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The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic crisis is provoking a reappraisal of both economic and educational policy. Policy makers and educationists across the world see education as central to economic competitiveness. However, this book asks fundamental questions about the relationship between the economy and education since, in contrast to policy makers’ rhetoric, the relationship between the two sectors is not straightforward. An unorthodox account of the knowledge economy and economic globalisation suggests that autonomy in the workplace and permission to think will be only given to the elite. In this view many aspirant well-educated middle-class young workers are doomed to disappointment. In this book, leading scholars from the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand discuss these issues and interrogate the assumptions and links between the different elements of education and how they might relate to the economy. Even if we assume that the official view of the knowledge economy is correct, are we educating young people to be autonomous, creative thinkers? Are current policies relating to knowledge, learning and assessment consistent with the kinds of workers and skills required for the knowledge economy? Educating for the Knowledge Economy? will appeal to academics, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the central role of education in the knowledge economy.

Product Description: First published in 1957 ,and reprinted with a new introduction in 1986, Michael Young and Peter Willmott’s book on family and kinship in Bethnal Green in the 1950s is a classic in urban studies. A standard text in planning, housing, family studies and sociology, it predicted the failure in social terms of the great rehousing campaign which was getting under way in the 1950s...read more

Product Description: The time has come for little Nina to choose her mother, but she's not sure how to decide! This tender and heartwarming tale of the true essence of motherhood is the perfect gift for all the women in your life.

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Product Description: When a young blacksmith s apprentice named Johann discovers that his homeland is contained entirely within a small music box, it s up to him to protect the only home he s ever known. With the help of an impossibly ancient knight, his best friend, Brigitta, and his trusty homemade sword, Johann races to find the only people who can who can stop the dark power that threatens to destroy the Canticle Kingdom an unsuspecting family and an old woodcarver from the outside world...read more

Product Description: Have a Google Maps mashup that you’d like to expose to millions of users on maps.google.com? New to the mapping craze, but have an idea for a killer map–based application? Practical Google Maps Mashups with Google Mapplets, GeoRSS, and KML Is the first book to cover Google’s new Mapplet technology Shows you how to create Google Maps–based applications and publish to maps...read more

Product Description: Have a Google Maps mashup that you'd like to expose to millions of users on maps.google.com? New to the mapping craze, but have an idea for a killer map–based application? Want to learn how to create GeoRSS and KML feeds with your geotagged content, exposing your customer to new ways of exploring and navigating your content? Google Maps Mashups with Google Mapplets Is the first book to cover Google's Mapplet technology Shows you how to create Google Maps–based applications and publish to maps...read more

Product Description: Star is a warrior from the star world kingdom that was a victim of a vortex that affected the realm of star world. Traveling through the vortex he began to absorb the energy of time and space and became a powerful entity. His powers would even surpass The Galaxy Lord thus proven his quest for power...read more

Product Description: Based on first-hand experience on how a newspaper functions on a daily basis, this insider’s account offers a glimpse into the frenetic world of newspaper journalism. From frenzied days—such as September 11 or the death of Princess Diana—to the truisms that drive circulation, this title places readers in the shoes of a journalist on the news-gathering trail...read more

Product Description: Focused on the current situation in South Africa—but equally applicable to those in developed and developing countries—this collection offers a refreshing analysis of economically-driven trends in educational reform and a number of alternative ways to modernize higher education and training programs without turning education into a commodity...read more

Presents a comprehensive examination of life in one of the most intriguing parts of England - but it stands for all Britain - indeed everywhere in the world with large new immigrant populations. This book discusses about the racial relations between the Asian population and the British in East London.

Product Description: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents, IVA 2006. The book presents 24 revised full papers and 11 revised short papers together with 3 invited talks and the abstracts of 19 poster papers...read more

A guide to Microsoft Outlook covers such topics as working with folders, managing e-mail messages, using the calendar, creating contact items, and using the journal.