1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778083903321

Autore

Douglas Mary

Titolo

Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982

ISBN

1-282-35523-6

9786612355233

0-520-90739-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WildavskyAaron B

DouglasMary

Disciplina

304

Soggetti

Risk management

Risk

Risk - Social aspects

Risk assessment

Environmental impact analysis

Technology - Risk assessment

Teknologi

Risikoledelse

Miljøet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- I. Risks are Hidden -- II. Risks are Selected -- III. Scientists Disagree -- IV. Assessment is Biased -- V. The Center is Complacent -- VI. The Border is Alarmed -- VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- VIII. America Is A Border Country -- IX. The Dialogue is Political -- Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do



people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911008926503321

Autore

De Angelis Gessica <1965->

Titolo

Multilingual testing and assessment / / Gessica De Angelis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

9781800410565

1800410565

9781800410558

1800410557

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 pages)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; v. 151

Classificazione

ES 847

Disciplina

404/.20287

Soggetti

Second language acquisition - Ability testing

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Evaluation

Language and languages - Ability testing

Bilingualism in children - Ability testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/DEANGE0541 -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Multilingual Testing and Assessment -- 2 Traditional, Holistic and Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment -- 3 From Bilingual to Multilingual Education -- 4 Multilingual Assessment Practices in Education -- 5 Developing Tests for Multilingual Populations -- 6 Assessing Multilingual Narratives -- 7 Multilingual Narratives: The South Tyrol Study -- 8 Looking Ahead -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the need for research and guidance on testing multilingual students. The author introduces an integrated approach to



testing and assessment; provides guidelines for test-writers, teachers and educators; and demonstrates how to use the integrated approach to testing and assessment in a multilingual educational context.