Education

Joachim von Braun• Assefa Admassie • Sheryl Hendriks• Getaw Tadesse• Heike Baumüller (eds.) From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa’s Food Production

Investment and policy priorities for sufficient, nutritious and sustainable food supplies

Boosting food production in Africa requires investments in vocational training, agricultural research, digitization, mechanization, sustainable land use and small-scale irrigation. Access to capital and markets must be improved, political stability ensured, farmers’ associations supported and development assistance expanded.

Berlin, 2021. 334 pp., 28 fig. col., 10 tables. Development Economics and Policy. Vol. 82

hb. ISBN 978-3-631-85328-3 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-3-631-85470-9 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95 Cécilia Brassier-Rodrigues• Pascal Brassier (eds.) Internationalisation at home

A collection of pedagogical approaches to develop students’ intercultural competences

The internationalisation of higher education has accelerated in recent years. This book contributes to reflections on how to develop intercultural sensitivity and intercultural competences among students through Internationalisation at Home, with some pedagogical methods that facilitate the acquisition of plural skills.

Bruxelles, 2021. 270 pp., 10 fig. b/w, 17 tables. Exploration. Collection de la Société Suisse pour la Recherche en Education. Vol. 194

pb. ISBN 978-2-8076-1900-5 CHF 55.– / €D 46.95 / €A 48.40 / € 44.– / £ 36.– / US-$ 53.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-2-8076-1901-2 CHF 55.– / €D 46.95 / €A 48.40 / € 44.– / £ 36.– / US-$ 53.95 Glauco De Vita• Jason Begley• David Bowen

Roadmap to a Successful PhD in Business & Management and the Social Sciences

The definitive guide for postgraduate researchers

This book provides the most comprehensive roadmap to a successful PhD completion, thus offering a useful guide for aspiring and existing doctoral students in business and management disciplines and the social sciences (including, inter alia, international business, marketing, management, management education, organisation studies, tourism and hospitality, accounting, finance, law, and economics). The book is written for a global audience of prospective and existing postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and can be used and implemented as a core text in PhD induction programmes, across countries.

Oxford, 2021. XX, 332 pp., 1 fig. b/w, 2 tables.

pb. ISBN 978-1-80079-568-6 CHF 39.– / €D 33.95 / €A 34.– / € 30.90 / £ 25.– / US-$ 37.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-1-80079-569-3 CHF 39.– / €D 33.95 / €A 34.– / € 30.90 / £ 25.– / US-$ 37.95 Franziska Eckensberger Hospizpädagogik

Pädagogisch handeln in der Sterbephase des Menschen

Die Publikation leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag, die Bedeutung pädagogischen Handelns auch am Lebensende eines Menschen zu veranschaulichen. Denn auch in seinem Sterben ist es prinzipiell geboten, den Menschen als ein selbstbestimmtes, lernfähiges und freies Individuum anzuerkennen.

Berlin, 2021. 300 S., 7 s/w Abb., 9 Tab. Grundfragen der Pädagogik. Studien - Texte - Entwürfe. Bd. 23

geb. ISBN 978-3-631-85939-1 CHF 64.– / €D 54.95 / €A 56.50 / € 51.40 / £ 42.– / US-$ 61.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-3-631-85940-7 CHF 64.– / €D 54.95 / €A 56.50 / € 51.40 / £ 42.– / US-$ 61.95 Valdonė Indrašienė• Violeta Jegelevičienė• Odeta Merfeldaitė• Daiva Penkauskienė• Jolanta Pivorienė• Asta Railienė• Justinas Sadauskas• Natalija Valavičienė Critical Thinking in Higher Education and Labour Market

The monograph presents research-based findings on the conceptualisation of critical thinking and the relevance of critical thinking education in higher education for the labour market. The research methodology is based on the triangulation principle, combining various methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation.

Berlin, 2021. 524 pp., 40 fig. b/w, 45 tables. Erziehungskonzeptionen und Praxis. Vol. 86

hb. ISBN 978-3-631-83370-4 CHF 104.– / €D 89.95 / €A 92.50 / € 84.10 / £ 69.– / US-$ 101.95