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In this entertaining and lively anthology, Jan Morris traces the history of the University from its foundation in the Middle Ages through to the twentieth century, combining extracts from contemporary observers with her own informative commentary. The...

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

Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument...

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...

What should be the role of our institutions of higher education? To promote good moral character? To bring an end to racism, sexism, economic oppression, and other social ills? To foster diversity and democracy and produce responsible citizens? In Save...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543101Author Richard A. DetweilerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Next Big Idea Book Club Nominee October 2022An eye-opening look at how America's elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich rich-making it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us today The front-page news and the trials that followed...

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)...

This volume explores the current state of student mental health and trauma while offering theories and practice of trauma-informed teaching and learning.The interdisciplinary authors gathered in this collection discuss the roles, practices, and...

Focusing on writing for publication, The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing discusses the components of a manuscript, types of manuscripts, and the submission process. It shows how to craft scholarly papers and other writing suitable for...

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...

Leads scholars and anyone who cares about the humanities into more effectively analyzing the fate of the humanities and digging into the very idea of the humanities as a way to find meaning and coherence in the world. The humanities, considered by many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858567037Author Penny Jane BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Trentham Books LtdPublisher Institute of Education PressWeight(grams) 332g

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...

Strategy, the link between mission and operational plans to improve an institution's performance, is a critical element to the future success of higher education (HE). Hoshin Kanri (HK), the application of Lean principles and practices to strategy...

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...

Conservation of artefacts and heritage materials is an increasingly popular and fascinating area, spanning both historical and scientific disciplines. Materials come in many forms ranging from sunken ships to tapestries, from buildings to books. With...

Dyslexia: Surviving and Succeeding at College is a practical and easy-to-read guide for dyslexic and dyspraxic students. Clearly and simply written, in a dyslexia-friendly format, it addresses not just study skills, but also more general aspects of...

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...

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

Serving as a comprehensive introduction to those new to teaching in higher education, this essential guide discusses pedagogical approaches that are current in higher education and the wider responsibilities of teaching within higher education. This book...

This timely volume explores the ways that university institutions affect the experiences of student carers and how student carers negotiate the (often conflicting) demands of care and academic work. The book maps the experiences of student carers in...

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...

*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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986011900Author Blake BolesFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Tells Peak PressPublisher Tells Peak PressWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

As a break from their ordained labors, what might the Muses today do on their lunch hour? This collection of witty, shrewd, and imaginative essays addresses interdisciplinary topics that range widely from Shakespeare, to psychoanalysis, to the practice...

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

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...

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...

Updated and completely revised, the ultimate family guide to managing a college search in a positive way.Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the college search, feeling stressed out and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807031230Author Stanley AronowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

In a world where the value of a liberal arts education is no longer taken for granted, Mark William Roche lucidly and passionately argues for its essential importance. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in higher education as a student,...

Shifts the narrative around the history of US higher education to examine its colonial past.Over the past several decades, higher education in the United States has been shaped by marketization and privatization. Efforts to critique these developments...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609788995Author Andrew S. RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Kaplan TradePublisher Kaplan AEC EducationWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised...

This practical guide for educators in higher education encourages readers to ask effective coaching questions and apply relevant coaching techniques to empower and engage students to grow and perform at their best.Filled with authentic examples and handy...

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...