Narrative Life : Democratic Curriculum and Indigenous Learning / / by Neil Hooley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974659003321
• Autore: Hooley Neil
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009
• ISBN: 9786612236068; 9781282236066; 1282236067; 9781402097355; 1402097352
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2009.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Collana: Explorations of Educational Purpose, , 1875-4457 ; ; 7
• Disciplina: 371.826
• Soggetti: Educational sociology; Sociology of Education
• 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: Context -- Global Trends and Indigenous Challenges -- Building Democracy -- Confronting Whiteness -- Education, Being and Identity -- Community -- Indigenous Education -- Self-Determination -- Culture and Environment -- National and International Insights -- Commitment -- Indigenous Literacy and Epistemology -- Two-Way Inquiry Learning -- Participatory Narrative Inquiry -- Exemplars of Indigenous Knowledge and Practice -- Change -- Ambiguity and Indigenomathematics -- Policy, Practice and Pedagogy -- Education as Democratic Public Sphere.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written with educational practitioners in mind and set in a framework of progressive epistemology and pedagogy, this work tackles issues of global concern. It seeks to answer the question of how we structure education for the world’s 370 million indigenous people so as to promote intercultural understanding, maximize opportunity and right colonial wrongs. Hooley’s work details an innovative curriculum design for indigenous school children based on the principles of participatory narrative inquiry, as well as exemplars of indigenous knowledge. Written from an Australian perspective, the book discusses broad ; international issues that impact on schooling such as globalisation, democratic education and whiteness and raises significant questions regarding indigenous culture and knowledge. Taking inspiration from the works of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, Hooley asserts that a curriculum based on participatory narrative inquiry recognises and respects the interests and rights of local indigenous communities. Further, it provides a mechanism for linking with white mainstream curricula through the compilation of portfolios of student work and exemplars of knowledge across all subjects areas. This model views formal schooling as a central aspect of a child’s personal, family and community narrative and does not impose knowledge from without, but constructs knowledge from within. Learning is given an indigenous context and thus two-way inquiry between cultural viewpoints is encouraged. Narrative Life makes an original contribution to indigenous education worldwide, and does so across all settings of primary and secondary schooling.

Perspectives for European consumer law : towards a directive on consumer rights and beyond / / edited by Hans Schulte-Nölke, Luboš Tichý

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968137703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Munich, : Sellier. European Law Pub., c2010
• ISBN: 1-283-01447-5; 9786613014474; 3-86653-878-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Classificazione: PS 3740
• Altri autori (Persone): Schulte-NölkeHans; TichýLuboš
• Disciplina: 341.7/54
• Soggetti: Consumer protection - Law and legislation - European Union countries
• 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: Pre-contractual information duties : the forseeable failure of full harmonisation / Luc Grynbaum -- The right of withdrawal / Reiner ; Schulze -- The provisions on consumer sales / Jules Stuyck -- Core issues of consumer sales law / Thomas Pfeiffer -- Unfair terms in consumer contracts / Luboš Tichý -- Unilateral change of contractual terms / Tomáš Pelikán -- The new directive on consumer protection : objectives from the perspective of the EU and the member states / Lenka Froňková -- Some remarks on the proposal of a directive on consumer rights / Tomáš Břicháček -- The judiciary and consumer protection / Jiří Grygar -- Contracts concluded away from business premises and contracts concluded through distance communication in the light of the Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights / Martin Rezek -- The system of consumer law on its way to integration into the system of private law / Jan Hurdik.
• Sommario/riassunto: The forthcoming Directive on Consumer Rights is part of a far-reaching European development in the field of consumer law and general contract law. The European Commission has initiated the long expected broad shift to full harmonisation. This puts the national laws and all lawyers applying it under new challenges. In future, the Member States will be prohibited from deviations not only "downwards" but also "upwards". In particular the relation between (EC and national) consumer law and general contract law is under question. The Czech EU Presidency in the first half of 2009 gave the occasion for a conference organised by the Charles University, the Acquis Group and the Czech European Consumer Center at Prague. Leading contract law scholars, policy makers and stakeholders from across Europe put the Proposal under close scrutiny from political, legal and practical angles. This volume contains the results of the conference and thus responds to the question of the extent to which the Proposal offers indeed perspectives for European consumer law. It also contains a position paper elaborated by the Acquis Group in the aftermath of the conference which highlights strengths and weaknesses and suggests improvements of the Proposal.