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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “robert o'dowd”
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  • A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals

    Toxic Exposure of US Marines

    by Robert O'Dowd ...
    2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) is formed as an unintentional by-product of incomplete combustion. It may be released to the environment during the combustion of fossil fuels and wood, and during the incineration of municipal and industrial wastes. It causes chloracne in humans, a severe acne-like condition. This chemical has been shown to be very toxic in animal studies, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Internationalising Higher Education and the Role of Virtual Exchange

    by Robert O'Dowd ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    This volume introduces Virtual Exchange (VE) as an innovative form of online intercultural learning and investigates the myriad of ways VE is being carried out across universities, ultimately arguing for its integration into university internationalisation policies and course curricula.Against the backdrop of increased digitalisation initiatives throughout universities given the effects of the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Online Intercultural Exchange

    Policy, Pedagogy, Practice

    Edited by Robert O'Dowd, Tim Lewis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication
    This volume provides a state of the art overview of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in university education and demonstrates how educators can use OIE to address current challenges in university contexts such as internationalisation, virtual mobility and intercultural foreign language education. Since the 1990s, educators have been using virtual interaction to bring their classes into contact ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe

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    Edited by Sebastiano Benasso, Dejana Bouillet, Tiago Neves, Marcelo Parreira do Amaral ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
    This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in education ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Midway (True Combat)

    by Al Cimino ...
    One bomb hit the Japanese carrier Akagi amidships, ripping through the hangar deck and exploding amidst the stored torpedoes, carelessly stowed bombs and refuelling tanks, setting off secondary explosions. A second set the planes on the flight deck ablaze. The stern was shattered, the rudder useless and, as the huge ship lurched drunkenly around, Japanese officers begged the stunned admiral to ... Read more

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  • Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education

    A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries

    Edited by Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Kirsi Pulkkinen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and micro) dimensions, namely: reform or policy initiatives; drivers, aims, instruments and actors; structural changes within ... Read more

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  • What Every Person Should Know About War

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  • Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being

    by Tineke Abma, Sarah Banks, Tina Cook, Sónia Dias, Wendy Madsen, Jane Springett, Michael T. Wright ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This textbook is a comprehensive guide for students interested in using participatory research to improve people’s health and well-being. It is especially designed for those working in the fields of health and social welfare who are embarking on participatory research for the first time. It covers all phases in participatory research from “getting started,” to “acting for change,” “continuing the ... Read more

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  • Married to the Military

    A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform

    by Meredith Leyva ...
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  • Education Policy

    Process, Themes and Impact

    by Les Bell, Howard Stevenson ...
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  • Battlefield Angels

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