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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789532703321

Autore

MacPherson Seonaigh

Titolo

Education and sustainability : learning across the diaspora, indigenous, and minority divide / / Seonaigh MacPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-78904-9

1-283-15132-4

1-136-78905-7

9786613151322

0-203-82572-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 55

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

International education

Education and globalization

Sustainable development

Native language and education

Multiculturalism

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Diversity -- Ecological knowledge -- Liberation and enlightenment -- Learning to love, loving to learn -- The hidden curriculum of assimilation -- Curriculum, teaching, and learning as a sustainability challenge -- Language education as a sustainability challenge -- Consciousness as a sustainability challenge -- Identity and identification as a sustainability challenge -- Migration as a sustainability challenge -- Global ecological citizenship education -- Towards a "deep" democratic education for sustainable development.

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically examines the impact of migration, education, development, and the spread of English on global bio-linguistic and cultural diversity. Derived from findings from a comparative eco-linguistic study of intergenerational language, culture, and education change in the Tibetan Diaspora, the book extends its analysis to consider the plight of other peoples who find themselves straddling the



Indigenous-Minority-Diaspora divide. MacPherson explores the overlapping and distinctive sustainability challenges facing indigenous and minority communities when they are connected by and w

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785203803321

Titolo

Hunter's diseases of occupations / / Peter J. Baxter. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Hodder Arnold

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-78268-566-9

1-282-91467-7

9786612914676

1-4441-2843-4

Edizione

[Tenth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1317 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaxterP. J

HunterDonald <1898-1978.>

Disciplina

616.9803

Soggetti

Occupational diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata slip inserted.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations used; PART ONE - GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; PART TWO - DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICAL AGENTS; PART THREE - DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL AGENTS; PART FOUR - DISEASES RELATED TO ERGONOMIC AND MECHANICAL FACTORS; PART FIVE - OCCUPATION AND TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES; PART SIX - WORK AND MENTAL HEALTH; PART SEVEN - RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; PART EIGHT - OTHER EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE EXPOSURES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Winner of the 2011 BMA book awards: medicine categoryIn the five decades since its first publication, Hunter's Diseases of Occupations has remained the pre-eminent text on diseases caused by work, universally recognized as the most authoritative source of information in the field. It is an important guide for doctors in all disciplines who may encounter occupational diseases in their practice, covering topics



as diverse as work and stress, asbsetos-related disease, working at high altitude and major chemical incidents, many of which are highly topic