Education - Higher

The intellectual trends Good discusses include what he calls the New Sectarianism, which rejects individuality in favour of collective identities based on race, gender, and sexual preference; Presentism, which rejects the notion of history as a continuous narrative in favour of seeing the past...

This volume presents studies that provide an in-depth look at the experiences of proteges and mentors during the mentoring process in higher education settings. Within the volume are studies examining the effects of mentoring on individuals as well as those examining the perceptions and...

The book provides significant insight into the factors that affect the careers of these scientists and, importantly, gives voice to the many men and women who overcame discrimination, prejudice, and racism to build successful scientific careers. Although 70 percent of those interviewed felt that...

"Vesilind′s book will serve as a valuable resource, not only for graduate students on the threshold of academic careers, but also for current assistant professors in need of a mentor and even for those top undergraduates deciding whether a doctorate followed by college teaching...

Looking at schools and universities, it is difficult to pinpoint when education, teaching and learning started to haemorrhage purpose, aspiration and function. Libraries and librarians have been starved of funding. Teachers cram their curriculum with 'skill development' and 'generic competencies' because knowledge, creativity and...

The authors outline the different models of storytelling, explaining how to use the technique and encourage a "storytelling culture" at work or in tutorials.Author: Maxine Alterio,Janice McDruryISBN-10: 0749440384ISBN-13: 9780749440381Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2003Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.64d

Student retention has become a key issue for all further and higher education institutions and is a major concern among those involved in online learning courses where retention rates are often even poorer than those for traditional campus-based courses. There is increasing recognition that...

This practice-based guide shows how academic research activity can be connected to academic teaching activity in higher education, to ensure that neither operates in a vacuum - and each can be enhanced by the other. It addresses issues at theAuthor: Rosanna Breen,Angela Brew,Alan JenkinsISBN-10:...

Exploring the creative opportunities opened up by ICT in the modern classroom, this text presents an authoritative survey of ICT's impact upon core teaching functions, and draws from the experiences of leading practitioners in the field.Author: Som NaiduISBN-10: 0749437766ISBN-13: 9780749437763Publisher: Taylor & Francis GroupLanguage:...

This book shows how to design and develop educational programmes that are linked, logical and successful.Author: Jennifer MoonISBN-10: 0749437464ISBN-13: 9780749437466Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2002Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 10.32h x 7.34w x 0.82d

Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachersAuthor: Ranald MacDonaldISBN-10: 074943533XISBN-13: 9780749435332Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2002Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.34h x 6.02w...

First Published in 2000. This is the fourth edition of a handbook that has already become well-known to many academic staff. Its popularity rests on the way it presents ideas about teaching and learning underpinned by research findings, but in a form that provides...

This volume sets out to provide experience-based tools for those needing to assess and improve teaching and learning quality. It presents a detailed framework explaining what action learning and research is with information on how to carry out an action learning project.Author: David KemberISBN-10:...

Learning contracts have been a successful feature of many university/continuing education programmes over the last 20 years but many staff are still unfamiliar with them or have difficulty using them. This guide introduces the learning contract to those considering using them on their courses.Author:...

This text presents evidence of the work and action of feminists in academia and shows that there is still much to be done before academia is a safe and welcoming environment for women. Women integrate their experience with theory to document and challenge the...

The Importance of Average drives home the reality that average intellectual ability is not synonymous with mediocrity. Under the right conditions, average ability can potentially lead to professional excellence and exceptionalism. Archaic psychological and social constructs are examined as they are shown to limit...

Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education explores issues in the provision of quality teaching and learning in university programs delivered 'offshore'. A collection of case studies provides insights into the 'lived experiences' of teachers and learners engaged in Australian transnational education across a broad...

Issues of diversity and affirmative action have turned elite higher education in the United States into contested terrain. Rights revolutions in the country have raised hopes that have proved difficult to fulfill. Most particularly, expectations about access and opportunity--redressing the unfairness of the past--have...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Between 1944 and 1996, Guatemala experienced a revolution, counterrevolution, and civil war. Playing a pivotal role within these national shifts were students from Guatemala's only public university, the University of San Carlos (USAC). USAC students served in, advised, protested, and were later persecuted by...

This book is an expanded version of the Clark Kerr Lectures of 2012, delivered by Neil Smelser at the University of California at Berkeley in January and February of that year. The initial exposition is of a theory of change-labeled structural accretion-that has characterized...

Forty years after Clark Kerr coined the term multiversity, the American research university has continued to evolve into a complex force for social and economic good. This volume provides a unique opportunity to explore the current state of the research university system. Charles M....

Disability is not always central to claims about diversity and inclusion in higher education, but should be. This collection reveals the pervasiveness of disability issues and considerations within many higher education populations and settings, from classrooms to physical environments to policy impacts on students,...

A Guide to Authentic e-Learning provides the tools to apply authentic e-learning principles across a range of disciplines, with practical guidance on design, development, implementation and evaluation. Author: Jan Herrington,Thomas C. Reeves,Ron OliverISBN-10: 0415997992ISBN-13: 9780415997997Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2009Pages: 216Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.80w...

