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Didattica per progetti
L’idea chiave della didattica per progetti è quella che gli studenti realizzino un progetto in un ambiente di apprendimento opportunamente strutturato da un gruppo di insegnanti. Questo ambiente sarà costituito da diverse componenti: uno spazio fisico, una contesto sociale, una dimensione individuale, una serie di attività da svolgere, un prodotto da sviluppare.,Istituzione universitaria di secondo e terzo livello (ciclo II e III) per la formazione degli insegnanti e/o dei formatori,Progett
Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration
After tuning in closely to the presidential campaign, these panelists don’t discern worlds of difference in the candidates’ approaches to foreign policy. But the speakers convey key concerns and offer words of advice to the next U.S. president.
Barry Posen is interested in the future of U.S. grand strategy, by which he means our plan for achiev
The Future of Publishing
Nostalgia, anxiety and optimism mix in this panel devoted to imagining what lies ahead for the book, as publishing professionals and others discuss the impact of digital technology on the business.
Small Beer Press, Gavin Grant’s boutique Massachusetts publishing company, “is still in the business of producing pa
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband-Enabled World
The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory democracy in the U.S., says Eugene J. Huang. He unveils the FCC’s plan for providing broadband access to every American, and describes how its recommendations could spur more open government and greater civic engagement.
Introduction to Studying the History and Politics of China
Dr Rana Mitter talks about his cutting edge research in China and gives an introduction to studying the history and politics of China, a new and exciting field of research within the Humanities division
Old English in Context Lecture 1 - Historical texts
Lecture by Dr S. D. Lee, Faculty of English, Oxford University - placing Old English literature in its historical and social context.
Societies in Transition: Early Metallurgy Around the World
Professor David Killick (Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona) talks about the invention of metallurgy and the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and what the social roles of emerging metallurgy were in societies throughout the world.
Professor Steve Woolgar
Professor Steve Woolgar gives the J D Bernal Prize Lecture on Mundane Governance at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Professor Steve Woolgar of the Saïd Business School has been awarded the prestigious J. D. Bernal Prize for his distinguished contribution to the social studies of science.
Special Lecture - Dr Paula Casal
Apethics: Moral Reflections on the Great Apes Recent scientific findings have caused a large increase in the number of people who believe that the great apes should have certain rights. The talk discusses some less explored implications including the distinction between natural and social inequality, theories of crime and punishment, and new error theories (15 February 2010)
Audio file: St Cross Special Ethics Seminar - Mark Sheehan
In Defence of Governance: Ethics and Social Research (5 November 2009)
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics: A Realist Approach to Comparative Constitutionalism
This lecture by Professor Ran Hirschl explores the strengths and weaknesses of studying comparatively the socio-political foundations of constitutions and constitutional institutions worldwide. The past few decades have seen a sweeping convergence to constitutional supremacy and a corresponding increase in the political importance of constitutional courts worldwide. This trend is widely perceived as a reflection of progressive social or political change, or simply as the result of societies' or
The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector.
The post-crisis politics of financial reform: business as usual or new global order?
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of European Socialist Party and former Prime Minister of Denmark talks about the politics of current efforts to regulate the financial sector.
Freedom and its Betrayal: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1952)
Berlin lectures on Rousseau’s The Social Contract and discusses Rousseau’s anti-intellectualism, idealism of Nature, the worryingly authoritarian implications of his philosophy. Originally broadcast for the BBC's Third Program in 1952
War and Civilization Series Lecture 4: War and Liberation
Ian Buruma is a writer and lecturer focussing on Asian (esp. Japanese) culture. He is currently Henry R. Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, New York. The proposition underlying this year's Wolfson Lectures on 'War and Civilization' is that, as one century of wars seems all too likely to bleed into another, we have become accustomed to think of warfare simply as the destroyer of civilization, the ultimate evil. This understandable view evades the extent to w
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4 - The City of Oxford
The political, economic, social and religious history of Oxford.
A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7 - The City of Birmingham
The religious, political, economic and social history of the largest city in the Midlands.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 2
Covers the religious houses of the county, including some early colleges of the University of Oxford. The volume also includes accounts aspects of social and economic history and the archaeology of the county.
