An academic life: a handbook for new academics
by Walker, Richard, Freebody, Kelly, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Holbrook, Allyson, Akerlind, Gerlese, Bourke, Sid, Bowden, John A., Brown, Gavin T., Burridge, Nina, Cantwell, Robert H., (ed), Crump, Stephen, Garbett, Dawn, Goodman-Delahunty, Jane, Green, Pamela J., McBeath, Clare, Muldoon, Nona, Parkes, Robert J., Read, Justin R., Scevak, Jill J., (ed), Schmid, Siegbert, Skropeta, Danielle, Steel, Caroline, Sutherland, Kathryn, Tynan, Belinda, Walker, Ben
This book assists in the process of orienting new academics to the nature of academic life, particularly greater accountability in all aspects of academic life, growth in the numbers of academic staff, and increasing demands and expectations from the growing student population. …
In this book you will read stories told by faculty who have redesigned their university courses using the Decision-Based Learning pedagogy and the impact this powerful strategy can have on student learning. It should be of use to anyone teaching and designing curricula in higher…
This book surveys the history of higher education--principally universities--in Africa. Its geographical coverage encompasses the entire continent, from Afro-Arab Islamic Africa in the north to the former apartheid South Africa in the south, and the historical time span ranges f…
Across the country, in courts, classrooms, and the media, Americans are deeply divided over the use of race in admitting students to universities. Yet until now the debate over race and admissions has consisted mainly of clashing opinions, uninformed by hard evidence. This work,…
Across the country, in courts, classrooms, and the media, Americans are deeply divided over the use of race in admitting students to universities. Yet until now the debate over race and admissions has consisted mainly of clashing opinions, uninformed by hard evidence. This work,…
ESP for the university
by British Council, Harper, David
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Teaching the Early Modern Period is an innovative project bringing together leading early modernists from a wide geographical and disciplinary background. Scholars from English, History and French Studies unite in this unique volume to examine the challenges which the early mode…
Wer studieren will, hat viele Fragen und muss viele Entscheidungen treffen. Das Angebot an Studienfächern, an Hochschularten und Abschlüssen ist mehr als unübersichtlich und die Zukunftsprognosen sind widersprüchlich. Dieser Leitfaden hilft, eine Wahl zu treffen, sich an der Hoc…
Showing how to integrate personal development planning (PDP) activities into teaching in higher education, this book is packed with; activities, exercises, lesson plans, resources, reflective questionnaires, skills audits and case studies.
The book provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience. It asks, for example: How can assessment methods best become an integ…
The book provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience. It asks, for example: How can assessment methods best become an integ…
For almost a century, big-time college sports has been a wildly popular but consistently problematic part of American higher education. The challenges it poses to traditional academic values have been recognized from the start, but they have grown more ominous in recent decades,…
