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Springer Human Sciences & Law Preview ABC springer.com Springer Human Sciences & Law Preview Top Frontlist October – December 2013 Education Humanitites/Arts Law Philosophy Psychology Social Sciences FOURTH QUARTER 2013 springer.com Start the Season with the latest titles from Springer Dear reader, This catalog is a special selection of new book publications from Springer in the fourth quarter of 2013. It highlights the titles most likely to interest specialists working in the professional field or in academia. You will find the international authorship and high quality contributions you have come to expect from the Springer brand in every title. Please show this catalog to your buyers and acquisition staff. It is a premier and most authoritative source of new print book titles from Springer. We offer you a wide range of publication types – from contributed volumes focusing on current trends, to handbooks for in-depth research, to textbooks for graduate students. If you are looking for something very specific, go to our online catalog at springer.com and search among the 83,000 English books in print by keyword. The Advanced Search makes it easy to define any scientific subject you have. You can even download a catalog just like this one with your own personal selection – completely free of charge! We hope you will enjoy browsing through our new titles and wish you great success throughout the new year! With best wishes, Matthew Giannotti Product Manager Trade Marketing P.S. Register on www.springer.com right away for automatic New Book Alerts by subject. If you register as a bookseller, you will also receive the monthly Bookseller Alert that announces every new title by subject in the Springer NEWS catalog. Legend Book with online Book CD-ROM Textbook files/update with CD-ROM Book DVD Set with DVD springer.com Human Sciences & Law | Education C. Angeli, N. Valanides, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, X. Chen, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (Eds) Q. Wang, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA; Y. C. Luo, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Technological Pedagogical Canada (Eds) Content Knowledge Reading Development and Exploring, Developing, and Assessing TPCK Difficulties in Monolingual and Technological pedagogical content knowledge Bilingual Chinese Children (TPCK) reflects a new direction in understanding the complex interactions among content, peda- This volume explores Chinese reading develop- gogy, learners, and technology that can result in ment, focusing on children in Chinese societies successful integration of multiple technologies in and bilingual Chinese-speaking children in West- teaching and learning. The purpose of this edited G. Biesta, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg; ern societies. The book is structured around four volume is to introduce TPCK as a conceptual M. De Bie, Ghent University, Belgium; themes: psycholinguistic study of reading, reading framework for grounding research in the area of D. Wildemeersch, KU Leuven, Belgium (Eds) disability, bilingual and biliteracy development, teachers’ cognitive understanding of the interac- Civic Learning, Democratic and Chinese children’s literature. It discusses tions of technology with content, pedagogy, and issues that are pertinent to improving language learner conceptions. Accordingly, the contribu- Citizenship and the Public and literacy development, and complex cognitive, tions will constitute systematic research efforts Sphere linguistic, and socio-cultural factors that underlie that use TPCK to develop lines of educational language and literacy development. In addition, technology research exemplifying current theo- Through a combination of theoretical develop- the book identifies instructional practices that retical conceptions of TPCK, and methodological ment, methodological reflection and empirical can enhance literacy development and academic and pedagogical approaches of how to develop case study, this book provides new insights in achievement. and assess TPCK. the complexities of learning in the context of the ongoing struggle for democracy. Due October 2013 Available Contributed volume Contributed volume Due October 2013 Contributed volume 2014. XX, 284 p. 12 illus., 8 in color. (Literacy Studies, 2014. Approx. 