Education - Higher

Instead of following the Magna Charta Universitatum, the declaration of the principles of knowledge signed in 1988 in Bologna, the academic approach pursued in Europe and the other continents over the past 30 years has strictly employed a utilitarian model of higher education. This...

Recently, there has been an increase in businesses and schools that are using some form of problem-based learning daily. By educating undergraduate and graduate students using this service delivery model, they will be better prepared to enter the workforce and increase their marketability. Further...

When a global crisis impacts nearly every industry, education is always one of the most impacted as students and faculty must frantically try to maintain their educational programs throughout uncertain times. Beyond the educational courses themselves being shifted online or to hybrid approaches, there...

"This publication will benefit administrators and faculty seeking to enroll and support adult and non-traditional learners in their institutions and will help higher education professionals ensure that programs, courses, and student services are designed and implemented in a manner that supports student success for...

"The book is a collection of scientific articles on the development of Higher Education in South-East Asia, discussing the challenges and potential solutions as the education sector works to modernize their system"--Author: Christian KahlISBN-10: 1799865207ISBN-13: 9781799865209Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2020Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.62lbsSize:...

"This book explores the various factors, aspects, challenges, and successes that characterize the international student experience in Canadian higher education"--Author: Vander TavaresISBN-10: 1799856895ISBN-13: 9781799856894Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2020Pages: 436Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.21lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.89d

"This book discusses ways of optimizing learning in higher education through learning activities and assessment strategies"--Author: Yukiko Inoue-SmithISBN-10: 1799855937ISBN-13: 9781799855934Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2020Pages: 444Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.90d

Stories offer opportunities for listeners to merge the storyteller's experiences with their own, resulting in connections that can turn into life-changing experiences. However, when the experience of the storyteller ceases to matter to the listener, ideologies begin to influence the listener's view of the...

Restorative practices in schools emphasize a focus on non-punitive strategies to handle student disciplinary issues within schools and can include practices such as peer mediation, conflict resolution, restorative circles enabling a respectful dialogue, reparation of harmful and/or wrongful actions, and a primary emphasis on...

"This book seeks to make the Academy responsive and inclusive for women advancement and sustainable empowerment strategies by broadening the understanding of why women in the Academy are overlooked in leadership positions, why there is a pay parity deficit, and what is being done...

"This book provides a multidimensional understanding on the challenges and opportunities of fostering creativity and problem-based learning in Chinese universities"--Author: Chunfang ZhouISBN-10: 1799835286ISBN-13: 9781799835288Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2020Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.57d

"This book explores academic language and learning support services in higher education"--Author: Donna M. VelliarisISBN-10: 1799828794ISBN-13: 9781799828792Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2020Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.57d

Based on a structure developed centuries ago, higher education systems are being challenged to alter their landscape and culture. With a rapidly changing knowledge base, job market, and societal and community needs, it is imperative that higher education systems remain adaptive and responsive. However,...

"This book provides research on effective approaches and experiences in teacher training for EMI at universities both in terms of language skills and teaching methodologies and analyzes the design and development of comprehensive teacher training programs that successfully engage these EMI programs"--Provided by publisher.Author:...

Teachers assist students in order to gain data and to determine whether the instructional objectives have been met. Usually, the assessment process takes place as part of ongoing learning and teaching, periodically and at key transitions. The term "assessment" refers to the wide variety...

""This book examines trends and good practices in management training in higher education"--Provided by publisher"--Author: Edgar Oliver Cardoso EspinosaISBN-10: 1799818764ISBN-13: 9781799818762Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2020Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.33d

"This book explores how to increase the effectiveness of technology innovations in education, particularly in online learning"--Author: Lazarus Ndiku MakewaISBN-10: 179981663XISBN-13: 9781799816638Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2019Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.55d

""This book examines international and study abroad programs and their effect on students and student preparation"--Provided by publisher"--Author: Donna M. VelliarisISBN-10: 1799816087ISBN-13: 9781799816089Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/09/2019Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d

With the rapid availability of information, it becomes essential to keep pace with this availability as well as process the information into knowledge that has real-world applications. Neuroscientific methods allow an approach to this problem based on the way that the human brain already...

"This book features relevant and evaluative information on research methodology for best outcomes. It highlights topics such as educational policy, scientific realism, and teaching strategies"--Author: Lorraine LingISBN-10: 179981002XISBN-13: 9781799810025Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2019Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.84lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.75d

"This book explore the current impact of mobile technologies and the use of video capture via mobile devices on the learning and assessment of students in higher education, particularly where practical performance examples of their work are required as evidence of attaining competence"--Author: Christopher...

The general academic progression, and particularly research engagement, of postgraduate students is characterized by various problems such as high dropout rates, longer completion times, low graduation rates, and high repetition or retake rates. This means that there are far fewer students pursuing postgraduate studies...

""This book explores changing student demographics and offers recommendations to current teaching methodologies through the lens of andragogy"--Provided by publisher"--Author: Lorie Cook-Benjamin,Jared CookISBN-10: 1799801497ISBN-13: 9781799801498Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2019Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d

""This book examines the challenges, issues, risks, opportunities, and benefits of obtaining a borderless online degree"--Provided by publisher"--Author: Robert P. HoganISBN-10: 179980030XISBN-13: 9781799800309Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/05/2019Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.60d

The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to.State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many countries, and their cities in...

