"A straightforward approach for scholars new or familiar with systematic reviews. I felt invigorated to grab a team and begin work on a review after reading this text." - Audrey Conway Roberts, Bowling Green State UniversitySystematic reviews aim to retrieve and synthesize existing research. This book describes the process of conducting systematic reviews in educational research and can be used by any social or behavioral scientist who is interested in research synthesis t...

An analysis of seven films by female directors from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.Examined within their economic, cultural, and political context, the work of women Maghrebi filmmakers forms a cohesive body of work. Florence Martin examines the intersections of nation and gender in seven films, showing how directors turn around the politics of the gaze as they play with the various meanings of the Arabic term hijab (veil, curtain, screen). Martin analyzes t...

This book project unfolds and analyzes the work of Moroccan director, producer, and scriptwriter Farida Benlyazid, whose career extends from the beginning of cinema in independent Morocco to the present. This study of her work and career provides a unique perspective on an under-represented cinema, the gender politics of cinema in Morocco, and the contribution of Arab women directors to global cinema and to a gendered understanding of Muslim ethics and aesthetics in film.A pioneer ...

Cléo, la cinquantaine « larmoyante » , décide de participer à un séminaire de développement personnel afin de ramener un peu de sérénité dans une vie chaotique. Elle ira de surprise en surprise : intervenante légèrement toquée, participants menteurs, inquiétants ou aux portes du suicide, révélations et même aveu d'un crime. En cinq jours toutes ces existences seront intégralement dévoilées et réorientées vers leur véritable destin.Un séminaire qui fait resurgir des secrets ou des t...

La Guyane française est étrangement absente du clan de la "francophonie". Elle l'est tout autant de celui de la "créolité", alors que le premier roman écrit en créole es l'oeuvre d'un Guyanais. Il faut donc enquêter le long des "traces-mémories" de ka Guyane : suivre une inscription à moitié effacée à même la terre, le mur du bagne, la page jaunie ;: écouter l'écho lointain du son proféré au temps d'avant celui du souvenir conscient ; suivre la voie de la trace écrite et la voix des ondes ...

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them are Somerville & Ross - the writing pseudonym for Edith Somerville & Violet Florence Martin Sidney Benson Thorp.

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them are Somerville & Ross - the writing pseudonym for Edith Somerville & Violet Florence Martin Sidney Benson Thorp.

Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women to the field of documentary filmmaking. Rich in its scope and critical vision it constitutes a timely contribution to cutting-edge scholarly debates on African cinemas.Featuring 10 chapters from prominent film scholars, it explores the distinctive documentary work and contributions of Francophone African women filmmakers since t...

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the theories, processes, and solutions relevant to effectively creating, using, and managing digital media in a variety of instructional settings. In the first section of the book, the authors provide an overview of the theories, development models, and principles of learning with digital media. In the second section, the authors detail various digital media solutions, including: Instructional Videos, Instructional Simulations and Games, Onlin...

Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented visibility. In popular culture, scholarly research, personal memoirs, public commemorations, and new ethnicities associated with the settlement of postcolonial immigrant minorities, the legacy of colonialism is now more apparent in France than at any time in the past. How is this upsurge of interest in the colonial past to be explained? Does the commemoration of em...

Florence Foster Jenkins und die Kunst der schiefen Töne.Die wohlhabende und beispiellos talentfreie Diva – umwerfend gespielt von Meryl Streep – beginnt mit Mitte 40 begeistert Gesangsstunden zu nehmen, sie leistet sich einen eigenen Pianisten und finanziert schließlich öffentliche Bühnenauftritte unterstützt von ihrem Manager (Hugh Grant). Musik ist ihr Leben, doch eine gute Sängerin konnte allein die Leidenschaft nicht aus ihr machen. Sie trifft kaum einen Ton un...

People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing.'Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated for her unique recordings and her sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall.Born in 1868 to wealthy Pennsylvanian parents, Florence was a talented young pianist but her life was thrown into turmoil when she eloped with Frank Jenkins, a man twice her age. The marriage proved a disaster and, ...