Methods category: 10193 books
Quality Assurance in Medical Education
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This book is an easy-to-read, practical guide for any medical school preparing for accreditation or institutional review. It contains practical guidance on the use of internationally accepted standards with a particular focus on what it is that external accrediting teams will be looking for both before...
by Dr. Robert W. Dillon, Erin M. Klein, Benjamin D. Gilpin
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Bring hope, joy, and positive energy back into the daily work of the classroom. In this book, learn to design brain-friendly learning environments that foster engagement, productivity, and achievement while allowing for seamless integration of educational technology. Discover how flexible, welcoming,...
The Teaching Portfolio
A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
Praise for The Teaching Portfolio
"This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material. It's a must-read for faculty, department chairs, and academic administrators." —Irene W. D. Hecht, director, Department Leadership Programs, American Council...
Procurement Systems
A Guide to Best Practice in Construction
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2005
Procurement Systems details the whole spectrum of procurement issues in the construction industry, starting with the client /customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based issues. The book commences with an overveiw of previous work and a section on selection criteria is provided to...
by Tanya Cook, Chris Forest
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2011
Get introduced to probabilities while reading and understanding information in graphs. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Gather information first hand by...
Applied Analysis in Biological and Physical Sciences
ICMBAA, Aligarh, India, June 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The book contains recent developments and contemporary research in mathematical analysis and in its application to problems arising from the biological and physical sciences. The book is of interest to readers who wish to learn of new research in such topics as linear and nonlinear analysis, mathematical...
EarthEd (State of the World)
Rethinking Education on a Changing Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Earth education is traditionally confined to specific topics: ecoliteracy, outdoor education, environmental science. But in the coming century, on track to be the warmest in human history, every aspect of human life will be affected by our changing planet. Emerging diseases, food shortages, drought,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Education is a key component for progress in both the developed and developing world. It is imperative that society has access to new strides made in the area of sustainability so that current global challenges are resolved. Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development...
Six Degrees of School Improvement
Empowering a New Profession of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Amidst the contentious debates about teacher effectiveness, most people believe that unions, education colleges, charter networks, consulting agencies, textbook publishers, test producers, professional associations, teachers, and researchers disagree with one another about the most essential school reforms....
Learn Like a PIRATE
Empower Your Students to Collaborate, Lead, and Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
In Learn Like a PIRATE, Paul Solarz explains how to design classroom experiences that encourage students to take risks and explore their passions in a stimulating, motivating, and supportive environment where improvement, rather than grades, is the focus. Discover how student-led classrooms help students...
by Duncan Cartlidge
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Collaborative working and partnering between the public and private sectors has been fairly standard practice in some form or other for over 100 years, but it is only in recent years that it has become more prevalent. In the UK, it is little more than ten years since the most widely known Public...
Better Writing
Beyond Periods and Commas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills. Rather than intimidate and overwhelm novice writers with vast sets of rules, Travis Koll utilizes simple and...
Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom
Modeling Effective Writing, Reading, and Thinking Strategies for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Do you find that preparing for standardized tests interferes with teaching advanced thinking, reading, and writing skills in a meaningful way? Do you want to balance test preparation with more creative activities? Success in school and beyond depends on one’s ability to read fluently, write coherently,...
The Joy of Teaching
A Practical Guide for New College Instructors
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses.
Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game...