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  • Values in an Australian University by Duckett, Stephen
    Stephen Duckett

    Values in an Australian University

    Value statements are common in contemporary organisations, but studies of the extent to which these statements are observed in practice are rare. Although there have been a number of studies which have asked academic staff about their values, no such studies could be found...
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  • Towards Collaborative Social Work Education and Practice - A counterpartal role inquiry with service users, practitioners and students in England and by Maglajlic Holicek, Reima Ana
    Reima Ana Maglajlic Holicek

    Towards Collaborative Social Work Education and Practice - A counterpartal role inquiry with service users, practitioners and students in England and

    The study presented in the book asks what social work education ought to do in order to prepare future social work practitioners? In order to answer this question, the author conducted an action research study with social work service users, practitioners and students. These...
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  • Organizational Climate at Higher Education Institutions by Pemberton, Laurie
    Laurie Pemberton

    Organizational Climate at Higher Education Institutions

    Author: Laurie PembertonISBN-10: 3639112792ISBN-13: 9783639112795Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2008Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
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  • Ethical Issues in Higher Education a Critique of Recent Policy Developments in China by Ren, Kai
    Kai Ren

    Ethical Issues in Higher Education a Critique of Recent Policy Developments in China

    Over recent years one higher education ethical issue, often referred to as 'academic corruption', has been increasingly widely recognized. However, there is little academic literature on defining and explaining academic corruption, and suggesting effective counter-measures. This book explores the major issues surrounding academic corruption...
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  • The Case for Student Athletes Who Achieve - Time Use Patterns Influence on Academic Achievement Among African American and Hispanic Male High School S by Riley, Keith
    Keith Riley

    The Case for Student Athletes Who Achieve - Time Use Patterns Influence on Academic Achievement Among African American and Hispanic Male High School S

    The relationship between academic performance and interscholastic athletics has been popular among researchers. African American and Hispanic student athletes confront various influences daily that may affect their academic achievement goals. This research investigates how student athletes balance academics, sports and other activities. Today's student...
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  • The Responsible Environmental Behavior and Its Influental Factors by Huang, Hsin Ping
    Hsin Ping Huang

    The Responsible Environmental Behavior and Its Influental Factors

    Author: Hsin Ping HuangISBN-10: 3639110420ISBN-13: 9783639110425Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2008Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d
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  • Wireless Webcam Field Trips - Construction students tour jobsites without leaving the classroom by Shaurette, Mark
    Mark Shaurette

    Wireless Webcam Field Trips - Construction students tour jobsites without leaving the classroom

    Construction management educators are frequently presented with a difficult choice: Do I organize the field trip and sacrifice hours of class time, for the ability to provide a half-hour real-world experience for my students? This book describes the configuration of wireless webcam equipment as...
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  • Shadows, Masks and the Illusion of Learning by Horner, Valerie Joy
    Valerie Joy Horner

    Shadows, Masks and the Illusion of Learning

    Through a review of literature, classroom observations, interviews and reflection, 'Shadows, Masks and the Illusion of Learning' explores the role of language in the construction of conceptual knowledge within the discipline of science. Horner also addresses the growing diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds...
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  • Women's Discourses Within the Culture of the High School Principal - Resistance and Acceptance Within a Masculinized Cultural Discourse to Negotiate D by Hargreaves, Beth
    Beth Hargreaves

    Women's Discourses Within the Culture of the High School Principal - Resistance and Acceptance Within a Masculinized Cultural Discourse to Negotiate D

    This book examines the place of women in the culture of the high school principal. It uses feminist analysis as a critique of the positivist paradigm of educational bureaucracy and the masculinist discourse that forms the culture of the high school principal then uses...
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  • Fostering Students' Conceptual Coherence Focusing on the Force Concept by Savinainen, Antti
    Antti Savinainen

    Fostering Students' Conceptual Coherence Focusing on the Force Concept

    Conceptual understanding is widely regarded as an important aim in an introductory physics course at high school, college, or university level. However, this goal invites two important questions: firstly, what does conceptual understanding entail, and secondly, what kind of instructional approach might be efficient...
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  • Working Memory and the Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Romeo, Kenneth
    Kenneth Romeo

    Working Memory and the Acquisition of English Relative Clauses

    Research related to second language acquisition takes place in several often disparate fields including linguistics, psychology and education. While this has had some influence on the nature of pedagogy and the structure of language textbooks, there are many areas central to teachers' experience that...
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  • The Indigenous Factor by Whitinui, Paul
    Paul Whitinui

