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Mind and Society

John Offer
- pp 161-195
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In the process of elucidating Spencer's First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context.
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In the process of elucidating Spencer’s First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context. It is essential now, however, to address the theory as manifested in respect of ‘psychical’ and ‘social’ evolution, themselves intimately linked in his discussions.

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Research on Interest in Science: Theories, methods, and findings

TL;DR: This paper presented an overview of interest research and described the theoretical and methodological background for the assessment of interest in science in large-scale assessments like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
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Being Together in Time: Musical Experience and the Mirror Neuron System

TL;DR: In this paper, Molnar-Szakacs et al. introduced the Shared Affective Motion Experience (SAME) model of music and discussed its implications for music therapy and special education.
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Cooperative Learning: Improving University Instruction by Basing Practice on Validated Theory.

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Artifacts in the A&A meta-model for multi-agent systems

TL;DR: The notions of artifact in the A&A meta-model are defined, how it affects the notion of intelligence in MAS is discussed, and its application to a number of agent-related research fields are shown.
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Affordances in HCI: toward a mediated action perspective

TL;DR: It is held that the Gibsonian concept of affordances, conceptualized as interaction between animals and their environments, provides some important insights, but is, in the end, of limited relevance to HCI research.
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Vivência da democracia em contextos para a infância e conhecimento prático do educador

Helena Luís
TL;DR: In this paper, a vida no jardim de infância deverá organizar-se como a contexto de vida democrática, in which as crianças exercem o seu direito de participar à(Ministério da Educação, 2016) convoc um dos pensamentos de Dewey centrais na concepção and desenvolvimento do currículo em EducAção de InfâncIA, em which as
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American Democracy and the Problem of Fiscal Deficits

TL;DR: This article argued that persistent budget deficits have little to do with traditional technical matters because they mostly reflect the conflictual character of contemporary political economy and provided a conceptual framework grounded in the inherently complex character of fiscal systems.

Chapter 2 Stepping Back from 'The Ladder': Reflections on a Model of Participatory Work with Children

Roger A. Hart
TL;DR: The ladder of children's participation as discussed by the authors is a metaphor for measuring their work with children rather than as a jumping-off point for their own reflections, and it has been criticised for being used as a measuring tool rather than a way of measuring their own work.
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Teaching Strategies to Develop Inquiry and Literacy Skills: "Languaging" in Foreign Language Immersion Education.

Nicholas E. Husbye, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2017 - 
TL;DR: Husbye et al. as mentioned in this paper used sociocultural theories of literacy development and the concept of languaging, the process of using language to make meaning, to support the literacy development of their students.