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The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your Brain by Todd D. Zakrajsek 9781642675016
RRP: $42.87$37.41While preserving the elements that have made the previous two editions so successful-such as chapters on sleep, exercise, memory and mindset-this third edition introduces students to wholly new aspects of brain function and how they impact learning; and... -
The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux by Cathy N. Davidson 9781541601277
RRP: $25.71$16.81We're living in a period of great upheaval-yet there hasn't been a corresponding change in our system of higher education. In The New Education, Cathy N. Davidson argues we need a new theory and practice of learning that emphasizes achievement not as a... -
Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills by Linda B. Nilson
RRP: $51.44$45.70Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners.The point of departure for this book is the literature on self-regulated... -
Turning Teaching Inside Out: A Pedagogy of Transformation for Community-Based Education by Simone Weil Davis 9781137343024
RRP: $94.32$60.96Using the successful Inside-Out program, in which incarcerated and non-incarcerated college students are taught in the same classroom, this book explores the practice of community-based learning, including the voices of teachers and participants, and... -
Getting into Psychology Courses by Dr Konstantinos Foskolos 9781912943203
$26.12Psychology has become one of the most popular subjects to study at university.How do you make your application stand out against all the others?Getting into Psychology provides you with everything you need to know if you're thinking about applying to... -
The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange: Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning by Jon Rubin
RRP: $60.02$52.92This is the authoritative guide to implementing COIL Virtual Exchange, conceived, and co-edited by one of the originators of this innovative approach to internationalization, Jon Rubin. COIL, the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning,... -
Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education: A Universal Design Toolkit by Sheryl E. Burgstahler
$63.89In Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education, Sheryl Burgstahler provides a practical, step-by-step guide for putting the principles of universal design into action. The book offers multiple ways to access, engage with, and transform... -
Making Your Doctoral Research Project Ambitious: Developing Large-Scale Studies with Real-World Impact by Nadia Siddiqui
RRP: $48.01$41.65This book presents the doctoral dissertation process as not just a way of getting a qualification or even a method of learning how to do research better, but as a substantial and significant piece of research in its own right. The book will inspire... -
Creating Strategic Partnerships: A Guide for Educational Institutions and their Partners by Marilyn J. Amey 9781579227555
RRP: $54.87$48.59What are the characteristics and conditions that lead to successful educational partnerships?What can we learn from partnerships that fail, cannot be sustained over time, or cease to benefit their partners?This book serves as a guide to the successful... -
Learning Development in Higher Education by Peter Hartley
$72.49This book shows how Learning Development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK's largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes important insights for... -
Exploring More Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind by Nancy L. Chick 9781579224769
RRP: $54.87$48.59What is distinctive about the ways specific disciplines are traditionally taught, and what kinds of learning do they promote? Do they inspire the habits of the discipline itself, or do they inadvertently contradict or ignore those disciplines? By... -
Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality by Elizabeth A. Armstrong 9780674088023
$28.95Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigious accounting firm. With no loans to repay, she lives in a fashionable apartment with her fiance. The... -
The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities by Doris Sommer
$34.32Celebrating art and interpretation that take on social challenges, Doris Sommer steers the humanities back to engagement with the world. The reformist projects that focus her attention develop momentum and meaning as they circulate through society to... -
Getting Started with Team-Based Learning by Jim Sibley
RRP: $51.44$45.70This book is written for anyone who has been inspired by the idea of Team-Based Learning (TBL) through his or her reading, a workshop, or a colleague's enthusiasm, and then asks the inevitable question: how do I start?Written by five authors who use TBL... -
Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource fo r College Instructors, Fifth Edition by Zakrajsek
RRP: $61.73$55.04A complete, accessible, evidence-based guide to better teaching in higher education This higher education playbook provides a wealth of research-backed practices for nearly every aspect of effective teaching throughout higher education. It is filled... -
Dirty Knowledge: Academic Freedom in the Age of Neoliberalism by Julia Schleck
$32.92Dirty Knowledge explores the failure of traditional conceptions of academic freedom in the age of neoliberalism. While examining and rejecting the increasing tendency to view academic freedom as a form of free speech, Julia Schleck highlights the problem... -
"Blessed Harlaxton, My Home": Harlaxton Essays by J Gordon Kingsley 9780692398005
RRP: $17.14$14.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692398005Author J Gordon KingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Turtle Creek PublicationsPublisher Turtle Creek PublicationsWeight(grams) 263g -
Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age by Paul Reitter
RRP: $30.88$30.17Leads 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... -
Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice by Maryellen Weimer 9781118119280
RRP: $56.60$50.05In this second edition of the classic work Learner-Centered Teaching, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of learner-centered teaching in the... -
53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Seminars and Tutorials by Hannah Strawson 9781907076299
$34.79Seminars and tutorials are staples of higher and professional education courses - but running them well and ensuring that they are effective is not easy. 53 interesting things to do in your seminars and tutorials provides practical suggestions, each... -
