Adult Continuing Education category: 1694 books
The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses
SAGE Publications
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
This handbook sets out the processes and products of 'digital' research. It is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Topics covered include:
- how to make research more accessible
- the...
Working Knowledge
Work-Based Learning and Education Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy.
Distance Education Environments and Emerging Software Systems
New Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
The Internet has become one of the most important and most used media for communication and learning, as it allows for the creation of interactive and collaborative environments, whose contents and resources can be shared with a limitless number of users. The explosion of the Internet in the past decade...
Making Teaching Work
Teaching Smarter in Post-Compulsory Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2007
`This concise book is strongly recommended as an invaluable source both for new teachers and for their mentors who may be well experienced, but nevertheless glad of new ideas for coping with the demanding and fundamental shifts in how teaching is undertaken and assessed' - ESCaslate
Making...
We Got Next
Urban Education and the Next Generation of Black Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Developing a more culturally diverse teaching force is one of the most important tasks facing the education system in the United States. Yet, in the midst of this challenge, little is known about who these teachers might be or where they might come from. We Got Next: Urban Education and the Next Generation...
Maintaining Strategic Relevance
Career and Technical Education Program Discontinuance in Community and Technical Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
The community and technical college mission requires offering relevant Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Board policies are plentiful for creating new programs in alignment with workforce needs. However, few districts have robust policies in place to appropriately discontinue or replace...
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Language: German
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: April 12, 2017
This Special Issue gathers recent experiences and research examples concerning the use of Learning Analytics in higher education contexts of online and blended learning. All featured articles span across technically enabled data collection and processing/analysis, on the one hand, and, pedagogically motivated decision making by learners, teachers and other stakeholders on the other.
The Digital University
A Dialogue and Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
The Digital University: A Dialogue and Manifesto focuses on teaching, learning, and research in the age of the digital reason and their relationships to the so-called knowledge economy. The first part of the book, ‘The University in the Epoch of Digital Reason,’ presents the authors’ insights...
Coloring in the White Spaces
Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book examines the struggle against racial and cultural inequity in educational systems, presenting the case study of a New Zealand school and its community’s determination to resist alienating environments. If we look at an untouched child’s coloring book, for instance, we think of the pages...
Storying Learning in Early Childhood
When Children Lead Participatory Curriculum Design, Implementation, and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Storying Learning in Early Childhood documents philosophical, research, and critical questions about notions of childrens’ experiences and learning potential that heavily influence the profession. Critically created, child-centered curriculum and assessment collaborations focus on contexts of homes,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. However, most teachers – general and special educators – are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. Undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involves the acquisition of new...
by Kelley Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
To be successful in business requires a high degree of preparation. Having an MBA is like having a GOLD STAR on one's resume, which in today's competitive world it's no longer an option.
How to Choose the Best Business College is written to enlighten anyone considering the rigorous path to...
Ten Strategies for Building Community with Technology
A Handbook for Instructional Designers and Program Developers
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Educators in online and other technology-rich environments consistently ask, "How can I build community among the learners in my class?" They know learning is strengthened by community, but aren’t sure how to design a community in a learning environment where technology plays a significant...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
As the centre of the world economy is moving to Asia, lifelong learning in Asia is attracting a great deal of attention in the educational field worldwide. Asia not only provides the largest education market, but also plays an increasingly important role in educational globalization. However, until...