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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824075903321

Autore

Gosch Franz

Titolo

Solutions to master the demographic change : ambient assisted living for the elderly / / Franz Gosch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-611-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (48 p.)

Disciplina

304.62

Soggetti

Demographic transition

Population - Mathematical models

Population policy - Mathematical models

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.

Nota di contenuto

Solutions to master the Demographic Change; Table of contents; List of abbreviations; List of figures, boxes and tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Central research question and research objectives; 1.3 Methodological approach and structure of the study; 2 Theoretical framework; 2.1 Diffusion of Innovations Theory; 2.2 The application of the Diffusion of Innovations theory; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Nature of the research; 3.2 Steps in the research procedure; 3.3 Review of EU policies, projects, and initiatives; 3.4 Review of studies on AAL; 3.5 Reliability and validity; 4 Results

4.1 EU actions towards AAL (results of document analysis)4.2 Ambient Assisted Living at a glance (results of systematic literature review); 4.3 Main results; 5 Discussion; 5.1 Discussion of AAL on grounds of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory; 5.2 Discussion of methods; 5.3 Answer to the research question; 5.4 Recommendations and conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

How will the Western World manage to master the implications of the demographic change? The answer to this may be Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) that becomes the topic of this research study. The aim of the research is to present the field of AAL with relation to home care. Furthermore, the work of the European Union (EU) in the field of AAL is



presented as the EU is a major key player in enhancing research on AAL solutions that help meeting the demands of the future. Moreover, a categorization scheme of AAL solutions is developed through research evidence. Additionally, characteristics of a su

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971488703321

Autore

Stubbs Michael <1947-, >

Titolo

Language, schools and classrooms / / Michael Stubbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-46992-3

1-280-68602-2

9786613662965

1-136-46993-1

0-203-12856-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 200

Disciplina

372.6

372.60941

Soggetti

Language arts - Great Britain

Children - Great Britain - Language

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1983 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

LANGUAGE, SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS; Copyright; Language, schools and classrooms; Copyright; Contents; Editor's introduction; Foreword to the second edition; 1 Why is language important in education?; The language of education?; Language, learning and classrooms; Teacher training and language study; 2 Some basic sociolinguistic concepts; Language and attitudes to language; The primitive language myth; Standard and nonstandard English; Language structure and language use; The implication of such distinctions; 3 Bernstein's theory of restricted and elaborated codes; The work of Basil Bernstein

Bernstein's early workBernstein's later work (1973); Do the codes exist?; Some possible confusions; Conclusions; 4 Labov and the myth of



linguistic deprivation; Languages, logic, explicitness and grammar; Nonstandard languages as media of education; The myth of linguistic deprivation; Labov and Bernstein; West Indian children in British schools; A pseudo-problem?; 5 The need for studies of classroom language; Reasons for studying classroom languag; Our ignorance of classroom langua; The rationale for naturalistic studies; Teachers as researchers; 6 Studies of classroom language

Commentaries on classroom dialogueThe structure of classroom dialogue; The classroom as a sociolinguistic setting; Studying social processes in classrooms; 7 Teaching and talking: the hidden curriculum of classroom talk; The hidden curriculum; The framing of educational knowledge; Discourse structure and assumptions about teachin; The social construction of children's ability; Teaching as talking: some cross-cultural data; 8 Towards a sociolinguistic analysis of language in education; Language as evidence for educational statemen; Language is organized

Criteria for studies of language in education9 Some topics for investigation; Further reading; References and name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The role of language is central in education - but there is much debate about the exact relation between children's language and their educational success. The author provides a clear guide to the basic issues in the debates over language deficit, standard English and classroom language, and in this edition he shows how work in sociolinguistics can give a better understanding of the place of language in education and society.