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Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars to understand the many ramifications of Covid-19 on societies, politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided the (inter)action of governments, societies, and citizens in this unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments’ disaster preparedness as well as exposed governments’ attitudes towards the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the agency of the African populace in the face of containment measures and their impact on everyday social, cultural, and...
The goal of successfully incorporating ethnic minorities represents a decisive challenge for modern societies. However, migratory background continues to negatively affect the life trajectories of migrants’ descendants. ‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ barriers determine long-term inequality gaps and low intergenerational social mobility in both longstanding and more recent European immigration countries. This book complements the sparse findings on education, labour market outcomes, and wellbeing relating to immigrant offspring by providing original research in order to individuate strategies for removing the obstacles that the migrants’ descendants face. Chapters offer in-depth analyses that ...
The main objective of this Research Topic is to determine the conditions that place students at risk of school failure, identifying student and context variables. In spite of the fact that there is currently little doubt about how one learns and how to teach, in some countries of the “developed world,” there is still there is a high rate of school failure. Although the term “school failure” is a very complex construct, insofar as its causes, consequences, and development, from the field of educational psychology, the construct “student engagement” has recently gained special interest in an attempt to deal with the serious problem of school failure. School engagement builds on the...
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychology Treatment Modules: Personalized Care in Behavior and Emotion provides clinicians with modularized treatment strategies for commonly occurring child and youth mental health disorders. Divided into two sections, the first part of the book translates basic science into clinical practice, reviewing predictors, mediators and moderators of change, and an overview of evidence for best practices in treating disorders. The second section guides clinicians on how to implement treatment strategies. Chapters instruct what therapy is, how to introduce it to clients, step-by-step implementation, worksheets for use in practice, homework to send home with clients, and more. - Summarizes evidence base and best practices for therapy - Provides a step-by-step guide to implementing therapy - Includes treatment activities, clinical worksheets and client homework - Describes challenges to implementation, along with solutions - Identifies ways to facilitate adherence/buy-in - Features case examples
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Advances in Human Dynamics for the Development of Contemporary Societies Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022), July 24–28, 2022, New York, USA
The book was initiated for young researchers to reflect their research work. The area of research covers various work of life which address a spectrum of problems. The research was done within Tamil Nadu. Researchers carried out the field study and presented their data with statistical tools. The book may also encourage young researchers to do similar research to explore the current status of life.
Este volumen incluye quince capítulos que cubren temas como prácticas innovadoras en educación, aplicación de diferentes tecnologías en los procesos de aprendizaje, investigación sobre desarrollo sostenible y cuidado del medio ambiente.
El manuscrito que se presenta corresponde al libro de resúmenes de las comunicaciones presentadas al segundo congreso internacional anual de estudiantes de doctorado de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. Dicho congreso se celebró de manera telemática los días 2 y 3 de febrero de 2023. El Congreso estuvo organizado por un comité formado por estudiantes de doctorado de nuestra Universidad en estrecha colaboración con el Vicerrectorado de investigación.