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Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education (2015)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. A., & Brayshaw, M. (2015). Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education. In A. Mesquita, & P. Peres (Eds.), Furthering Higher Education Possibilities through Massive Open Online Courses (107-125). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8279-5.ch005

One of the attention grabbing headlines in the last two years has been of hundreds of thousands of students enrolling on MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that are being offered by some of the world's top Universities. Large numbers of students are... Read More about Requirements capture analysis for MOOCS in higher education.

Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function (2015)
Book Chapter
Rutherford, C., & Palmer, T. M. (2015). Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function. In V. Ramkumar, & R. Paes de Carvalho (Eds.), Adenosine Signaling Mechanisms: Pharmacology, Functions and Therapeutic Aspects (35-53). Nova Science Publishers

© 2015 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. The ability of cells to respond to changes in extracellular concentrations of the nucleoside adenosine is determined by their complement of cell surface adenosine receptors. Four receptor s... Read More about Regulation of adenosine receptor desensitisation and function.

Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, C. (2015). Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education. In M. Qian (Ed.), Education and Modernity in Sociology 社会学视野中的教育与现代性 (117-130). Beijing: People's Daily Publishing Corporation

通过关注正在当代中国复兴的儒家读经教育，作者以读经学生为研究对象，对他们进行了正式或非正式访谈，讨论了他们的公民身份在读经过程中的塑造。本文的基本论点是：儒家读经教育塑造了学生的自我主体性，形成一种新的文化公民身份——儒家公民；儒家公民的基本品质是好学... Read More about Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education.

Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren) (2015)
Book Chapter
Gratzke, M. (2015). Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren). In M. Schmidt (Ed.), Rücksendungen zu Jacques Derridas Die Postkarte. Ein essayistisches Glossar (223-230). Turia + Kant

Empirical research methods in property law (2015)
Book Chapter
Whitehouse, L., & Bright, S. (2015). Empirical research methods in property law. In S. Blandy, & S. Bright (Eds.), Researching Property Law (43-59). Palgrave Macmillan

Including all learners (2015)
Book Chapter
Glazzard, J. (2015). Including all learners. In A. Hansen (Ed.), Primary Professional Studies (64-84). (3rd ed.). London: Learning Matters

Primary teacher training is challenging. Trainees must be prepared to consider teaching in innovative ways, while remaining focussed on the unchanging requirements of children’s learning. The third edition of this popular core book supports trainee t... Read More about Including all learners.

Identity, citizenship, and moral constructs from the virtual self (2015)
Book Chapter
Martin, S. (2015). Identity, citizenship, and moral constructs from the virtual self. In K. Terry, & A. Cheney (Eds.), Utilizing Virtual and Personal Learning Environments for Optimal Learning (217-237). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8847-6.ch010

Many young people now access digital networks that include individuals very unlike them who promote different cultural, religious and ethical value systems and behaviour. Such value systems can create conflicts of expectation for young people seeking... Read More about Identity, citizenship, and moral constructs from the virtual self.

Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue. (2015)
Book Chapter
Earle, F. (2015). Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue. In D. Strycharczyk, & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing Mental Toughness: Coaching Strategies to Improve Performance, Resilience and Wellbeing (122-136). (2nd ed.). Kogan Page

Mental toughness is about how effectively individuals deal with stress, pressure and challenge. It is rooted in the notion of resilience but moves beyond this by adding ideas from the world of positive psychology. The result is a complete process whi... Read More about Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue..

Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?) (2015)
Book Chapter
Sotiropoulou, I. (2015). Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?). In A. Allen, A. Lampis, & M. Swilling (Eds.), Untamed Urbanisms (270-283). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315746692

Introduction This chapter is a first attempt to explore the stance towards property in urban space adopted by grassroots everyday practices in Greek urban centres. The schemes do not use official currency, and neither do they follow the rule of oblig... Read More about Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: Urban domination subverted (?).

Developing active citizenship in schools : a case study of democracy in practice (2015)
Book Chapter
Hope, M. (2015). Developing active citizenship in schools : a case study of democracy in practice. In International handbook of progressive education (325 - 336). Peter Lang Publishing

This chapter offers a critique of current definitions of active citizenship and argues that children and young people need to be seen as citizens within their school communities and not just citizens of the future. Pedagogy and school decision-making... Read More about Developing active citizenship in schools : a case study of democracy in practice.

Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650 (2015)
Book Chapter
Capern, A. L. (2015). Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650. In S. Broomhall (Ed.), Authority, Gender and Emotions in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (187-209). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137531162_11

Chancery was a court that became infamous for provoking anger, contempt, distrust, and disgust, even loathing and rage, two basic emotions that feature right at the centre of Robert Plutchik’s three-dimensional emotions wheel. Chancery never became w... Read More about Emotions, gender expectations and the social role of Chancery, 1550-1650.

Exploring the Relationship between Perceptions of Organizational Emotional Intelligence and Turnover Intentions amongst Employees: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction (2015)
Book Chapter
Da Camara, N., Dulewicz, V., & Higgs, M. (2015). Exploring the Relationship between Perceptions of Organizational Emotional Intelligence and Turnover Intentions amongst Employees: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction. In New ways of studying emotions in organizations (295-339). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1746-979120150000011012

Although the proliferation of research in emotional intelligence (EI) in the last 25 years has largely focused on the individual level, some researchers have proposed theories and measurement models for EI at the organizational level. Drawing from ea... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Perceptions of Organizational Emotional Intelligence and Turnover Intentions amongst Employees: The Mediating Role of Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction.

Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities (2015)
Book Chapter
King, A. (2015). Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities. In Activating Diverse Musical Creativities (203-222). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474220316.ch-011

Burnard’s seminal work, Musical Creativities in Practice, has begun to change the way creativity is viewed in music (2012) . In this work Burnard rejects the view of a single concept of creativity that encompasses all aspects of music and instead pro... Read More about Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities.

(S)wept From Power: two versions of tyrannicide in Richard III (2015)
Book Chapter
Kaegi, A. (2015). (S)wept From Power: two versions of tyrannicide in Richard III. In R. Meek, & E. Sullivan (Eds.), The Renaissance of Emotion: understanding affect in Shakespeare and his contemporaries (200-220). Manchester University Press

'Rue e'en for ruth': Richard II and the imitation of sympathy (2015)
Book Chapter
Meek, R. (2015). 'Rue e'en for ruth': Richard II and the imitation of sympathy. In R. Meek, & E. Sullivan (Eds.), The Renaissance of emotion: Understanding affect in Shakespeare and his contemporaries (130-152). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719090783.003.0007

This chapter examines the various instances of sympathetic engagement and emotional correspondence in Shakespeare’s Richard II. It explores the various figured audiences and emotionally engaged onlookers that the play depicts, and the ways in which t... Read More about 'Rue e'en for ruth': Richard II and the imitation of sympathy.