Higher education, tertiary education Books
Springer Verlag, Singapore Safety and Resilience of Higher Educational
Book SynopsisThe world has spent the majority of 2020 enduring an unpreceded crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this crisis has been enormous, and the situation has yet to be resolved. It is still difficult to anticipate when the pandemic will end and how our lives will have changed after the crisis.Higher educational institutions (HEIs) have also had to undergo tremendous transformation, in particular, changing a conventional educational, teaching, and learning system to a digital and online mode and cancelling or postponing important events such as graduation and entrance ceremonies and entrance examinations. In addition, a number of HEIs have been facing financial constraints due to reduced enrolment, particularly from overseas. Students have missed opportunities to meet their family and friends, causing profound psychosocial impact and stress for all concerned.Simultaneously, however, the situation has given HEIs a good opportunity to consider their disaster preparedness, response, and recovery capacity on campus. Some surveys have highlighted a lack of preparedness for pandemic and other hazardous risks beyond natural hazards. Safety issues are a top priority at HEIs because they bring together a number of students, faculty, and staff.This book covers the experiences and lessons learned from HEIs in preparedness, response, and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for such calamities beyond natural disasters in the future. The book consists of 15 chapters divided into three major sections. They highlight the importance of HEIs’ governance issues in disaster risk management, examine the challenges that HEIs have faced during the pandemic and the implementation of new teaching and learning methodologies, and provide innovative responses and preparedness by HEIs based on science and technology, respectively.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Overview and Introduction to the Role of Higher Educational Institution in Disaster Risk Management Chapter 2: Post-pandemic Management in Higher Educational Institutions Chapter 3: New Perspectives of Campus Safety Initiatives in Universities Chapter 4: Regional Overview of Lessons from the Asia-Pacific Regions Chapter 5: Regional Overview of Lessons from Africa: the Impact on the Awareness of the Sector’s Resilience Chapter 6: Disaster Risk Governance in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central America: the Case of Guatemala Chapter 7: Looking Ahead While Leaving No One Behind: Resourcefulness and Resiliency among North American Universities Chapter 8: University Networking in Improvising Academic Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from Bangladesh Chapter 9: New Role of Universities: Experiences from Taiwan Chapter 10: Vigorous, Vital, Vulnerable: Universities and COVID-19, Aotearoa New Zealand Chapter 11: Applying New Technologies and Innovation in Taiwan Chapter 12: Applying New Technologies and Innovation in Hong Kong: Teaching Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) Using Massive Open Online Course to Enhance Resilience in Higher Educational Institutions Chapter 13: Scope of Civil Society and University Partnership in Enhancing Resilience Chapter 14: Private Sector and Higher Education Institution Partnerships to Enhance Resilience in the Philippines: The Experience of the National Resilience Council Chapter 15: Impacts, opportunities and potentials in HEIs: During and Post Pandemic Perspectives
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Service-Learning Capacity Enhancement in Hong
Book Synopsis This book provides an in-depth, multi-faceted look into capacity building for service-learning, using the case of the higher education landscape in Hong Kong. Service-learning has been proven to be an effective pedagogy for the holistic development of students, as well as promotion of their well-being. It also attempts to promote the well-being of the service recipients and the community. While service-learning is becoming increasingly popular in many higher educational institutions around the world, the learning gains that can be attained from service-learning are only as good as the learning experience allows, and poorly-developed or motivated service-learning may potentially do adverse harm to students and the community. This book reinforces the imperative to enhance the capacity of the institution, teachers, students and community partners by exploring a diverse range of methods for achieving capacity building among different stakeholders. Examples of the methods explored include formal course-based professional development, scale development, action research, and communities of practice. Furthermore, the book includes a series of detailed, qualitative case studies that are aimed at embodying good practice, unpacking “what matters” from service-learning. Aa a useful resource for scholars and educators who are passionate about holistic youth leadership development, this book is also relevant to researchers in the intersection between well-being and higher education.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- What matter in a quality service-learning course: A study on faculty members’ perception.- Faculty perceived impacts of the support from a centralized service-learning office.- Assessing Students in Academic Service-Learning: Faculty Experiences and Challenges.- How Hong Kong University Teachers Assess Students in Service-Learning: An Exploratory Study.- Promotion of teachers’ readiness for service-learning through a professional development course.- Conceptual Framework for Key Process Ingredients Salient for Effective Service-Learning.- Validating an Instrument for Measuring the Developmental Outcomes for Students Arising from Service-Learning.- Investigating Service-Learning Impacts on University Students’ Developmental Outcomes through a Control Group Study.- Service-Learning in the context of Business-Community-University Partnership: The Project WeCan in Hong Kong.- The impact of E-service-learning on Tui-na teaching in a Chinese Medicine course – from the perspectives of service-recipients and service-partner.- Action Research as a tool for faculty development in Service-Learning: The impact of action research on faculty's knowledge, skills and attitudes towards Service-Learning.- The Developmental Impacts of Interdisciplinary and Inter-institutional Service-Learning Collaboration.- Co-designing with people with special needs: An analysis from Contact Theory.- From industrial fermentation to life planning: The meaning of meaningful service in a biology service-learning course.- Assessing Community Impact after Service-Learning: A Conceptual Framework.- Promotion of Service-Learning in Hong Kong: Experiences Surrounding Collaboration among Higher Education Institutions.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore School-University Partnerships—Innovation in
Book SynopsisThis book showcases models of Australian school–university partnerships which, in their development, respond to, and aim to move beyond the principles and practices of current partnership mandates in initial teacher education. Supported by government policy, these partnerships reveal innovative ways of working across multiple stakeholder groups within a range of unique school-university partnership contexts. Each of the examples of school-university partnerships within this edited collection provide insights into the power and potential of cross-sectoral vision, collaboration and growth, drawing upon research evidence and impact data that points to the mutual benefits experienced by all stakeholders. Across its ten chapters, this book explores various examples of partnerships, and forms an important reference for all initial teacher education providers, schools, and educational stakeholders; as school–university partnerships necessitate the way these sectors connect, learn from one another, and inform future practice.Table of ContentsEditors 2 Dedication 3 Foreword 4 Contents 7 About the Editors 8 Chapter 1 An introduction to School-University Partnerships - Innovation in Initial Teacher Education 9 Chapter 2: Working relationally to bridge the divide: An exploration of an Australian school–university professional experience partnership from the perspectives of five stakeholders 16 Chapter 3: Reimagining the school university partnership and the role of the school based Professional Experience Coordinator: A New South Wales case study 41 Chapter 4: A once in a lifetime opportunity to experience 21st century teacher education 59 Chapter 5: Sink or swim: A Common Induction Program for Pre-Service Teachers 75 Chapter 6: Partner Perspectives Matter: Lessons learnt when navigating continued pre-service teacher placements during disruption 96 Chapter 7: ‘We’re in it for the long haul’: connection, generation and transformation through a school-university partnership 116 Chapter 8: Value of mentor professional learning through a digital micro-credential in a school-university partnership 139 Chapter 9: Perspectives from academia and school leadership boundary crossing roles in one Alliance school-university partnership 164 Chapter 10: Concluding thoughts and future considerations on innovation in school-university partnerships in initial teacher education 187
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Designing Technology-Mediated Case Learning in
