GEOGRAFIA PARA SURDOS


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"A educação tem sentido porque mulheres e homens aprenderam que é aprendendo que se fazem e refazem, porque mulheres e homens se puderam assumir como seres capazes de saber". Paulo Freire Este livro torna público o compromisso e o repensar crítico em torno de questões do nosso tempo, entre elas o ensino, a aprendizagem e a inclusão dos estudantes surdos, considerando, para isso, as especificidades e potencialidades da ciência geográfica. Os artigos reunidos compartilham, como principal objetivo, o reconhecimento da importância de se democratizar a divulgação científica na diversidade do conhecimento, sob a proposta de potencializar a construção de uma sociedade com mais equidade e justiça social. É para esse fim que as pesquisas aqui reunidas problematizam sua temática, bastante relevante na atualidade. Desse modo, será possível contribuir de algum modo para subsidiar outros debates na sociedade sobre questões que envolvem componentes importantes do processo de escolarização, com ênfase na inclusão dos estudantes surdos na escola, e, consequentemente, na sociedade. Os autores são profissionais que vêm atuando na Educação Básica e no Ensino Superior, com formação em Geografia e contribuições no ensino, pesquisa e extensão em diferentes Instituições Públicas no Brasil.




GEOGRAFIA PARA SURDOS REFLEXÕES TEÓRICO-PRÁTICAS


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“A educação tem sentido porque mulheres e homens aprenderam que é aprendendo que se fazem e refazem, porque mulheres e homens se puderam assumir como seres capazes de saber”. Paulo Freire Este livro torna público o compromisso e o repensar crítico em torno de questões do nosso tempo, entre elas o ensino, a aprendizagem e a inclusão dos estudantes surdos, considerando, para isso, as especificidades e potencialidades da ciência geográfica. Os artigos reunidos compartilham, como principal objetivo, o reconhecimento da importância de se democratizar a divulgação científica na diversidade do conhecimento, sob a proposta de potencializar a construção de uma sociedade com mais equidade e justiça social. É para esse fim que as pesquisas aqui reunidas problematizam sua temática, bastante relevante na atualidade. Desse modo, será possível contribuir de algum modo para subsidiar outros debates na sociedade sobre questões que envolvem componentes importantes do processo de escolarização, com ênfase na inclusão dos estudantes surdos na escola, e, consequentemente, na sociedade. Os autores são profissionais que vêm atuando na Educação Básica e no Ensino Superior, com formação em Geografia e contribuições no ensino, pesquisa e extensão em diferentes Instituições Públicas no Brasil.




Multilingual Brazil


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This book brings together cutting edge work by Brazilian researchers on multilingualism in Brazil for an English-speaking readership in one comprehensive volume. Divided into five sections, each with its own introduction, tying together the themes of the book, the volume charts a course for a new sociolinguistics of multilingualism, challenging long-held perceptions about a monolingual Brazil by exploring the different policies, language resources, ideologies and social identities that have emerged in the country’s contemporary multilingual landscape. The book elucidates the country’s linguistic history to demonstrate its evolution to its present state, a country shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces both locally and globally, and explores different facets of today’s multilingual Brazil, including youth on the margins and their cultural and linguistic practices; the educational challenges of socially marginalized groups; and minority groups’ efforts to strengthen languages of identity and belonging. In addition to assembling linguistic research done in Brazil previously little known to an English-speaking readership, the book incorporates theoretical frameworks from other disciplines to provide a comprehensive picture of the social, political, and cultural dynamics at play in multilingual Brazil. This volume is key reading for researchers in linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, cultural studies, and Latin American studies.




Academic Self-efficacy in Education


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This book documents systematic, prodigious and multidisciplinary research in the nature and role of academic self-efficacy, and identifies areas for future research directions within the three sections of the book: 'Assessment and Measurement of Academic Self-efficacy', 'Empirical Studies on What Shapes Academic Self-efficacy', and 'Empirical Studies on Influence of Academic Self-efficacy'. The book presents works by educators and researchers in the field from various parts of the world, highlighting advances, creative and unique approaches, and innovative methods. It examines discussions around the theoretical and practical aspects of academic self-efficacy in culturally and linguistically-diverse educational contexts. This book also showcases work based on classical and modern test theory methods, mediation and moderation analysis, multi-level modelling approaches, and qualitative analyses.




Maps for the Future


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The joint symposium of ICA commissions is always one of the most important event for cartographers. This joint seminar in Orleans was connected to 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris. Works were presented by members of the commissions on: Cartography and Children, Cartographic Education and Training, Maps and the Internet, Planetary Cartography, Early Warning and Disaster Management.




Artificial Intelligence in Society


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The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.




It's a Small World


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This volume profiles the fascinating and, at times, controversial concept of DEAF-SAME and its influence on deaf spaces locally and globally. The editors and contributors focus on national and international encounters (e.g., conferences, sporting events, arts festivals, camps) and the role of political/economic power structures on deaf lives and the creation of deaf worlds. They also consider important questions about how deaf people negotiate DEAF-SAME and deaf difference, such as differences in mobility, access to social and economic capital, ideologies, and epistemologies. The editors have organized the book into five sections--Gatherings, Language, Projects, Networks, and Visions. Taken all together, the 23 chapters in this book provide an understanding of how sameness and difference are powerful yet contested categories in deaf worlds.




Organizational Dignity and Evidence-Based Management


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This book discusses dignity in the organizational context. Combining diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, as well as empirical studies, this book examines the concept of dignity between organizations and a variety of stakeholders. Going beyond the traditional approach of the relationship between company and employees, and beyond the traditional perspective of human dignity in a Kantian or post-Kantian approach, this volume innovates by discussing dignity from different epistemic perspectives, bringing to the fore dignity, inserted in different organizational and cultural contexts. The volume is divided into five parts. The first part is dedicated to the concept of dignity in the organizational sphere (dignity inside organizations, dignity between organizations and their stakeholders, and dignity in business-to-business relationships) discussed under different epistemic approaches. The second part deals with dignity in the relationships between companies and employees. The third part deals with the relationship between companies and clients. The fourth part of the book studies business-to-business relationships, addressing the educational sector, restaurants, and microcredit. Finally, the fifth part focuses on the relationships between the organizational dignity construct and other constructs, such as stress, spirituality and trust. Opening new theoretical and methodological perspectives for the study of dignity, this book will be of use to researchers and students studying management, leadership, and business strategy, as well as management and HR professionals.




Dignity and Health


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How dignity violation and dignity promotion affect individual and collective health




Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research


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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2011, held in Mykonos, Greece, in September 2011. The 90 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 198 submissions. The papers address issues such as information technology, e-learning, e-business, cultural heritage, e-government.