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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...

Medical competence is a hot topic surrounded by much controversy about how to define competency, how to teach it, and how to measure it. While some debate the pros and cons of competence-based medical education and others explain how to achieve various...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814250990Author Donald Eugene HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780969313717Author Nancy GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint CsspPublisher CsspWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 251mm * 203mm * 8mm

A toolkit of strategies for postsecondary instructors to use to cultivate safe, inclusive learning spaces and improve teaching.Based on work conducted through the Instructional Moves project at Harvard University, Instructional Moves for Powerful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789333223416Author Dr D A GodseFormat PaperbackPage Count 750Imprint Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print USPublisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP...

Combining real examples with a roadmap of how to construct studies, analyze results, and share work, this book serves as a primary research methodology text for the field of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).The volume seeks to explore key...

This book addresses the all-important dimensions of collaboration in the study of learning raised by such questions as: Should teachers engage students directly in discussions and inquiry about learning? To what extent? What is gained by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975501464Author John DeweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Myers Education PressPublisher Myers Education PressWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)...

Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds to participate in Higher Education (HE) is a priority in the UK and many countries internationally. Previous work on widening participation in HE however has focussed on why people choose to go to...

Informative, insightful, and accessible, this book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common...

Critical Race Theory in the Academy explores the deep implications of race and its effects on the expanse of the American social fabric and its fragile democratic process. This volume contributes to a more effective, powerful, and insightful theorization...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060977726Author Alan Charles KorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543807684Author Alan R PalmiterFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 1220gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

This is the latest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series. Active Learning has at least two major benefits: 1) it engages students in their learning, and 2) it enhances their deeper learning outcomes. In this book, authors from universities in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874219227Author Gabriella Gutierrez y MuhsFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University...

Apologies 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

Games-based teaching offers an engaging way for students and adult learners to interact with concepts and build their problem-solving and communication skills. This exciting book will help educators integrate games into their classes and shows how this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599425238Author Teresa Heinz HouselFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Brown Walker PressPublisher Brown Walker PressWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm)...

Co-Creating Digital Curricula in Higher Education is a step-by-step guide to the collaborative design of online and blended curricula in higher education using systematic yet flexible frameworks. While instructors charged with developing and delivering...

In a world where there are increasing concerns about graduate underemployment and likely career trajectories, it is not surprising that there is a significant body of literature examining graduate careers in post-industrial societies. However, it has...

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...

Named one of the Top 2023 College Admissions Resources by Forbes and featured on NPR as "Book of the Day." "Groundbreaking."-Angel B. Perez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission CounselingFinding the right college is a challenge for all...

This open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher...

College student retention continues to be a vexing issue for colleges and universities. There are some very simple steps that a college or university can take to help students persist until they reach academic and/or personal goal attainment. This book...

Since its publication in 1918, Thorstein Veblen's The Higher Learning in America has remained a text that every serious student of the American university must confront. Intellectual historian Richard Teichgraeber brings us the first scholarly edition of...

Based on years of observation at a large state university, "Wannabe U" tracks the dispiriting consequences of trading in traditional educational values for loyalty to the market. Aping their boardroom idols, the new corporate administrators at such...

In the twenty years since Ray Land and Erik Meyer published their first paper on Threshold Concepts, there has been a steady stream of papers mulling over their original suggestions that learning, far from proceeding in an orderly fashion, is instead a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948742849Author Steve VolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Belt PublishingPublisher Belt PublishingWeight(grams) 10gDimensions(mm) 183mm * 124mm *...

A cutting-edge view of the digital humanities at a time of global pandemic, catastrophe, and uncertaintyWhere do the digital humanities stand in 2023? Debates in the Digital Humanities 2023 presents a state-of-the-field vision of digital humanities amid...

A revealing look at the experiences of first generation students on elite campuses and the hidden curriculum they must master in order to succeedCollege has long been viewed as an opportunity for advancement and mobility for talented students regardless...

Distinguished 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262537933Author Mario BiagioliFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

This book provides the first academically rigorous description and critical analysis of the Higher Education system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and of the vision, strategies and policy imperatives for the future development of Saudi universities. The...

Examining the modern day challenges faced by academics throughout their working lives, this timely book investigates the ways in which academic careers are changing, the reasons for these changes and their potential future impacts. Contributors with...

This edited collection illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges, opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally. It examines...

Art schools in our universities play a big role in many ways and not only within the institutions they are situated in. When considering that the act of engaging in arts and culture has a demonstrable but indirect effect on innovation, welfare, social...

It takes courage to engage in the kind of deep, transformational learning that so many people need in their lives, and this book is designed to help find and nurture that courage in learners, including those that are engaged in facilitating the...

Offering a wealth of examples, tips, and tools, KEYS FOR WRITERS, 8e, is an easy-to-use resource for improving your writing for all of your coursework -- as well as your career. Color-coded tabs allow you to quickly find answers to your grammar and...

Starting from the premise that learning and career development happen naturally and optimally through collaboration and social relationships, this book challenges the dominant employability skills discourse by exploring socially connected and networked...