Book SynopsisThis book collects case studies in design and application of technology-mediated case-based learning models in higher education. It provides a much-needed, updated synthesis of recent research and application of technology-mediated case-based learning across disciplines within higher education. The book does not only provide a broad perspective and deep understanding on the designs and instructional applications of technology-mediated case-based learning models, but also inspire more interest in adopting or inventing new situated case-based learning models in the context of higher education.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I. Theoretical and historical perspective of CBL.- Research-based principles for case-based learning for teachers’ professional development.- The case method and technology: Applying the seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education in a business school.- Linking theory to practice: case-based learning in health professions education.- Historical and theoretical foundations of case-based learning: Situated cognition and collaborative learning theory.- Part II. Examples of technology-mediated CBL environments.- Case-based online learning environments for teachers in South Korea.- The development of technology-mediated case-based learning in China.- Teachers’ learning of classroom management using teacher-generated Wiki cases.- Technology-mediated case-based learning for equity in teacher education: Design and implementation from a sociocultural lens.- Learning analytics to unveil design and learning strategies in video lectures.- Engaging pre-service teachers in technology-enabled case-based learning in an undergraduate course.- Part III. Design for online learning.- Designing technology-mediated case-based learning and the orchestration of cognitive, technological and affective skills.- Design for online case-based learning Environments.- Planning and facilitating case-based learning in online settings.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Graduate Employability and Workplace-Based
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive discussion of sociocultural perspectives on graduate employability and workplace-based learning development. It draws on Vygotsky’s theories such as situated learning and sociocultural perspectives, as well as the constructivist learning theory. This book showcases theoretical and empirical analyses that show how institutions, decision-makers or academics can work together to enhance job employability in this age of uncertainty. It discusses issues such as the development of emerging and employability skills, examines research in higher education and workplace-based learning development, and proposes directions for the changing nature in real-world settings. This book details empirical research in the field using quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches, and summarizes the key conclusions pertaining to graduate employability skills as well as workplace learning culture and technology-mediated environment. It includes contributions from experienced international scholars, and offers detailed insights for readers who want a timely understanding of research trends in graduate employability and workplace-based learning development.Table of ContentsAn Overview of Sociocultural Perspectives on Graduate Employability and Workplace-based Learning Development.- Promoting Graduate Employability: Key Goals, and Curriculum and Pedagogic Practices for Higher Education.- Connecting Graduate Employability and Workplace: A Sociocultural Perspective.- Sustaining the Employability of Working Age Adults: A Singapore Case study.- Determinants of Communication Competencies of International Graduates: An Exploration Using the Sociocultural Perspective.- Challenges Associated with Employability Capitals Facing Chinese International Graduates in Australia.- A Social-Cultural Lens on the Journey of Technology-Mediated Learning: Educational Change and its Complexities from a System-and-Local Perspective.- Problem-based Learning and Technology: Impact on Preservice Teachers’ Motivational Orientations.- Opportunities in a Crisis: Boundary Objects for Making the Best of Learning at Work.- Job Crafting and Learning of Restaurant Cooks.- Moving Towards a More Inclusive Collaboration Culture that promotes Lifelong Learning to Build a Resilient Workforce.- Future Directions for Research in Graduate Employability and Workplace-based Learning Development.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Coronavirus Pandemic & Online Education: Impact
Book SynopsisIn this book, eight substantive chapters examine how “developing” countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Mexico confronted the pandemic-driven online education shift. As local instruments, resources, and preferences of specific universities meshed with global platforms, ideas, and knowledge, the book addresses several questions. Was the mix too flaky to survive increasing competitiveness? Were countries capable enough to absorb mammoth software technological changes? Throwing a “developed” country (the United States) in for contrast, the book elaborates on the inequities between these countries. Some of these inequalities were economic (infrastructural provisions and accesses), others involved gender (the role of women), political (the difference between public and private universities), social (accessibility across social spectrum), and developmental (urban-rural divides). In doing so, new hypotheses on widening global gaps are highlighted in the book for further investigation.Table of Contents1. Introduction: End of the line, or new threshold? Pedagogy at Bay.- 2. Online educational & sustaining resiliency in Bangladesh: Scaffolding pathways.- 3. Undergraduate studies & the Covid context: Promoting self-regulated learning.- 4. Making the most of online classes: Clipping pedagogy’s future?.- 5. Bangladesh’s public universities, online education, & Covid-19 pandemic: Convulsions & corrections.- 6. Bangladesh women varsity students face Covid-19 online Education & inter-sectionalist insights.- 7. Online university teaching during Covid-19: The Malaysian experience.- 8. Dealing with Covid-19 in a Mexican university: Academic challenges, psychological wear & faculty economy.- 9. Transition to digital classrooms: Learning on one’s own.- 10. Conclusions: Roller-coasting Pedagogy: “We ain’t seen nothin’ yet!”
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Research and Teaching in a Pandemic World: The
Book SynopsisThis book adopts collaborative autoethnography as its methodology, and presents the collective witnessing of experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic within the higher education sector. Through the presentation of staff and student experiences and what was learnt from them, the authors examine the global phenomenon that is the COVID-19 pandemic through the purposeful exploration of their own experiences. This book presents an overall argument about the state of higher education in the middle of the pandemic and highlights academic issues and region-specific challenges. The reflections presented in this book offer insights for other staff and students, as well as academic policy-makers, regarding the pandemic experiences of those within academia. It also offers practical suggestions as to how we as a global community can move forward post-pandemic.Table of ContentsIndex of Figures Index of Tables Notes on Contributors An Introduction to Research and Teaching in a Post-Pandemic World PREFACE Research and Teaching in a Post-Pandemic World CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Higher Education CHAPTER 2 A Harmony of Voices: The Value of Collaborative Autoethnography as Collective Witnessing during a Pandemic Academic Identity Development amidst Pandemic-induced Loss, Trauma, and Grief CHAPTER 3 Processing Uncertainty During COVID-19: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Two Stranded International PhD Students CHAPTER 4 Balancing Growth and Grief: Narratives of an Immigrant Doctoral Student Navigating Academia during the COVID-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 5 Rediscovering Myself through Fear of Failure: My Journey as an International Doctoral Student during a Pandemic CHAPTER 6 My PhD Saved My Sanity and My Life Locality and Internationality in Shaping Academic Identities during a Pandemic CHAPTER 7 “Locked Down, But Inspired”: Beginning Our Research Studies During COVID-19 CHAPTER 8 Establishing Academic Identities through Professional Socialisation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Doctoral Student, Institutional Member, or Early Career Researcher? CHAPTER 9 An International Student, a Researcher, or a Work-ready Graduate? Exploring the Self-Formation of International Students in Coursework Master’s Programmes CHAPTER 10 Adaptation of Environmental and Sustainability Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic Resilience and Growth – Features of Academic Identity Development during a Pandemic CHAPTER 11 Hajime! はじめ! Karate as Academic Salvation CHAPTER 12 Uncertainty and Autism: How Changing with the Times is Harder for Some CHAPTER 13 Academic Motherhood in Times of Pandemic: Finding Silver Linings CHAPTER 14 Lockdown, Online Learning, and Sense of Coherence: How I Managed to Finish My Master’s Degree During the COVID-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 15 Cognitive Hardiness in the Face of Uncertainty: PhD-ing From Home During a Global Pandemic CHAPTER 16 Mitigating the Challenges of Thesis Writing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autoethnographic Reflection of Two Doctoral Students’ Perezhivanie CHAPTER 17 PhD Candidature During the Pandemic: Hansel and Gretel’s Trip Through the Woods CHAPTER 18 Empowerment in the Crisis: Narratives of COVID-19 Generation Researchers CHAPTER 19 Turning Crisis into Opportunities: New Insights for Academic Experiences During the Pandemic Inspired from a Cultural-Historical and Activity Theory Perspective in an Autoethnography CHAPTER 20 A Shift in Doctoral Students’ Demands and Motives During the COVID-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 21 Entering a Career as an ECR in an Increasingly Shifting Academic Landscape: The Value of Different Forms of Capital CHAPTER 22 The Kitchen Table: Mother-Academics Reconfiguring their Emerging Identities While Aligning Family and Work Doing Research in Times of Change – Methodological Ethnographies of Coping CHAPTER 23 The Effects of the Pandemic on the Research Output and Strategies of Early Career Researchers and Doctoral Candidates CHAPTER 24 (Dis)embodied Learning: Centring the Body and Emotions in Online Professional Learning CHAPTER 25 Leveraging Zoom Video-Conferencing Features in Interview Data Generation during the Covid-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 26 Pixelated Participation: A PhD Student’s Notes of Online Data Generation During the COVID-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 27 The Unforgotten Pre-Service Teachers [Participants]: Did the Pandemic Affect Learning While on Practicum? What Uncompleted Pre-Service Teachers’ Mentoring Experiences [Data] Can Tell Us CHAPTER 28 The Impact of COVID-19 on PhD Research: An Autoethnographic Account by an International Student in Melbourne Supporting Academic Identity Development during a Global Crisis CHAPTER 29 ‘‘Memeing It Up!”: Doctoral Students’ Reflections of Collegiate Virtual Writing Spaces during the COVID-19 Pandemic CHAPTER 30 ‘Intertext’ in a New Context: Lessons Learnt from Collaborating, Contributing, and Connecting Through an Online Interdisciplinary Student-Led Symposium During COVID-19 CHAPTER 31 “Let’s Talk About Wellbeing!”: Fostering Interdependence in Doctoral Communities CHAPTER 32 Tackling a Sense of Insecurity: Enhancing Digital Literacy as a Call to Action for Educators during the Pandemic CHAPTER 33 Education and ICT amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Teaching Reflections of Indonesian Educators CHAPTER 34 Reflections on Developing Academic Identity during the Pandemic CODA The Challenges of Establishing Academic Identities During Times of Change
