1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781079503321

Titolo

African researchers and decision-makers [[electronic resource] ] : building synergy for development / / edited by Aboulaye Ndiaye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa

Ottawa, ON, Canada, : International Development Research Centre, c2009

ISBN

2-86978-385-X

1-282-46637-2

1-282-90124-9

2-86978-341-8

9786612466373

9786612901249

1-55250-464-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

Codesria book series

Altri autori (Persone)

NdiayeAbdoulaye <1949->

Disciplina

338.960072

Soggetti

Economic development - Research - Africa, Central

Economic development - Research - Africa, West

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also published in French under the title of: Chercheurs et décideurs d'Afrique : quelles synergies pour le développement?

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [77]-80).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Boxes; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction: Why Reflect on Synergy between Researchers and Decision-makers in West and Central Africa?; Chapter I: A Complex and Multifaceted Collaboration, Often Difficult to Implement; Chapter II: Experiences and Initiatives that Promote Collaboration between Researchers and Decision-makers; Chapter III: Recommendations to Improve Dialogue between Researchers and Decision-makers; Notes; References

Sommario/riassunto

For the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its partners, the link between research and policy is of paramount importance in their goal to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions in developing countries. Collaboration



between researchers and decision-makers, however, is complex, multifaceted, and often difficult to implement. Further, research is very often designed and carried out without regard for its potential users or beneficiaries. How should research agendas be developed? What is the role of the private sector in developing research? Which actors are invo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954899803321

Autore

Egan Kieran

Titolo

The educated mind : how cognitive tools shape our understanding / / Kieran Egan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1997

ISBN

9786612189210

9781282189218

1282189212

9780226190402

0226190404

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Cognition and culture

Civilization, Western - History

Educational anthropology

Educational sociology

Learning, Psychology of

Teaching

Psycholinguistics

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 (p. 281-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- Part Two -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education,



taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"-such as language or literacy-that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn. "A carefully argued and readable book. . . . Egan proposes a radical change of approach for the whole process of education. . . . There is much in this book to interest and excite those who discuss, research or deliver education."-Ann Fullick, New Scientist "A compelling vision for today's uncertain educational system."-Library Journal "Almost anyone involved at any level or in any part of the education system will find this a fascinating book to read."-Dr. Richard Fox, British Journal of Educational Psychology "A fascinating and provocative study of cultural and linguistic history, and of how various kinds of understanding that can be distinguished in that history are recapitulated in the developing minds of children."-Jonty Driver, New York Times Book Review

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971440803321

Autore

St. Germain Jill <1962->

Titolo

Broken treaties : United States and Canadian relations with the Lakotas and the Plains Cree, 1868-1885 / / Jill St. Germain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2009

ISBN

9786612130823

9781282130821

128213082X

9780803224452

0803224451

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (485 p.)

Disciplina

323.1197

Soggetti

Lakota Indians - Government relations

Lakota Indians - History - 19th century

Lakota Indians

Cree Indians - Government relations

Cree Indians - History - 19th century

Cree Indians



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

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Separate Pasts; 2. Expectations and Promises; 3. Early Efforts in the United States, 1868-1871; 4. Early Efforts in Canada, 1876-1878; 5. Negotiating the Relationship: the treaty of 1868, 1871-1875; 6. Misunderstanding in Practice: Treaty Six, 1879-1884; 7. The Treaty of 1868 and the Peace Policy, 1875-1876; 8. Treaty Six and the Northwest Rebellion, 1885; Conclusion; Appendix A: 1868 Treaty with the Sioux; Appendix B: 1876 Treaties at Forts Carltonand Pitt, Number Six

List of AbbreviationsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Broken Treaties is a comparative assessment of Indian treaty negotiation and implementation focusing on the first decade following the United States-Lakota Treaty of 1868 and Treaty Six between Canada and the Plains Cree (1876). Jill St. Germain argues that the "broken treaties" label imposed by nineteenth-century observers and perpetuated in the historical literature has obscured the implementation experience of both Native and non-Native participants and distorted our understanding of the relationships between them. As a result, historians have ignored the role of the Treaty of 1868 as the i