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• Structural mechanisms: the institutional history of monastic education : from the Sala Vat to the Institut Bouddhique ; wandering librarians ; Kings and universities
• Proximate mechanisms : toward a curricular history of monastic education
• Genres, modes, and idiosyncratic articulations ; The culture of translation ; Canons and curricula
• Vernacular landscapes: teaching buddhism in Laos and Thailand : From manuscript to television ; Philosophical embryology

Presents theoretical information grounded in neuroscience and child development underpinning each disability along with specific behavioral characteristics of that disability. This title includes guidelines that addresses sensory processing deficiencies manifested in regulatory disorders (such as ASD and ADHD) in young children.

"This thoroughly revised and updated classic once again presents a guide to understanding, designing and conducting a qualitative research study. The fourth edition retains the reader-friendly, jargon-free style, making the book accessible to both novice and experienced researchers. While the book is practical guide to design and implementation of a qualitative research study, it also helps readers understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of this research paradigm. Drawing on the latest literature as well as both authors' experience with conducting and teaching qualitative research, the fourth edition includes new material on case study research and action research; discussion of online data sources (video, email, skype); updated discussion of data analysis software packages and uses; new discussion of data analysis strategies, including narrative analysis and poetic analysis; and a multiple ways of presenting qualitative research findings. References, examples, and quotes have all been updated throughout the book"
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• Part 1 The Desig.n of Qualitative Research
• Part 2 Collecting Qualitative Data
• Part 3 Analyzing and Reporting Qualitative Data

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• Chapter 1 Quality Assurance in Higher Education
• Chapter 2 Internal Education Quality Assurance
• Chapter 3 Definition of Terms
• Chapter 4 Internal Education Quality Assurance System : Curriculum/Program of Studies Level
• Chapter 5 Internal Education Quality Assurance System : Faculty Level
• Chapter 6 Internal Education Quality Assurance System : Institution al Level
• Chapter 7 Guidelines for Analyzing and Summarizing internal Educational Quality Assurance Outcomes

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• 1. The Role and Importance of Research
• 2. The Research Process
• 3A Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research
• 3B The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research
• 4. Sampling and Generalizability
• 5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity
• 6. Methods of Measuring Behavior
• 7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics
• 8. Introducing Inferential Statistics
• 9. Nonexperimetal Research
• 10. Nonexperimental Research
• 11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods
• 12. Quasi-Experimental Research
• 13. Writing a Research Proposal
• 14. Writing a Research Manuscript