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This textbook is a step-by-step guide for high school, community college, and undergraduate students who are taking a course in applied statistics and wish to learn how to use Excel to solve statistical problems. All of the statistics problems in this book come from...

"This book explores the facilitation of adult and organizational learning with andragogy"--Author: John Arthur HenschkeISBN-10: 1799856577ISBN-13: 9781799856573Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2020Pages: 424Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.15lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.86d

Andragogy may be defined as a scientific discipline for study of the research, theory, processes, technology, practice, and anything else of value and benefit including learning, teaching, instructing, guiding, leading, and modeling/exemplifying a way of life that would help to facilitate and bring adults...

Online Teaching and Learning for Teacher Educators is the first book written exclusively by teacher educators for teacher educators in higher education, K-12 classrooms, and for candidates preparing to become teacher educators. Written as a practical, easy to understand and use guide, this book...

This practical resource helps aspiring leaders demystify the challenges associated with becoming a community college president. Building on existing scholarship and research related to historical origins of the community college, this book explores the role and function of the presidency, discusses existing demographics and...

Civility, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom in Higher Education: Faculty on the Margins represents a multidisciplinary approach, deploying different theoretical, methodological, sociological, political, and creative perspectives to articulate the stakes of civility for marginalized faculty within the landscape of higher education. How has the...

There is a large body of research that supports the reality that school leaders make a significant contribution to the success of schools and the students in them. Additionally, there is strong agreement among and between researchers and state and national educational leadership associations...

This volume provides unique insight into how American colleges and universities have been significantly impacted and shaped by college football, and considers how U.S. sports culture more generally has intersected with broader institutional and educational issues. By documenting events from the nineteenth and twentieth...

Teaching and Learning the West Point Way is a unique compendium of the best teaching and learning practices from one of the most celebrated and storied undergraduate teaching and learning environments and institutions in America - the United States Military Academy at West Point,...

WINNER! ICQI 2017 Outstanding Book of the Year WINNER! AERA 2017 Outstanding Publication Award Power, Race, and Higher Education is a parallel narrative written by two scholars. Kakali Bhattacharya, who is a South Asian woman who immigrated to the United States to pursue her...

This collection explores student mobility and study abroad programmes across Europe, presenting original research on personal, linguistic, and intercultural development during study abroad experiences. The volume synthesizes work from the 2016-2020 Cost Action 15130 'Study Abroad Research in European Perspective' research network, offering a...

Education and Elitism discusses polemical debates around privilege, private schools, elitist universities, equal access to education and underlying notions of fairness. The overarching question that runs through the book is about the future of education worldwide: how can schools and universities tread the tightrope...

Providing the academic community with a robust and highly practical insight into the importance of implementing relationship building into the learning environment and experiences of all students, underpinned by current research, this innovative volume explores intercultural learning and critical pedagogy in the borderless university....

This book focuses on academic writing and how academics who are experts in their fields can translate their expertise into publishable form. The magnitude and speed of the changes that are transforming the global academic landscape produce an ongoing need for literature that interprets...

"This book offers practice-based reflections by graduate school instructors on their efforts to infuse creativity, social action, engaged learning or other creative interventions into the graduate classroom"--Author: Toby S. JenkinsISBN-10: 1799864863ISBN-13: 9781799864868Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2020Pages: 340Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.74lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x...

"This book examines the use of virtual and augmented reality in educational settings"--Author: Gokce AkcayirISBN-10: 1799854892ISBN-13: 9781799854890Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2020Pages: 436Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d

Speaking Up, Speaking Out addresses the lived experiences of those working in the non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) trenches through storytelling and reflection. By connecting NTTF voices from various aspects of writing studies, the collection offers fresh perspectives and meaningful contributions, imagining the possibilities for contingent...

This book describes the emergence of a small but essential medical specialty, urology, at one of the first American public institutions of higher education, the University of Michigan. Urology at Michigan: The Origin Story, a microcosm of the modern world of healthcare specialization, entwines...

Includes a prize-winning chapter by the winner of the 2021 Early Career Award of the International Narrative Research Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association. Trudy Cardinal was awarded this prize, among other publications, for chapter 11 in The Doctoral Journey: International...

Graduate teaching assistants and new college instructors may have questions about lesson planning, grading, and classroom management. Some may be teaching in culturally and experientially diverse settings unfamiliar to them. This mentoring handbook describes but not prescribes methods, materials, and management strategies that can...

Showcasing how you can use a work placement to develop your research and professional skills, this warm and personable book demonstrates how you can transfer and grow skills from your academic training to the workplace and maximise the benefits of learning by doing. The...

The market places and street corners of Dar es Salaam are home to a thriving informal economy of street vendors selling secondhand clothing and other goods. These street vendors often live a precarious existence, under pressure from state authorities and international markets. In addition...

The HBCU Experience: The North Carolina A&T State University-2nd Edition is a collection of stories written by prominent Aggies throughout the world. Aggies who are doing great things in their careers, businesses, and communities nationally and internationally. The authors share their stories and experiences...

A primary mission of universities is promoting student success and well-being. Many college and university personnel have implemented initiatives that offer students the documented benefits of positive human-animal interaction (HAI). Accumulating evidence suggests that assistance dogs, therapy dogs, and shelter dogs can support student...