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Engineering Pedagogy: A Collection of Articles in
Book SynopsisThis book contains selected papers from the symposium on Engineering Pedagogy organised in honour of Professor Amitabha Ghosh and his Lecture Series on Evolution of Classical Mechanics. It covers evolution of mechanics from ancient times to modern days and good pedagogical practices among engineering and science faculty. The content includes chapters on challenges in engineering education, intellectual property rights, professional ethics, manufacturing education, additive manufacturing in engineering curricula, among others. The volume necessitates an efficient and effective pedagogical approach from engineering educators. This book will be of interest to those in teaching across all disciplines of engineering.Table of Contents
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Open Educational Resources in Higher Education: A
Book SynopsisThis book explores open educational resources and open education through research conducted on this topic globally. This book engages with intersections between open educational resources, social justice and equality, as well as policy in terms of open educational resources. Numerous examples of open praxis are also included, ranging from open educational resources courses to the affordances of artificial intelligence, data-driven learning, and open textbooks in this context. Furthermore, chapters range from providing a broad overview of open educational resources international and regional initiatives in Africa, to cases of work done in the United States, New Zealand, Israel, and Hong Kong. The role of Wikipedia and Wikidata is also prominent. Finally, this book includes unique contributions, focusing on open educational resources and feminist pedagogy, as well as disabled learners’ motivations for participating in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Academics and researchers working in the field of open education and higher education in general will understand the importance of this work.Table of ContentsChapter 1. OER: A catalyst for social justice and equality.- Chapter 2. OER: The promise, practice and problems.- Chapter 3. Developing supportive policies and strategies for their implementation: Student experience with real-world cases.- Chapter 4. Artificial intelligence-based techniques to assess and compare the quality of OER.- Chapter 5. Repositories of Open Textbooks for higher education: A worldwide overview.- Chapter 6. Reflections on remixing open access content into OER: A new paradigm for sustainable data-driven language learning systems design in higher education.- Chapter 7. OER: Guidelines in resource development for EAP.- Chapter 8. The collaborative picture book format as an OER for socialization, learning and assessment in higher education.- Chapter 9. Investigating disabled learners’ motivations of participating in MOOCs: A mixed methods research.- Chapter 10. The Wikipedia Education Program as OEP: Global stories.- Chapter 11. Who builds it, who benefits? Deepening student and faculty knowledge about Wikipedia’s scholarly value.- Chapter 12. OERs for data literacy and knowledge equity: Integrating Wikidata into higher education.- Chapter 13. Legacy building through a “Teaching with Technology” open textbook project.- Chapter 14. Integrating OER praxis and feminist pedagogy in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Educational Turn: Rethinking the Scholarship
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores how educational researchers working at the edges of innovations in languages and literacies, leadership, assessment, social and cultural transformation, and pedagogies rethink the educational turn in new sites. It engages with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) for educational researchers to redefine ways of knowing about learning post-COVID and deepen collective understanding of student learning and teaching for next practices to emerge.This book extends the theoretical and practical aspects of the educational turn across multiple contexts as SoTL. It is grounded in a field of practice and ways of knowing, outlining key intellectual principals, and set against specific examples from research. The chapters reference an understanding of the pedagogical implications of the ‘educational turn’, utilise a broad range of theory and concepts, and explore potential implications for education and next practices.Table of ContentsPreface About the Editors and Contributors Introduction Kathryn Coleman, Bella Blaher and Sophia Arkoudis Part 1 Educational Practices1. A methodology for reimagining in higher education research collaborations for next practice thinking K athryn Coleman, Sophia Arkoudis, Bella Blaher and Mahtab Janfada 2 . The rapidly changing research landscape: the futures of SOTL and the Teaching Research nexus Michael Prosser and Karena Waller Keywords: SoTL, learning, teaching, research, scholarship. 3. Traversing the ecological possibilities of learning and leading collaboration in turbulent times. Joanne Blannin, Thomas Cochrane, Kathryn Coleman, Nicky Dulfer, Matthew Harrison, Amy McKernan, Vikki Pollard, Jeni Rasche, Mark Selkrig and Catherine Smith 4. Designing education for wellbeing and connection in a post-COVID world Rachel Colla, Annie Gowing, Angela Molloy Murphy and Tracii Ryan Part 2 Educational Pedagogies5. New learning spaces and theories: rethinking hybrid pedagogies in higher education Yong Zhao 6. Reaching for reconciliation in digital spaces: owning whiteness in colonising spaces with indigenous knowledge and content Maurice Toscano, Catherine Smith & Aristidis (Harry) Galatis 7. The teaching profession: where to from here? Sharon Klieve, Shelley Gillis, Kylie Smith, Sophie Arkoudis 8. Reconceptualising Assessment in Initial Teacher Education: Towards a Relational Approach Mahtab Janfada, Martina Tassone, Marian Mahat, Nadine Crane and Daniela Acquaro Part 3 Educational Policies9. Neo-liberalism: higher education policy shifts and post digital responses Gwil Coulcher10. Global mobility: possibilities, opportunities and challenges in a Covid-19 world Rhonda Di Biase and Lorraine Graham 11. Mental health and wellbeing policy shifts Tracci Ryan and Chi Baik12. Speculating on higher education: What if? Sonja Arndt, Amanda Belton, Thomas Cochrane, Kathryn Coleman, Sarah Healy and David Gurr Conclusion Trends and implications for the educational turn Kathryn Coleman, Bella Blaher and Sophia Arkoudis Index
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Evidence-Based Teaching for the 21st Century Classroom and Beyond: Innovation-Driven Learning Strategies
Book SynopsisThis book serves as an essential intervention where the innovative, evidence based and contemporary teaching, learning approaches, strategies and learning support systems to be incorporated in the learning process are presented, supported with findings. It addresses the complex challenges and limitations in practice supported with evidence, hence providing possible approaches to address them. It also addresses an interesting scope of topics that are both contemporary and essential to almost all academics that have a high responsibility to nurture, develop, train and equip learners both at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels at the university with the relevant skills and competencies.Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Transformation: 21st Century Teaching and Learning Competencies.- Chapter 2 –A blended, flipped classroom and team-based approach: Critical Thinking, Engaging and Collaborative Learners.- Chapter 3 –Authentic Learning Support Systems/interventions for Team-based and flipped classroom for collaborative learning and to assess real-time contributions and participations in class.- Chapter 4 – Social-psychological Intervention to develop Competency and Skills Development in Cognitive Empathy.- Chapter 5 – Student centric learning with Active and Experiential Activity based Learning.- Chapter 6 – Reflective peer review feedback for leadership ability development in students.- Chapter 7 – Online Learning, Learning through social media and e-platforms.- Chapter 8 – Concluding Thoughts on the 21st Century Classroom and Humanistic Management Education as a treadle for a better society.
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Internationalizing Higher Education in Malaysia:
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ISEAS Religious Extremism in Major Campuses in
Book SynopsisReligious extremism among students in major campuses in Indonesia remains a problem for the Indonesian government, campus authorities and moderate Muslims.A substantial number of studies on Islam and religious extremism in Indonesia have focused on security and cultural paradigms. In contrast, this article discusses the factors that cause the rise of religious extremism among university students through an organizational and institutional lens.The dissemination and internalization of religious extremist narratives contribute to the rise of religious extremism among university students in Indonesia.Counter-extremism policies by the government and campus authorities have not been effective due to the absence of an integrative approach. All stakeholders—the government, campus authorities, parents of university students, communities and student organizations—need to establish a concerted and integrative effort to uproot religious extremism from among university students.
