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Literature and Character Education in Universities presents the potential of literary and philosophical texts for character education in modern universities. The book engages with theoretical and practical aspects of character development in higher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226738062Author Paul ReitterFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher University of Chicago PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581071139Author Mathew L OuellettFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint New Forums PressPublisher New Forums PressWeight(grams) 921gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858566771Author Deborah GabrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Trentham Books LtdPublisher Institute of Education Press

Adults seek out learning for very different reasons in different contexts, and this book is intended to support adult educators' development in responding to this rich array. There is no single way to be an adult learner, and so it should not be...

Lectures remain a staple form of teaching in higher and professional education. However, some lectures are more effective than others. 53 interesting things to do in your lectures presents practical suggestions, each tried and tested, for developing your...

Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that is what we, as donor publics, are constantly told. The result is a highly dysfunctional aid system which mistakes short-term results for long-term...

Through his columns in the New York Times and his numerous best-selling books, Stanley Fish has established himself as our foremost public analyst of the fraught intersection of academia and politics. Here Fish for the first time turns his full attention...

Co-published with the Council on Undergraduate Research Undergraduate research has long been recognized as a high-impact practice (HIP), but has unfortunately been offered only to juniors and seniors, and to very few of them (often in summer programs)...

Offering a critical examination of the nature of co-produced research, this important new book draws on materials and case studies from the ESRC funded project 'Imagine - connecting communities through research'. Outlining a community development...

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Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught and studied at American universities. Trenchant and witty, it lays bare the sham of what now passes for...

This book describes team-based learning (TBL), an unusually powerful and versatile teaching strategy that enables teachers to take small group learning to a whole new level of effectiveness. It is the only pedagogical use of small groups that is based on...

From the renowned futurist, a look at how current trends will transform American higher education over the next twenty years.2020 Most Significant Futures Work Award Winner, Association of Professional FuturistsThe outlook for the future of colleges and...

While there has been an increase of Black women faculty in higher education institutions, the academy writ large continues to exploit, discriminate, and uphold institutionalized gendered racism through its policies and practices. Black women have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782772460Author Tim BilhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Institute of Education PressPublisher Institute of Education Press

*RUNNER UP FOR 2021 BAAL BOOK PRIZE*This volume serves as a critical examination of the discourses at play in the higher education system and the ways in which these discourses underpin the transmission of neoliberal values in 21st century universities...

This book will help all academic staff in higher education (HE) develop more informed teaching and better support students as they transition to university. It explores the organisations who advise students pre-university and uncovers the myths and...

Career guide aimed specifically at the large number of people working in non-academic higher education roles, such as higher education administrators or professional services staff. Based on the authors' real-life experience and first-hand research, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858569246Author Maire DaleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Trentham Books LtdPublisher Institute of Education Press

The ethical and emotional tolls paid by disadvantaged college students seeking upward mobility and what educators can do to help these students flourishUpward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of...

Transforming Learning Through Tangible Instruction offers a transformative, student-centered approach to higher education pedagogy that integrates embodied cognition into classroom practice. Evidence across disciplines makes clear that people learn with...

Who (and what) are you bearing witness to (and for) through your research? When you witness, what claims are you making about who and what matters? What does your research forget, and does it do it on purpose?This book reconceptualizes qualitative...

This book presents the research-based case that Learner Centered Teaching (LCT) offers the best means to optimize student learning in college, and offers examples and ideas for putting it into practice, as well the underlying rationale. It also starts...

A call to advance integrative teaching and learning in higher education. From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive...

Practical "brain-aware" facilitation tailored to the adult brain Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind explains how the brain works, and how to help adults learn, develop, and perform more effectively in various settings. Recent...

A passionate call for our colleges and universities to prepare young people for lives of fulfillment not just successful careers The question of what living is for-of what one should care about and why-is the most important question a person can ask. Yet...

As higher education has massified there has been a greater need for higher education research: to better understand and improve practice and provision. The expansion of higher education research has in turn led to systematic reviews and meta-analyses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492678830Author Ethan SawyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, IncDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 38mm

Giving higher education professionals the language and tools they need to seize new opportunities in digital learning.A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities. As schools rethink how students learn - both inside and outside the...

Imagine if new knowledge and insights came not just from research centers, think tanks, and universities but also from games, of all things. Video games have been viewed as causing social problems, but what if they actually helped solve them? This...

A persuasive case for building career success through broad education, targeted skills, and social capitalYoung people coming out of high school today can expect to hold many jobs over the course of their lives, which is why they need a range of...

What the latest science of learning tells us about inspiring, effective, and inclusive teaching at the college level.College instruction is stuck in the past. If a time traveler from a century ago arrived on today's campuses, they would recognize only...

America's research universities consistently dominate global rankings but may be entrenched in a model that no longer accomplishes their purposes. With their multiple roles of discovery, teaching, and public service, these institutions represent the gold...

Best Practices in Engaging Online Learners Through Active and Experiential Learning Strategies, Second Edition, is a practical guide for all instructors, instructional designers, and online learning administrators designing, developing, teaching, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956087324Author Alexander ZouevFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Zouev PublishingPublisher Zouev PublishingWeight(grams) 124gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

We've heard plenty from politicians and experts on affirmative action and higher education, about how universities should intervene if at all to ensure a diverse but deserving student population. But what about those for whom these issues matter the...

Being an Effective Programme Leaderin Higher Education is a practical guide designed to help navigate the complex academic, pastoral, and administrative challenges that come with working in this position.This book looks at topics such as leadership,...

Co-published with AIEAInternational higher education has evolved, in some respects dramatically, in the decade since publication of the first edition of this handbook. The new issues, trends, practices and priorities of research that evolved over this...