Focuses on the special issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions with particular attention to the use of digital role-play simulations as a means to accomplish this.
Focuses on the special issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions with particular attention ...
Developments in digital technologies--and in understandings of how best to use them--have altered teaching and learning environments, and stand to do so even more rapidly in the future. Virtual Decisions: Digital Simulations for Teaching Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Humanities focuses on the special issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions, with particular attention to the use of digital role-play simulations as a means to accomplish this. With the advent of new technologies for delivering multimedia simulations to...
Developments in digital technologies--and in understandings of how best to use them--have altered teaching and learning environments, and stand to do ...
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen participation. In this important book, Jeffrey Berry, Ken Portney, and Ken Thompson examine cities that have created systems of neighborhood government and incorporated citizens in public policymaking. Through careful research and analysis, the authors find that neighborhood based participation is the key to revitalizing American democracy. The...
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is mor...
Portney argues that local opposition to the siting of much needed hazardous waste treatment facilities must be fully understood before it can be effectively met by government agencies.
Portney argues that local opposition to the siting of much needed hazardous waste treatment facilities must be fully understood before it can be effec...
The word "sustainability" has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply sourcing. But despite the apparent ubiquity of the term, the concept of sustainability has come to mean a number of specific things. In this accessible guide to the meanings of sustainability, Kent Portney describes the evolution of the idea and examines its application in a variety of contemporary contexts -- from economic growth and consumption to government policy and urban planning.
Portney takes as his starting point the 1987...
The word "sustainability" has been connected to everything from a certain kind of economic development to corporate promises about improved supply ...