The Future of Fundraising: Adapting to Changing Philanthropic Realities by James Langley 9781948658171
RRP: $128.65$98.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948658171Author James LangleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Academic ImpressionsPublisher Academic ImpressionsWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)... -
Teaching Excellence?: Universities in an age of student consumerism by Andrew Gunn
RRP: $80.60$65.73This new title explores the role of teaching within the modern university and the impact of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF). It provides a critical analysis of recent policy reforms designed to increase competition and choice... -
Massacre in Mexico by Poniatowska 9780826208170
$57.14Now available in paper is Elena Poniatowska's gripping account of the massacre of student protesters by police at the 1968 Olympic Games, which Publishers Weekly claimed "makes the campus killings at Kent State and Jackson State in ... -
Broken: How Our Social Systems are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them by Paul LeBlanc
RRP: $44.60$28.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637741764Author Paul LeBlancFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Matt Holt BooksPublisher BenBella BooksWeight(grams) 403gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 159mm *... -
The Alumni Way: Building Lifelong Value from Your University Investment by Maria L. Gallo 9781447362807
RRP: $34.29$26.33Are you a college or university graduate? Do you support students looking ahead to life after graduation? Are you curious about how your alumni network can benefit your life? Does the alumni strategy in your organization need inspiration? This... -
Twentieth-Century Higher Education: Elite to Mass to Universal by Martin Trow 9780801894428
$57.96Distinguished by their sharp insights, eloquence, even humor, the writings of Martin Trow on the development of higher education have helped define the field. Collected here are his most influential essays, tracing the arc and evolution of his prolific... -
The Craft of College Teaching: A Practical Guide by Robert DiYanni
$25.94The essential how-to guide to successful college teaching and learningThe college classroom is a place where students have the opportunity to be transformed and inspired through learning-but teachers need to understand how students actually learn. Robert... -
Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: Challenges, Changes and the Teaching Excellence Framework by Amanda French 9781787147621 [USED COPY]
RRP: $89.18$48.68Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Unsettling the University: Confronting the Colonial Foundations of US Higher Education by Sharon Stein
$50.64Shifts 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... -
Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses by Michael S. Roth 9780300261554
$22.86From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to... -
Cyberbullying and Online Harms: Preventions and Interventions from Community to Campus by Helen Cowie
RRP: $51.44$45.70Cyberbullying and Online Harms identifies online harms and their impact on young people, from communities to campuses, exploring current and future interventions to reduce and prevent online harassment and aggression. This important resource brings... -
Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education: Contradictions, Complexities and Challenges by Brendan Bartram
RRP: $56.59$50.02This insightful book offers a wide-ranging collection of lively discussions on contemporary issues, policies and practices in higher education. Bartram integrates contributions from experienced academics, teachers and students in a unique approach and... -
The Secret Syllabus: A Guide to the Unwritten Rules of College Success by Jay Phelan 9780691224428
RRP: $32.50$21.27The unwritten rules of success that every student must follow to thrive in collegeThe Secret Syllabus equips students with the tools they need to succeed, revealing the unwritten rules and cultural norms and expectations not included in the official... -
How to Be a Dean by George Justice 9781421428789
RRP: $42.88$41.06The essential guide to the hardest job in higher ed.A deanship in higher education is an exciting but complex job combining technical administration and academic leadership. On one hand, the dean is an institutional leader, standing up for the faculty,... -
Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Educational Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success by Claire Howell Major
RRP: $61.73$55.04Teaching for Learning is a comprehensive, practical resource for instructors that highlights and synthesizes proven teaching methods and active learning strategies. Each of the 101 entries describes an approach and lists its essential features and... -
The graduate advisor handbook: A student-centered approach by Bruce M Shore
RRP: $24.01$21.03In the sink-or-swim world of academia, a great graduate advisor can be a lifesaver. But with university budgets shrinking and free time evaporating, advisors often need a mentor themselves to learn how to best support their advisees. Bruce M. Shore, an... -
Women Thriving in Academia by Marian Mahat
RRP: $30.86$26.40In a male-dominated higher education sector characterised by overt and subtle adversities for women, the path for women in academia is rarely a simple and easy one. This book sets out to empower women in academia to unite in sharing their stories,... -
Changing Education: A Sociology of Education Since 1944 by Janet McKenzie 9780582381216
RRP: $78.89$77.39For courses in Sociology (Sociology of Education, Applied Social Studies, Research Methods, Family Studies); Education (Educational Studies, Educational Management and Teacher training - including B.Ed. and PGCE); Social Policy (Education Policy,... -
Getting Published in Academic Journals: Navigating the Publication Process by Brian Richard Paltridge 9780472035403
$39.66The pressure on graduate students and new PhDs to publish their work continues to grow with writing and publishing considered an important measure of career success within the academy. There is, however, more to the process of getting published than... -
Mobile-Mindful Teaching and Learning: Harnessing the Technology that Students Use Most by Christina Moore
RRP: $46.30$40.24This book provides faculty and instructors with an introductory guide to integrating mobile learning in their courses. Recognizing that a smartphone is the first and main piece of technology anyone owns, with ownership exceeding 95% for those aged 18-29,...