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UNINA9910467652003321 |
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Challenging inclusive education policy and practice in Africa / edited by Sulochini Pather and Roger Slee |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Sense, , [2019] |
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1 online resource (167 pages) |
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Studies in inclusive education ; ; volume 40 |
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Inclusive education - Africa |
Inclusive education - Government policy - Africa |
Education and state - Africa |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Matter -- Copyright page -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / Sulochini Pather and Roger Slee -- Challenging Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Libya / Abdelbasit Gadour -- Strides and Strains in Including Children with Disabilities in Rwandan Education / Evariste Karangwa -- Towards Inclusive Education Development / Said Juma -- Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Ghana / William Nketsia -- In Search of an Inclusive Pedagogy in South Africa / Sigamoney Manicka Naicker and Sindiswa Stofile -- Special and Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Kenya, 1963 to 2016 / Martin Mwongela Kavua -- In-Service Tutor Development in Support of Inclusive Education / Lawrence Eron -- Inclusive Education Policy Implementation in Swaziland / Cebsile P Nxumalo -- Challenges of Implementing Inclusive Education and Supporting Marginalized Groups in Ethiopia / Ali Sani Side. |
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It is a fundamental right for all children to be given access to quality education to ensure they reach their full potential as individuals; a right which is reflected in international law in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and supported by the Education for All Agenda (1990) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2006). Nation states |
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across Africa have signed up to these protocols and remain committed to ensuring education for all children. The progress globally however in the past 25 years, including in Africa, has been slow (UNESCO, 2015). Questions remain on why this is so and what can be done about it. This book brings together researchers, education policy makers and academics from the African community. What is unique about this text is that it includes local insights narrated and critiqued by local professionals. This book presents a wide range of African countries across the continent, to provide a critical overview of the key issues affecting developments. It questions the origins of ideas and definitions around inclusive education and the impact it has made on policy and ultimately practice, within local socio-cultural and economic communities, both urban and rural. It highlights positive developments as well as challenges and provides a deep understanding of why the process of implementing inclusive education is so complex in the African continent. It provides an understanding of what is needed to develop a more sustainable model of inclusive education across the continent and within specific countries. |
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UNINA9910557626703321 |
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Autore |
Mercader-Moyano Pilar |
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Decarbonization and Circular Economy in the Sustainable Development and Renovation of Buildings and Neighborhoods |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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History of engineering and technology |
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In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally |
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accepted that the refurbishment of buildings and urban regeneration based on sustainability must form the axis of reformulation of the building sector. At present, achieving sustainable urban development inevitably involves improving existing buildings, thereby preventing the need for city growth, and for the emptying of established neighborhoods. Furthermore, considering the whole life cycle, the great amount of greenhouse emissions derived from the construction sector is well known; thus, in order to reach a decarbonized society, it is important to provide eco-efficient construction materials and solutions, adding the principles of the circular economy and resource efficiency. Therefore, the theme of this Special Issue is the "Decarbonization and Circular Economy in the Sustainable Development and Renovation of Buildings and Neighborhoods" in response to the objectives not only raised in the Horizon 2020 but by all the people who seek a more sustainable world. This Special Issue of Sustainability focuses on, but is not limited to: • Obtaining an overview of the environmental problems that arise from construction activity, focusing on refurbishment as an alternative to the current crisis in the construction sector, as well as on actions designed to minimize environmental effects on the environment; • Searching for new alternatives to conventional construction solutions that minimize the environmental impact of the construction activity, improve indoor environmental quality of buildings, build or refurbish, always from a rentable and optimal cost in time, and implement a circular economy and an efficient resource and waste management; • Minimizing the consumption of material resources, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in construction and looking for the proper management of construction and demolition waste and the opportunities for their recycling and reuse; • Sustainable planning and urban development, for an ordered and sustainable growth. |
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