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This volume expands the discussion on the language management (LM) framework through two themes: interests and power, which are driving forces of the LM process, observable and describable at every step. It consists of thirteen contributions analyzing diverse situations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Authors focus on a range of topics, including the role of language ideologies in various types of institutions, such as higher education institutions and language cultivation centers, the struggle to maintain minority languages, the positions of the actors involved in the process of making policies concerning foreign language teaching, or the processes that learning and choosing to use foreign languages entail. Emergent insights into the commonalities in the ways in which interests and power guide or underlie the management of language, communication, and sociocultural problems contribute significantly to the strength of LM as a sociolinguistic framework.

All papers of this edition give an opportunity for reflection on the chances, challenges and difficulties associated with the long-term transformation of higher education and scientific activities. Therefore, the concept of “scientific excellence” has been perceived as a guiding idea in the academics'efforts. On the other hand, it seems to be an ideal that can never be achieved but towards which one ought to strive persistently. Furthermore, the pursuit of excellence is accompanied by contradictions which have been pointed out many times in the history of academia in Poland. This publishing series embodies the belief in the existence of the so-called invisible college, i.e., the research community, exemplified by young scientists starting their academic path inspired by recognized professors.

This book is the fourth volume of Social and Economic Studies within the Framework of Emerging Global Developments. It includes empirical and theoretical original chapters written by researchers from different countries and universities. The target audience of this book is researchers, students and academics who are interested in social and economic studies.

This anthology discusses the necessity of an expanded notion of lifelong learning. Expanded lifelong learning means providing consistent and inter-connected preconditions for learning in all life contexts, both individually and collectively. Expanding the concept of lifelong learning means to provide conducive preconditions for learning, organizing all activities for learning, implementing, and promoting learning broadly across institutions and organizations. Expanded lifelong learning is necessary to handle current global crises. Through the nine chapters, the authors explore lifelong learning and what expanding it means. Integrating formal, non-formal, and informal learning and discussing non-conventional ways of theorizing and organizing, opens new pathways for lifelong learning.

Am 6. und 7. Oktober 2022 fand am Berufsbildungsinstitut Arbeit und Technik (biat) der Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF) die 22. Herbstkonferenz der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gewerblich-Technische Wissenschaften und ihre Didaktiken (gtw) statt. Unter dem Tagungstitel „Dekarbonisierung, Digitalisierung, Demographie – Gestaltungsanspruch für gewerblich-technische Facharbeit und Bildung'konnte die Konferenz drei nicht nur für die gewerblich-technische Facharbeit und die Berufsbildung sehr zentrale gesellschaftliche Themenstellungen aufgreifen, mit denen bereits seit geraumer Zeit und zukünftig noch wesentlich stärker ein hoher Gestaltungsanspruch einhergeht. Über dreißig Einzelbeiträge verdeutlichen in diesem Band die thematische Relevanz für die gewerblich-technischen Wissenschaften.

Unter dem Motto „Altes Eisen rostet nicht“ wird mit diesem Band nicht nur Reiner Schlausch in den Ruhestand verabschiedet. Die Zusammenstellung der Beiträge offenbart die Breite des Forschungs- und Lehrfeldes der beruflichen Fachrichtung Metalltechnik. Thematisiert werden konstituierende Aspekte, wie die Genese und die Berufsentwicklungen sowie die Notwendigkeit von berufs- und berufsbildungswissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen, und aktuelle Fragen zur Kompetenzerfassung und Zukunft des Berufsbereiches. Weiterhin werden Abgrenzungen und Gemeinsamkeiten zu affinen und weniger affinen Berufsbereichen besprochen sowie Entwicklungen in der Lehrkräftebildung betrachtet. Zudem geht es – nicht zum ersten Mal – um Antworten auf die Frage „Quo vadis, berufliche Fachrichtung Metalltechnik?“

En esta investigación se estudia la evolución curricular, pedagógica y didáctica de la formación para la ciudadanía en Costa Rica durante el periodo 1886-2015 desde una perspectiva que reconoce la transnacionalidad de los procesos educativos que en apariencia se muestran como si fuesen procesos simplemente nacionales. El análisis ha sido ectuado tomando en cuenta la politicidad nacional es decir, las distintas coyunturas, actores, tendencias y tensiones político educativas en torno a la articulación curricular y didáctica de la Educación Cívica tanto como asignatura escolar, como campo en disputa y tensión, y también como un campo de desarrollo académico y de política curricular. Se asume también la perspectiva de la internacionalización político educativa para observar distintos momentos, agentes y procesos transnacionales en la articulación de la educación para la ciudadanía en Costa Rica desde 1886 hasta el año 2015.

This book aims to provide a detailed study of young adult fiction concentrating on Mexican teenage (im)migrants to the United States and their search for identity. In its quest to define young adult (im)migration literature as a genre, the first chapter combines and questions classifications provided by literary scholars and educational scientists. The second chapter explores crucial factors which impact the protagonists'transcultural identity construction. The third chapter engages in theory mixing: Louise Rosenblatt's reader-response theory, the critical literacy approach of the New London Group, influences from the field of cultural studies and a model of literary competences are merged into an innovative theoretical framework that forms the basis of the teaching sequence presented.

Screens and smart technology have transformed into amazing doors to other worlds, people, and emotions in the Digital Age, yet our relationship with our gadgets is nuanced and occasionally tense. We define digital wellbeing as a condition in which one's subjective wellbeing is preserved in a setting defined by an abundance of digital communication. Digital wellness refers to the influence of various technologies on our mental, emotional, and even physical health and refers to the pursuit of an intentional and healthy relationship with technology, both in the professional and in personal life. It's about having a positive relationship with technology, where we recognize how it may improve rather than interfere with how we perceive the world.