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Achieving Your Doctorate in Educationby H Burgess; S Sieminski; L Arthur
Sage Publications Ltd. 2006; US$ 48.00This book is designed to help students to achieve an understanding of the practical and theoretical issues involved in a doctorate in education, and how to link their studies with their professional experience. The chapters provide a detailed examination of all aspects of completing a doctorate in education: from research methodologies, to the analysis of data, reflection on the student's own experience, and the critical issues involved in writing a thesis. Detailed case study material is used throughout. The editors are experienced supervisors of EdD courses and have created an essential companion for all education students pursuing a doctorate. more...
Mission and Moneyby Burton A. Weisbrod; Jeffrey P. Ballou; Evelyn D. Asch
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00This book examines the entire higher education industry and includes the rapidly growing for-profit schools. more...
The Adult Student's Guide to Survival & Successby Al Siebert; Mary Karr
Practical Psychology Press 2008; US$ 9.99Whether enrolling in college for the first time or returning after an extended absence, this motivational guide provides adult students with a wealth of practical guidance. This thorough handbook explores not only how to succeed academically while balancing family, work, and other important responsibilities, but also addresses how students can learn to confront their fears, increase their self-confidence and resiliency, and create support groups. Containing essential information on financing education through loans, grants, and scholarships as well as practical tips for managing time, preparing for tests, taking effective notes, and using internet resources, this one-stop reference also includes action review checklists. more...
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroomby Thomas Armstrong
ASCD 2009; US$ 25.95This is the third edition of Armstrong?s bestselling guide to applying multiple intelligences theory in schools. more...
The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Careerby John A. Goldsmith; John Komlos; Penny Schine Gold
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 14.00Is a career as a professor the right choice for you? If you are a graduate student, how can you clear the hurdles successfully and position yourself for academic employment? What's the best way to prepare for a job interview, and how can you maximize your chances of landing a job that suits you? What happens if you don't receive an offer? How does the tenure process work, and how do faculty members cope with the multiple and conflicting day-to-day demands? With a perpetually tight job market in the traditional academic fields, the road to an academic career for many aspiring scholars will often be a rocky and frustrating one. Where can they turn for good, frank answers to their questions? Here, three distinguished scholars—with more... more...
Academically Adriftby Richard Arum; Josipa Roksa
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 18.00In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift : are undergraduates really learning anything once they get there? For a large proportion of students, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s answer to that question is a definitive no. Their extensive research draws on survey responses, transcript data, and, for the first time, the state-of-the-art Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized test administered... more...
Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Educationby Professor Ellen Hazelkorn
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2011; US$ 85.00University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon. more...
Collaborative Strategic Improvement through Network Action Learningby Paul Coughlan; David Coghlan
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00Improvement is fundamental to the competitiveness of networks and requires the participating firms to collaborate in identifying and introducing changes. This book presents collaborative strategic improvement as a cycle of activities in which firms in a network can engage together. Drawing on actual cases, authors link this cycle with disciplined action learning as a means of building upon experience generated through collaborative action. They describe how a network can learn from experience and deploy that learning in the marketplace. This unique book brings together the domains of operations management, organizational learning and action learning. From an operations management perspective, the work extends the established concept of strategic... more...
How to Detect Developmental Delay and What to Do Nextby Mary Mountstephen
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010; US$ 18.95With helpful tips, simple descriptions and well-structured chapters this book provides all parents and professionals working with children with a better understanding of childrens needs and what can actually be done to help.. Andy Dalziell, Director, The Movement and Learning Centre, www.mlcscotland.com. If a child is not meeting expected milestones it can be a source of great anxiety for parents and teachers. This forthright guide offers practical advice on how to recognize the signs of developmental delay, address difficulties effectively, and help the child to flourish. Mary Mountstephen presents a practical approach to dealing with developmental delay, equipping readers with the knowledge, understanding and tools to tackle... more...
Learning and Teaching in Higher Educationby Greg Light; Roy Cox; Susanna Calkins
Sage Publications Ltd. 2009; US$ 52.00This book provides teachers in higher education with what they need - a compelling framework for improving student learning. It combines a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research on learning and teaching with practical strategies for implementing it in their classrooms' - Professor Ken Bain, Author of What the Best College Teachers Do, Vice Provost for Instruction, Montclair State University. Praise for the First Edition: `For too long we have waited for a book that brings together the best contemporary thinking about learning and teaching and that connects with academics' everyday teaching practice in an engaging way. At last, in this book, we have it' - Ronald Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London. Worldwide,... more...









