Este livro encontra-se dividido numa componente teórica e numa componente de investigação empírica. A primeira componente analisa os impactes dos processos de globalização, em especial na área da educação. Defende-se que a escola, de modo a trabalhar para a construção de uma sociedade mais coesa e global, tenha a educação intercultural como uma das suas principais orientações. Neste sentido, na segunda componente do trabalho, como necessidade de aferição ...

Freedom Time reconsiders decolonization from the perspectives of Aimé Césaire (Martinique) and Léopold Sédar Senghor (Senegal) who, beginning in 1945, promoted self-determination without state sovereignty. As politicians, public intellectuals, and poets they struggled to transform imperial France into a democratic federation, with former colonies as autonomous members of a transcontinental polity. In so doing, they revitalized past but unrealized political projects and anticipated impossible futures by acting as if they had ...

J.R.R. TOLKIEN: THE BOOKS, THE FILMS, THE WHOLE CULTURAL PHENOMENON A book exploring the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, Britain's premier fantasy author, in over 800 pages. Part one of this book focusses on J.R.R. Tolkien's texts, principally those dealing with his 'secondary world' of Middle-earth. Part two explores the 2001-03 Hollywood movies of The Lord of the Rings, with a scene-by-scene analysis of the three films. Part of this book explores the influence of the Tolkien industry, in areas like computer gaming, pop music, merchandizing and cinema. ...

In this work we find the moments of doubly truncated distribution of order statistics through sampling from an exponential distribution. Some recurrence relations are developed. Corollaries are dawn from these results for left and right truncated distribution of order statistics. These results and some additional results found are useful for characterization of an exponential distribution. Further results are derived on doubly truncated moments of order statistics. These results are applied to Weibull Distribution in section A and Power Function Distribution ...

Lamar, one of the most gifted public figures from the South after the Civil War, was born in Georgia and practiced law both there and in MIssissippi. A brilliant defense of the states' rights principle plunged him into a political career covering four decades. Cate's biography shows how his career touched every phase of the life of his times. Originally published in 1935. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out ...

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Whatever you think is whatever will happen. Harness your thoughts and control your mindset to achieve what you want. We can't control other people; we can't control much of the external world. But we can control our thoughts, and that's enough to change our lives. Action follows behavior, and behavior follows thought. Start from the root and see how you can thrive. Replace disempowering mindsets with those of action and agency. THINK WITH INTENTION is a blueprint to a different state of mind. This book takes a deep look into how people tend to ...

The Emperor's fall by one of his own generals Posterity has been granted several renowned historians of the Napoleonic Wars and the author of this book, Antoine-Henri Jomini, is notable among them-for he not only chronicled its history, but was an active participant in its events. Service with Napoleon saw him in action at Austerlitz, Ulm, Jena, at Eylau where he was awarded the Legion of Honour and at Lutzen and Bautzen. His work, The Art of War is an essential treatise on the waging of war in the early nineteenth century and is required reading for any ...

Education in Colombia should be considered a vital right of every citizen and its continuous fulfilment should be ensured, especially for vulnerable populations that have limited access due to their living conditions, more precisely with the population between 14 and 17 years of age in the locality of Usaquén. Although there are many actors involved in the education of young people, few tools are used to ensure that the community recognises this right as a basis for improving their quality of life. The main factors that affect the education system ...