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Political Parties, Elections and Election Systems by Etem Aziri

differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs

Analyses of quality assurance and development in education

scores, leading to their terminations. These events were influenced by political and policy contexts, including post–Race to the Top initiatives. The study emphasises the significance of educational

Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography by Daniel Tanguay

The book ends with concluding remarks of the writer about the whole Leo Strauss’s thought. Although Leo Strauss’s philosophy is very complex especially in terms of so many different titles and ... twentieth century political philosophy but also enable to us with critical outlook about modern political philosophy and its problems. Apart from Introduction, the book consists of four main titles about Leo

Teachers gaming the system: exploring opportunistic behaviours in a low-stakes accountability system

collective accumulation of social capital drives political integration and economic development to higher levels (Putnam, 1995). Here, social capital is understood as a civic culture that can be collectively ... to all types of economic interactions and not restricted to political participation (Guiso et al., 2010) . The authors point out that relevant direct measures of civic capital may identify values

Teachers responding to cultural diversity: case studies on assessment practices, challenges and experiences in secondary schools in Austria, Ireland, Norway and Turkey

Global mobility and economic and political crises in some parts of the world have fuelled migration and brought new constellations of ‘cultural diversity’ to European classrooms (OECD 2019). This ... of teachers, are also, by tradition, linked with the cultural, historical and political agendas that exist in migrant-receiving countries and can have a positive or negative effect on student learning

“No Selfhood…No Freedom: Martin Heidegger’s Radical Definition of ‘Transcendence’ in 20th Century Europe”

been employed to describe the distance between man and truth. In Heidegger’s monumental philosophy such limits are shattered. As such, this essay makes an effort to “fetch back” the term “transcendence ... the Black Notebooks [Die Schwarze Hefte], Heidegger’s philosophical anti-Semitism is becoming common knowledge, bringing with it a new scrutiny of his philosophy, and of his political commitments. With

Disciplinary Power and the Subversion of Student Protest on U.S. University Campuses

ABSTRACT: The university campus has continually been a center for political performance and student activism; however, this article examines they ways in which universities subvert and undermine ... demonstrations has increased as the political climate on and off campuses has shifted.5 The University of California at Los Angeles’s annual Freshman Cooperative Institutional Research Program survey showed that

Unworking the Sadean Communion

in the disruption of the everyday social and political projects, and it is in this sense that I read Philosophy in the Bedroom as an attempt at Nancean community. For Nancy, community is an experience ... - Jacob Friedman Marquis de Sade’s Philosophy in the Bedroom1 tells the story of three wealthy libertines—Dolmancé, Madame de Saint-Ange, and Le Chevalier—who take in a young virgin girl named

Derrida and Conflict

enters into a political discourse. Tracing two conflicting strains within Derrida’s theory–the deconstructive rejection of ideas’ degrading circulation and the unabashed endorsement of Nelson Mandela’s ... deconstruction” takes on political issues, from September 11th to the death penalty, although Derrida’s philosophy was arguably always politically engaged.207 The Puzzle of Forgiveness Toward the end of his

Enacting teacher evaluation in Norwegian compulsory education: teachers’ perceptions of possibilities and constraints

. Ensuring equal education for all is a central political goal, which means that all pupils are to be enrolled in regular classes and that teaching must be adapted to individual skills and needs. Despite ... driver of national policy reform and efforts to improve education quality (Skedsmo, 2018) . In particular, the ‘PISA shock’ of 2001 increased the political focus on enhanced student outcomes as an

Assessment as a policy instrument and/or tool for professional development

can often be raised about how to consider the policy context, the role of debate, political agendas and stakeholders’ interests. The extent to which and how it is possible to separate interpretations of ... that is perhaps also used for political purposes. While the third and the fourth articles discuss various forms of teachers’ knowledge related to assessments designed for learning and development—as

Albanian Book and Libraries in Kosovo

in Kosovo by the 14th century was followed with a long interruption due to socio-political circumstances. The linguistic structure of the book in libraries by the middle of the sixties of the 20th ... the political and cultural position of Albanians was also reflected in view of the growing number of publications in Albanian and network extension of libraries also changing their cultural status. In

Large-scale diagnostic assessment in first-year university students: pre- and transpandemic comparison

). There are four versions of the general knowledge exam, one for each area. Only area IV has philosophy items (Table 1). The English and Spanish tests have 60 items for each language. The Spanish portion

Cognitive mechanisms for the formation of public perception about national testing: A case of NAPLAN in Australia

into the political process, often dramatically reshaping social, economic, and political conditions” (Pierson, 1993, p. 288). The framework that we adopted consists of three main concepts, known as ... forming people’s perceptions about public policies. It has been argued that “the ways in which political systems confer resources on individuals and create incentives for them are the bread and butter of

School closure policies and student reading achievement: evidence across countries

variation in school closure policies. The decision-making process regarding school closures was influenced by institutional systems and political orientations. For example, democratic countries tended to

The Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Roots of America’s Modern Black Creative Genius

historical racial oppression. Though the association between black societal subjugation and its resultant creative genius has previously been attributed to economic, social, political, aesthetic, and cultural ... houses, massacring Native Americans, raping Black women.”2 Such analyses are often employed to delineate the invention and impetus of jazz and hip-hop, along with social, cultural, political, economic

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Issues and Trends in the Provision of Public Library Services in Nigeria: A Literature Survey

The philosophy, orientation and nature of public library are routed in the responsibility of disseminating diverse and current information services to the members of its community. Waller and Mcshare ... , and often are members of both a library system/network and a political community. The library in New London, Connecticut, for example, is supported primarily through city taxes and is clearly a

Learning to assess and evaluate complex realities

processes of policymaking by providing careful and rigorous analyses of specific policies, their political context and the historical courses of their development. The suggestions may be perceived as

Is more child-initiated always better? Exploring relations between child-initiated instruction and preschoolers’ school readiness

) aimed to address these limitations by using cluster analysis to characterize existing preschool classrooms, regardless of program philosophy, based on teachers’ self-reported educational beliefs and ... the instructional materials and teaching philosophy used. They classified programs into four groups: low on both dimensions, high on both dimensions, or low on one but high on the other. Children