    The Indigenous Factor

    Kapa haka (Maori dance group) is a cultural phenomenon unique to Aotearoa New Zealand. Part of what makes this performing art so unique is how it engages individuals to express themselves in a very powerful, creative and dynamic manner. In contrast, however, investigating the...
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  • Faculty Perceptions of student online course evaluations by Chilson, Fredrick
    Fredrick Chilson

    Faculty Perceptions of student online course evaluations

    As the number of college and university programs that are integrating on-line classes continues to increase, the issue of course evaluation methods may raise many questions. One of the main questions raised is to assess whether or not faculty who teach on-line courses perceive...
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  • Spirituality and English Language Teaching - A Christian Exploration by Hong, Mingyan
    Mingyan Hong

    Spirituality and English Language Teaching - A Christian Exploration

    In recent years there have been discussions on Christian faith and its influences on English language teaching. Topics in these discussions have ranged from how Christian faith effects English language teaching on the social level, the institutional level, and the individual level (Smith, 2007)...
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  • Science Education: A Study on Finnish Teacher Students' Views by Keinonen, Tuula
    Tuula Keinonen

    Science Education: A Study on Finnish Teacher Students' Views

    In science education, learners' views of science influence on learning outcomes. Knowledge about the views is, therefore, needed for developing science instruction. In this book, the relationship between the primary school teacher students and science education is explored. Students' explanations on physics phenomena were...
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  • Internationalization of the Academic Profession by Schwietz, Michele S.
    Michele S. Schwietz

    Internationalization of the Academic Profession

    Internationalization of higher education is defined as the process of integrating an international or intercultural dimension into the teaching, research and service functions of an institution (Knight, 2004). Data collected from faculty at nine public universities in Pennsylvania provide a descriptive and correlational analysis...
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  • The Viability of a Professional Ethic for Education by Frick, William
    William Frick

    The Viability of a Professional Ethic for Education

    Author: William FrickISBN-10: 3639104331ISBN-13: 9783639104332Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2007Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d
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  • Young Language Learners and their Intercultural Competence by Moloney, Robyn
    Robyn Moloney

    Young Language Learners and their Intercultural Competence

    Author: Robyn MoloneyISBN-10: 3639103068ISBN-13: 9783639103069Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2008Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
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  • Preservice Teachers Want More, More, More Supervision by Doepker, Gina
    Gina Doepker

    Preservice Teachers Want More, More, More Supervision

    The position of a university supervisor is a very important one. There is a heavy reliance on the university supervisor to act as the communication and instructional link between the university and educational field sites. It is important to consider which practices of the...
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  • Japanese College Students in the U.S. by Brender, John
    John Brender

    Japanese College Students in the U.S.

    Author: John BrenderISBN-10: 3639101146ISBN-13: 9783639101140Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2008Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d
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  • What Matters Most in Co-teaching in High School by Nierengarten, Geraldine (Gerry)
    Geraldine (Gerry) Nierengarten

    What Matters Most in Co-teaching in High School

    Students with special needs are increasingly more present in the high school general education classroom due to the pressure from special education (Individuals with Disabilities Act, 2004) and general education (No Child Left Behind) legislation. In response, the practice of co-teaching has been a...
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  • A Vision for Their Future by Dunnivan, Gloria
    Gloria Dunnivan

    A Vision for Their Future

    Author: Gloria DunnivanISBN-10: 3639100689ISBN-13: 9783639100686Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2008Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d
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  • Learner Representations of Strategic L1 Use in the Language Classroom by Varshney, Rachel
    Rachel Varshney

    Learner Representations of Strategic L1 Use in the Language Classroom

    The use of first language(s) (L1) in the language classroom has often been at the centre of methodological debate, giving rise to a number of differing views. To date, this discussion has been focused largely on the aspect of teacher language choice, with only...
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  • Criteria for Choral Voice Classification by Reneau, April
    April Reneau

    Criteria for Choral Voice Classification

    There is no standard method for determining basic voice classification (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) of high school choir students. Most practices seem to be based on tradition rather than research, and there are conflicting opinions about which criteria should or should not be considered,...
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  • Perspectives on Stress among College Students by Adigwe, Patrick
    Patrick Adigwe

    Perspectives on Stress among College Students

    Perspectives in Stress among College Students examine the differences between gender and educational level of students (freshman and sophomore) in the amount of stress they experience. It further sought to understand what distinguishes levels of stress among college students as well as the factors...
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  • Pre-College Level Mathematics Courses in Higher Education by Barrett, Diane
    Diane Barrett

    Pre-College Level Mathematics Courses in Higher Education

    This research explored the factors that influence the placement of four-year college students into pre-college level courses. Based upon this literature review, it appeared that some of the variables that could predict the placement of university students into pre-college level mathematics courses were age,...
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  • Educational systems change: From mandates to conversations by Stokes, Helga
    Helga Stokes