This book focuses on the relations between social justice and higher education research. Jan McArthur and Paul Ashwin bring together chapters from international researchers that explore these relations in a range of national contexts and consider their implications for policies, pedagogy and our understanding...

This book explores the efficacy of game-based learning to develop university students' skills and competencies. While writing on game-based learning has previously emphasised the use of games developed specifically for educational purposes, this book fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on...

By presenting discussions on professional development, and emphasizing the challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors across disciplines, this book provides advice for junior Black scholars on how to navigate academe and tackle the challenges that Black scholars often face.Author: Cheron H. DavisISBN-10: 1838672680ISBN-13:...

Wireless Morse code began a new age of communications, magically sending invisible waves through the ether received at some distant place. Among the first universities to experiment in this unknown world was The Ohio State University, which became one of the first educational broadcast...

This book shares advice, how-to's, validations, and cautionary tales based on minoritized students' recent experiences in doctoral studies. Providing a change of view from inspirational works framed at the "traditional" graduate student towards the affirmation of marginalized voices, readers are given a look at...

1. "Why Should We Have to Go to Class if We Came Here to Play Football?" What This Book is About2. "If I Wanted to Play, I Had to Bring Home the Grades" Interviews with Former Student Athletes3. "Emptying the Tank" Current Student-Athletes4. "Going...

This book provides an overview and evaluation of the quality of bilingual education found in internationalised higher education institutions. Its authors focus on the multifaceted roles that language(s) play in these growing multilingual spaces and analyse and identify the many factors that account for...

Community-engaged scholarship is an equitable and democratic approach to scholarship that seeks to identify and solve community-based problems. Community-engaged scholars aim to serve the public good by developing and sustaining community-campus partnerships built on trust, reciprocity, and mutual benefit. As universities orient themselves towards...

"This book explores how gamification strategies can be used to support retention, well-being, and engagement in higher education"--Author: Robert CostelloISBN-10: 1799820807ISBN-13: 9781799820802Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2020Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.47d

"This book examines the process of preparing for and completing a dissertation"--Author: Noran L. MoffettISBN-10: 1522597085ISBN-13: 9781522597087Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2019Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.58d

Prepare for The HiSET Math Test with a Perfect Workbook HiSET Math Workbook is a learning workbook to prevent learning loss. It helps you retain and strengthen your Math skills and provides a strong foundation for success. This HiSET book provides you with solid...

Projections are frightening. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial considerations were forcing the closing of increasing numbers of American colleges and universities. Higher education in the United States is facing a tsunami of economic issues and the abrupt shift to on-line...

This book provides the reader with a fresh and comprehensive approach to both considering and implementing an uncommon governance practice that emphasizes a lasting, effective, and a sustaining relationship between the board and president. This discussion encapsulates pre-hiring practices, and principles regarding CEO selection,...

This book provides the reader with a fresh and comprehensive approach to both considering and implementing an uncommon governance practice that emphasizes a lasting, effective, and a sustaining relationship between the board and president. This discussion encapsulates pre-hiring practices, and principles regarding CEO selection,...

Open and honest conversations will lead to better education, career and life choices A central theme in this book is that college is a good system designed to prepare students, both intellectually and socially, for careers and adult life. But, it's not the only...

The book is written for an undergraduate course on Hardware Description Languages. It provides comprehensive coverage of the VHDL (VHSIC-HDL, Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language). It also introduces Verilog HDL. The book uses plain and lucid language to explain each topic....

The fast-emerging field of multimedia communications involves the use of various media types - text, images, speech, audio, and video in a wide range of subject areas. The book presents these subject areas in-depth that enables the reader to build up a thorough understanding...

This book begins with an introduction to Verilog HDL. It describes basic concepts in Verilog HDL, language constructs and conventions, and modeling styles - gate-level modeling, data-flow level modeling, behavioral modeling, and switch level modeling. It also describes sequential models, basic memory components, functional...

This book explores the impact of September 11, 2001 upon interdisciplinary scholarship and pedagogy in the liberal arts. Since "the day that changed everything", many forces have transformed institutions of higher education in the United States and around the world. The editors and contributors...

The book has been designed for Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics student. A variety of numerical methods discussed and analysed. The book has been written in a concise and lucid style with proper explanation of Mathematics involved in each method. Each method is explained...

This book presents a carefully constructed framework for teaching and learning informed by philosophical and empirical foundations of phenomenology. Based on an extensive, multi-dimensional case study focused around the 'lived experience' of college-level teaching preparation, classroom interaction, and students' reflections, this book presents evidence...

Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough consideration of the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape of higher education...

Transformative Experiences in College: Connections and Community explores the intersection of two concepts: transformative experience in college and the communities in which students learn. Emerging from a five-year longitudinal interview study tracking a panel of 75 students through four years at a selective liberal...

The Barbados Community College Experience establishes the genesis of the college and the ongoing impact of globalization and educational borrowing. It examines the North American community college's influence on the Caribbean pool, the global community college movement and its emerging global counterparts. By deriving...

This book explores how educators can realize the potential of critical place-based pedagogy. The authors' model leverages the power of technology through strategies such as mobile mapping so that students can read the world and share spatial narratives. The same complexity that makes spaces...

This contributed volume explores institutional and programmatic policies and practices which actively engage students as partners in improving student learning.Author: Natasha A. JankowskiISBN-10: 1433180065ISBN-13: 9781433180064Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/26/2020Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d