comic books, Silver Surfer #11 (Marvel Comics), Omega Men #9 (DC Comics) and Promethea #12 (Americas Best Comics), as philosophy in themselves, and not merely as supplements to philosophical texts or as a convenient form ...
Ian Hornsby
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Alien as a Comic Book [PDF]

open access: yesExtrapolation, 2014
This article examines the 1979 adaptation of Ridley Scott's Alien. It focuses on the way the adaptation process results in two works with very different generic mix. Both the film and the comics can be read a generic hybrid, belonging both to horror and science fiction, but the balance is different. The article argues that the constraints of the comics
openaire   +2 more sources

Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peligrosamente bella: el mensaje en las aventuras de Catwoman durante la edad de oro del cómic estadounidense (1940–1954)

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie V, Historia Contemporánea, 2015
Catwoman fue una de las villanas más populares de la Edad de Oro del cómic estadounidense, algo poco común en una industria donde la mayoría de los personajes populares eran héroes y hombres. Este artículo se plantea cuál fue el mensaje de las aventuras
José Joaquín Rodríguez Moreno
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Reconceptualising ‘agency in mobility’: Agency for becoming and other forms of agency in study abroad

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Study‐abroad programs are increasingly adopted and supported by institutions and governments as a strategic tool for deepening internationalisation and public diplomacy through people‐to‐people, institution‐to‐institution and country‐to‐country connections.
Ly Thi Tran, Thinh Huynh
wiley   +1 more source

Campaign Comics: The Use of Comic Books for Strategic Political Communication

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2014
Political parties have long used comic books in their political campaigns. Whereas both ideological and political messages in comics as well as the social and political commentary in editorial cartoons have received vast scholarly attention, comic books
Cornelia Brantner, Katharina Lobinger
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

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