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Springer Feedback Dialogues in Intercultural Doctoral Supervision
Book SynopsisPreface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Feedback on postgraduate writing.- Chapter 3: Intercultural doctoral supervision.- Chapter 4: Feedback from the theoretical lens of dialogism.- Chapter 5: Feedback provision and application.- Chapter 6: Feedback engagement: Self-reasoning.- Chapter 7: Feedback engagement: Multi-layered dialogues with voices.- Chapter 8: A longitudinal case study: Developmental trajectories of transformative voices within and beyond feedback engagement.- Chapter 9: Summary, implications and recommendations.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Transforming OutcomeBased Education with Machine Learning
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Springer Singapores Policy Designs for Higher Education
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Springer Nature Singapore AIEmpowered Knowledge Management in Education
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Springer The Evolving Landscape of Higher Education in
Book SynopsisChapter 1: HigherEducation State, Market and Technology Triad and its Implications.- Chapter 2: The necessity for a Decolonization of the Mind.- Chapter 3: The Agenda of Post-colonial Education.- Chapter 4: Breaking a Brand: The trials and Tribulations of JNU.- Chapter 5: Educational Policies and the New Normal: Multiple Pathways to Exclusion.- Chapter 6: Pandemic through the Lived Experiences of Educator and Educated: Becoming Disenchanted' from the University Life'.- Chapter 7: The Quest for Social Justice: Identity and Everyday Student Politics during Pandemic.- Chapter 8: Reframing idea of social justice in Indian higher education.- Chapter 9: COVID-19 and digital learning in higher education in India: Unpacking the realities through socioeconomic and regional lenses.- Chapter 10: Indian Women and The Promise of Higher Education: an Intersection of Dreams, Expectations and Negotiations during Lockdown.- Chapter 11: Higher Education, Technology and the Social Imaginary of Science: Problematics and Futures.- Chapter 12: Economics of Online Higher Education in a post pandemic India.- Chapter 13: Invasion of MOOCs: A Historical and Critical Dialogue.- Chapter 14: The Digital University: Concerns around critical, dialogic and empathetic pedagogy.- Chapter 15: Anatomy of Select e-platforms: Meso and Micro Dynamics.- Chapter 16: Student Activism and Digital Education- A case Study of Jawaharlal Nehru University.- Chapter 17: Busting Myths and Revealing Fears: Technostress among.- Chapter 18: Teaching in the post Covid period: The questions of New normal and abnormal?- Chapter 19: An Exploration of Higher Education Teacher Education programmes: During and post-COVID-19 pandemic.- Chapter 20: The Pandemic, Teacher Education and Inclusion: Conceptions, Contestations and Confusions.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Smart Education and e-Learning—Smart University:
Book SynopsisThis book contains the contributions presented at the 10th international KES conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (SEEL-2023) with the Smart University as the main conference theme. The conference is being held on June 14-16, 2023 in Rome, Italy in both in-person and online modes. The book contains high quality peer-reviewed papers that are grouped into several interconnected parts: Part 1 – Smart Education, Part 2 – Smart e-Learning, Part 3 – Smart University, Part 4 – Smart Education: Case Studies and Research, and Part 5 – Smart Company: Case Studies and Research. Smart education, smart e-learning, smart universities and smart companies are emerging and rapidly growing areas with the potential to transform the existing teaching strategies, learning environments, and educational/training activities and technology in academic institutions and training centers. Smart education/training and smart e-learning are focused on enabling instructors/trainers to develop innovative ways of achieving excellence in teaching in highly technological smart classrooms/labs, and providing students/learners with new opportunities to maximize their success and select the best options for their education/training, location and learning style, as well as the mode of content delivery. This book serves as a useful source of research data and valuable information on current research projects, best practices and case studies for faculty, scholars, Ph.D. students, administrators, and practitioners – all those who are interested in smart education, smart e-learning, smart university and smart business/company paradigms, concepts, systems and technology.Table of ContentsPart 1: Smart Education.- Chapter 1: Smart Education: Students’ Perception of Hybrid Learning in Graduate Computing Curriculum.- Chapter 2: Gaining Insight into Adoption of Immersive Technologies in Higher Education.- Chapter 3: Innovative Methods for Smart Education: Hybrid Approach.- Chapter 4: Impact of Offline and Online Lecture Formats on Student Satisfaction with the University.- Chapter 5: Possibilities of Using Multimedia Technologies in the Learning Process for Children with Special Needs.- Part 2: Smart e-Learning.- Chapter 6: Online Ed.D. Program Development: A Program Level Perspective.- Chapter 7: Using CAI to Provide Early Literacy Instruction for All Learners.- Chapter 8: Online Doctoral Faculty Engagement: Building Connections Through Authenticity.- Chapter 9: Reliability Issues with At-Home Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 10: Student Support in an Online Environment: Doctoral Student Feedback. etc.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Handbook of Teaching Competency Development in
Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. It draws from relevant theories and approaches to teachers’ professional development (TPD) and innovative and inspiring TPD practices in higher education. It first lays a solid foundation for the rest of the book, through critiquing prevalent theories, approaches, and teaching competency frameworks guiding TPD in higher education, and defining the key concepts related to TPD. The book then develops a standard framework and assessment instrument of teaching competencies as well as ways of using this framework by institutions, departments at different levels, and individual teachers. It also proposes strategies for improving teachers’ teaching competencies by reviewing what has been achieved to date in TPD in terms of national-level policies and strategies, institutional-level interventions, and teachers’ self-directed professional development. Finally, it also presents case studies of typical practices in TPD in different countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Definitions and Theoretical Foundations.- Standards Framework and Evaluation Instruments.- Teaching Competency Development.- Practices of Teaching Competency Development.
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Information Age Publishing Higher Education for the People: Critical
Book SynopsisThis monograph aims to uncover value-belief-systems underlying dominant narratives in modern IHEs, impacting the lives of many multidimensional adult learners. To do so, Eurocentrism and neoliberalism are used to analyze the socio-culturalpolitical movements of the U.S. and its influence on higher education trends. Then, models of adult consciousness and transformative approaches to adult learning are introduced to problematize dominant narratives and make the case for more complex epistemologies. With critical contemplation, acts of compassion for interdependence, self-compassion for intentionality, authentic relationships for political consciousness, listening for non-duality, and mindfulness for impermanence (CALM) are introduced as ways to emphasize self-transformation and self-actualization. CALM practice is just one way to join others in the social justice work of wholeness and humanity to better support multidimensional adult learners. Along with this understanding comes the potential to disrupt dominant narratives with a moral stance, honoring innate human value and the diverse human condition. The future of institutions of higher education must be guided by a moral position in the name of healing and wellness. Together, we can transform higher education so that institutions are a place where adult learners create the conditions of freedom to actualize the right to self-worth, the liberty to connect with others, and the pursuit of personal fulfillment, honoring this nations guiding principles of life, liberty, and happiness.Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: The Subtext of Higher Education: Dominant Narratives, Cultural Conflicts, and Moral Dilemmas CHAPTER 2: Becoming a Person in Higher Education: Developmental Intentionality for Adult Consciousness CHAPTER 3: Transforming Higher Education: Holding the Critical Amidst the Contemplative CHAPTER 4: CALM Methods as Liberatory Practice: The Right to Worthiness, Liberty to Connect With Others, and Pursuit of Personal Fulfillment CHAPTER 5: A People's Education: A Renewal of Values for the Public Good About the Author
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Information Age Publishing Training School Principals as Talent Developers:
Book SynopsisTraining School Principals as Talent Developers: An International Perspective focuses on how to prepare school principals to lead their schools by training and supporting teachers in their craft. The main goal of schools is improving teaching and learning in order to maximize students' potential to be college ready and career ready. Principals play significant role in improving the instructions which improves students' learning. In order to do so, we need inspiring principals to be talent developers. The book is comprised of chapters written by faculty and researchers from various countries and offers multiple perspectives on training and developing principals to be talent developers.In the ten chapters of this edited book, we wanted to address the perspectives of "who is the role model of a principal, what are the qualities needed to make a good principal and what are the challenges that the talent developer principals encounter to achieve their goals. We also wanted to broaden the lens by addressing these perspectives in the United States and globally.