300 p. 50 illus. Hardcover Volume 8) Hardcover 7 approx. € 99,95 | £86.50 2014. XX, 214 p. 1 illus. Hardcover 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 7 approx. * € (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 127,50 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 ISBN 978-1-4614-9247-4 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 ISBN 978-94-007-7379-0 ISBN 978-94-007-7258-8 C. A. Brown, Fordham University Graduate School of Education, New York, USA (Ed) Globalisation, International Education Policy and Local Policy Formation This book examines how international education policy, set by international policymakers and do- nors, influences local education policy in develop- ing countries. It offers the diverse perspectives of scholars from the developing world. M. M. Atwater, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, A. Damlamian, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val USA; M. Russell, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA; Due December 2013 de Marn, Créteil Cedex, France; J. F. Rodrigues, M. B. Butler, Univeristy of Central Florida, Orlando, Contributed volume Universidade de Lisboa/CMAF-FCUL, Lisboa, FL, USA (Eds) Portugal; R. Sträßer, Universität Gießen FB 12 2014. Approx. 210 p. 30 illus. Hardcover Mathematik, Gießen, Germany (Eds) Multicultural Science Education 7 approx. € 99,95 | £90.00 Preparing Teachers for Equity and Social 7 approx. * € (D) 106,95 | € (A) 109,95 | sFr 133,50 Educational Interfaces between Justice ISBN 978-94-007-4164-5 Mathematics and Industry Report on an ICMI-ICIAM-Study This book focuses on science teacher education is- sues related to preparing and working with science Due November 2013 teachers of under-served and under-represented Contributed volume student populations. 2013. XI, 411 p. 62 illus., 50 in color. (New ICMI Study Due October 2013 Series, Volume 16) Hardcover Contributed volume 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 2014. XX, 312 p. 2 illus. in color. Hardcover 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 ISBN 978-3-319-02269-7 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 ISBN 978-94-007-7650-0 1 Human Sciences & Law | Education springer.com D. Gorter, University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain; V. Zenotz, Public University of Navarre Campus de Arrosadia, Irunea- Pamplona, Spain; J. Cenoz, University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain (Eds) Minority Languages and Multilingual Education Bridging the Local and the Global This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren face when they A. Day, London Institute of Education, London, UK M. Fleer, A. Ridgway, Monash University, Frankston, need to learn languages of international com- The Structure of Scientific VIC, Australia (Eds) munication, in particular English. The book takes Visual Methodologies and minority languages as a starting point and it bridg- Examination Questions es local and global perspectives in the analysis of Digital Tools for Researching multilingual education contexts. It examines the This book shows how contemporary linguistics interaction of minority languages and cultures, can inform the assessment of science. It explains with Young Children majority languages and lingua franca-s in a variety the systemic functional structures of examination Transforming Visuality of settings across different regions and countries questions and details how examination questions on all continents. Even though all chapters in this can be used to understand the linguistics of sci- Due November 2013 book involve minority languages, the issues dis- ence education. Contributed volume cussed are relevant to any context in which more Due October 2013 2014. X, 231 p. 49 illus., 43 in color. (International than language is used in education. Brief perspectives on early childhood education and Due October 2013 development, Volume 10) Hardcover Contributed volume 2014. IX, 106 p. 13 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Education) 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 Softcover 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 2014. IV, 404 p. 22 illus., 10 in color. (Educational € 49,99 | £44.99 7 ISBN 978-3-319-01468-5 Linguistics, Volume 18) Hardcover 7 * € (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00 7 € 99,99 | £90.00 ISBN 978-94-007-7487-2 7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,50 ISBN 978-94-007-7316-5 Z. Deng, National Institute of Education, Singapore, M. Fried, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer D. Griffin, Australian Museum, Frenchs Forest, NSW, Singapore; S. Gopinathan, C. K.-E. Lee, National Sheva, Israel; T. Dreyfus, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Australia Institute of Education Nanyang Technological Aviv, Israel (Eds) University, Singapore, Singapore (Eds) Education Reform and Mathematics & Mathematics Community Development Globalization and the Education: Searching for Singapore Curriculum This book addresses the notion that education Common Ground reform must be tied to issues of community From Policy to Classroom inequality which are the principal contributors to This book is the fruit of a symposium on the low achievement. Bluntly put, education is not the This volume examines how the government has troubling, and growing, divide between academic way out of poverty, but reducing poverty is crucial responded in the curriculum and educational mathematicians and mathematics education to education. policy arena to the challenges of
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