situated learning Quick reference
A Dictionary of Education (2 ed.)
...environments with situated learning. These might include, for example, learning undertaken in ‘real’ environments appropriate to the subject, such as horticulture taught in a garden or greenhouse, or field trips organized to engage learning with practice in the ‘real world’. However, as a model it calls into question several widely held assumptions about education and the learning process. For example, it challenges the idea that learning is an individual activity—something undertaken by individuals. It also challenges the idea that learning or education is a...
situated learning
26 The History of the Book in the Nordic Countries Reference library
Charlotte Appel and Karen Skovgaard-Petersen
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...A royal printing press, Kungliga Tryckeriet, was founded in Stockholm ( 1526 ), establishing an effective monopoly for almost a century. In Denmark, two or three presses were active simultaneously ( see benedicht ), but with a few exceptions ( see brahe ), they were situated within the city walls of Copenhagen, effectively tied to the government through *privileges and commissions. In both countries, the Crown ordered and financed important publications, including the first full bibles in the vernacular (Sweden, 1540–41 ; Denmark, 1550 ) and...
Richard Duke of York Reference library
Randall Martin, Will Sharpe, and Anthony Davies
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2 ed.)
...scenes, which materialize its discursive themes of civil war’s destruction of familial and social bonds. Nineteenth-century commentators, preoccupied with heroic character, had little use for Henry’s pacifism and viewed Margaret simply as a she-wolf. But German Romantic critics situated the play in the wider context of Shakespeare’s histories as part of a national epic. E. M. W. Tillyard ’s influential Shakespeare’s History Plays ( 1944 ) adopted this interpretation but emphasized the providential triumph of the Tudors, foreshadowed by Henry’s prophecy over...
36 The History of the Book in the Balkans Reference library
Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia and Aleksandra B. Vraneš
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...poet and engraver, established the first Serbian periodical in 1766 and wrote a biography of Peter the Great. In the 19 th century, Serbian books were published in Leipzig, Novi Sad (the capital of Voedovina, then under Hungarian jurisdiction), and other towns that were situated in territories belonging to the Austro-Hungarian empire. *Matica Srpska played an important role in developing printing in the Serbian language and promoting Serbian book culture. The language reforms introduced by *Karadžić contributed to the landmark events in the history...
38 The History of the Book in the Muslim World Reference library
Geoffrey Roper
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...The continuous history of Arabic printing in that country, and among Arab Muslims in general, dates from 1822 , when the first book emerged from the state press of Muḥammad ‘Alī (ruler of Egypt, 1805–48 ), known as the *Būlāq Press , after the place near Cairo where it was situated. This undertaking was started by an Italian-trained typographer, Niqūlā Masābikī (d. 1830 ); the first presses and types were imported from Milan, and are perceptibly European in style. They were soon replaced, however, by a succession of locally cut and cast founts based on...
Tobit Reference library
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ and Joseph A. Fitzmyer, SJ
The Oxford Bible Commentary
... v. 12 , ‘mindful of God’, Tobit is motivated in his fidelity by the Deuteronomic ideas of divine retribution ( Deut 28:1–68 ); whence his prosperity and prominent status in Assyria. v. 13 , ‘Shalmaneser’, see tob 1:2 . v. 14 , Media was a realm south-east of Nineveh, situated today in northern Iran. It was under Assyrian domination 750–614 bce ; ‘ten talents’, this great sum of money becomes an important motif in the story, providing the background for Tobias's journey to Media, his catching of the fish, and his marriage to Sarah, who along with...
Dutch Family Names Reference library
Leendert Brouwer, Peter McClure, and Charles Gehring
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
...hereditary naming also took hold at an early date. For Dordrecht, for instance, we have a good overview of the population from the city records of 1283–7 and here we are able to match dozens of medieval surnames with contemporary family names. However, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, situated as they were in the wetlands of Holland, expanded only later and it was not until the 16th and 17th centuries that hereditary surnames became usual there. This began in a major way during the Eighty Years War, when the fall of Antwerp (in Flanders) in 1585 to Catholic Spanish...
22 The History of the Book in France Reference library
Vincent Giroud
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...in Europe in the 15 th century. Printers and booksellers soon congregated in the southeastern part of the Latin Quarter, especially along the rue Saint-Jacques (where *Gering and his associates set up shop after Heynlin left the Sorbonne). Paper and parchment dealers were situated further east, in the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. The book trade established itself mostly along the river and on the Île de la Cité. Most of the early Parisian printers came from abroad, especially the German-speaking world. The first ‘native’ printing office, the Soufflet Vert, was...