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Information Age Publishing Training School Principals as Talent Developers:
Book SynopsisTraining School Principals as Talent Developers: An International Perspective focuses on how to prepare school principals to lead their schools by training and supporting teachers in their craft. The main goal of schools is improving teaching and learning in order to maximize students' potential to be college ready and career ready. Principals play significant role in improving the instructions which improves students' learning. In order to do so, we need inspiring principals to be talent developers. The book is comprised of chapters written by faculty and researchers from various countries and offers multiple perspectives on training and developing principals to be talent developers.In the ten chapters of this edited book, we wanted to address the perspectives of "who is the role model of a principal, what are the qualities needed to make a good principal and what are the challenges that the talent developer principals encounter to achieve their goals. We also wanted to broaden the lens by addressing these perspectives in the United States and globally.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and
Book SynopsisThe Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar is an informative and ambitious book designed to help Black prospective and current graduate students pursue graduate degrees successfully. The book covers broad topics ranging from admissions policies, standardized tests, networking, mentorship, financial options, qualifying and comprehensive exams, proposal and dissertation writing, publishing, gender and race, socialization, and campus culture.This volume is organized into five graduate pathways: Pathway I: Embarking on the Graduate Admissions Process; Pathway II: Confronting Race and Gender Disparities in Graduate Education; Pathway III: Persevering to the Graduate Degree; Pathway IV: Adjusting to the Socialization of Graduate Education; and Pathway V: Preparing for Success Beyond Graduate Education. The book calls Black students' attention to some of the barriers they may encounter along the pathway to a graduate degree. The pathway to success can be linear or nonlinear since students travel different journeys and are at different vectors on the continuum.The primary audience for this book consists of Black prospective and current graduate students, graduate deans, admissions counselors, recruiters, and faculty advisors in both black and white higher education institutions. The secondary audience includes high school students, guidance counselors, and social and religious organizations. Furthermore, this book can serve as a handy resource for undergraduates who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree.Trade ReviewThis book will be helpful not only for students seeking a meaningful experience in graduate and professional school, but perhaps more importantly, institutions that desire to create productive pathways for Black students to the advanced-degree workplace. The chapters unpack important lived experiences that should be carefully considered."" — Jerlando F. L. Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison""The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar makes key contributions to the extant literature. By underscoring Black graduate students' engagements with Academe, the scholars provide nuanced perspective through an array of contextual lenses (e. g. admissions; race and gender; socialization; transition) that are endemic to higher education in general, and the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) setting in particular. Critical Race Theory is the theoretical framework that provides scaffolding upon which the volume's scholars theorize best practices, strategies, and solutions that are authentic representations of their experiences. The pathway is an appropriate metaphor for this book—the scholars have provided illumination; it is incumbent upon us to initiate the journey."" — Fred A. Bonner II, Prairie View A&M University
£54.15
Information Age Publishing The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and
Book SynopsisThe Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar is an informative and ambitious book designed to help Black prospective and current graduate students pursue graduate degrees successfully. The book covers broad topics ranging from admissions policies, standardized tests, networking, mentorship, financial options, qualifying and comprehensive exams, proposal and dissertation writing, publishing, gender and race, socialization, and campus culture.This volume is organized into five graduate pathways: Pathway I: Embarking on the Graduate Admissions Process; Pathway II: Confronting Race and Gender Disparities in Graduate Education; Pathway III: Persevering to the Graduate Degree; Pathway IV: Adjusting to the Socialization of Graduate Education; and Pathway V: Preparing for Success Beyond Graduate Education. The book calls Black students' attention to some of the barriers they may encounter along the pathway to a graduate degree. The pathway to success can be linear or nonlinear since students travel different journeys and are at different vectors on the continuum.The primary audience for this book consists of Black prospective and current graduate students, graduate deans, admissions counselors, recruiters, and faculty advisors in both black and white higher education institutions. The secondary audience includes high school students, guidance counselors, and social and religious organizations. Furthermore, this book can serve as a handy resource for undergraduates who are interested in pursuing a graduate degree.Trade ReviewThis book will be helpful not only for students seeking a meaningful experience in graduate and professional school, but perhaps more importantly, institutions that desire to create productive pathways for Black students to the advanced-degree workplace. The chapters unpack important lived experiences that should be carefully considered."" — Jerlando F. L. Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison""The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar makes key contributions to the extant literature. By underscoring Black graduate students' engagements with Academe, the scholars provide nuanced perspective through an array of contextual lenses (e. g. admissions; race and gender; socialization; transition) that are endemic to higher education in general, and the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) setting in particular. Critical Race Theory is the theoretical framework that provides scaffolding upon which the volume's scholars theorize best practices, strategies, and solutions that are authentic representations of their experiences. The pathway is an appropriate metaphor for this book—the scholars have provided illumination; it is incumbent upon us to initiate the journey."" — Fred A. Bonner II, Prairie View A&M University
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Effective Learning Environments in Higher
Book SynopsisEffective online teaching is a well-documented topic, however, this book is different because it specifically addresses the effective and affective pedagogy and learning. It provides methods for building a strong and meaningful online environment that builds community, relationships, and establishes the social presence of each individual learner. This book provides a different perspective as it is written by experienced faculty members in higher education, all of whom have been teaching online for a decade or more. It also addresses the how and why establishing social presence as a necessity for effective online learning.This book addresses the "Why?" in the need for understanding contemporary approaches for exemplar online teaching with the establishment of social presence. With an increase in online learning, there is a shift in how current teaching practices are impacted and what is important to student learning in this change. This book describes the importance of strong andragogical practices in online teaching: rigor, teacher and learner mindset, and the importance of constructing social presence.
£45.60
Information Age Publishing Effective Learning Environments in Higher
Book SynopsisEffective online teaching is a well-documented topic, however, this book is different because it specifically addresses the effective and affective pedagogy and learning. It provides methods for building a strong and meaningful online environment that builds community, relationships, and establishes the social presence of each individual learner. This book provides a different perspective as it is written by experienced faculty members in higher education, all of whom have been teaching online for a decade or more. It also addresses the how and why establishing social presence as a necessity for effective online learning.This book addresses the "Why?" in the need for understanding contemporary approaches for exemplar online teaching with the establishment of social presence. With an increase in online learning, there is a shift in how current teaching practices are impacted and what is important to student learning in this change. This book describes the importance of strong andragogical practices in online teaching: rigor, teacher and learner mindset, and the importance of constructing social presence.
£81.60
Information Age Publishing Stories From Berea College: Opportunities of
Book SynopsisThis book was born during the Omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is uncertain what the pandemic will hold, one thing is for certain; this book will stand the test of time. Work Colleges do not receive the scholarly attention they ought to, and the student authors would like to think they fought for a little more attention by writing this book. Work Colleges are indeed institutions of higher learning where students earn while they learn but also learn through hard work. This book is comprised of chapters written by students who discuss the magic Berea College holds for personal growth, opportunity, and life-changing experiences.
£45.60
Information Age Publishing Stories From Berea College: Opportunities of
Book SynopsisThis book was born during the Omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it is uncertain what the pandemic will hold, one thing is for certain; this book will stand the test of time. Work Colleges do not receive the scholarly attention they ought to, and the student authors would like to think they fought for a little more attention by writing this book. Work Colleges are indeed institutions of higher learning where students earn while they learn but also learn through hard work. This book is comprised of chapters written by students who discuss the magic Berea College holds for personal growth, opportunity, and life-changing experiences.
£81.60
Information Age Publishing Organization and Administration of Adult
Book SynopsisAdministrators of adult education programs work in dynamic and ever-changing environments. They are continually challenged with a myriad of issues related to programming, budgeting, marketing, strategic planning, funding, human resource management, and other topics. With decades of real-world experience in the field, Steven Schmidt and Susan Yelich Biniecki have developed a second edition of their practical guide for those who are involved in the organization and administration of educational programs for adults. Whether you work in the human resource department of a corporation, a grass-roots community organization, a higher education unit, a consulting company, or any other type of organization that provides adult education, this book is for you. In a no-nonsense approach, Organization and Administration of Adult Education Programs: A Guide for Practitioners, 2nd Edition "talks" to you as an administrator about topics that are important to you. Guidelines, processes, and procedures discussed in the book can help to make you a more effective practitioner. This second edition includes a new chapter on the future of the field, new scenarios and activities, and significant new content to reflect the changing nature of topics discussed in the book.
