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“xavier rambla”

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  • Lifelong Education Policies in Europe and Latin America

    Edited by Xavier Rambla, Marcella Milana ...
    This book examines lifelong learning through the lens of policy studies. It scrutinises the implications of lifelong learning policies in a variety of states and localities to explore the interplay between commonalities and differences within and across Europe and Latin America.The chapters explore adult education and learning, vocational education and training, higher education and employment ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe

    Navigating between Knowledge and Economy

    by Sebastiano Benasso, Mauro Palumbo, Vlatka Domovic, Anna Cossetta, Natalia Alves, Tiago Neves, Ruggero Cefalo, Kristinn Hermannsson, Rosario Scandurra, Anna Siri, Sonia Startari, Judith Jacovkis, Ana Bela Ribeiro, Valentina Milenkova, Thomas Verlage, Jenni Tikkanen, Tero Järvinen, Heikki Silvennoinen, Risto Rinne, Oscar Valiente, Queralt Capsada-Munsech, Borislava Petkova, Dejana Bouillet, Mirjam Pot, Yuri Kazepov, Nikolas Schöneck, Valeria Pandolfini, Kevin Lowden ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of lifelong learning (LLL) policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy.Examining specific yet diverse regional and local contexts ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Capability-Promoting Policies

    Enhancing Individual and Social Development

    by Xavier Rambla, Christian Christrup Kjeldsen, Franziska Felder, Sharon Bessell, Anna Gupta, Brid Featherstone, Paolo Graziano, Susan C Seifert, Mark Stern, Ann Mitchell, Severine Deneulin, Emilio J. Morales-Fernandez, Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez, Indira Mahendravada, Paola Ballon, Elise Klein, Reiko Gotoh ...
    How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development be fostered in practice? These are some of the important questions asked in this volume through analysis of existing policies and conceptualisations of coherent and ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

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  • Thrive

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  • Basic Income

    A Transformative Policy for India

    by Mr Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Prof. Guy Standing, Soumya Kapoor Mehta ...
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  • The Redleaf Family Child Care Curriculum

    Teaching Through Quality Care

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