Countries around the world attempt to increase the human capital of their citizens. Currently, education constitutes a large share of the economy in developed countries. The average expenditure on primary and secondary education institutions is about 3.5% of GDP in OECD countries (OECD, 2016). Moreover, investment in education has large implications for economic development, democratic institut…
In all the talk about the Paris Agreement, reached at the twenty-first Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, it is sometimes forgotten that the world’s political leaders have held negotiations about climate change at the highest possible level for at least three decades. Many have known about …
ased on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement in the UK, and, through a series of essays, assesses its influence on present day participatory arts practices. Part I offers the first comprehensive account of the movement, its history, rationale and modes of working in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; Part II bring…
During these first days of his life his home was in the heart of a great windfall where Gray Wolf, his blind mother, had found a safe nest for his babyhood, and to which Kazan, her mate, came only now and then, his eyes gleaming like strange balls of greenish fire in the darkness. It was Kazan's eyes that gave to Baree his first impression of something existing away from his mother's side, …
Cold winter lay deep in the Canadian wilderness. Over it the moon was rising, like a red pulsating ball, lighting up the vast white silence of the night in a shimmering glow. Not a sound broke the stillness of the desolation. It was too late for the life of day, too early for the nocturnal roamings and voices of the creatures of the night. Like the basin of a great amphitheater the frozen …
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Mempelajari kebudayaan masa lalu tidak harus dengan berkutat di perpustakaan ditemani buku-buku tebal berdebu. Kartu pos bisa mengenalkan kekayaan tradisi masa silam dengan cara yang ringan dan menyenangkan. Kartu pos yang terbuat dari foto-foto menarik di masanya merekam sejarah-sejarah kecil yang kerap dianggap remeh-temeh. Di antaranya sebut saja busana pengantin, perhiasan yang dipakai…
MAMALIA ( Halaman 1-51) ILMU PENGETAHUAN MANUSIA ( Halaman 52-294) Bagian ini dimulai dengan survei terhadap tubuh manuslia, menelaah strukturnya, dan bagaimana berbagai sistem organnya. Dilanjutkan dengan kepribadian, emosi, ingatan, daur hidup manusia, keturunan, perkembangan pertumbuhan, kemunduran, dan lanjut usia. Pembahasan lain dari masalah alkoholisme, merokok, dan penyalahgunaan ob…
KEHIDUPAN HEWAN ( Halaman 1-195) MAMALIA ( Halaman 196-292) Dalam bagian ini kita mempelajari lebih terperinci tentang banyaknya kelompok mamalia, dimulai dengan hewan penelur dan berkantung, kemudian hewan bertembuni yang dominan dan sangat beraneka ragam yakni kelinci, mamalia air, anjing, beruang, cerpelai, kucing. Bagian mamalia diakhiri dengan pembahasan tentang kelompok primata.