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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838802677Author Kirsi TirriFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

Recently, with the number of students from higher education and K-12 settings committing suicide, it is apparent that homophobia and homophobic bullying are tremendous problems in our schools and universities. However, educators are unclear about an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781466968622Author Konstantin KazakovFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928331308Author Tor HalvorsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint African MindsPublisher African MindsWeight(grams) 522g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889591924Author Iserdindia AnalyticsFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 82g

This publication features Hiatt-Michael's research and practice during thirty-four years as Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University. The chapters represent a range of her major thoughts on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869787117Author A B K KasoziFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint CodesriaPublisher CodesriaWeight(grams) 526g

This book will interest readers learning about or developing strategies for improving higher education systems and institutions in developing countries.It provides an insight into sub-Saharan African higher education systems and sets out the ways that...

Values, attitudes, and beliefs have been depicted in movies since the beginning of the film industry. Educators will find this book to be a valuable resource for helping explore character education with film. This book includes an overview of the history...

In our rapidly globalizing world students are able to access learning through mobility, through computer mediated experiences, and through the diverse perspectives of their peers and teachers. All of these components impact on the ways in which...

Nearly 24 years ago, in November 1979, 26 scholars and administrators, from 12 countries, met in the Sorbonne in Paris at the "First European AIR Forum", to discuss "Institutional Research in North America and Europe". Most of the European participants...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838276089Author Mike BaxterFormat PaperbackImprint Goal AtlasPublisher Goal Atlas

Killing the Model Minority Stereotype comprehensively explores the complex permutations of the Asian model minority myth, exposing the ways in which stereotypes of Asian/Americans operate in the service of racism. Chapters include counter-narratives,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450783514Author Sue L.T. McGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Legacy Learning Systems, IncorporatedPublisher Legacy Learning Systems,...

In keeping with the tradition set forth in volumes 1-4, this fifth volume, Creating Visions for University - School Partnerships, a volume in Professional Development School Research, continues to exemplify current thinking of practitioners and...

No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women Adult Educators, 1925-1950 contains the stories of 26 North American women who were active in the field of adult education sometime between the years of 1925 and 1950. Generally, women's...

This book explores stakeholders' perspectives, their practices, and engagement with enacting the employability agenda in the context of a rapidly changing world. It explains the need for developing graduate employability under socioeconomic, cultural,...

The purpose of this series of books is to advance the knowledge in the service-learning research field. More importantly, this research is to be used to transform the field. This transformation will come from realizing both the history of...

This book presents a critique of neoliberalism within UK Higher Education, taking its cue from approaches more usually associated with literary studies. It offers a sustained and detailed close reading of three works that might be understood to fall...

Since the U.S. Civil Rights era, the racial composition of higher education has changed dramatically, resulting in an increase in the number of African American students and African American faculty in predominantly white institutions (PWI)...

In a context in which explicit attention to the curriculum has been sidelined in universities' strategy, this book makes an argument for why curriculum matters, both in understanding the effects of unbundled online learning and more broadly. It takes up...

This open access book presents original contributions and thought leadership on academic integrity from a variety of Canadian scholars. It showcases how our understanding and support for academic integrity have progressed, while pointing out areas...

Earning a doctorate can be a daunting, yet rewarding, venture; the doctoral journey can include immeasurable sacrifice (e.g., health, family, finances). This edited volume—a collective narrative—comprises diverse educationalist perspectives from scholars...

This book offers faculty and leaders of academic institutions insights on issues surrounding faculty mentoring and how national and international co-mentoring networks can contribute to the success of their members. These networks help female faculty and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798988255437Author Leanne Salazar-MontoyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Bonfire Leadership Solutions LLCPublisher Bonfire Leadership Solutions...

This book explains why universities, and academics within them, must engage with the diversity of knowledges and knowers that exist in the world. Through philosophical perspectives, theoretical frameworks and practical examples from around the world, the...

This book examines a collaborative partnership model between academia and Indigenous peoples, the goal of which is to integrate Indigenous perspectives into the curriculum. It demonstrates how the authentic and creative approaches employed have led to an...

Brazil has undertaken affirmative action in its universities on an unprecedented scale. An expert group of international scholars puts the new policies in historical, political, and legal context; evaluates their outcomes for students and universities;...

In spite of the increasing attention attributed to the rise in prominence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, few studies have looked at the ways in which broader social expectations with respect to the role of higher...

This book documents experimentation with various policy and governance approaches that produce structural differences in the composition and organisation of Asia's higher education systems. In view of the wide variation in the public and private...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628375244Author Jocelyn McWhirterFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint SBL PressPublisher SBL PressWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm

This book outlines how undergraduate students engage with civic and community projects and how this can be encouraged by their universities. It also explores how universities can build on this involvement and develop undergraduates' civic and democratic...

This book illuminates the perspectives of institutions and countries who have primarily been importers of transnational education (TNE). Exploring the impact of TNE on host countries, the authors and contributors cover a wide geographical area comprised...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944335038Author Jonathan Kama WongFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Aviva PublishingPublisher Aviva PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

When Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Mississippi State University, was founded in 1878, it was lacking what President Stephen D. Lee called the ""mechanical feature."" Devoted entirely to offering coursework in...

This book aims to bring together the work of a number of online learning specialists from around the world, to offer the reader a global view of current and recent research and practice in electronic learning from a variety of disciplines and contexts...

This work examines the philosophy underpinning current higher education provision. Contemporary culture seems to encourage consumers to purchase products where the product is shaped by the provider and the input of the consumer is very limited. Research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920355272Author Nico CloeteFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint African MindsPublisher CompressWeight(grams) 205g

This book focuses on the way academics understand, embrace and enact the concepts of mindfulness in approaching their work in demanding and dynamic contemporary higher education environments. It examines how they implement formal and informal mindfulness...

This Open Access book analyses the past, present and future of the technical university as a single faculty independent institution. The point of departure is a view of changing academic realities, through which the identity as a technical university is...