Higher Education category: 3664 books
Understanding the World Language edTPA
Research?Based Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In Understanding the World Language edTPA: Research?Based Policy and Practice, two researchers in the forefront of world language edTPA discuss the new beginning teacher portfolio, including its required elements, federal and state policies concerning teacher evaluation, and research from their own programs....
A Good Job
Campus Employment as a High-Impact Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
For many students, working while in college is a defining characteristic of the undergraduate experience. However, student workers often view campus employment as a money-making opportunity rather than a chance for personal development. Likewise, institutions often neglect to consider campus jobs...
Integrating Mindfulness into Anti-Oppression Pedagogy
Social Justice in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Drawing from mindfulness education and social justice teaching, this bookexplores an anti-oppressive pedagogy for university and college classrooms. Authentic classroom discussions about oppression and diversity can be difficult; a mindful approach allows students to explore their experiences with...
by Derek Bok
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Why efforts to improve American higher educational attainment haven't worked, and where to go from here
During the first decade of this century, many commentators predicted that American higher education was about to undergo major changes that would be brought about under the stimulus of online...
Within Reach
Providing Universal Access to the Four Pillars of Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Within Reach is a text for anyone interested in improving instructional practices with their students, and in expanding those practices from classroom to classroom. The multifaceted sections of the text broaden the audiences: teacher leaders, administrators, practicing teachers, and teacher/administrator...
Roads Taken
The Professorial Life, Scholarship in Place, and the Public Good
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Public liberal arts colleges are higher education’s gems, yet their intimate campus settings and locations outside of the intellectual-cultural capitals challenge the traditional rhythm of academic careers. Professors trained at elite research institutions, usually located in large urban centers, must...
Black Female Undergraduates on Campus
Successes and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Since 1976, increased attention has been paid to the diminishing numbers of Black males in higher education, and rightly so: the total numerical enrollments of Black female undergraduates has outstripped their male counterparts by a factor of nearly 2 to 1. Since intervention, however, the enrollment...
Academic Diary
Or Why Higher Education Still Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Sharp and witty observations of academic life that range from the local to the global, from PowerPoint to the halls of power.
Is a university education still relevant? What are the forces that threaten it? Should academics ever be allowed near Twitter? In Academic Diary, Les Back has chronicled...
International Student Engagement in Higher Education
Transforming Practices, Pedagogies and Participation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Hand-in-hand with the continuing drive to recruit international students to Western universities goes an interest in student engagement. However, it is often unclear exactly what is meant by engagement. This book goes beyond the policy rhetoric to provide a practice-based explication of international...
The Neuroscience of Learning and Development
Enhancing Creativity, Compassion, Critical Thinking, and Peace in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Is higher education preparing our students for a world that is increasingly complex and volatile, and in which they will have to contend with uncertainty and ambiguity? Are we addressing the concerns of employers who complain that graduates do not possess the creative, critical thinking, and communication...
Classrooms for Democracy
Experiments with Deliberation and Russian University Students
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Classrooms for Democracy, by Denis V. Makarov, documents a project, carried out by the Foundation for Development of Civic Culture, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and Sociology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, that undertook comprehensive research on how deliberative,...
Improving Assessment through Student Involvement
Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and higher education, and is an area that is the subject of constant innovation and debate.
This book provides a scholarly account of the many facets of assessment, with a particular focus on student involvement....
GCSE Maths Additional Level Maths Revision
Pure Mathematics Mechanics & Statistics Maths Revision eBook
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Description:
The GCSE Additional Maths Revision specification is designed for those students who require a knowledge of maths beyond GCSE Higher Tier Maths and who are capable of working beyond the limits of the GCSE mathes specification.
Knowledge of GCSE Higher Tier Maths will be assumed.
Our...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for “family” as knowledge...