Perspectives on thinking, learning, and cognitive styles [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Li-fang Zhang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453688603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, NJ, : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001
• ISBN: 0-585-36394-3; 9786612323546; 1-4106-0598-1; 0-8058-3430-3; 1-282-32354-7; 1-135-66362-9
• Descrizione fisica: x, 276 p. : ill
• Collana: The educational psychology series
• Altri autori (Persone): SternbergRobert J; ZhangLi-fang
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetti: Cognitive styles; Thought and thinking; Human information processing; Learning, Psychology of; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 A Capsule History of Theory and Research on Styles -- 2 Abilities, Interests, and Styles as Aptitudes for Learning: A Person-Situation Interaction Perspective -- 3 The Nature and Effects of Cognitive Style -- 4 Enhancing Learning: A Matter of Style or Approach? -- 5 Conceptions, Styles, and Approaches Within Higher Education: Analytic Abstractions and Everyday Experience -- 6 The Lived Space of Learning: An Inquiry into Indigenous Australian University Students' Experiences of Studying -- 7 Correlates of Approaches to Learning: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis -- 8 Thinking Styles Across Cultures: Their Relationships With Student Learning -- 9 Experiential Learning Theory: Previous Research and New Directions -- 10 Epilogue: Another ; Mysterious Affair at Styles -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents the most comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date coverage of theory and research on cognitive, thinking, and learning styles, in a way that: * represents diverse theoretical perspectives; * includes solid empirical evidence testing the validity of these perspectives; and * shows the application of these perspectives to school situations, as well as situations involving other kinds of organizations. International representation is emphasized, with chapters from almost every major leader in the field of styles. Each chapter author has contributed serious theory and/or published empirical data--work that is primarily commercial or that implements the theories of others. The book's central premise is that cognitive, learning, and thinking styles are not abilities but rather preferences in the use of abilities. Traditionally, many psychologists and educators have believed that people's successes and failures are attributable mainly to individual differences in abilities. However, for the past few decades research on the roles of thinking, learning, and cognitive styles in performance within both academic and nonacademic settings has indicated that they account for individual differences in performance that go well beyond abilities. New theories better differentiate styles from abilities and make more contact with other psychological literatures; recent research, in many cases, is more careful and conclusive than are some of the older studies. Cognitive, learning, and thinking styles are of interest to educators because they predict academic performance in ways that go beyond abilities, and because taking styles into account can help teachers to improve both instruction and assessment and to show sensitivity to cultural and individual diversity among learners. They are also of interest in business, where instruments to assess; styles are valuable in selecting and placing personnel. The state-of-the-art research and theory in this volume will be of particular interest to scholars and graduate students in cognitive and educational psychology, managers, and others concerned with intellectual styles as applied in educational, industrial, and corporate settings.

The politics of Canadian foreign policy / / Kim Richard Nossal, Stéphane Roussel, Stéphane Paquin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798122603321
• Autore: Nossal Kim Richard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, [Quebec] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-55339-444-5; 1-55339-445-3
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Collana: Queen's Policy Studies Series
• Disciplina: 327.71
• Soggetti: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian; Canada Foreign relations administration; Canada Politics and government; Canada Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note to Students -- About the Authors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Analyzing Canadian Foreign Policy -- The Policy Setting -- Canada’s International Location -- Power and Status: Canada’s International Influence -- Society and Foreign Policy -- Dominant Ideas in Foreign Policy -- Actors and Processes -- The Prime Minister and Foreign Policy -- The Prime Minister and Summit Diplomacy -- Widening the Circle: Other Ministers -- The Foreign Policy Bureaucracy -- Parliament and Foreign Policy -- The Provinces and Foreign Policy -- QuÉbec’s Paradiplomatie Identitaire -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The fourth edition of this widely used text includes updates about the many changes that have occurred in Canadian foreign policy under Stephen Harper and the Conservatives between 2006 and 2015. Subjects discussed include the fading emphasis on internationalism, the rise of a new foreign policy agenda that is increasingly shaped by domestic political imperatives, and the changing organization of Canada’s foreign policy bureaucracy. As in previous editions, this volume analyzes the deeply political context of how foreign policy is ; made in Canada. Taking a broad historical perspective, Kim Nossal, Stéphane Roussel, and Stéphane Paquin provide readers with the key foundations for the study of Canadian foreign policy. They argue that foreign policy is forged in the nexus of politics at three levels – the global, the domestic, and the governmental – and that to understand how and why Canadian foreign policy looks the way it does, one must look at the interplay of all three.