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The Evaluation of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

Author : Andrea Bonaccorsi

Publisher : Springer

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 23,70 MB

Release : 2018-01-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3319685546

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This book examines very important issues in research evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities. It is based on recent experiences carried out in Italy (2011-2015) in the fields of research assessment, peer review, journal classification, and construction of indicators, and presents a systematic review of theoretical issues influencing the evaluation of Social Sciences and Humanities. Several chapters analyse original data made available through research assessment exercises. Other chapters are the result of dedicated and independent research carried out in 2014-2015 aimed at addressing some of the debated and open issues, for example in the evaluation of books, the use of Library Catalog Analysis or Google Scholar, the definition of research quality criteria on internationalization, as well as opening the way to innovative indicators. The book is therefore a timely and important contribution to the international debate.



Media Theory for A Level

Author : Mark Dixon

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 223 pages

File Size : 18,88 MB

Release : 2019-10-08

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0429626924

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Media Theory for A Level provides a comprehensive introduction to the 19 academic theories required for A Level Media study. From Roland Barthes to Clay Shirky, from structuralism to civilisationism, this revision book explains the core academic concepts students need to master to succeed in their exams. Each chapter includes: • Comprehensive explanations of the academic ideas and theories specified for GCE Media study. • Practical tasks designed to help students apply theoretical concepts to unseen texts and close study products/set texts. • Exemplar applications of theories to set texts and close study products for all media specifications (AQA, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC). • Challenge activities designed to help students secure premium grades. • Glossaries to explain specialist academic terminology. • Revision summaries and exam preparation activities for all named theorists. • Essential knowledge reference tables. Media Theory for A Level is also accompanied by the essentialmediatheory.com website that contains a wide range of supporting resources. Accompanying online material includes: • Revision flashcards and worksheets. • A comprehensive bank of exemplar applications that apply academic theory to current set texts and close study products for all media specifications. • Classroom ready worksheets that teachers can use alongside the book to help students master essential media theory. • Help sheets that focus on the application of academic theory to unseen text components of A Level exams.



Research Assessment in the Humanities

Author : Michael Ochsner

Publisher : Springer

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 10,19 MB

Release : 2016-04-19

Category : Education

ISBN : 3319290169

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This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research is delicate. While citation-based research performance indicators are widely used in the natural and life sciences, quantitative measures for research performance meet strong opposition in the humanities. This volume combines the presentation of state-of-the-art projects on research assessments in the humanities by humanities scholars themselves with a description of the evaluation of humanities research in practice presented by research funders. Bibliometric issues concerning humanities research complete the exhaustive analysis of humanities research assessment. The selection of authors is well-balanced between humanities scholars, research funders, and researchers on higher education. Hence, the edited volume succeeds in painting a comprehensive picture of research evaluation in the humanities. This book is valuable to university and science policy makers, university administrators, research evaluators, bibliometricians as well as humanities scholars who seek expert knowledge in research evaluation in the humanities.



Research Anthology on Feminist Studies and Gender Perceptions

Author : Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher : IGI Global

Page : 779 pages

File Size : 44,94 MB

Release : 2022-01-21

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1668445123

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Global society has always been impacted by the perception of gender. While gender roles may differ in certain cultures, many cultures around the world have allowed for the disempowerment and objectification of women. Women today still struggle for gender equality whether it be professionally, socially, or even legally. To examine feminism thoroughly, however, thorough analysis must be conducted on all genders and perceptions. The Research Anthology on Feminist Studies and Gender Perceptions explores the application of feminist theory and women empowerment in the 21st century and the role that gender plays in society. This book analyzes media representation, gender performativity, and theory to present a comprehensive view of gender and society. Covering topics such as masculinity, women empowerment, and gender equality, this two-volume comprehensive major reference work is an essential resource for sociologists, community leaders, human resource managers, activists, students and professors of higher education, researchers, and academicians.



Soft Computing in Humanities and Social Sciences

Author : Rudolf Seising

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 516 pages

File Size : 40,90 MB

Release : 2011-11-05

Category : Computers

ISBN : 3642246710

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The field of Soft Computing in Humanities and Social Sciences is at a turning point. The strong distinction between “science” and “humanities” has been criticized from many fronts and, at the same time, an increasing cooperation between the so-called “hard sciences” and “soft sciences” is taking place in a wide range of scientific projects dealing with very complex and interdisciplinary topics. In the last fifteen years the area of Soft Computing has also experienced a gradual rapprochement to disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and also in the field of Medicine, Biology and even the Arts, a phenomenon that did not occur much in the previous years. The collection of this book presents a generous sampling of the new and burgeoning field of Soft Computing in Humanities and Social Sciences, bringing together a wide array of authors and subject matters from different disciplines. Some of the contributors of the book belong to the scientific and technical areas of Soft Computing while others come from various fields in the humanities and social sciences such as Philosophy, History, Sociology or Economics. Rudolf Seising received a Ph.D. degree in philosophy of science and a postdoctoral lecture qualification (PD) in history of science from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He is an Adjoint Researcher at the European Centre for Soft Computing in Mieres (Asturias), Spain. Veronica Sanz earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). At the moment she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Science, Technology and Society Center in the University of California at Berkeley. Veronica Sanz earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). At the moment she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Science, Technology and Society Center in the University of California at Berkeley.



New Thinking in Complexity for the Social Sciences and Humanities

Author : Ton Jörg

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 16,59 MB

Release : 2011-08-09

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9400713037

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The underlying idea and motive for the book is that the notion of complexity may humanize the social sciences, may conceive the complex human being as more human, and turn reality as assumed in our doing social science into a more complex, that is a richer reality for all. The main focus of this book is on new thinking in complexity, with complexity to be taken as derived from the Latin word complexus: ‘that which is interwoven.’ The trans-disciplinary approach advocated here will be trans-disciplinary in two ways: firstly, by going beyond the separate disciplines within the fields of both natural sciences and social sciences, and, secondly, by going beyond the separate cultures of the natural sciences and of the social sciences and humanities.



Media and Information Literacy

Author : Marcus Leaning

Publisher : Chandos Publishing

Page : 145 pages

File Size : 15,48 MB

Release : 2017-03-31

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0081002351

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Media and Information Literacy: An Integrated Approach for the 21st Century provides a novel rationale for the integration of media and information literacy and gives direction to contemporary media and information literacy education. The book takes a synthetic approach to these two areas, presenting critical histories of both. The book explores the influence of political forces and educational practice on media literacy and the contemporary media environment, focusing on computing and mobile technology as a platform for existing and non-computational media. The final section considers a new rationale for the adjustment of content and activities into a combined project, building on a range of skills from contemporary media, reconsidering the mission of media literacy, and advocating that media and information literacy be expanded out of the classroom and positioned as a ‘public pedagogy'. Proposes a new route direction for media and information literacy Combines critical histories of media literacy and information literacy Integrates an account of technological development as a key driver to educational activities while retaining core progressive intents International in scope with recognition of international agencies, such as UNESCO and the UN





Recent Research in Social Sciences & Humanities

Author : Dr. S. Anthony Rahul Golden

Publisher : EduPedia Publications (P) Ltd

Page : 106 pages

File Size : 30,99 MB

Release :

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ISBN : 819333938X

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Recent world is research world. Research takes place in all fields in the world. In this special edition of Recent Research Academy and International Journal of Research, titled on “Recent Research in Social Sciences & Humanities” more focus is given to the Recent Researches from social sciences, which are considered as the need of the hour. Altogether this issue has twelve standard research articles contributed by academicians and enthusiastic research scholars. This special edition has the following articles. They are A STUDY ON ELECTRONIC BANKING’S PROS & CONS, MARKETING MANAGEMENT DEMANDS THE OMNIPRESENT SOURCE OF RESEARCH EDUCATION, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, CUSTOMERS PREFERENCE TOWARDS ONLINE BANKING VS TRADITIONAL BANKING – AN ANALYSIS, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT- A COMPILATION OF SUCCESSFUL CASES FROM THE CSR INTERVENTIONS OF TVS SST, A STUDY OF INTERNET USAGE OF UNDERGRADUATES, THE ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TOWARDS E-LEARNING - AN ANALYSIS, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF HELP GROUPS PRODUCTION AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF DINDIGUL DISTRICT, EMPLOYMENT, OUTPUT AND WAGE ELASTICITY IN RESEARCH INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES IN INDIA & USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL TO ASSESS TOURISTS OPINION TOWARDS CHETTINAD TOURISM & A STUDY ON CUSTOMER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEBIT CARDS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CUSTOMERS RESIDING AT CHENNAI AND VELLORE). The researcher have been discussed their in the above mentioned titles. Thus, the recent scenario of research in social science and humanities were clearly addressed. This volume enriches the reader to update their existing knowledge on these areas of Arts and Social Science. While I thank all the contributors and members of the editorial board for their contribution and cooperation, I thank and appreciate the timely help rendered by the team of Recent Research Academy and INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH for their valuable help and timely efforts to bring out this edition on the moment.



Ideas on the Move in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Author : Gisèle Sapiro

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 405 pages

File Size : 44,56 MB

Release : 2020-04-06

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 303035024X

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This edited collection analyses the reception of a selection of key thinkers, and the dissemination of paradigms, theories and controversies across the social sciences and humanities since 1945. It draws on data collected from textbooks, curricula, interviews, archives, and references in scientific journals, from a broad range of countries and disciplines to provide an international and comparative perspective that will shed fresh light on the circulation of ideas in the social and human sciences. The contributions cover high-profile disputes on methodology, epistemology, and research practices, and the international reception of theorists that have abiding and interdisciplinary relevance, such as: Antonio Gramsci, Hannah Arendt, Karl Polanyi, Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, Edward Said and Gayatri Spivak. This important work will be a valuable resource to scholars of the history of ideas and the philosophy of the social sciences; in addition to researchers in the fields of social, cultural and literary theory.