Jan Pettersen: 4 books
Introducing Piaget
A guide for practitioners and students in early years education
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Jean Piaget was one of the most significant contributors to our current understanding of how children think and learn, from birth through to adolescence. In this comprehensive and accessible new book, Ann Marie Halpenny and Jan Pettersen capture the key concepts and principles of Piaget’s fascinating...
Early Childhood Education Management
Insights into business practice and leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
The Early Childhood Education sector around the world is constantly changing, whether because of the unprecedented demand for ECE services globally, accelerated social change, or the introduction of pedagogical and regulatory practices. Based upon empirical inquiry, Early Childhood Education Management...
Vehicle-Manipulator Systems
Modeling for Simulation, Analysis, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Furthering the aim of reducing human exposure to hazardous environments, this monograph presents a detailed study of the modeling and control of vehicle-manipulator systems. The text shows how complex interactions can be performed at remote locations using systems that combine the manipulability of...
Snake Robots
Modelling, Mechatronics, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Snake Robots is a novel treatment of theoretical and practical topics related to snake robots: robotic mechanisms designed to move like biological snakes and able to operate in challenging environments in which human presence is either undesirable or impossible. Future applications of such robots...