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Cultural Diversity in Music Education This book offers contemporary views from scholars, educationalists, classroom practitioners and experts in specific disciplines on the challenges posed by music travelling through time, place and contexts. It chronicles the latest insights into a field that has convincingly moved from the sidelines to centre stage in both the practice and theory of music education. |
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Enhancing Income Generation Through Adult Education: A Comparative Study This book presents five comprehensive case studies of policies in the Asia Pacific Region impacting on the contribution of nonformal adult education to vocational learning outcomes. These case studies draw out commonalities and differences in policy initiatives, impacts and issues and reveal a number of common developmental tendencies and a convergence of the issues being faced. Vocational learning in this sector is importantly influenced by its commitment to social justice, its strong tradition of volunteerism and its history of involvement by NGOs. |
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Virginal Mothers, Groovy Chicks & Blokey Blokes: Re-thinking Home Economics (and) Teaching Bodies Diminishing status and negative stereotypes have contributed to a growing teacher shortage crisis. Home economists, as one group of increasingly scarce teachers, have carried their share of negative stereotyping, led by the tired clichés of cookers and sewers. This book encourages re-thinking of home economics and home economics teaching by providing insights into the embodied pedagogy of the teachers. |