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Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching
Benson, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2007
One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The learner’s mother tongue holds the key to making schooling more inclusive for all disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women.
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The Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data Means Better Science
Molloy, Jennifer C - eSocialSciences - 2012
This article focuses on the Open Knowledge Definition and the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science. Some of the …
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Inquiry and Argumentation in Science Classrooms: The Crucial Role of Teacher's Questions
Kawalkar, Aisha; Vijapurkar, Jyotsna - eSocialSciences - 2014
teaching. [Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and TIFR]. …
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In the Name of Science and Public Health: Concerns about the Safety of Pentavalent Vaccine
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2014
This report provides information on the policy and implementation of immunization in India. A description of the findings of the verbal autopsies gathered from the visits to Srinagar and Haryana, as also the replies obtained under from RTIs on the situation in other states. There is a discussion...
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In-service Teacher Professional Development (TPD) for Elementary Education
HBCSE, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education - eSocialSciences - 2014
from recent research and policy documents, with HBCSE's specific contributions to be in science and mathematics education. …
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Women And Sceince: An Examination Of Women's Access To And Retention In Scentific Careers
Poonacha, Veena; Gopal, Meena - eSocialSciences - 2005
Concerned with the question of gender equity in access to and retention in science education and careers, this study …. The aim of the study was to delineate the personal and institutional factors that exclude women from science. The study … constraints imposed on them by society. These constraints are seen as emerging partly within the social environment (i …
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Eureka
Fondake, Bal - eSocialSciences - 2008
There are many popular science stories. But it is seen that only those stories which are projected as being researched …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341775
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The Elite Brain Drain
Hunter, Rosalind S - eSocialSciences - 2009
They collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world’s most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. They show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Their study cannot...
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Workshops Without Walls: Broadening Access to Science around the World
Arslan, Betul K; Boyd, Eric S; Dolci, Wendy W; Dodson, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
latest developments in this area of origin of life research. Through social media outlets and popular science blogs …, participation in the workshop was broadened to include educators, science writers, and members of the general public. In total, over … how interdisciplinary collaborative research may be fostered, with substantial public engagement, without sustaining the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319345
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New Vistas in Global Cooperation for Science and Education: India to connect to the GLORIAD Network
Cole, Gregory S. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This lecture series is about the new vistas in Global Comunication for Science and Education. …
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