£51.30
Information Age Publishing Organization and Administration of Adult
Book SynopsisAdministrators of adult education programs work in dynamic and ever-changing environments. They are continually challenged with a myriad of issues related to programming, budgeting, marketing, strategic planning, funding, human resource management, and other topics. With decades of real-world experience in the field, Steven Schmidt and Susan Yelich Biniecki have developed a second edition of their practical guide for those who are involved in the organization and administration of educational programs for adults. Whether you work in the human resource department of a corporation, a grass-roots community organization, a higher education unit, a consulting company, or any other type of organization that provides adult education, this book is for you. In a no-nonsense approach, Organization and Administration of Adult Education Programs: A Guide for Practitioners, 2nd Edition "talks" to you as an administrator about topics that are important to you. Guidelines, processes, and procedures discussed in the book can help to make you a more effective practitioner. This second edition includes a new chapter on the future of the field, new scenarios and activities, and significant new content to reflect the changing nature of topics discussed in the book.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Mindfulness & Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education
Book SynopsisHow can we support our college students cultivating wide-awakeness, or a way of paying attention and being fully present to oneself and the world? How might we use mindfulness practices to help ourselves and our students become more wide awake, realize our interconnectedness, see what is possible, and transform our lives and the world around us? Educational philosopher Maxine Greene called for the need to intentionally promote wide-awakeness, which includes deepening our awareness, asking critical questions, recognizing that alternatives exist, and finding the agency to make changes personally and collectively.Mindfulness%Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education draws upon Greene's work to explore the voices and experiences of college students who engaged in mindfulness practices during every class session in a cohort over an academic year and others who participated in a mindfulness group that met weekly for a year. The book explores how students used mindfulness to support their academic success, create a culture of connectedness, promote increased empathy, and fuel their sense of agency regarding social interactions and teaching the practices to others. In particular, the voices of students of color who chose to participate in the weekly mindfulness group are elevated and honored.A culminating chapter provides numerous examples of the mindfulness practices taught throughout the two-year study, serving as an accessible guide for higher education professionals interested in doing this work who would like ideas for where to begin or how to further develop their teaching and student support services. Overall, the book provides rich insights and practical approaches for how higher education faculty and staff can work together with students so we can all become more wide-awake to what is possible in our hearts, in our classrooms, on our campuses, and beyond.Trade ReviewMindfulness%Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education came into my life at the right time. The privileging of the voices of students of color and the collection of accessible mindfulness practices makes this a great tool for teacher educators across the country. If you are looking for a way to support your students' mental health, academics, empathy, and agency, you will find all that and more in this book."" — Denisha Jones, Sarah Lawrence College""This book contributes to mindfulness and contemplative practices in higher education with transformative learning and democratic education frameworks. It is an invitation to bring our whole authentic selves as faculty and students into the classrooms to be "wide awake" and see each other as human beings, not merely as our roles."" — Bengü Ergüner-Tekinalp, Drake University""If you care deeply about the tangible outcomes of higher education for students and the degree to which those experiences awaken their curiosity about people, place, and planet, Mindfulness and Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education should be a must on your reading list. Sarah Montgomery provides an excellent framework to illustrate the power of teaching mindfulness and what is possible when we make time and space for woke teaching and learning."" — Paulette Patterson Dilworth, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
£45.60
Information Age Publishing Mindfulness & Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education
Book SynopsisHow can we support our college students cultivating wide-awakeness, or a way of paying attention and being fully present to oneself and the world? How might we use mindfulness practices to help ourselves and our students become more wide awake, realize our interconnectedness, see what is possible, and transform our lives and the world around us? Educational philosopher Maxine Greene called for the need to intentionally promote wide-awakeness, which includes deepening our awareness, asking critical questions, recognizing that alternatives exist, and finding the agency to make changes personally and collectively.Mindfulness & Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education draws upon Greene's work to explore the voices and experiences of college students who engaged in mindfulness practices during every class session in a cohort over an academic year and others who participated in a mindfulness group that met weekly for a year. The book explores how students used mindfulness to support their academic success, create a culture of connectedness, promote increased empathy, and fuel their sense of agency regarding social interactions and teaching the practices to others. In particular, the voices of students of color who chose to participate in the weekly mindfulness group are elevated and honored.A culminating chapter provides numerous examples of the mindfulness practices taught throughout the two-year study, serving as an accessible guide for higher education professionals interested in doing this work who would like ideas for where to begin or how to further develop their teaching and student support services. Overall, the book provides rich insights and practical approaches for how higher education faculty and staff can work together with students so we can all become more wide-awake to what is possible in our hearts, in our classrooms, on our campuses, and beyond.Trade ReviewMindfulness & Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education came into my life at the right time. The privileging of the voices of students of color and the collection of accessible mindfulness practices makes this a great tool for teacher educators across the country. If you are looking for a way to support your students' mental health, academics, empathy, and agency, you will find all that and more in this book."" — Denisha Jones, Sarah Lawrence College""This book contributes to mindfulness and contemplative practices in higher education with transformative learning and democratic education frameworks. It is an invitation to bring our whole authentic selves as faculty and students into the classrooms to be "wide awake" and see each other as human beings, not merely as our roles."" — Bengü Ergüner-Tekinalp, Drake University""If you care deeply about the tangible outcomes of higher education for students and the degree to which those experiences awaken their curiosity about people, place, and planet, Mindfulness and Wide-Awakeness in Higher Education should be a must on your reading list. Sarah Montgomery provides an excellent framework to illustrate the power of teaching mindfulness and what is possible when we make time and space for woke teaching and learning."" — Paulette Patterson Dilworth, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
£81.60
Information Age Publishing Black Experiences in Higher Education: Faculty,
Book SynopsisBlack Experiences in Higher Education: Faculty, Staff, and Students illuminates the narratives of Black faculty, staff, and students and how they navigate their professional experiences, confront the hidden curriculum and work to transform academia. As we think about the context of Black Lives Matter, intersections of race and gender, and what it means to be Black in America, there is a new consciousness and attention to the uniqueness of Black experiences in the world. This book calls attention to how Black folks are navigating their experiences within higher education.The book will present an overarching aim to delve into Black voices and experiences in higher education. Contributing authors hold varying roles of faculty, staff, and students, all sharing their experiences in higher education in the USA. In particular these scholars reflect on the challenges and opportunities within the three themes of mental health and wellness, mentorship and creating supportive spaces, and career experiences, trajectories and pathways. The aim of the variety of contributing authors creates a space to reveal unique Black experiences and voices, therefore contributing to the scholarly discourse on race in America, and in higher education, in particular.
