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A highly practical guide for new instructors teaching in any setting Regardless of the context, teaching is a tall task--and for those teaching adults, unique challenges await. Teaching Adults: A Practical Guide for New Teachers is chock-full of ideas that can be read quickly...

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Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners.Author: Linda B. NilsonISBN-10: 1579228674ISBN-13: 9781579228675Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2013Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.90h x...

For teachers in higher education who haven't been able to catch up with developments in teaching and learning, James Davis and Bridget Arend offer an introduction that focuses on seven coherent and proven evidence-based strategies.Author: James R. Davis, Bridget D. ArendISBN-10: 1579228410ISBN-13: 9781579228415Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

By sharing the collective experiences of Latinas in Higher Education, this book provides a diverse range of empowering testimonios from Chingonas living on their own terms, who are defining professionalism for themselves. Chingona means "badass" and is a term that has been reappropriated by...

This book takes discussions of SoTL to a new level. Its subtitle reflects the microscopic lenses SoTL processes can apply to student learning experiences to understand how they happen, what they look like, what they mean, and what we can do about them.Author: Nancy...

Author: Flora LuISBN-10: 3031309286ISBN-13: 9783031309281Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2023Pages: 178Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d

This book makes the case for assessment of student learning as a vehicle for equity in higher education. The book proceeds through a framework of "why, what, how, and now what." Author: Gavin W. HenningISBN-10: 1642672572ISBN-13: 9781642672572Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2022Pages: 380Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h...

Should academic careers always unfold in exactly the same way? Is there one best way of being an academic? This book says no. Assumptions about who academics are and what they should do are becoming increasingly narrow and focused on achieving so-called 'excellence' in...

This book is for graduate students--and others--who want to become more productive writers. It's especially written for those who want to: - increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a project to completion- overcome procrastination and perfectionistic tendencies- reduce (or write in spite...

Published in 1997. People wishing to learn the major phases in the development of Canada's twelve postsecondary higher education systems over the 1945-95 period will find this an essential starting point.Author: Glen A. JonesISBN-10: 1138975974ISBN-13: 9781138975972Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2016Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.50h x...

This book proposes a new paradigm of public scholarship for our time, one that shifts from the notion of the public intellectual to the model of the engaged scholar. The chapters describe multiple types of public scholarship and different strategies that move beyond informing...

This volume investigates the dissonance between the supposed advantage held by educated women and their continued lack of economic and political power. Niemi explains the developments of the so-called "female advantage" and "boy crisis" in American higher education, setting them alongside socioeconomic and racial...

This book offers faculty and administrators across the world -- whether formally involved in international education, in service-learning and community engagement, or wanting to incorporate a cross-cultural perspective in their disciplinary courses.Author: Jon RubinISBN-10: 1620369834ISBN-13: 9781620369838Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2022Pages: 540Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 8.90h x...

Foundations of Student Affairs Practice is an essential resource that explores the purposes of higher education, the theories that provide a foundation for student learning and growth, and the experiences that contribute to student learning. Florence Hamrick, Nancy Evans, and John Schuh--three preeminent leaders...

The New Work of Writing Across the Curriculum is a descriptive analysis of how institutions can work to foster stronger intellectual activities around writing as connected to campus-wide diversity and inclusion initiatives. Author Staci M. Perryman-Clark blends theory and practice, grounds disciplinary conversations with...

The research is clear: online learning works best when faculty build regular, positive, and interactive relationships with students. A strategy that helps forge such a relationship is the use of videos. Student satisfaction and course engagement levels also increase with the use of instructor-generated...

Across Europe there are numerous examples of recent linkages between universities and Islamic seminaries. In Germany the federal 'top-down' experiment, now over ten years old, of establishing departments of Islamic theology in five universities has now recruited over 2000 students, many of whom will...

The primary audience for the book is faculty members who teach in graduate programs in higher education and student affairs and their students. The book will also be useful to practitioners seeking guidance in working effectively with students across the convergence of multiple aspects...

This book "Listening comprehension for Intermediate learners books" is a collection of research articles by Kamolova Shaxlo & Nutfillayev Bekzod from Uzbekistan. It contains few essays comprising the topics of Uzbekistan culture, national costumes, hobbies activities, magazines, newspapers, letters, cinema, music, communications etc.Author: Kamolova...

This book advocates an approach the authors call Identity Interconnections as a way of moving considerations of identity differences and commonalities from theory to socially just action in student affairs practice.Author: Aeriel a. AshleeISBN-10: 1642673455ISBN-13: 9781642673456Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2022Pages: 183Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on student achievement, yet it is difficult to implement productively within the constraints of a mass higher education system. Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning-Focused Approach addresses the challenges of developing effective feedback...

