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How do professionals in open youth work deal with violence among young people? On the basis of an ethnographic study based on Grounded Theory, the author points out different processing strategies. The results show that professionals primarily interpret and deal with violence as a risk. It becomes clear that the action strategies of the social workers refer to approaches of sanctioning pedagogy on the one hand and youth work as education on the other. The ethnographic study in the style of Grounded Theory with a professional theoretical perspective was conducted in five different youth clubs over a period of one and a half years. Although violence between young people is relatively rare, it is omnipresent in the thinking of professional forces as a scenario that could develop. The presentation of typical situations from youth clubs shows that they constantly act in the sense of violence prevention close to everyday life and try to prevent a violent development through targeted action strategies. Within this framework, it becomes clear that two patterns of professional problem construction are central - on the one hand, following the sanctioning pedagogy, on the other hand, an understanding of youth work as education. Against this background, the interpretation and action strategies of skilled workers were discussed.

Human trafficking has generated intense global concern, with stories of sex slavery and images of women forced into prostitution so persuasive that states have raced to respond ahead of empirical data and clear definitions of the crime. In Trafficking Rhetoric, Annie Hill analyzes the entanglement of state veneration and state violence by tracking how the United Kingdom points to the alleged crimes of others in order to celebrate itself and conceal its own aggression. Hill compares the UK’s acclaimed rescue approach to human trafficking with its hostile approach to migration, arguing that they are two sides of the same coin—one that relies on rhetorical constructions of “trafficked women” and “illegal migrants” to materialize the UK as an Anglo-white space.Drawing from official estimates, policy papers, NGO reports, news stories, and awareness campaigns and situating them in the broader EU context, Hill accounts for why the UK’s antitrafficking agenda emerged with such rhetorical force in the early twenty-first century. Trafficking Rhetoric reframes controversies over labor, citizenship, and migration while challenging the continued traction of race-baiting and gender bias in determining who has the right to live, work, and belong in the nation.

Suis-je heureux ? L’argent fait-il le bonheur ? Une vie heureuse, est-ce une vie réussie ? Y a-t-il un droit au bonheur ? Autant de questions qui taraudent chacun d’entre nous mais que les philosophe se sont déjà posées depuis l’Antiquité. L’économie, la psychologie, la neurologie, les sciences sociales se sont, ces dernières années, emparées de ces questions pour essayer de leur trouver des réponses. Le présent ouvrage explore l’apport de la psychologie, de la neurologie, de l’économie et de...

Nerve sheath tumors can be a significant cause of morbidity for many patients. These include benign tumors such as schwannomas, diffuse and plexiform neurofibromas, and atypical neurofibromas, as well as the aggressive soft tissue sarcoma known as the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). Nerve sheath tumors occur sporadically and in the context of the clinical neuro-genetic tumor predisposition syndromes neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and type 2 (NF2). Historically, the mainstay of treatment for nerve sheath tumors has been surgery. However, for both benign and malignant nerve sheath tumors, there is a high recurrence rate, highlighting the pressing need for novel therapies. As we have entered the genomic era, the hope is that an improved understanding of the genetics, and therefore the biology, of these tumors will ultimately lead to therapies that result in better outcomes. In this Special Issue, we include both review articles and original research related to the genomic understanding and modeling of schwannomas, plexiform and diffuse neurofibromas, atypical neurofibromas, and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors as well as genomic methods being developed and applied to advance our understanding of these tumors.

This study examines the empirical differences between children with strong and weak language skills in the area of written language acquisition. While learning age has been extensively studied by researchers as the critical factor in variation between individuals, this study also considers global language competence. In conducting the study, the author used standardized language level measurements, psychological tests, and questionnaires.

Cet ouvrage d’économie politique sur des communautés indiennes et rurales du Mexique répond à des questions que la récente actualité, telle la rébellion zapatiste du Chiapas, pose à propos des Indiens. En quoi consiste leur organisation sociale ? Comment évolue-t-elle avec la transformation du système politique mexicain ? Qu’en est-il du rapport entre le territoire et le pouvoir politique ? S’appuyant sur une recherche conduite durant plus de trente ans dans l’État du Guerrerro, l’auteur rejette la vision romantique selon laquelle l’organisation sociale des Indiens se caractériserait par l’égalitarisme, l’harmonie et le refus du monde extérieur, et explique comment les villages indiens accueillent les bouleversements politiques à partir des préoccupations et des conflits qui leur sont propres. Le cadre politico-administratif offert par l’État national, qui instaure un principe d’inégalité entre les groupes locaux, conduit ces derniers à rivaliser sans fin sur les plans municipal, agraire, scolaire et, plus récemment, électoral. Les Indiens mettent alors en œuvre des tactiques directement géopolitiques car, en faisant de la politique, ils cherchent à redécouper l’espace, à réaménager les divisions territoriales. En recourant aux méthodes de l’anthropologie sociale, l’auteur montre en quoi les logiques locales fournissent des éléments d’explication aux problèmes politiques de notre temps.