For more than a thousand years, people of African descent have played a significant and far-ranging role in Britain's history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian's Wall to the black British intellectuals who made London a hub of pan-African and radical ideas. But while...

This now classic work examines the contrasting ways in which the Mau Mau struggle for land and independence in Kenya was mirrored, and usually distorted, by successive generations of English and white Kenyan authors, as well as by indigenous Kenyan novelists. Against the turbulent...

Spanning more than two thousand years of African history, from the African Iron Age to the collapse of colonialism and the beginnings of independence, Hosea Jaffe's magisterial work remains one of the few to do full justice to the continent's complex and diverse past.The...

China is transforming Africa's information space. It is assisting African broadcasters with extensive loans, training and exchange programs and has set up its own media operations on the continent in the form of CCTV Africa. In the telecommunications sector, China is helping African governments...

Accessibility of Digital Higher Education in the Global South, authored by Pfano Mashau and Tshililo Farisani from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is an academic book that examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education in Africa. The book aims to...

New Perspectives in Teaching and Learning With ICTs in Global Higher Education Systems addresses the challenges faced by higher education systems worldwide in adapting to new technologies and incorporating them into teaching and learning methodologies. The book offers solutions for educators and students by...

Transition and change are part of everyone's life. In the context of higher education, there are multiple points where students will undergo transition. This includes the move from secondary and further education or elsewhere into higher education, where students move from school or college...

Most people recognize the importance of inclusive education and hope to promote it everywhere at all levels and situations in education. However, the road to realizing this ideal is by no means a smooth one; due to this, further study is required. Building Inclusive...

Drawing from institutional research, this book advocates for the ongoing importance of HBCUs and shows how their curriculum, programming, and self-understanding all point to education as a strategy for enhancing the whole person.Over the years, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played a...

The legacy of exclusion within higher education shapes current perceptions and practices in academia; it is also the essential lens through which to view the present reactionary climate against efforts supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education and elsewhere. For centuries, access...

Through the examples of those who have successfully managed crises, this book provides expert insights and guidance on preparedness, assigning roles and responsibilities, and planning for contingencies ahead of time so that, in the moment, when there is pressure for immediate response that will...

The number of staff members serving American higher education institutions has more than doubled in the past twenty years, as occupations in technology, development, government relations, and even athletic administration have grown as never before in the history of the academy. As the number,...

Instructors at universities face many of the same concerns. They have to prepare and organize their courses, teach those courses and provide assignments, assess the learning of the students, and then evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching style. Even though these experiences are common,...

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education provides a resource for researchers and practitioners in the area of computer-supported collaborative learning (also known as CSCL); particularly those working within a tertiary education environment. It includes articles of relevance to those interested in both theory and...

"This book examines the implementation of quality management systems in research, teaching, learning, administrative processes, and other facets of higher education"--Author: Michael SonyISBN-10: 1522598308ISBN-13: 9781522598305Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2019Pages: 492Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.49lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.99d

"This book examines cheating-related factors across a range of institutions including prestigious private colleges and large state universities. Cross-cultural studies of cheating may also prove useful in identifying broader societal forces underlying such behavior(s)"--Author: Donna M. VelliarisISBN-10: 1522593950ISBN-13: 9781522593959Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2019Pages:...

"This book examines the purpose, construct, and implementation of digital learning and teaching transformations in higher education. It focuses on transformational cases in terms of the TPACK construct in addition to digital agentive transformation across levels of use"--Author: Rebecca J. BlankenshipISBN-10: 1522593322ISBN-13: 9781522593324Publisher: Information...

"This book offers comprehensive information and guidance with regards to quality training in institutions of higher learning. It examines methods and approaches for acquiring and maintaining quality education"--Author: Joseph Muthiani MalechwanziISBN-10: 1522592512ISBN-13: 9781522592518Publisher: Information Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2019Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w...

A main staple of today's world that has played a key role in the development of society is education and institutions of higher learning. An ongoing concern, however, has been the lack of access and resources to superior teaching in developing areas of the...

In an increasingly complex, competitive, and global world, organizations require highly skilled professionals who have the capacity to proactively answer challenges. Thus, educational institutions must update the curricula of their courses to better contribute to the training and development of professionals in order to...

While research into intercultural teaching has grown exponentially during the past two decades, the research has primarily resorted to the use of quantitative data collection instruments and the interpretation of scores calculated through them. As such, studies in the field can seem somewhat decontextualized,...

"This book examines the admission processes and explores the opportunities and challenges involved in student recruitment in business schools across all the programs: undergraduate, graduate, executive, and part-time"--Author: Shalini KaliaISBN-10: 1522590749ISBN-13: 9781522590743Publisher: Business Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2019Pages: 376Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.92lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is introducing automation technology into all major disciplines, including business, engineering, and education. Higher education institutions need to incorporate this digital transformation in order to remain competitive. Redesigning Higher Education Initiatives for Industry 4.0 is an essential reference source that...

Community colleges in America have evolved a great deal from the establishment of the first community college in Chicago 117 years ago. The idea of American community colleges serves as a catalyst for connective solutions between industry, college, and the community on a global...

Gender and diversity are crucial areas that require more attention in multiple academic settings. As more women progress into leadership positions in academia, it becomes necessary to develop solutions geared specifically toward success for females in such environments. Navigating Micro-Aggressions Toward Women in Higher...