Challenge and Opportunity provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1985. With contributions by leading scholars, it addresses such topics as leadership, entrepreneurship, new forms of organizat…
This volume takes its starting point from one of the most prominent and lively debates in recent political theory, which has been conducted intensively in the German-language context of political theory for more than a decade. At the centre of the discussion is the distinction b…
by King, Carolyn, Martin, Jennifer, Sadler, David, McKay, Elspeth, McKay, Elspeth, (ed), Kumar, Naveen, Parker, Drew, Griffin, Patrick, Lenarcic, John, (ed), Bagley, Carole A., Barrera, Alba Garcia, Booth, Sara, Chaulon, Amit, Errey, Howard, Gupta, Shikha, Hawkins, Linette, Hernandez, Patricia Gomez, Kelder, Jo-Anne, Lawless, Seamus, Lewis, Melinda J., Lodge, Jason M., Lopez, Calos Monge, Masri, Kamal, McPherson, Megan J., Milligan, Sandra, O'Donnell, Eileen, O'Donnell, Liam, Pattanayak, Supriya, Ronkowitz, Kenneth, Ronkowitz, Lynette Condro, Saborido, David Montalvo, Sharp, Mary, Taneja, Sheetal, Walls, Justin, Weisenford, Stefan
To some in academia, Massive Open Online Courses are a paradigm shift in online education, while others perceive them as a threat to traditional styles of pedagogy. In this regard, the time-honored model of the university lecture is seen as being a potential casualty of the rise…
This volume offers new perspectives on 21st century teaching skills, focusing especially on assessment. The text offers strategies to improve individual and group development, and draws on international comparisons to identify policy frameworks.
by Bruns, Axel, Cook, John, Savin-Baden, Maggi, Oliver, Martin, McKenna, Colleen, McAvinia, Claire, Sinclair, Christine, Pachler, Norbert, Land, Ray, (ed), Bayne, Sian, (ed), Thomas, Cate, Macleod, Hamish, Ross, Jen, Sanders, Christine, Begg, Michael, Ellaway, Rachel, Dewhurst, David, Holley, Debbie, Remtulla, Karim A.
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The writings in this collection reflect a complex embrace of culture, power and technology. Topics range from social questions of consumption, speed, uncertainty, and risk to individual issues of identity, selfhood and desire. Ethical issues arise, involving equity and authority…
Nähe und Distanz prägen das Verhältnis von konservativen Intellektuellen zur Politik in der bundesrepublikanischen Nachkriegszeit. So entsteht das Tableau einer 'Intellectual History' der Bundesrepublik mit Blick auf Akademiker, Publizisten, Ideologien und internationale Netzwer…
This book brings together the academic fields of educational leadership, educational administration, strategic change management, and Indigenous education in order to provide a critical, multi-perspective, systems level analysis of the provision of education services to Indigeno…
Online research is one of the hottest work-from-home business opportunities of the decade, and this handbook provides the information necessary to launch, manage, and build a successful research business. The fully updated second edition has been expanded by forty percent. It fe…
This report addresses the lack of data on pathways followed by young adults with disabilities beyond secondary education in most OECD countries. It describes the activity undertaken by a sample of Czech, Danish, Dutch, French and Norwegian young adults with disabilities and its …
This report addresses the lack of data on pathways followed by young adults with disabilities beyond secondary education in most OECD countries. It describes the activity undertaken by a sample of Czech, Danish, Dutch, French and Norwegian young adults with disabilities and its …
Strengths, challenges and recommendations -Strengths -Challenges -Recommendations Chapter 1. Introduction and initial assessment -The policy review of Denmark and its place in the wider OECD study -The structure of the report -A snapshot of the postsecondary vocational education…
Higher level vocational education and training (VET) programmes are facing rapid change and intensifying challenges. What type of training is needed to meet the needs of changing economies? How should the programmes be funded? How should they be linked to academic and university…
This study explores six English as a foreign language students in an English content-based course of critical thinking delivered via distance at the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) in Iran. Framed within cultural-historical activity theory, the study seeks to shed l…
Arab American and Muslim students’ population growth on campuses has been very rapid, which in turn has required comprehensive planning to accommodate the needs of this minority. Documented experiences of Arab American and Muslim students are underrepresented in research literat…
The current heuristic phenomenological study had 20 participants, Nigerian professionals residing in South Florida. Six themes emerged from the data analysis of the interviews: (a) the fear of governmental political, leadership instability, and governance policy prevents Nigeria…
What skills and competencies are needed for individuals to lead a successful and responsible life, both in the workplace and in other social environments, and for society to face the challenges of the present and future? What are the foundations (normative, theoretical, and conc…