Publikacja dotyczy dziejów kamienicy przy ul. Uniwersyteckiej 3 w Łodzi, pierwotnie przeznaczonej na dom nauczycieli Szkoły Zgromadzenia Kupców miasta Łodzi (1898-1939). Od 1945 roku do dziś to budynek uniwersytecki. Mieściły się w nim mieszkania profesorów – organizatorów Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (m.in. prof. Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego, pierwszego rektora UŁ), a także zakłady naukowe. Do początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku przestrzeń prywatna przenikała się tu z publiczną, co wytwarzało szczególną, niepowtarzalną atmosferę. Dom uczonych jest interesującym miejscem również z punktu widzenia przekształceń samej uczelni, bowiem na jego przykładzie można zaobserwować wzloty i upadki Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego w czasach PRL. W prezentowanej książce Czytelnik odnajdzie zatem opowieść o powikłanych losach mieszkańców kamienicy przy ul. Uniwersyteckiej 3 w powojennej Polsce, a także o trudnościach w tworzeniu środowiska naukowego w Łodzi – mieście robotniczym, bez tradycji akademickich.

Despite their presence in the media for almost 100 years, superheroes have eked out a niche existence in academic discourse. Even if this seems to be breaking up, the perspective is still dominated by an attitude critical of mass culture, whose view necessarily remains closed to the hopeful, orienting, and meaningful aspects of their narratives. However, this opposite side, which is predominantly articulated in the fan discourse, proves to be ideally suited to a pedagogical approach, which is opened up by the present work.

Designs for Experimentation and Inquiry examines how digital media is reconfiguring the established worlds of research, education, and professional practice. It reflects on the theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues shaping contemporary engagements with digital learning and offers insights for both analysing and intervening in digital learning practices. This insightful volume fills a gap in the current literature by bringing together experiences from Sociocultural Studies of Learning, Science and Technology Studies, and Design Studies. Each chapter is an innovative case study, examining a different aspect of digital media’s role in research, education and professional practice.

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This study is aimed to report the qualitative data collected as part of a larger evaluation research project on educational contexts for disabilities. The sample consists of 161 pre-service teachers completing their education at the University of Florence, who were asked to indicate strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of their own inclusive teaching practices (TEIP). This study focuses on a few specific areas according to the existing literature that sees teaching practices, collaboration between school staff and families, and behavior management as related elements for defining inclusive environments and attitudes. The integration of quantitative and qualitative data collected and analyzed separately explains all the elements that may contribute to self-efficacy toward school inclusion, such as the subject-specific support teacher preparation and the quality of collaboration within the working group for inclusion whose impact relates to the level of engagements achieved by students that can increase chances of success of the educational project.

Participants in the federal 8(a) Business Development Program can receive low-value procurement contracts without competitive bidding; certain firms can receive contracts of any size. Concern over these firms' advantage led Congress to require a justification and approval process for contracts over $20 million. The effect is still emerging, but it may delay large contracts more than reduce the number awarded because the underlying need remains.

This edited book explores conceptual as well as empirical approaches to epistemic beliefs that teachers of history might hold. In many parts of the world, history teachers are tasked with both upholding historical national myths and at the same time giving students the tools needed to deconstruct history and think critically. This ambiguity embedded in the combination of reconstruction and deconstruction is a difficult landscape for teachers to navigate. The chapters of this book therefore explore how teachers reason regarding the epistemic nature of history and how this impacts their teaching, interpretation of curricula and relationship to their students. Contributions consider the implications for prospective history teachers and in-service training, challenges to the field and point to ways forward. The book will be of interest to academics and students of history education, as well as practising teachers and museum curators. This is an open access book.

Summary/Description for Distribution Channels: The present printed edition of the Special Issue “Surface Chemistry and Catalysis” published in Catalysts aims to cover some of the recent advances in the field of heterogeneous catalysis that can be obtained by means of advanced characterization techniques, computational calculations and time-resolved methods, with particular emphasis on structure–activity relationships (SARs). It consists of 14 high-quality theoretical and experimental studies on various aspects on catalysis, involving the electrochemical promotion in catalysis, H2O dissociation, H2 production, Fisher–Tropsch synthesis, CO oxidation, among others.

Today’s children are tomorrow’s citizens. Good health and well-being in the early years are the foundations for well-adjusted and productive adult lives and a thriving society. But children are being let down in Australia and elsewhere by the lack of knowledge transfer between the worlds of research, policy and practice. Improving such transfer is the job of knowledge brokers – the various ways they can operate are explored in this book through case examples and the lessons learned from experienced proponents. The book concludes by posing three sets of ideas to shape the future of knowledge brokering.