£51.30
Information Age Publishing Black Experiences in Higher Education: Faculty,
Book SynopsisBlack Experiences in Higher Education: Faculty, Staff, and Students illuminates the narratives of Black faculty, staff, and students and how they navigate their professional experiences, confront the hidden curriculum and work to transform academia. As we think about the context of Black Lives Matter, intersections of race and gender, and what it means to be Black in America, there is a new consciousness and attention to the uniqueness of Black experiences in the world. This book calls attention to how Black folks are navigating their experiences within higher education.The book will present an overarching aim to delve into Black voices and experiences in higher education. Contributing authors hold varying roles of faculty, staff, and students, all sharing their experiences in higher education in the USA. In particular these scholars reflect on the challenges and opportunities within the three themes of mental health and wellness, mentorship and creating supportive spaces, and career experiences, trajectories and pathways. The aim of the variety of contributing authors creates a space to reveal unique Black experiences and voices, therefore contributing to the scholarly discourse on race in America, and in higher education, in particular.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Faculty Peer Coaching in Higher Education:
Book SynopsisMany of the current challenges facing institutions of higher education require a shift in thinking, practice, and approaches to change. The changing nature of college students, along with increased emphasis on student learning outcomes, have institutions seeking to effect improvements in the instructional practices of faculty members. Establishing a robust model of faculty peer coaching can accelerate improvement efforts that strive to create engaging higher education classrooms centered on inclusive and equitable teaching practices, which more effectively meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body.Informed by research and experience, this book is a guide to developing, launching, and refining faculty peer coaching initiatives in higher education with the goal of improving instructional practice and student learning outcomes. Peer coaching is a collaborative, reciprocal practice where faculty members observe, reflect, and improve their instructional practices leading to increased learning for all students. Research has shown that peer coaching can positively impact teaching practices, especially when coupled with other professional learning. This book provides a rationale for peer coaching as an effective strategy for faculty development, outlines a model for peer coaching, and supplies readers with support in the creation of a robust peer coaching initiative in institutions of higher education. Peer coaching has the potential for significant culture and community change for faculty members which can lead to improved student learning.Trade ReviewI was privileged to read an early draft of this book, and I hadn't turned many pages before I knew I had to offer a peer coaching program in the very next semester. Faculty response was unanimous: ""Thank you for this experience. I learned so much, and I want to continue."" I sure wish I'd had this book when I started in faculty development! I was trying to help a department implement ""formative peer review of teaching, ""to not much avail. Now I realize that what we really wanted was peer coaching. — Victoria Bhavsar, California State Polytechnic University Pomona ""How can I be a better teacher? What can I do to ensure my students are learning and engaged? If you have ever asked yourself these types of questions, then this is the book for you. Infused with extensive expertise and research-based practices, Rainville, Title, and Desrochers provide proven strategies and approaches to peer-coaching that will change how we teach, engage as colleagues, and ultimately improve instructional practices. Helping the reader develop a climate of trust, respect, and support, the authors provide scaffolded processes that will generate leadership development as well as greatly enhance our knowledge and ability to be effective teachers and mentors. A timely read for the changing world of college students and higher education."" — George J. Petersen, Clemson University""Can you believe that three professors induced a college faculty to meet in pairs to discuss and enhance their teaching? Well, they did. The bane of professional learning is privatism in teaching, and professors normally work in well-fortified silos. Sharing thoughts about teaching and curriculum brings colleagueship to a new level and elevates the socio-professional environment of the institution. These folks demonstrated that it can be achieved."" — Bruce Joyce, Saint Simons Island, Georgia
£48.45
Information Age Publishing Faculty Peer Coaching in Higher Education:
Book SynopsisMany of the current challenges facing institutions of higher education require a shift in thinking, practice, and approaches to change. The changing nature of college students, along with increased emphasis on student learning outcomes, have institutions seeking to effect improvements in the instructional practices of faculty members. Establishing a robust model of faculty peer coaching can accelerate improvement efforts that strive to create engaging higher education classrooms centered on inclusive and equitable teaching practices, which more effectively meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body.Informed by research and experience, this book is a guide to developing, launching, and refining faculty peer coaching initiatives in higher education with the goal of improving instructional practice and student learning outcomes. Peer coaching is a collaborative, reciprocal practice where faculty members observe, reflect, and improve their instructional practices leading to increased learning for all students. Research has shown that peer coaching can positively impact teaching practices, especially when coupled with other professional learning. This book provides a rationale for peer coaching as an effective strategy for faculty development, outlines a model for peer coaching, and supplies readers with support in the creation of a robust peer coaching initiative in institutions of higher education. Peer coaching has the potential for significant culture and community change for faculty members which can lead to improved student learning.Trade ReviewI was privileged to read an early draft of this book, and I hadn't turned many pages before I knew I had to offer a peer coaching program in the very next semester. Faculty response was unanimous: ""Thank you for this experience. I learned so much, and I want to continue."" I sure wish I'd had this book when I started in faculty development! I was trying to help a department implement ""formative peer review of teaching, ""to not much avail. Now I realize that what we really wanted was peer coaching."" — Victoria Bhavsar, California State Polytechnic University Pomona""How can I be a better teacher? What can I do to ensure my students are learning and engaged? If you have ever asked yourself these types of questions, then this is the book for you. Infused with extensive expertise and research-based practices, Rainville, Title, and Desrochers provide proven strategies and approaches to peer-coaching that will change how we teach, engage as colleagues, and ultimately improve instructional practices. Helping the reader develop a climate of trust, respect, and support, the authors provide scaffolded processes that will generate leadership development as well as greatly enhance our knowledge and ability to be effective teachers and mentors. A timely read for the changing world of college students and higher education."" — George J. Petersen, Clemson University""Can you believe that three professors induced a college faculty to meet in pairs to discuss and enhance their teaching? Well, they did. The bane of professional learning is privatism in teaching, and professors normally work in well-fortified silos. Sharing thoughts about teaching and curriculum brings colleagueship to a new level and elevates the socio-professional environment of the institution. These folks demonstrated that it can be achieved."" — Bruce Joyce, Saint Simons Island, Georgia
£86.70
Information Age Publishing Creating New Possibilities for the Future of
Book SynopsisCreating New Possibilities for the Future of HBCUs brings together over 20 higher education scholars with more than 150 years of combined professional experience to critically examine the current contributions of and future directions for our nation's 101 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The book breaks new ground on Black colleges and offers hope and optimism for charting their future despite shrinking investments in higher education, declining enrollments, and eroding public confidence in the value of a college degree. The book was written to tell the truth, to right (or "[re]write") past wrongs about HBCUs, and to shift our collective gaze from the uncertain, shaky past of a select few to a far more promising future for all based on insights from contemporary empirical research.Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of higher education as it relates to HBCUs, documenting the undeniable legacy of Black colleges, their current challenges and untold successes, blended with findings from recent empirical studies—both quantitative and qualitative—that clearly create new possibilities for the future of HBCUs. This volume was developed to break new ground on often overlooked and understudied terrain in higher education scholarship.Organized into three major sections, the book includes chapters focusing on HBCUs as institutions and a small, but consequential, segment of the higher education enterprise. Section Two consists of 6 chapters addressing the experiences of HBCU students, paying close attention to issues of intersectionality, heterogeneity, and race/ethnicity, to name a few. A third, and final, section turns much-needed attention to HBCU personnel, including campus administrators, college presidents, and faculty. Rich in its coverage of culture, facts, and past history, this new book offers much to those interested in charting new possibilities for the future of HBCUs.
£48.45
Information Age Publishing Creating New Possibilities for the Future of
Book SynopsisCreating New Possibilities for the Future of HBCUs brings together over 20 higher education scholars with more than 150 years of combined professional experience to critically examine the current contributions of and future directions for our nation's 101 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The book breaks new ground on Black colleges and offers hope and optimism for charting their future despite shrinking investments in higher education, declining enrollments, and eroding public confidence in the value of a college degree. The book was written to tell the truth, to right (or "[re]write") past wrongs about HBCUs, and to shift our collective gaze from the uncertain, shaky past of a select few to a far more promising future for all based on insights from contemporary empirical research.Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of higher education as it relates to HBCUs, documenting the undeniable legacy of Black colleges, their current challenges and untold successes, blended with findings from recent empirical studies—both quantitative and qualitative—that clearly create new possibilities for the future of HBCUs. This volume was developed to break new ground on often overlooked and understudied terrain in higher education scholarship.Organized into three major sections, the book includes chapters focusing on HBCUs as institutions and a small, but consequential, segment of the higher education enterprise. Section Two consists of 6 chapters addressing the experiences of HBCU students, paying close attention to issues of intersectionality, heterogeneity, and race/ethnicity, to name a few. A third, and final, section turns much-needed attention to HBCU personnel, including campus administrators, college presidents, and faculty. Rich in its coverage of culture, facts, and past history, this new book offers much to those interested in charting new possibilities for the future of HBCUs.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing The Internationalization of Higher Education:
Book SynopsisThe internationalization of higher education is as old as the university itself. Indeed, the University of Karueein, which is the world's oldest higher education institution, has welcomed Muslim students from across the Islamic world since its founding in 859. But the internationalization of higher education continues to be a subject of immense interest, to scholars and practitioners alike, as both its substance and scope transform and transfigure in concert with political, social, and economical changes. Consider the growth of the so-called 'virtual exchange' which has been enabled by the internet, and which has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.This anthology presents contemporary concepts, cases, and challenges of the internationalization of higher education. Its 14 chapters span the aim to contribute to our understanding of the nature of the internationalization of higher education, of the mechanisms of the internationalization of higher education, and of the applications of the internationalization of higher education. For scholars, the anthology will enliven the discourse on the internationalization of higher education; for both higher education policy-makers, administrators, and leaders, it will serve as both an inspiration and a practical guidebook.
