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  • Urban nature : inclusive learning through youth work and school work

    by Erik Backman, Peter Becker, Steve Bowles, David Brown, Di Collins, Martin Gilchrist, Barbara Humberstone, Laura Kuusinen, Mark Leather, Chris Loynes, Elizabeth Nasimbwa, Fiona Nicholls, Rowena Passy, Klas Sandell, Katharina Seyfferth, Jakob F. Þorsteinsson, Sue Waite, Maija Venäläinen ...
    An increased globalization and growth of cities also highlights the boundaries between nature and civilization from educational and experiential perspectives, especially with regards to issues of democracy and inclusion. From this perspective, much of modern outdoor education can be understood as 'urban' wherever the people come from or wherever the activity takes place. This book, building upon ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Sport, Performance and Sustainability

    Edited by Daniel Svensson, Erik Backman, Susanna Hedenborg, Sverker Sörlin ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book examines the logic of ‘faster, higher, and stronger’ and the technoscientific revolution that has driven tremendous growth in the sports economy and in sport performance over the last 100 years. It asks whether this logic needs revisiting in the light of the climate crisis and sport’s environmental responsibilities.Drawing on multi-disciplinary work in sport history, sport pedagogy, ... Read more

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  • The Physical University

    Contours of space and place in higher education

    Edited by Paul Temple ...
    Series series International Studies in Higher Education
    The great universities of the world are to a large extent defined in the public imagination by their physical form: when people think of a university, they usually think of a distinctive place, rather than about say the teaching or the research that might go on there. This is understandable, both because universities usually stay rooted to the same spot over the centuries; and because their ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design

    Approaches to Time-People-Place Responsive Urban Spaces

    Edited by Kevin Thwaites, Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice, Mark Greaves ...
    What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive, lively and safe?Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design answers this question by providing the analytical tools and practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The book calls into ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Design and Ethics

    Reflections on Practice

    Edited by Emma Felton, Oksana Zelenko, Suzi Vaughan ...
    The value of design for contributing to environmental solutions and a sustainable future is increasingly recognised. It spans many spheres of everyday life, and the ethical dimension of design practice that considers environmental, social and economic sustainability is compelling.Approaches to design recognise design as a practice that can transform human experience and understanding, expanding ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Learning Outside the Classroom

    Theory and Guidelines for Practice

    by Simon Beames, Robbie Nicol, Peter Higgins ...
    Learning Outside the Classroom outlines theory and practice that will enable and encourage teachers to systematically and progressively incorporate meaningful outdoor learning opportunities into their daily teaching activities in a wide variety of environments and with diverse populations of pupils. This is the first textbook based around the curriculum for prospective and practising primary and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation

    Living the Contradiction

    by Oili-Helena Ylijoki, Marja Vehviläinen, Hanna-Mari Ikonen, Päivi Korvajärvi, Charlotte Silander, Maria Pietiälä, Liza Reisel, Ida Drange, May-Linda Magnussen, Rebecca Lund, Trond Stalsberg Mydland, Malin Lindberg, Ulf Mellström, Paula Wennberg, Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Guro Korsnes Kristensen, Gilda Seddighi, Hilde Corneliussen, Carol Azungi Dralega ...
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The Nordic countries are regarded as frontrunners in promoting equality, yet women’s experiences on the ground are in many ways at odds with this rhetoric.Putting the spotlight on the lived experiences of women working in tech-driven research and innovation areas in the Nordic countries, this volume explores why, despite numerous ... Read more

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  • Children's Spaces

    Edited by Mark Dudek ...
    This collection of essays is concerned with the experiences children have within the supervised worlds they inhabit, as well as with architecture and landscape architecture. International examples of innovative childcare practice are illustrated together with the design processes which informed their development. The emphasis here is on new and experimental childcare projects which set-out to ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Transitions to Sustainable Development

    New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change

    by John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions
    Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of urgency, partly due to events such as the various pandemics threatening livestock, and increasing ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Tourist Behaviour

    Themes and Conceptual Schemes

    by Prof. Philip L. Pearce ...
    Series Book 27 - Aspects of Tourism
    Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others. This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. The fascinating phenomenon of tourist behaviour deals with topics such as motivation, destination choice, travellers' on ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Key Concepts in Event Management

    by Bernadette Quinn ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    "I found this text to be exactly what we were looking for to give our students a good understanding of the contemporary issues that affect the Events industry. I have recommended this as essential reading. It is well written and the format makes it an easy read raising key issues and challenging theory."- Tanya Bellingham, School of Tourism & Hospitality, University of Plymouth"An essential events ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Museums and Education

    Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance

    by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill ...
    Series series Museum Meanings
    At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance.The need to theorise learning and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD