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The Role of Student Services in Higher Education
“Renowned as a leading practitioner and voice of wisdom and reason, Annie Grant now shares her insight with those who are still on their professional journey within the higher education student experiential services through her writing. I commend this book to everyone who works in, or wants to really understand, the world of higher education in the UK today.” —Jayne Aldridge, Chairperson…
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- 978-3-030-81439-7
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- xxv, 254p.:Ill
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- -
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- 378.194 094 1 Gra t
Teacher as Designer
This book offers insights into how design-based processes, principles, and mindsets can be productively employed in diverse P-16 educational spaces by a myriad of educational actors including teachers, instructional leaders, and students. It addresses concerns about the theoretical and practical implications of the still emergent emphasis of design in education. The book begins by examining a…
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- 978-981-15-9789-3
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- xii, 156p.:Ill
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- -
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- 370. Tea
Rural Education Across the World
This book brings together authors from United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, China, Canada and Australia to provide insights and case studies from across a range of contexts to explore the interplay between the notions of rurality, innovation and education. The book reveals a hopeful and resilient approach to innovative rural education and scholarship collectively and provides important …
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- 978-981-33-6116-4
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- xv, 186p.:ill
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- -
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- 370.917 34 Rur
China’s Outward-Oriented Higher Education Internationalization
This book introduces a new typology of “inward- and outward-oriented” higher education internationalization, and investigates China’s current situation of shifting from a mainly “inward-oriented” higher education internationalization to a more balanced approach. It describes the gap between China’s soft power goals of using higher education internationalization for image and influen…
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- 978-981-16-2558-9
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- xiii, 142p.:Ill
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- -
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- 378.51 Wuh c
Bridging the Education Divide Using Social Technologies
This book explains the concept of education divide in rural India and identifies various factors that shape and sustain such a divide. In doing so, it also discusses a range of attempts undertaken to bridge the education divide. Subsequently, the book has attempted in providing a socio-technical framework towards optimally deploying social technologies for addressing the issue of education divi…
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- 978-981-33-6738-8
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- xvi, 261p.:ill
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- -
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- 379.54 Ban b
Irish and British Reflections on Catholic Education
This volume presents an interdisciplinary and systematic review of Catholic Education Studies across Ireland and Britain. Taken together, the chapters drill down to the foundations, identity and leadership matters in Catholic education and schools. It is in reading the complete volume that a more precise picture of Catholic education in Ireland and Britain develops into sharper focus. This is i…
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- 978-981-15-9188-4
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- XIX, 272p.:Ill
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- -
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- 371.071 242 Iri
Principal Leadership for Parent Engagement in Disadvantaged Schools
This book presents and theorises research findings into why and how school principals play a critical role in engaging parents and their school communities to enhance student learning and wellbeing. It highlights the imperative of parent engagement as evidenced by clear, consistent findings from research over the last fifty years and government reforms, policies and frameworks internationally a…
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- 978-981-16-1264-0
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- xi, 88p:Ill
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- SpringerBriefs in Education
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- 371.201 1 Wil p
Developing Sustainability Competences Through Pedagogical Approaches
This book is aimed at developing sustainability competences through pedagogical approaches by comparing 15 case studies from 12 countries in 4 continents (Africa, America, Australia, and Europe) analysing how Sustainable Development (SD) is being taught in their courses, which competences are being developed, and which pedagogical approaches are being used to develop the competences. The book b…
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- 978-3-030-64965-4
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- xiv, 283p.:Ill
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- -
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- 333.707 1 Dev
“One Belt and One Road” and China’s Education Development
This book investigates the endogenous forces in the relation of “One Belt and One Road” and educational development in China. The conceptual framework of analyzing the relations offers an in-depth understanding of the vocational education, higher education system, and basic education system, locally, nationally, and internationally. The current situations, problems, and strategies of addres…
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- 978-981-16-3268-6
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- xiv, 110p.:Ill
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- Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices
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- 379.51 Jia o
Mindful Education
This book provides original ideas and practical recommendations for educators in a post-pandemic world. We live in a world that has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students around the globe have been besieged by disruptions that threaten not only their academic learning but also their mental, emotional, and interpersonal well-being. In the midst of pressing and mounting challenges, how c…
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- 978-981-16-1405-7
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- xxix, 197p.:Ill
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- Encounters between East and West
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- 370.15 Tan m
Perspectives on Multigrade Teaching
This book contains the results of research projects carried out in relation to multigrade teaching in Australia and South Africa. Research in multigrade contexts is not commonly reported and rarely in book form. The research results have implications for multigrade teachers, government education personnel, and university teacher educators. The book also contains chapters with practical advice f…