    Educational systems change: From mandates to conversations

    That school change is necessary is commonly agreed upon. Mandated reforms with little or no user involvement were characteristic of many change efforts, but to date those efforts have not brought forth results that are substantial and far reaching enough to truly turn the...
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  • Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between CSA and Female Obesity by Steeves Rozicki, Anne
    Anne Steeves Rozicki

    Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between CSA and Female Obesity

    The scarcity of research, found within the dominant discourse, the connection between adult women who struggle with obesity and post traumatic stress due to childhood sexual abuse has not been suitably addressed. This qualitative and phenomenological study explores, through in-depth interviews with three females,...
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  • What Counts as Literacy Curriculum? by Lague, Kristina
    Kristina Lague

    What Counts as Literacy Curriculum?

    This book examines the ways in which one prekindergarten classroom teacher integrated a newly adopted literacy curriculum into her classroom practice for the first time. The research focused on analyzing the variation in text selection by the teacher and on patterns of teacher and...
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  • The Impact of Technological Change on Teachers by Shamoail, Edison
    Edison Shamoail

    The Impact of Technological Change on Teachers

    The Impact of Technological Change on Teachers. The role of teachers in schools is changing rapidly. This book provides a perspective on teachers' perceptions and experiences in adopting a new computer program into their teaching. Combining theory and practice, identifying connections between the experiences...
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  • Content-Based Instruction, Task-Based Learning & Business Case Study by Hsu, Wenhua
    Wenhua Hsu

    Content-Based Instruction, Task-Based Learning & Business Case Study

    Content-based instruction (CBI), task-based learning (TBL) and business case study (BCS) come from different traditions, but this book takes the affinities between these three approaches and puts forward a 3-in-1 theoretical framework for their incorporation into business English teaching. Meanwhile three aspects of content...
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  • The Influences of Learning and Change on Primary PE Teachers by Dawson, Jane
    Jane Dawson

    The Influences of Learning and Change on Primary PE Teachers

    With the familiar call to reform in Physical Education, more needs to be known about factors that promote or inhibit change. Increasing the ability of primary Phyical Education teachers to learn and adapt to change is one way of improving the current situation in...
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  • Doing, Knowing and Being by Lippi, Julian
    Julian Lippi

    Doing, Knowing and Being

    Mentoring and coaching are popular, modern ways of developing talent-mostly using the 'wise old man' notion of Mentor in Homer's Odyssey with an older, wiser person taking a younger, much less experienced person under their wing. Surprisingly, the art of mentoring should bear the...
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  • Pupils' Experiences of Technology by Collier-Reed, Brandon I.
    Brandon I. Collier-Reed

    Pupils' Experiences of Technology

    The need to ensure that people are technologically literate has become an issue of major significance with an ever increasingly technological world. In order to more clearly understand the various dimensions of techno-logical literacy, this book looks at secondary-school pupils' conceptions of technology and...
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  • Motivational Influences on Cognitive Load by Christensen, William
    William Christensen

    Motivational Influences on Cognitive Load

    The authors examined whether an extraneous cognitive load condition adversely affected participants' performance, self-efficacy, and anxiety related to learning about Pearson's correlation. The authors provide a review of the existing literature on cognitive load and numerous motivational constructs to establish a foundation for research...
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  • Globalization, Confucianism and Vygotskian Teaching Practices by Huh, Julianne S. J.
    Julianne S. J. Huh

    Globalization, Confucianism and Vygotskian Teaching Practices

    This ethnographic study examines how students learn English through classroom experiences that challenge their current confucian cultural practices. In particular, I examine how learning language through activities affects students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) in a Korean university. It is based on...
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  • New to the Field of Education: What Now? by Özgün, Özkan
    Özkan Özgün

    New to the Field of Education: What Now?

    Early years of teaching can be very challenging. Since first years are different from what has gone before and what comes after, these years represent a special time in a teacher's career. The story of novice teaching usually revolves around several themes: reality shock,...
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  • The Experiences of SA Secondary School Male Educators Own Aggression by Botha, Albertus Johannes
    Albertus Johannes Botha

    The Experiences of SA Secondary School Male Educators Own Aggression

    In South-Africa many articles in magazines and newspapers indicate that aggression has found a place in society and is experienced daily by educators in the schools, examples are provided by newspaper headlines such as: "Pupil in hospital after being belted" and "Bail for teacher...
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  • Teaching a Cognitive Behavioral Strategy to Manage Emotions by Banks, Tachelle
    Tachelle Banks

