After more than fifteen years of teaching, Rebekah Nathan, a professor of anthropology at a large state university, realized that she no longer understood the behavior and attitudes of her students. Fewer and fewer participated in class discussion, tackled the assigned reading, or came to discuss problems during office hours. And she realized from conversations with her colleagues that they, too, were perplexed: Why were students today so different and so hard to teach? Were they, in fact, more...
Special Women, Special Leaders (Counterpoints, #284)
Your #1 Guide to Studying in North America and Europe
by Ruth Namanya
Be a Pineapple, Composition Notebook
by Blue Sky Press and Notebooks for School
Making the Connection
Making the Connection: Data-Informed Practices in Academic Support Centers for College Athletes is practical and ideal for those who seek to use research to inform their individual and organizational practices. This volume is primarily intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, though scholars, researchers, teachers, practitioners, coaches, athletics administrators, and advocates of intercollegiate athletics will also find it useful. It comprises a series of chapters that cove...
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement
by Lieutenant Colonel Eric Jensen
Adult Learning and Education in International Contexts: Future Challenges for its Professionalization (Studien zur Paedagogik, Andragogik und Gerontagogik / Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy, #69) (Studien Zur Padagogik, Andragogik Und Gerontagogik / Studies In Pedagogy, Andragogy, And Gerontagogy, #69)
by Regina Egetenmeyer, Sabine Schmidt-Lauff, and Vanna Boffo
This volume analyses adult education and lifelong learning as international phenomena, which have a strong influence on professionals working in this field. Based on the 2016 Wurzburg Winter School, the book identifies influences on policy at local, national and international levels. It examines the internationalization of adult education and emphasizes the emergence of different dimensions of professionalism in adult education.
Pledge and Promise documents the important historical significance of fraternity, sorority, and cooperative life at Purdue University. Featuring more than 250 photos, this pictorial volume tells the fascinating stories of how Greek and cooperative organizations have evolved, while honoring their core values since 1875. Pledge and Promise also highlights a sampling of the people who have contributed and benefited from their associations with these student groups. Featuring heartfelt, inspiring, h...
Challenging current theories about gender and achievement, this book assesses the issues at stake and analyses the policy drives and changing perceptions of gender on which the 'gender and achievement' debates are based. This new topical book guides the reader through the different theories and approaches, drawing together and reviewing work on gender and educational performance. The authors also highlight the continuing problems experienced by girls in terms of achievement and classroom interac...
Loose Leaf for P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Foundations of Student Success
by Robert S Feldman