The academic profession, like many others, is rapidly being transformed. This book explores the current challenges to the profession and their broad implications for American higher education.Examining what professors do and how academia is changing, contributors to this volume assess current and potential threats...

Student-led peer review can be a powerful learning experience for both giver and receiver, developing evaluative judgment, critical thinking, and collaborative skills that are highly transferable across disciplines and professions.Author: Kimberly A. Lowe, LIV Cummins, Summer Ray ClarkISBN-10: 1642673099ISBN-13: 9781642673098Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2022Pages: 152Format:...

With the growing interest in undergraduate research as a high-impact practice, and the recognition that college education is increasingly moving online, this book - the first to do so - provides a framework, guidance from pioneering practitioners, and a range of examples across disciplines...

The current era in higher education is characterized by increased need for accountability and fiscal constraint coupled with demands for increased productivity. Higher education is expected to meet the demand of changing student demographics, as well as requests for research and service from government...

In the contemporary world it is clear that the need to study beyond Masters Level is increasing in importance for a wide range of practitioners in diverse professional settings. Students across the world are choosing doctorates not only to become career academics, but to...

FIRST EDITION SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Winner of the 2018 Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, National Communication Association, Applied Communication Division REVIEWS OF THE FIRST EDITION"The book provides frameworks and resources that would be highly relevant for new and aspiring department chairs. In fact, this...

This book doesn't have a recipe for cooking up the next viral video, it offers lots of ways to stay true to individual and organizational values while engaging online.Author: Josie AhlquistISBN-10: 1620367521ISBN-13: 9781620367520Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2020Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.90d

In preparing the Handbook, the editors and principal authors sought to provide administrators with assistance in planning, controlling, directing, organizing, staffing, and coordinating within their organization. Basic areas such as general administration, motivation, personnel, program development and evaluation, finances, public relations, communications, development of...

This book examines the idea of opening education to the outside world in China since post-COVID-19. It investigates the historical development of international education development in China and explores the internationalization of education system from various dimensions. It also discusses the history of studying...

The book guides educational developers in enhancing and applying their knowledge, skills and abilities to establish a leadership role which, in turn, will enable them to play a pivotal role in translating visionary strategies into meaningful actions across their respective campuses.Author: Laura Cruz, Michele...

Theological education is for whole communities, not just individuals.Urban ministry reaches across the city's socioeconomic, ethnic, generational, and faith boundaries. All should be able to gather at the table and find God's peace. How can theological education in the city further this goal?Maria Liu...

This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners.Author: Kathryn E. LinderISBN-10: 1620368471ISBN-13: 9781620368473Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2018Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x...

This book fills that gap by vividly presenting - in their own words - the personal stories, experiences and reflections of fifteen prominent White anti-racists.Author: Eddie MooreISBN-10: 1620362082ISBN-13: 9781620362082Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2015Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to...

This book provides faculty, staff, and administrators with a set of frameworks and models useful for guiding students in designing and creating ePortfolios that clearly communicate their purpose and effectively use the affordances of the medium.Author: Kathleen Blake YanceyISBN-10: 1620367602ISBN-13: 9781620367605Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/04/2019Pages:...

This edited volume comprises an insightful collection of international autoethnographies from doctoral candidates in the field of applied linguistics, narrating and analyzing their student experiences to problematize and challenge the dominant and oppressive cultures of academia. Through 12 select contributions, the book examines the...

A manual for anyone wishing to market higher or further education. It offers business-oriented guidance for readers whose main preoccupation may not be marketing itself, but who nonetheless need access to promotion skills, and it covers theory, practice and case studies.Author: Paul Gibbs, Michael...

An Unofficial Guide to Surviving College is a collection of stories by the father-son duo Dr. Eugene Hayes and Leslie Hayes to make college life a memorable experience, offering its readers a chance to learn from other's mistakes. It perfectly blends Dr. Eugene's extensive...

Providing perspectives across multiple nations and settings, this volume is essential reading for higher education staff, researchers, and policy makers, to ensure higher education across the world is prepared to offer the best quality teaching and learning in the Covid and Post-Covid world.Author: Byron...

This book offers presidents and senior administrators, faculty engaged in shared governance, online learning administrators, and stakeholders representing student, community and employer interests with a rigorous process for developing an online strategy.Author: Kathleen S. IvesISBN-10: 1642673250ISBN-13: 9781642673258Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2022Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This is a practical guide to designing, teaching, and coordinating service-learning courses, and for developing reciprocal community partnerships and community-based research through a lens of equity that addresses the endemic racial, social, economic, and environmental disparities across society.Author: Christine M. Cress, Stephanie T. Stokamer,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

While there has been an increase of Black women faculty in higher education institutions, the academy writ large continues to exploit, discriminate, and uphold institutionalized gendered racism through its policies and practices. Black women have navigated, negotiated, and learned how to thrive from their...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...