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Hidden Curriculum in Higher Educationby Eric Margolis
RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 39.95Eric Margolis focuses on every aspect of the hidden curriculum, from management schools to biology departments to dissertation committees. more...
Quick Guide to College Majors and Careersby Laurence Shatkin Ph.D
JIST Publishing 2001; US$ 16.95Plans high school courses to meet college requirements and relates to 286 careers. more...
Module and Programme Development Handbookby Jennifer Moon
RoutledgeFalmer 2002; US$ 60.95Modular course structures are now the norm in higher education. This book provides a step-by-step handbook on the processes involved in the design of modules and programmes, showing how to successfully develop courses that meet quality, assessment and other key criteria. A comprehensive, concise and refreshingly straightforward guide, this book is a unique practical resource, covering the entire process of developing a module. It gives a clear overview of various elements and enables readers to develop successful structures for their own students. The handbook stresses the importance of designing modules that account for assessment, course outcomes and quality issues. Illustrated throughout with practical examples, case studies and concise... more...
Developing the Credit-based Modular Curriculum in Higher Educationby Mick Betts; Robin Smith
Routledge 1998; US$ 64.95This text provides guidance for building curriculum structures and examines the models that can be used. Options such as accreditation of prior and experiential learning, incompany accreditation, work-based learning, negotiated awards, and transparency of education assessment are explored. more...
Engaging the Curriculum in Higher Educationby Ronald Barnett; Kelly Coate
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 130.00There is greater interest than ever before in higher education: more money is being spent on it, more students are registered and more courses are being taught. And yet the matter that is arguably at the heart of higher education, the curriculum, is noticeable for its absence in public debate and in the literature on higher education. This book begins to redress the balance. Even though the term `curriculum¿ may be missing from debates on higher education, curricula are changing rapidly and in s more...
Reinventing The Universityby Christopher Schroeder
Utah State University Press 1802; US$ 19.50Christopher Schroeder spends almost no time disputing David Bartholomae's famous essay, but throughout ReInventing the University, he elaborates an approach to teaching composition that is at odds with the tradition that essay has come to represent. On the other hand, his approach is also at odds with elements of the pedagogies of such theorists as Berlin, Bizzell, and Shor. Schroeder argues that, for students, postmodern instability in literacy and meaning has become a question of the legitimacy of current discourse of education. Schroeder is committed, then, to constructing literacies jointly with students and by so doing to bringing students to engage more deeply with education and society. more...
Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Onlyby Linda Brodkey
University of Minnesota Press 1996; US$ 78.00Ranging from personal essay to hard-hitting polemic and touching on many of the major issues in the teaching of writing today, this volume explores alternatives to the standard methods for teaching composition. more...
Teaching & Learning English Literatureby E Chambers; M Gregory
Sage Publications Ltd. 2006; US$ 43.00'The transatlantic co-operation of Ellie Chambers and Marshall Gregory has produced an outstanding book that ought to be on the shelves of anyone involved in the teaching of English literature, as well as anyone engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning in general or in any discipline. As they say, 'the teaching of English literature plays a central role in human beings' search for meaning' although others in other disciplines may make this claim for theirs too. If so, more...
Designing Learningby Christopher Butcher; Clara Davies; Melissa Highton
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 38.95This practical guide helps new teaching staff when designing, developing and adapting a course. Written in an informative and jargon-free style the book covers all important areas in course design using illustrative examples, case studies, checklists, act more...
Teaching Science in the Two-Year Collegeby Timonthy M. Cooney
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) 2003; US$ 14.95Two-year colleges are critical to science educations futurein fact, some data indicate that half of future science teachers will take their first years of science at a two-year school. To address the unique challenges of this special setting, presents 24 articles featuring the most useful and relevant insights and advice from NSTAs Journal of College Science Teaching. more...