£51.30
Information Age Publishing The Internationalization of Higher Education:
Book SynopsisThe internationalization of higher education is as old as the university itself. Indeed, the University of Karueein, which is the world's oldest higher education institution, has welcomed Muslim students from across the Islamic world since its founding in 859. But the internationalization of higher education continues to be a subject of immense interest, to scholars and practitioners alike, as both its substance and scope transform and transfigure in concert with political, social, and economical changes. Consider the growth of the so-called 'virtual exchange' which has been enabled by the internet, and which has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.This anthology presents contemporary concepts, cases, and challenges of the internationalization of higher education. Its 14 chapters span the aim to contribute to our understanding of the nature of the internationalization of higher education, of the mechanisms of the internationalization of higher education, and of the applications of the internationalization of higher education. For scholars, the anthology will enliven the discourse on the internationalization of higher education; for both higher education policy-makers, administrators, and leaders, it will serve as both an inspiration and a practical guidebook.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Identity in Supervision: Understanding Who Works
Book SynopsisThis book will discuss the intersection of personal identity, professional identity, and positionality with supervision techniques. The structure of the text will outline historical contexts to supervision, development of models, connection to identity, and impact of position while providing a framework for self-reflection. Various populations including new professionals, middle managers, senior administrators, faculty, and graduate students will connect to the themes of the text. Readers will benefit from self-reflection, review, and understanding.Identity in Supervision: Understanding Who Works for You and Who You Work for in Higher Education, will introduce faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students in higher education to the intersection of identity and positionality to the supervision experience. Specifically, this publication centers on understanding the people behind the positions and how best to support them. The text is constructed in four sections. Section 1: Understanding Supervision in Higher Education contains chapters, which provide an overview of supervision. This overview is essential as later chapters examine specific populations and positions. Section 2: The Impact of Identity on Supervision in Higher Education includes chapters, which ask readers to reflect on how their own identities impact their supervision experience and the experience of their colleagues. Section 3: The Impact of Professional Experience on supervision reviews the specific needs of professionals at different experience levels. Readers will improve their understanding of both those they supervise and their supervisors. Finally, Section 4: The Impact of Functional Area on Supervision contains chapters reviewing the specific needs of professionals in positions in residence life, academic advising, judicial affairs, etc. Supervisors will find this section useful in understanding and supporting these professionals. Each chapter will conclude with two or three reflection questions supporting application. As a result of engaging with this text, readers will be better equipped to understand the impact of identity, experience, and functional area on supervision. They will learn techniques to improve their current practice, reflect on their own needs, and combine ideas from chapters to provide a better experience for all employees.
£51.30
Information Age Publishing Identity in Supervision: Understanding Who Works
Book SynopsisThis book will discuss the intersection of personal identity, professional identity, and positionality with supervision techniques. The structure of the text will outline historical contexts to supervision, development of models, connection to identity, and impact of position while providing a framework for self-reflection. Various populations including new professionals, middle managers, senior administrators, faculty, and graduate students will connect to the themes of the text. Readers will benefit from self-reflection, review, and understanding.Identity in Supervision: Understanding Who Works for You and Who You Work for in Higher Education, will introduce faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students in higher education to the intersection of identity and positionality to the supervision experience. Specifically, this publication centers on understanding the people behind the positions and how best to support them. The text is constructed in four sections. Section 1: Understanding Supervision in Higher Education contains chapters, which provide an overview of supervision. This overview is essential as later chapters examine specific populations and positions. Section 2: The Impact of Identity on Supervision in Higher Education includes chapters, which ask readers to reflect on how their own identities impact their supervision experience and the experience of their colleagues. Section 3: The Impact of Professional Experience on supervision reviews the specific needs of professionals at different experience levels. Readers will improve their understanding of both those they supervise and their supervisors. Finally, Section 4: The Impact of Functional Area on Supervision contains chapters reviewing the specific needs of professionals in positions in residence life, academic advising, judicial affairs, etc. Supervisors will find this section useful in understanding and supporting these professionals. Each chapter will conclude with two or three reflection questions supporting application. As a result of engaging with this text, readers will be better equipped to understand the impact of identity, experience, and functional area on supervision. They will learn techniques to improve their current practice, reflect on their own needs, and combine ideas from chapters to provide a better experience for all employees.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black
Book SynopsisThis book explores why Black men continue to be severely underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. It provides chapters that explore factors that lead to underrepresentation of Black males in STEM (e.g., societal traditions of what type of work is appropriate; the ruptured pipeline that leads to higher rates of attrition at every level of career development; barriers in science fields such as subtle and overt discrimination; and inequitable resources and opportunities). The premise of this volume is if Black males are to compete in an emerging global economy fueled by rapid innovation and marked by an astonishing pace of technological breakthroughs, they must be present.The book makes new contributions to the field. The collective of higher education professionals and change agents whom are tied to STEM bring cutting-edge thinking in how best to address the leaky STEM pipeline which has left the industry/workforce void of talented Black men. The volume promises timely, relevant and emergent scholarship and perspectives for STEM leadership, scholars and supporters. It provides promising practices (best practices) and recommendations in recruiting and retaining Black males in STEM disciplines and the competitive market place.
£48.45
Information Age Publishing Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black
Book SynopsisThis book explores why Black men continue to be severely underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. It provides chapters that explore factors that lead to underrepresentation of Black males in STEM (e.g., societal traditions of what type of work is appropriate; the ruptured pipeline that leads to higher rates of attrition at every level of career development; barriers in science fields such as subtle and overt discrimination; and inequitable resources and opportunities). The premise of this volume is if Black males are to compete in an emerging global economy fueled by rapid innovation and marked by an astonishing pace of technological breakthroughs, they must be present.The book makes new contributions to the field. The collective of higher education professionals and change agents whom are tied to STEM bring cutting-edge thinking in how best to address the leaky STEM pipeline which has left the industry/workforce void of talented Black men. The volume promises timely, relevant and emergent scholarship and perspectives for STEM leadership, scholars and supporters. It provides promising practices (best practices) and recommendations in recruiting and retaining Black males in STEM disciplines and the competitive market place.
£86.70
Information Age Publishing University in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisUniversity has changed dramatically over the last decades. From the spirit of Humboldt, that science in itself is the greatest motivator to study and do research, we experience a shift towards neoliberalism. Studying became part of something one needs to do to compete on a competitive job market. Research gets more and more influenced by interests of those financing research funds. Digitalization changed the way people interact in a university setting. This book shows different views regarding university: from being a student, becoming an alumnus and then maybe a teacher, challenging views on grading and exams, to problematic patriarchal structures and problems with creating a new study program. Students, alumni, researcher, and lecturers were invited to join this volume and give unique insights into (post-) university life.
£51.30
Information Age Publishing University in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisUniversity has changed dramatically over the last decades. From the spirit of Humboldt, that science in itself is the greatest motivator to study and do research, we experience a shift towards neoliberalism. Studying became part of something one needs to do to compete on a competitive job market. Research gets more and more influenced by interests of those financing research funds. Digitalization changed the way people interact in a university setting. This book shows different views regarding university: from being a student, becoming an alumnus and then maybe a teacher, challenging views on grading and exams, to problematic patriarchal structures and problems with creating a new study program. Students, alumni, researcher, and lecturers were invited to join this volume and give unique insights into (post-) university life.
£91.80
Information Age Publishing Engaging Black Men in College Through Leadership
Book SynopsisThis book encourages leadership educators and practitioners to understand the importance of black male leadership on college campuses in today's world. As the push to make higher education more culturally relevant and inclusive, the need for these educators to critically engage in their work to create intentional and developmental experiences for their black male leaders is needed now more than ever. The contexts outlined in this book illustrate the need to see Black men's leadership as a critical, dynamic, and ever-evolving component on college campuses that requires intentionality to best develop, serve, and holistically engage Black men in leadership learning.This book is intended to be a practical and scholarly resource to aid in the awareness of Black men in college, Black men's leadership identities and experiences, and the growing need to assist this population's success in college and beyond. Engaging Black Men In College Through Leadership Learning centers on leadership and Black identity as it tackles the intersecting identities of maleness, Blackness, and leadership identity as it encourages educators to consider the importance of the college environment in shaping the next generation of Black men collegiate leaders. In addition, this scholarship provides insight into Black men's leadership experiences in various contexts - including fraternity life, first-year experiences, and student organizations, while capturing the collective experiences of Black men as leadership learners at different types of institutions, including HBCUs, Community Colleges, PWIs and a host of other institution types.This resource is for leadership educators and practitioners to develop Black men as leaders on today's college campuses, where our global society continues to navigate challenges. This book also situates more nuanced topics such as mental health, trans identity, graduate education, and the experiences of former foster care youth, which provides insight into the experiences of Black men as leaders on college campuses. These contexts illustrate the need to see Black men's leadership as a critical, dynamic, and ever-evolving component on college campuses that requires intentionality to best develop, serve, and holistically engage Black men in leadership learning. We encourage readers of this text to consider how black men's experiences with leadership are woven into the fabric of your college campus and how you can be an advocate for more critical and sustainable ways to engage Black men in college through leadership learning.
£51.30