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- 978-3-030-84803-3
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- vii, 249p.:Ill
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- -
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- 371.25 Per
International Impact on 19th Century Norwegian Education
This book examines Norwegian education throughout the course of the 19th century, and discusses its development in light of broader transnational impulses. The nineteenth century is regarded as a period of increasing national consciousness in Norway, pointing forward to the political independency that the country was granted in 1905. Education played an important role in this process of nationa…
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- 978-3-030-88385-0
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- v, 158p.:Ill
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- -
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- 370.948 109 034 Roo i
Exploring Mathematical Modeling with Young Learners
This book conceptualizes the nature of mathematical modeling in the early grades from both teaching and learning perspectives. Mathematical modeling provides a unique opportunity to engage elementary students in the creative process of mathematizing their world. A diverse community of internationally known researchers and practitioners share studies that advance the field with respect to the f…
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- 978-3-030-63900-6
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- xi, 442p.:ill
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- Early Mathematics Learning and Development
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- 372.7 Exp
Co-creating in Schools Through Art and Science
This book represents an applied, up-to-date work on RRI developments and their potential positive impact on societies. The societal challenges of the 21st century require the ability to integrate the knowledge and expertise of different societal actors, using more innovative, efficient and open approaches. Educational methodologies are in perpetual development in their attempt to provide tentat…
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- 978-3-030-72690-4
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- xi, 76p.:ill
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- -
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- 370.7 Coc
The Relationship between Regime “Type” and Civic Education
Using comparative qualitative methodology, this book examines three Chinese societies, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China, as specific cases of democratic, hybrid and authoritarian regimes, presenting the theoretical underpinnings of civic education in contexts other than liberal democracy. It highlights on the concept of ‘good citizens’ in these three regime contexts and explores how th…
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- 978-981-16-5233-2
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- xv, 144p.:ill
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- -
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- 372.83 Hui t
Making the Sustainable University
This book documents strategies for universities engaging sustainability challenges through the education of global citizens on topics such as climate change, habitat alteration, species loss, resource depletion and contamination, food access and sovereignty, economic equity, and energy use. Different disciplines and operational units often have disparate ideas in mind when they work toward adva…
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- 978-981-33-4477-8
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- xxii, 310p.:ill
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- -
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- 378.01 Mak
Making Space for Storied Leadership in Higher Education
This book analyzes stories of university early childhood faculty members, community activists in southern California, and children and the early childhood teacher education students working with them. The grounding of this research is reconceptualization of postmodern narrative theoretical influences. Through narrative inquiry, the book connects ongoing research to ongoing pedagogy. It explores…
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- 978-981-16-4157-2
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- xiii, 126p.:ill
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- -
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- 370.711 Qui m
Pedagogies for the Post-Anthropocene
This book draws on posthumanist critique and post qualitative approaches to research to examine the pedagogies offered by imaginaries of the future. Starting with the question of how education can be a process for imagining and desiring better futures that can shorten the Anthropocene, it speaks to concerns that are relevant to the fields of education, youth and futures studies. This book explo…
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- 978-981-16-5788-7
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- viii, 143p.:ill
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- -
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- 306.43 Pri p
English-Medium Instruction Translanguaging Practices in Asia
This book examines translanguaging pedagogy in Asia’s English-medium instruction (EMI) higher education. It presents an overview of concepts and common issues, and case studies from specific contexts in Asia. The book first interrogates macro-level English-medium instruction policies and implementation from English as a lingua franca (ELF) perspectives. Following this, implications of English…
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- 978-981-16-3001-9
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- xiv, 195p.:Ill
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- -
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- 378.125.096 Eng
Pedagogy and Partnerships in Innovative Learning Environments
This book examines contexts and possibilities in Aotearoa New Zealand education contexts arising from the international trend for open, flexible, innovative learning environments (ILE), specifically on the pedagogical load. The book responds to questions such as: What does it mean to teach, learn or lead in an innovative learning environment? What happens when teachers move form single cell …
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- 978-981-16-5711-5
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- viii, 351p.:ill
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- -
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- 371.207 099 3 Ped
Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology: Proceeding…
PES College of Engineering is organizing an International Conference on Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology (ICERECT-12) in Mandya and merging the event with Golden Jubilee of the Institute. The Proceedings of the Conference presents high quality, peer reviewed articles from the field of Electronics, Computer Science and Technology. The book is a compilation of res…
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- 978-81-322-1157-0
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- xxiii, 947p.: Ill.
