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With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of "global citizenship" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing. Drawing on case studies of universities in China, the United States, Hungary,...
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Christian higher education needs something richer and deeper. Faith-based institutions yearn for more than business as usual, and Echoes of Insight invites you to listen again to older, forgotten, and perhaps even ignored voices. Designed to stimulate conversation among colleagues, Echoes of Insight offers brief summaries of several thought-provoking writers from the last century and encourages a new, vigorous conversation about Christian higher education....
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Este es un libro de autoayuda para estudiantes de colegio y universidad que se enfoca en habilidades psicológicas y de aprendizaje; está respaldado por más de 300 fuentes de información y más de 20 años de experiencia en psicología. [Estudiar Vs aprender: La psicología detrás del éxito estudiantil] Si quieres maximizar tu aprendizaje y éxito en la universidad, necesitas excelentes habilidades de pensamiento, habilidades de aprendizaje y...
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Since the 1990's, internationalization has become key for institutions wishing to secure funding for higher education and research. For the academic community, this strategic shift has had many consequences. Priorities have changed and been influenced by new ways of thinking about universities, and of measuring their impact in relation to each other and to their social goals. Debates are ongoing and hotly contested. In this collection, a mix of renowned...
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En todos los estudios de opinión, se demuestra que la educación es la prioridad fundamental de nuestra ciudadanía, ya que se considera una palanca fundamental de transformación personal, comunitaria y también, de manera especial, de cohesión social en nuestro país. Este libro, "Ideas en educación III. Evolución de una reforma", se orienta a actualizar los contenidos y la evolución e implementación de las leyes que se han aprobado en los...
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You've been accepted to college, you know what state it's in, and you sorta-kinda-almost know your possible major. But how should you schedule your classes? How do you handle your roommate's hoarder habits? Why are your clothes suddenly getting tighter? Kollege Knowledge to the rescue! This concise collection of advice is a girl's ultimate guide to successfully adapting to the first year of higher ed. From navigating a typical college day and resolving...
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Desde hace mucho tiempo se viene hablando de la centralidad del libro de texto en el curriculo y de sus carencias, debilidades y exigencias. Poco, sin mebargo, se ha hecho en el contexto colombiano para abordar estas falencias desde la perspectiva de una teoría de lenguaje. Como respuesta a esta carencia, e colectivo Urdimbre, adscrito al Grupo de Investigación Lenguaje y Educación de la Universidad del Norte, presenta esta obra que busca concientizar...
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Focuses on the opportunities and challenges of using the science of change to improve the academic enterprise.
This is not another book about why higher education needs to change. This volume is about how to facilitate change. What could higher education achieve if varied stakeholders decided to work together to accomplish a shared vision by using data and scaling up evidence-based interventions? The contributors offer examples and instructions to...
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This book presents a compilation of the authors techniques used over a 30-year teaching career for mentoring, encouraging, and chastising (when needed) his students to elicit better performance from each student. The techniques often involve a combination of tender loving care, when deserved, and stern hard-nosed approach (when warranted). The book presents the authors famous equation of success, the dreaded recipe for an F, and general guide for...
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Although higher education in the UK has expanded opportunities for much of the population, in many ways it remains stubbornly elitist. In order to address this crisis in education, Peter Scott, a leading expert and unique voice, examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a 'radical escape-forward'. He calls for more robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and...
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"Las prácticas de enseñanza —en análisis desde una Didáctica reflexiva—" es un propuesta de análisis de las propias prácticas de enseñar desde una perspectiva didáctica con asiento en una mirada socioantropológica. El texto da fundamentos teóricos y metodológicos para que los docentes, especialmente los de la educación superior, ayuden a sus estudiantes de Profesorado a construir hábitos reflexivos y, a la vez, lo hagan consigo mismos...
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The content of the book is based on the lectures on the theory of elasticity, stability, and dynamics of structures. The importance of these disciplines in the preparation of young structural engineers for work in the practice cannot be overemphasized. The university training in such fundamental discipline must seek to build a strong foundation and to illustrate the application of the used methods to practical engineering problems. The solution of...
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How does the Christian faith inform Christian student affairs practice? How should it? Instead of placing Christ outside the realm of education, Christ should serve as the motivating and animating force for all of Christian student affairs. With Christ at the center of education, the Christian story distinctly transforms the nature of the work education professionals do. With research from a national mixed-methods study, Christ-Enlivened Student Affairs...
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From Bottom to Top Tier in a Decade: The Wagner College Turnaround Years is a memoir recounting one of the most remarkable turnaround stories in American higher education, as recalled by the president whole a fourteen-year campaign bringing this financially troubled, under-enrolled, bottom-ranked college from disrepair and impending closure to wide regard as one of the top small, residential private colleges in the east. By the time Norman Smith departed...
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¿Se reflexiona verdaderamente sobre cómo contribuir con la formación del ser humano en las propuestas educativas? Esta es una pregunta esencial que inquieta a las ies, que se torna aún más relevante y urgente, en medio del siglo XXI, en una sociedad cambiante, globalizada, que enfrenta desafíos de orden planetario. La decanatura del Medio Universitario de la Universidad del Rosario ha asumido el reto de acompañar por 25 años a las generaciones...
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Competition only gets stiffer. Regardless of university or scholarship application, odds are always stacked against candidates, unless they are sufficiently prepared. To be sufficiently prepared, you need to know what your assessors are looking out for. What makes you stand out from the crowd? On 1 January 2014, more than two million Common Application forms were submitted in total for US university applications. Yes, two million. So there are about...
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As college tuition skyrockets and student debt explodes, a powerful new documentary reveals a nationwide fight for control of the heart, soul and finances of America's public universities. STARVING THE BEAST tells the story of a potent one-two punch roiling public higher education right now: 35 years of systematic defunding and a well financed market oriented reform effort. It's the story of a little known and misunderstood ideological fight, the...
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Dissonant Methods is an innovative collection that probes how, by approaching teaching creatively, postsecondary instructors can resist the constrictions of neoliberalism. Based on the foundations of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, whereby educators are asked to explore teaching as scholarship, these essays offer concrete and practical meditations on resistant and sustainable teaching. The contributors seek to undermine forms of oppression frequently...
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Amazing experience. You are adventurous. Keep up your thoughts and observations. Your second-hand experiences are edifying. Robert W Moore, Emeritus UNLV Professor of Management (# 13) Your reflections always awe me. Thank you. Rohani, PhD, Professor in Malaysia (# 20) Satish, you have a special relationship with your students, which is heartening to see! All the best. George Varughese, Emeritus professor, UK and the Author of Crest of the Peacock...
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Enseigner à l'université dans une approche-programme, Guide à l'intention des nouveaux professeurs et chargés de cours aborde le sujet de manière pratique et méthodique. Après avoir mis en lumière tous les avantages qu'offre l'approche-programme, tant pour le professeur que pour les étudiants, l'ouvrage propose une démarche pour développer et évaluer les compétences disciplinaires et professionnelles. Il comporte un grand nombre d'exemples...
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