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The Heart of Higher Education
A Call to Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education.
From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this...
Adult Education and the Pursuit of Wisdom
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 131
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Delve into the nature and mystery of wisdom in adult education, and what it might mean for the practice of adult education in the complexity of changing times.
This issue begins with a look at the nature of wisdom, the wisdom of nature, and how it relates to current issues in the field of adult...
Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education
Teaching, learning and identities
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education explores how managers influence teaching, learning and academic identities and how new initiatives in teaching and learning change the organizational structure of universities. By building on organizational studies and higher education studies literatures,...
by Kathryn Ecclestone, Dennis Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education confronts the silent ascendancy of a therapeutic ethos across the educational system and into the workplace. Controversial and compelling, Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes’ classic text uses a wealth of examples across the education system, from primary...
Schools or Markets?
Commercialism, Privatization, and School-business Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2004
This book challenges readers to consider the consequences of commercialism and business influences on and in schools. Critical essays examine the central theme of commercialism via a unique multiplicity of real-world examples. Topics include:
*privatization of school food services;
*oil company ads...
Environmental Education in the 21st Century
Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Environmental education is a field characterised by a paradox. Few would doubt the urgency and importance of learning to live in sustainable ways, but environmental education holds nowhere near the priority position in formal schooling around the world that this would suggest. This text sets out to...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Thinking Through Ethics and Values in Primary Education is an accessible text that encourages readers to explore deeply the ethics and values surrounding primary education. The text helps the reader to critically reflect on the principles that underpin education. Specifically written for education...
Practical Knowledge in Teacher Education
Approaches to teacher internship programmes
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
In Practical Knowledge in Teacher Education, expert contributors from across Asia and Europe explore and reflect upon the innovation and creativity in teacher education programs. Specific focus is given to the internships that provide students an opportunity for intensive, hands-on experience in schools....
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning
Models, Policies and Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Quality assurance (QA) in open and distance learning (ODL) can be a contentious issue. Some argue that it should be judged by the same criteria and methods as face-to-face education, while others claim that it is so different in its organization, enrolments and operations that conventional QA mechanisms...
Philosophy of Education
Introductory Readings
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Revised and updated with 25 new essays, the fourth edition of this bestselling collection brings together more than 30 leaders in the field of educational theory. An engaging exploration of the ideas and trends shaping education in today’s classrooms, Philosophy of Education includes topics on high-stakes...
by Henry C Lucas <b>Jr</b>
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government officials and their own faculties. Education has historically been a way for students to improve their...
by Alexander W. Wiseman
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
This volume of the "International Perspectives on Education and Society" series examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and education worldwide. Much of the mystery surrounding HIV/AIDS and education lies in the fact that many factors contextualize their intersection. Many of the children...
Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education
Activities That Promote Learning and Emotional and Social Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education is a highly practical and theoretically sound resource that will help you build a positive learning environment, teach valuable life skills, and inspire in students a desire to live active, healthy lives. It reinforces the many...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003
`Leadership in education is receiving increasing attention, and this text contributes much to the debate. A useful text that will appeal to a wide audience of senior managers, teachers, programme designers and researchers' - Learning and Skills Research
`If one were on a fact-finding mission...