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ELT, ESP & EAP in Nepal: whose interests are served? [PDF]

, 2008
This paper gives an overview of the state of English Language Teaching (ELT) in Nepal in general and draws a link between ELT and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP).
Shrestha, Prithvi
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Balancing bossism: State expansion in the face of elite capture

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Central states have often relied on local elites to implement policies in peripheral areas. These strategies may allow otherwise weak states to impose their directives, but they can also be inefficient, particularly when a single elite commands total control over local politics (monopolist capture).
Anna F. Callis, Christopher L. Carter
wiley   +1 more source

«Quanti la lessero, ne piansero». Stampa, opinione pubblica e inchiesta Donati

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2018
Several essays have been dealt with the life and suicide of Italia Donati, the young primary schoolteacher whose death moved and shocked Italian public opinion in 1886.
Chiara Martinelli ha conseguito un dottorato in Storia contemporanea presso l’Università di Firenze con un tesi sulle scuole industriali e artistico-industriali italiane dal 1861 al 1914. Attualmente insegna presso l’I.S.I.S. “Sismondi-Pacinotti” di Pescia. I suoi interessi di ricerca sono concentrati sulla storia della scuola e la storia sociale. È consigliere presso l’Istituto storico della Resistenza di Pistoia; nel giugno 2017 ha coordinato, nel corso della prima conferenza italiana di Public History, un panel sulle attività degli Istituti storici della Resistenza Toscani.
doaj  

Schoolteachers’ experiences of implementing school-based vaccination programs against human papillomavirus in a Chinese community: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Cervical cancer was the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide in 2012 and was the eighth most common cancer in 2014 and the eighth greatest cause of female cancer deaths in Hong Kong in 2015.
Judy Yuen-man Siu, Albert Lee, Paul K. S. Chan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

SCHOOLTEACHERS PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATION DISCIPLINE POLICY ON LEARNERS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SOUTH AFRICAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS [PDF]

Social Sciences and Education Research Review
This paper summarizes the schoolteachers' perceptions of education discipline policy on learners' academic performance in selected South African Secondary Schools.
Selina Patricia Matsebele, Debbie Seoka Kgomotso Habedi   +1 more
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ACL and God’s Call to Librarianship

, 2006
Many people have asked me how, as a librarian in a secular institution, I became so involved in ACL. I have been at Auburn University Libraries since 1978, but before that was at a Christian liberal arts college, now defunct. ACL has been part of my life
Nelson, Barbara
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The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg, Simon Wagner, Anton Höck, Peter Tropper   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teachers’ Emotional Exhaustion Scale (TEES): Development and Psychometric Validation

Education Sciences
Emotional exhaustion in schoolteachers is a critical issue due to its detrimental effects on teachers’ mental health and its potential negative impact on students’ academic outcomes.
Jonathan Martínez-Líbano
doaj   +1 more source

Reshaping the field: building restorative capital [PDF]

, 2014
Restorative justice is best known as an alternative approach for dealing with crime and wrongdoing. Yet as the restorative movement has grown it is increasingly being deployed in different arenas.
Green, Simon, Johnstone, Gerry, Lambert, Craig   +2 more
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