    Teaching a Cognitive Behavioral Strategy to Manage Emotions

    The need to create classroom environments that are safe for all students persists. Students with emotional or behavior disorders, many of whom are not receiving special education services nor, perhaps, even qualify for them, have a serious effect on both the short term (teaching...
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  • Development of Empathy and Altruism in Latin American Students by Ramia, Nascira
    Nascira Ramia

    Development of Empathy and Altruism in Latin American Students

    Author: Nascira RamiaISBN-10: 3639090624ISBN-13: 9783639090628Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2008Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d
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  • The Adoptive Parenting Process by Luo, Nili
    Nili Luo

    The Adoptive Parenting Process

    In 2003, there were 39,500 Chinese children living in the US who were adopted from China. While 113 were adopted from 1989-1991, in 2002, 5,900 Chinese children were adopted by US parents. Little is known about the scientific, psychological, or social issues surrounding the...
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  • Collaborative Concept Mapping as an Instructional Strategy by Gao, Hong
    Hong Gao

    Collaborative Concept Mapping as an Instructional Strategy

    Given mixed findings on collaborative concept mapping from prior studies, this study attempts to address some of the specific aspects of the technique, namely, key concepts availability and proposition formation, to see whether providing such support would benefit the learners with little prior exposure...
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  • The Adjustment of Transfer Students in Four Year College by Linton, Maureen
    Maureen Linton

    The Adjustment of Transfer Students in Four Year College

    Author: Maureen LintonISBN-10: 3639091779ISBN-13: 9783639091779Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2008Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d
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  • Christian Spirituality Manifested in African American Students by Williams, Angela
    Angela Williams

    Christian Spirituality Manifested in African American Students

    This timely and culturally relevant study examines the perceptions and behaviors of African American students and how they practice and use their Christian Spirituality in school and other life choices. The study was conducted in an urban, impoverished, at risk American city. The questions...
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  • Course Web Sites and Student Engagement by Mayerson, Marc
    Marc Mayerson

    Course Web Sites and Student Engagement

    How do course Web sites affect student engagement with the curriculum? Are there discernable correlations with educational theories of learning and engagement? What are the claims and goals of educational technologists? In this pioneering study, Dr. Marc Mayerson correlates nationally recognized standards of student...
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  • How Does Video Analysis Impact Teacher Reflection-for-Action? by Wright, Geoffrey
    Geoffrey Wright

    How Does Video Analysis Impact Teacher Reflection-for-Action?

    Reflective practice is an integral component of a teacher's classroom success. Reflective practice requires a teacher to step back and consider the implications and effects of teaching practices. Research has shown that formal reflection on teaching can lead to improved understanding and practice of...
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  • Retaining Career Switchers by Holmes Hedrick, Camille
    Camille Holmes Hedrick

    Retaining Career Switchers

    Career Switchers are a unique population of teachers who bring work and life experience to the classroom and often meet critical content area needs in hard- to-staff schools. It is estimated that nearly half of the next generation of teachers will be career switchers....
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  • Learning and Teaching Styles of Theory of Flight Students by Martinez, Francisco
    Francisco Martinez

    Learning and Teaching Styles of Theory of Flight Students

    The problem in the Theory of Flight course was to have more students eligible to take the FAA private pilot exam. During the last three academic years (1999-2001) the cumulative grade point average (GPA) dropped from 3.34 to 2.68. This study identified the Theory...
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  • Inclusion of ELL with Special Needs in General Education by Hassan, Wafa
    Wafa Hassan

    Inclusion of ELL with Special Needs in General Education

    This book presents essential information in the field of second language teacher college education and preparation. The study was conducted to seek perceptions of pre-service teachers toward inclusion of English language learners with special needs in general education. The book provides interesting quantitative and...
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  • Tacit Pedagogical Knowing by Toom, Auli
    Auli Toom

    Tacit Pedagogical Knowing

    Teacher's pedagogical thinking, professional action and knowledge base are current issues in research on teaching and instruction. Teacher's ability to work flexibly in continuously changing pedagogical settings is of interest of educational experts and researchers. This research examines teacher's tacit pedagogical knowing, which is...
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Education books are a broad category of literature that provides information, insights, and guidance on various aspects of learning, teaching, and educational theories. These books are written by experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field of education and are intended for both educators and learners alike. Education books cover a diverse range of topics, including but not limited to pedagogy, curriculum development, educational psychology, educational leadership, special education, assessment and evaluation, instructional technology, and educational policy. They are designed to cater to individuals at different stages of their educational journeys, from early childhood education to higher education and beyond.

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