The New Testament Reference library
Margaret Davies
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
...violent persecution of Christians, but mainly, though not exclusively ( see 2: 13 ), as an expectation for the future. The seven letters it contains are addressed to believers in Asia Minor. This work claims to be written by John (1: 1, 4) from the island of Patmos ( 1: 9 ), situated off the west coast of Asia Minor, but does not specifically say that this John was one of Jesus' disciples. John was a common name in the first centuries ce . The style is distinctive, not least because of its frequent use of Semitisms, and sufficiently so to make it impossible...
A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam Reference library
Fatima Mernissi
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...Bakra, that the Prophet is supposed to have made the observation about women. In 628 a.d ., at the time of those interminable wars between the Romans and the Persians, Heraclius, the Roman emperor, had invaded the Persian realm, occupied Ctesiphon, which was situated very near the Sassanid capital, and Khusraw Pavis, the Persian king, had been assassinated. Perhaps it was this event that Abu Bakra alluded to. Actually, after the death of the son of Khusraw, there was a period of instability between 629 and 632 a.d ., and various claimants...
“There Was No King in Israel”: The Era of the Judges Reference library
Jo Ann Hackett
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...Ammonite Transjordan. Whether any of these assortments of tribes argues for smaller, pre-Israel confederations is impossible to say, except to exclude the far southern tribes (Judah and Simeon) from the earliest conception of Israel and to note that Dan was never securely enough situated in the south to be of much help to its Israelite neighbors. What then was the earliest confederation that was called “Israel”? Perhaps it comprised Benjamin, Ephraim, Manasseh, Naphtali, Zebulun, and Asher (and possibly Issachar); and perhaps it also encompassed the...
1 Chronicles Reference library
H. P. Mathys, H. P. Mathys, and H. P. Mathys
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...only a part. David takes the opportunity to determine the musical service for all time ( vv. 4–6, 37 ) and also to carry it out for the first time ( v. 7 ). He lays down the rules for the service at the tabernacle of Gibeon here. The Chronicler's own material ( vv. 4–42 ) is situated at the centre of the chapter. The psalm sung by the Levites ( vv. 8–36 ) is occasionally attributed to later editors, though its close adherence to the Chronicler's own theology contradicts this. vv. 1–3 , the wording of these verses closely resembles the source, but fulfils a...
1 & 2 Kings Reference library
Walter Dietrich, Walter Dietrich, and Walter Dietrich
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...first long-living dynasty and achieved political stability. By founding a new capital city belonging to the crown, as David had done before him ( cf. 2 Sam 5 ), Omri took a first step towards such stability. Samaria (later Sebaste) was geopolitically and strategically well situated and could be built without taking larger, existing structures into account. Omri equipped it with a generous acropolis (about 180 × 90 m., from Ahab's time about 200 × 100m.), and created an opulent city in all respects ( cf. Isa 28:1 ), which served as the royal residence of...
Essay with Commentary on Post-Biblical Jewish Literature Reference library
Philip S. Alexander
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...they are numerous in Egypt in each of the so-called nomes and especially around Alexandria. (22) The best of them travel from all quarters to a certain most suitable spot as if they are going to their fatherland. It lies beyond the Mareotic Lake on a rather low-lying hill, well situated both because of its security and its temperate climate. (23) The security is provided by the farms and the villages round about, and the pleasantness of the air by the continuous breezes given off from the lake, which flows into the sea, and from the nearby ocean, the sea...
Excellence in Cities
Deoband
ideal type
Deoband Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
.... A seat of Muslim learning, situated in Saharanpur, India. It was founded by Mawlana Qasem Nanawtawi in 1867 . During the 20th cent. it gained extensive influence throughout the Muslim world and ranks with al-Azhar in importance. Its aim is to resuscitate classical Islam, and to rid the Muslims of theological corruption and ritual malpractices. It blocks any innovation, e.g. it is resolutely opposed to compulsory education for Muslim...
Reichenau Reference library
The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3 ed.)
..., a former abbey situated on the island of the same name in the western part of Lake Constance. Founded in 724 , it was a great centre of learning and manuscript illumination in the 9th c., 10th c., and 11th c.; its most notable scholar was Abbot Walahfrid Strabo . Reichenau Abbey plays a part in J. V. von Scheffel's historical novel Ekkehard...
