Problem-based learning principles and application to practice : an example from a practitioner-orientated course by Dangerfield, Polly

“…It is a philosophy of learning that enables students to see the relevance of the learning they need to achieve targets and succeed.…”
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Eliminating the 'dunce' : challenging a teaching myth by McKenzie-Mavinga, Isha

“…It is therefore not difficult to see how the notion of the 'Dunce' became associated with diversity. …”
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The New BRICS Bank: Challenging the International Financial Order? by Dixon, Chris

“…In addition, compared to the established international institutions the NDB is committed to providing loans more rapidly and more cheaply, and operate through more representative and democratic forms of governance and decision making. (see BRICS 2013, paragraph 9: BRICS 2014b). The NDB is complemented by the US$100bn. …”
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The immigrants by Kollectiv, Galia, Kollectiv, Pil

“…The installation leads the viewer through a physical, concrete checkpoint to a military tent/post, where they can see a short narrative film about the bio-political control of a plague village.…”
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Development education and social marketing: two disciplines with one purpose (article) by Fourali, Chahid

“…Both DE and SM advocates see in them a clear opportunity for reducing global disadvantages while enhancing mutual understanding, with a view to minimising world conflicts. …”
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Counting with understanding? What is at stake in debates on researching domestic violence by Myhill, Andy, Kelly, Liz

“…We argue for the utility of coercive control as a framework for measurement of domestic violence, and highlight what we see as misrepresentation of this concept in the work of Walby and colleagues. …”
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Right-wing populism and religion in Europe and the USA by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Right-wing populists in both the USA and Europe pursue this strategy because they see it as chiming well with public opinion at a time of great uncertainty, instability, and insecurity.…”
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Right-wing nationalism, populism, and religion: what are the connections and why? by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Nationalists may identify and target those they see as ‘enemies of the people’, said to be a serious threat to fulfilment of a nationalist future free from culturally ‘alien’ influences. …”
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The politics of the rope: the campaign to abolish capital punishment in Britain 1955-1969 by Twitchell, Neville

“…It looks at the debate within the framework of the other 'conscience' issue campaigns of the time in order to see what light this casts upon the process of pressure group activity and policy change.…”
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Smart City brand creation and implementation by Bennett, Roger, Vijaygopal, Rohini, Savani, Sharmila

“…Smart city developments have been initiated throughout the world (see Angelidou, 2017; Saiu, 2017; Yigitcanlar, 2018), and are increasingly commonplace (Manville, 2014; Giffinger, Kramar, Hainlmaier and Strohmayer, 2015). …”
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Populism in foreign policy by Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…And while populists generally eschew commitments to broader milieu goals of the international system, they can still engage with foreign affairs if they see immediate material benefits. The same goes for trade: populists (particularly in the United States) are seen usually as ideological protectionists, but most often they do not mind striking trade deals if these favor their interests (see, e.g., Donald Trump’s discourse on this issue). …”
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Satisfaction with the free wireless connection among Muslim university students by Imran , Ayub Ilfandy, Wok, Saodah

“…The main objective of this study is to see the patterns of technological adoption among Muslim students. …”
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Indonesian secondary school EFTL teacher's understanding and practice in developing school based EFL Syllabus by Kamil, Dairabi, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail

“…Some of them seemed to have understood the steps of syllabus development partially, while other tended to see the issue as irrelevant. Syllabus development had been mostly practiced as syllabus adaptation or adoption. …”
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Some issues on murabahah practices in Iran and Malaysian Islamic banks by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Mohd. Ariffin, Noraini

“…Findings – Although the main principle of Islamic financial institutions is prohibition of usury, it is surprised to see that Islamic financial institutions are still practicing usury in their transaction as evidenced in Iran. …”
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A road traffic simulator with parallel process ability by Handoko, D., Sediono, Wahju, Gunawan, M.

“…A road traffic simulation in a large area often required in order to see the effect of traffic rules changing in more wide area. …”
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Public Speaking Anxiety In Podcast Aided Language Classes by Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Ibrahim, Ainol Marziah

“…This study was thus conducted to see what would be the effect of using this facility on the learners. …”
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Towards an Islamic stock market: a review of classical and modern literatures by Osmani, Noor Mohammad, Abdullah, Faruk

“…This paper tries to find its origin in Islamic Shari`ah to see its status and validity from Shari`ah perspective. …”
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Exploring the use of a gap analysis approach for quantitative evaluation of teaching effectiveness by Greenland, Steve

“…The project focuses on several undergraduate and postgraduate business Marketing modules and was conducted to see whether the technique offers any particular benefits which the Department of Business and Service Sector Management may use in the future.…”
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Teaching and Learning Economics through Cinema by Girardi, Gherardo

“…In the United State, modules are usually run in the students’ first year presenting a variety of fundamental economic concepts such as opportunity cost, scarcity, aymmetric information and illustrating them using films (see, for example, Leet and Houser (2003)). The approach developed here is, in a sense, the reverse of that process since it is the medium of cinema which is allowed to inform and suggest the economic concepts that can be discussed through this medium. …”
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It takes two to tango: the state and organized crime in Russia by Stephenson, Svetlana

“…Using a case study conducted in Tatarstan, which included interviews with criminal gang members and representatives of law enforcement agencies and analysis of secondary data, it argues that instead of a pattern of elimination or subjugation of Russian organized crime by the state, we see a mutually reinforcing ensemble which reproduces the existing social order. …”
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