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The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises focuses on two interrelated aspects of migration crises: the contexts that give rise to such crises, and the role of the media and public officials in framing migratory flows as crises. It critically examines what crises are, where they arise, and how this concept is used in scholarship and policy.
The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the current field of citizenship and education. It draws on insights from a range of disciplines to explore historical, philosophical, theological, sociological and psychological ideas on how the two concepts intersect and is international in scope, authorship and readership. Five sections provide a clear outline of: Foundational thinkers on, and the theories of, citizenship and education; Citizenship and education in national and localised contexts; Citizenship and education in transnational contexts; Youth, advocacy, citizenship and education; Contemporary insights on citizenship and education; An essential resource for scholars interested in how theorizations of citizenship, civic identity and participatory democracy are, and could be, operationalized within educational theories, educational debates, educational curricular, and pedagogic practices.
Mentoring Children and Young People for Social Inclusion critically analyses the challenges and possibilities of mentoring approaches to youth welfare and equality. It explores existing youth mentoring programmes targeted towards youth in care, immigrant, and refugee populations, and considers the extent to which these can aid social inclusion. The book compiles works by scholars from different countries focused on how child and youth mentoring has been changing globally in recent years and how these changes are identified and approached in different contexts. The book seeks to address what empowering youth means in different socio-political contexts, how mentoring is approached by governmen...
Descripción / Resumen (Catalán): Els veritables i rellevants projectes sempre es recolzen sobre esforços col·lectius i les institucions, en general, o les institucions de recerca, en particular, en són un clar exponent i un bon exemple. No és possible reduir-les en un sol nom, una sola persona, una sola actuació. Aquest, crec, és el principal objectiu del llibre, a saber: fer visible la riquesa de veus i grups de recerca que, aplegats i en el marc de l’Institut de Recerca Educativa de la Universitat de Girona, porten deu anys sumant esforços en la comprensió, millora i transformació de la pràctica educativa. Descripción / Resumen (Español / Castellano): Los verdaderos y relev...
Fruto del intercambio de opiniones de especialistas reunidos en las III Conversaciones Pedagógicas de la Universitat de Lleida, el libro recoge siete artículos y las conclusiones del debate sobre la escuela rural. No siempre bien entendida, ésta ha vivido momentos de menosprecio y otros de mitificación.