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- Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
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- 338.064 Eme
Globalisation, Cultural Identity and Nation-Building
This book critiques dominant discourses and debates pertaining to cultural identity, set against the current backdrop of growing social stratification and unequal access to quality education. It addresses current discourses concerning globalisation, ideologies and the state, as well as approaches to constructing national, ethnic and religious identities in the global culture. It explores the am…
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- 978-94-024-2014-2
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- xxv, 173p.:ill
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- Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
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- 306.43 Glo
Teaching and Learning for Social Justice and Equity in Higher Education
This book is the third in a four volume series that focuses on research-based teaching and learning practices that promote social justice and equity in higher education. In this volume, we focus on the application of the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education outside of the classroom to maximize the effectiveness of student affairs programming. Specifically, authors focus on t…
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- 978-3-030-81143-3
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- xv, 206p.:Ill
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- -
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- 370.115 Tea
Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the University
“It stretches no point to suggest that creativity, innovation and risk-taking will decide our future societal prosperity. We cannot spread those values too widely, so having taught engineering faculty in their first book, these authors now aim to boost the spirit across all disciplines. What a great success for all of us if they succeed.” – Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., president of Purdue …
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- 978-3-030-79050-9
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- xxii, 135p.:Ill
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- -
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- 338.040 711 Bos t
International Perspectives on Teacher Well-Being and Diversity
This book explores teacher well-being in light of the increasingly ethnically diverse profiles of schools and classrooms, focusing on socially and linguistically diverse teaching contexts. It draws attention to the socio-economic disadvantages that can often be characteristic of ethnically diverse classrooms, prior to examining and reviewing the interconnections between teacher well-being and t…
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- 978-981-16-1699-0
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- xix, 209p.:Ill
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- Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice
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- 370.711 Int
L.S. Vygotsky’s Pedological Works. Volume 2.
This book is the second volume in a series presenting new English translations of L.S. Vygotsky’s writings on the holistic science of the child he called “pedology”. It presents unique materials which reflect the development of Vygotsky’s theoretical position at the last stage of his creative evolution in 1932-1934 and contributes to the number of original Vygotsky texts available in En…
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- 978-981-16-1907-6
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- xxiii, 337p.:Ill
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- Perspectives in Cultural-Historical Research
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- 370. Vyg
Sustaining Communities of Practice with Early Career Teachers
This book focuses on sustaining communities of practice in primary and secondary schools in Australia and internationally for the professional learning of all teachers, and particularly, early career teachers. Informed by the communities of practice research of Wenger-Trayner, it shows what factors are conductive to the sustainability of communities of practice, drawing particularly on a case s…
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- 978-981-33-6354-0
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- xxii, 173p.:Ill
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- -
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- 370.711 Mer s
Places of Excellence
This book investigates how excellence and reputability are formed, performed, and perceived at well renowned international higher education institutions. Along six detailed ethnographic case descriptions – including University of Warwick, Goldsmiths, New York University, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Ohio State University, and HEC Montréal – it asks how master’s programs in arts m…
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- 978-3-658-33283-9
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- xii, 315p.:Ill.
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- -
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- 378.155 Tro p
Metrics, Standards and Alignment in Teacher Policy
This book looks at the narrowing effects of contemporary modes of teacher and teaching policy and governance. It draws on political theory to provide new ways of conceptualising the effects of teacher and teaching policies and practices. It adds a new dimension to the robust body of literature related to teacher policy by looking at three interrelated domains: (1) teacher preparation and develo…
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- 978-981-33-4814-1
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- xii, 168p.:Ill.
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- -
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- 370.711 Hol m
Academia from the Inside
This book invites readers to explore how fourteen different experts in their respective fields create deeper meaning in their profession and work with students through thinking, in multiple ways, about the self who teaches, the self who learns, and the ways in which these selves interact within the academy. Essays in this book explore the “inside” of academia through three themes: Pursuing …
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- 978-3-030-83895-9
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- xiv, 337p.:Ill
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- -
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- 378.125 Aca
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