Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective

• Author(s): Dimiter Philipov, Aart C. Liefbroer, Jane E. Klobas

• Categories: Social Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2014-10-17
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• Publisher: Springer

This book provides new insights into the significant gap that currently exists between desired and actual fertility in Europe. It examines how people make decisions about having children and demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making. Written by an international team of leading demographers and psychologists, the book presents the theoretical and methodological developments of a three-year, European Commission-funded project named REPRO (Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective). It also provides an overview of the research conducted by REPRO researchers both during and after the project. The book examines fertility intentions from quant...

Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques

• Author(s): Belanger, France, Jordan, Dianne H.

• Categories: Education

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1999-07-01
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• Publisher: IGI Global

The twentieth century has seen the creation and evolution of technologies beyond imagination a century ago. The computer has enabled the digital presentation of knowledge, and increased the speed with which information can be captured and processed. The acceptance of these technologies has led to a new alternative for providing education and training--distance learning. This book focuses on the processes, techniques and tools that are being used to successfully plan, implement and operate distance learning projects.

Universities in Transition

• Author(s): Bo Göransson, Claes Brundenius

• Categories: Education

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-12-16
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• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Globalization, the information age, and the rise of the knowledge-based economy are significantly transforming the way we acquire, disseminate, and transform knowledge. And, as a result, knowledge production is becoming closer and more directly linked to economic competitiveness. This evolution is also putting new and urgent demands on academic institutions to adjust to the changing needs of society and economy. In particular, there is growing pressure on the institutions of higher education and research in developed economies to find and affirm their new role in the national innovation system. Their counterparts in developing economies need to define their role in supporting emerging struct...

Teacher Motivation

• Author(s): Paul W. Richardson, Stuart A. Karabenick, Helen M.G. Watt

• Categories: Education

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2014-05-30
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• Publisher: Routledge

Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teacher motivation. Although there is a robust literature covering the theory and research on student motivation, until recently there has been comparatively little attention paid to teachers. This volume draws together a decade of work from psychological theorists and researchers interested in what motivates people to choose teaching as a career, what motivates them as they work with students in classrooms, the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic forces on career experiences, and how their motivational profiles vary at different stages of their career. With chapters from leading experts on the topic, this volume provides a critical resource not only for educational psychologists, but also for those working in related fields such as educational leadership, teacher development, policy makers and school psychology.

Emerging Solutions for Future Manufacturing Systems

• Author(s): Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

• Categories: Technology & Engineering

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2004-09-13
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• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Industries and particularly the manufacturing sector have been facing difficult challenges in a context of socio-economic turbulence characterized by complexity as well as the speed of change in causal interconnections in the socio-economic environment. In order to respond to these challenges companies are forced to seek new technological and organizational solutions. In this context two main characteristics emerge as key properties of a modern automation system – agility and distribution. Agility because systems need not only to be flexible in order to adjust to a number of a-priori defined scenarios, but rather must cope with unpredictability. Distribution in the sense that automation and business processes are becoming distributed and supported by collaborative networks. Emerging Solutions for Future Manufacturing Systems includes the papers selected for the BASYS’04 conference, which was held in Vienna, Austria in September 2004 and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).