Written for higher education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning.Author: Nicola WhittonISBN-10: 0415997747ISBN-13: 9780415997744Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2009Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.70d

Organizing for Social Partnership offers a model and a strategy for universities, corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations interested in engaging in social partnerships. This mode of collaboration provides a potentially powerful arrangement for addressing large-scale social issues of interest to higher education...

Distance and Blended Learning in Asia is a unique and comprehensive overview of open, distance learning (ODL)and information and communication technology (ICT) in Asian education and training. Broad in coverage, this book also critically examines ODL and ICT experiences from Japan to Turkey and...

Essential reading for policy makers, institutional leaders, managers, advisors, and scholars in the field of higher education, International Perspectives on the Governance of Higher Education analyzes how the governance of higher education systems has evolved in recent years. This volume is an authoritative overview...

Written to enhance the practice of teaching, learning, and research in higher education, this text offers a combination of critical perspective and practical advice. Ideally suited for individuals who are interested in learning how to enhance their practice through the analysis of critique, the...

How many times have you heard the phrase: it's all political correctness gone mad!' Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about...

Neoliberalism has had a major impact on schooling and education in the Developing World, with social repercussions that have affected the salaries of teachers, the number and type of potential students, the availability of education, the cost of education, and more. This edited collection...

This study describes how faculty who participated in the Teaching and Learning in Diverse Classroom Faculty and TA Partnership Project (1994-2000) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, reflected on their experiences and pedagogical practices as instructors in diverse classrooms.Author: Carmelita Rosie CastañedaISBN-10: 0415949262ISBN-13: 9780415949262Publisher:...

Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.S., as well as the presidents of the two companies...

This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).Author: Daniel...

Sarah Willie asks: What's it like to be black on campus. For most Black students, attending predominantly white universities, it is a struggle. Do you try to blend in? Do you take a stand? Do you end up acting as the token representative for...

Steal This University explores the paradox of academic labor. Universities do not exist to generate a profit from capital investment, yet contemporary universities are increasingly using corporations as their model for internal organization. While the media, politicians, business leaders and the general public all...

This book presents real cases where new policies and practices have been implemented, unveiling the mechanisms required to create change, the challenges and opportunities that implementers face, and how effective methodology depends on context.Author: Adrianna KezarISBN-10: 0415891132ISBN-13: 9780415891134Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2012Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize:...

This book is edited and authored by experts with extensive international experience in ODL, e-learning, and QA who give careful consideration to the possibilities and challenges involved. Author: Insung Jung,Colin LatchemISBN-10: 0415887348ISBN-13: 9780415887342Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2011Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Diversity in American Higher Education captures in one edited volume the wide range of critical issues that comprise the current discourse on diversity on the college campus in its broadest sense. Author: Lisa M. StulbergISBN-10: 0415874513ISBN-13: 9780415874519Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2011Pages: 308Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.30h...

This is a professional guide that explores effective ways to initiate, design, develop, enhance and sustain (PBL) curricula in Higher Education environments.Author: Terry Barrett,Sarah MooreISBN-10: 0415871484ISBN-13: 9780415871488Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2010Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Governance is becoming increasingly important in universities just as it is in the wider world of commerce and banking. Historically, universities were run by their academic communities but as mass higher education has taken root, as university research has become a critical element in...

This book investigates the intensifying struggle for excellence between universities in a globalized academic field. The rise of the entrepreneurial university and academic capitalism are superimposing themselves on the competition of scientists for progress of knowledge and recognition by the scientific community. The result...

In the face of increasing social demand and cutbacks in state budgetary support, universities in African countries are now turning towards a multicampus system strategy. As African governments have adopted neoliberal education policies that place premium on entrepreneurialism, profit making, privatization, and markets as...

Leadership for World-Class Universities reveals how "world-class" thinking and policy can help university leaders employ modern solutions to the challenges facing higher education today. Author: Philip G. AltbachISBN-10: 0415800285ISBN-13: 9780415800280Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2010Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Higher education and the institution of the university exist in time, their essential nature now continually subject to change; change in students, in knowledge, in structure and in their own communities and those service.　 These changes are accompanied by a quickening of time, leading...

Internationalisation of the Curriculum In Context explores disciplinary approaches to and interpretations of internationalisation of the curriculum. Based on an extensive literature review and case studies from a range of national, institutional and disciplinary contexts, this book explores new ground and provides insights into...

Ensuring that higher education students are fully prepared for lives as global citizens is a pressing concern in the contemporary world. This book draws on insights from cosmopolitan thought to identify how people from different backgrounds can find common ground. By applying cosmopolitan insights...

Black Men in Higher Education bridges theory to practice in order to better prepare practitioners in their efforts to increase the success of Black male students in colleges and universities. Author: J. Luke Wood,Robert T. PalmerISBN-10: 0415714842ISBN-13: 9780415714846Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2014Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize:...

Current teaching, learning and assessment practices can lead students to believe that courses within a programme are self-sufficient and separate. Integrative Learning explores this issue, and considers how intentional learning helps students become integrative thinkers who can see connections in seemingly disparate information, and...

Privatising the Public University: The Case of Law is the first full-length critical study examining the impact of the dramatic reforms that have swept through universities over the last two decades. Drawing on extensive research and interviews in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and...