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Strategic Transformation of Higher Education
Challenges and Solutions in a Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education....
Failure
The Federal Miseducation of America's Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
For nearly 100 years the federal government left education almost entirely in the hands of the citizenry and state and local governments. But in 1979, with the creation of the US Department of Education, a sprawling bureaucracy with 153 programs, 5,000 employees, and an annual budget of approximately...
Leading Internationalization
A Handbook for International Education Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Co-published with AIEA.
What do university leaders need to know and be able to do to internationalize their institutions?
This volume provides senior professionals in international education, increasingly known as Senior International Officers (SIOs), with the foundational knowledge...
by Connie K. Chung, Ashim Shanker, Seungah Lee
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
This book is a collection of profiles of 10 education organizations who are equipping young people to thrive in the 21st century. Together, these 10 organizations reach over 32 million youth in more than 110 countries in all regions of the world. The profiles include not only information about the...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
ICT for education is a rapidly evolving and high-priority development area. This guide stresses the importance of a holistic good practice framework in which ICT for education issues are pursued through three interrelated perspectives: (i) national perspective, (ii) education sector perspective, and...
by Jodi Roffey- Barentsen, Richard Malthouse
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This is a practical guide to reflective practice for teachers and trainee teachers in the FE and skills sector. Reflective practice is a key element of teaching and this comprehensive and accessible guide introduces and explains this area of practice for trainee and new teachers. It asks 'what is...
by Deana P. Farris
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Used By Top Educational Professionals and Students For Online Education, Education Research, Education Administration, Education Websites and Education Games
Leading the e-Learning Transformation of Higher Education
Meeting the Challenges of Technology and Distance Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Written by pioneers in the field of online learning, this book offers insights and guidance to the rising generation of leaders in the field of higher education. It explains how to integrate online learning into an institution during a period of rapid social and institutional change.This important volume:...
Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education
Early Career Teachers in Diverse Settings
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
This book provides an evidentiary basis for policy decisions regarding initial teacher education and beginning teaching and informs the design and delivery of teacher preparation programs. Based on a rigorous analysis of international literature and the policy context for teacher education globally,...
A Larger Sense of Purpose
Higher Education and Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Universities were once largely insular institutions whose purview extended no further than the campus gates. Not anymore. Today's universities have evolved into multifaceted organizations with complex connections to government, business, and the community. This thought-provoking book by Harold Shapiro,...
Critical Pedagogies of Consumption
Living and Learning in the Shadow of the "Shopocalypse"
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways…. This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword
"Its focus on learning, education...
Languages of Education
Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than...
Management Education in India
Perspectives and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This volume problematizes different facets of management education in India---pedagogy, curricula, and disciplinary and institutional practices---from the perspective of the Global South. The essays in this volume bring out the institutional challenges of crafting a relevant academic programme that...
Teaching By Numbers
Deconstructing the Discourse of Standards and Accountability in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Over the last decade the transformation in the field of education that is occurring under the twin banners of "standards" and "accountability" has materially affected every aspect of schooling, teaching, and teacher education in the United States. Teaching By Numbers, offers interdisciplinary...