Recommended Principles to Guide Academy-Industry Relationships
by American Association of University Professors
The reputation of a college or institution depends upon the integrity of its faculty and administration. Though budgets are important, ethics are vital, and a host of new ethical problems now beset higher education. From MOOCS and intellectual property rights to drug industry payments and conflicts of interest, this book offers AAUP policy language and best practices to deal with all the campus-wide challenges of today's corporate university: *Preserving the integrity of research and public resp...
A Methodology of the Heart (Ethnographic Alternatives)
by Ronald J Pelias
Education without ethics, without sentiments, without heart, is simply soulless, factual academics and nothing more. In his array of authentic essays, Ronald J. Pelias poetically evokes the spiritual aspects of life in a seemingly dispassionate field-the academy. A Methodology of the Heart presents a procession of situational compositions confronting matters such as family relationships, student/teacher communications, and general life at the university. In his comical yet candid book, Pelias de...
On oublie trop souvent que les competences de base en lecture et en redaction, ca ne s'acquiert pas comme par magie. Ce manuel est une introduction au travail intellectuel essentiel a toute personne qui entreprend ou retourne faire des etudes collegiales ou universitaires.
The Dark Side of School Reform directly engages some of the more difficult aspects of working as an educator in a public school. This book investigates what it means to teach, lead, and live during times of ongoing and intense change and offers insights which might help committed professionals better serve the needs of students as they seek to implement their own reforms in the ever-shifting organizations public schools have become. Features: _
What happens when teachers face difficult options? Examining ourselves_why we do what we do_is the very essence of human psychology and of ethics. The purpose of this book is not to illustrate the difference between right and wrong, but to show how educators might choose among ethical approaches to decision-making as they face the difficult choices they make every day. However, to be just and ethical, we need to know something about the demands of justice and how they apply in our own circumstan...
Practical and rich in resources, this book provides a roadmap to monitoring, evaluating, and implementing effective literacy instruction in grades PK-12. Designed for district and school leaders as well as literacy coaches and consultants, this book contains all the strategies, guidance, and tools you’ll need to monitor the effectiveness of literacy instruction in your school or system. Top literacy experts Angela Peery and Tracey Shiel share concise, well-researched information about how to ide...
Literature: New York Public Library Book of Answers
by Melinda Corey and George Ochoa
From Simon & Schuster, Literature: The New York Library Book of Answers is Melinda Corey guide to the most unusual and entertaining questions from America's leading reference resource. Authors Melinda Corey and George Ochoa's Literature: The New York Library Book of Answers is a guide to the most unusual and entertaining questions from America's leading reference resource.
This book can easily be marketed alongside our leading Criminology textbooks in the UK (Newburn; South et al), as well as our Research Methods texts (i.e. Caulfield and Hill). Most Criminology students will complete a dissertation, so the size of the market is quite large. The book is supplemented by web resources, offering a range of template and example of good practice in writing, research and analysis. The book is relatively short, to easily digestible for an undergraduate student.
"The Virgin 2011" guide is the only university guide to offer a uniquely students' eye view of what it's like to study at a particular university. As well as hard facts and practical information on every UK university - such as official ratings for teaching, statistics on where graduates end up and employment prospects by subject - the guide is also packed with useful information such as what the social scene is like, how much living costs are likely to be and what the student profile at a parti...
The USA and the World 2022-2023 (World Today (Stryker))
by David M Keithly
As the government strives for a more inclusive education policy, more and more teachers find themselves in the frontline when dealing with children with mental health problems. Many have not had training in such matters and so feel unprepared and uncertain when faced with difficult situations.The Mental Health Handbook for Schools provides valuable information on a comprehensive range of mental health problems with which teachers are often confronted.Drawing on up-to-date research and practice i...
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit (Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies)
Thirteen essays explore the timeless appeal of Peter's antics, and the impact of this extraordinary book on children worldwide. Contributors, each a respected scholar in the field of children's literature, examine details of Potter's life, her history as an artist, her accomplishments as a naturalist, and the contextual factors affecting her writing and illustrations. Others investigate the timelessness of this story, exploring its psychological and sociological truths and comparing Peter Rabbit...
Issues in Education Research
Sponsored by the National Academy of Education's Commission on the Improvement of Education Research It has been a decade since the National Academy of Education last issued a review of education research. This new volume arrives at a critical time for our nation's schools. More than twenty prominent scholars provide an overview of the tensions, dilemmas, issues, and possibilities that currently characterize education research. They examine the state of education research, discuss how it is chan...
Temple University (College Prowler: Temple University Off the Record)
by Tiffani Joseph
University of New Hampshire (College Prowler: University of New Hampshire Off the Record)
by Jeff Lewis
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by 1945 Publishing
Educators Guide to Free Internet Resources (Educators Guide to Free Internet Resources: Elementary/Middle Schools)
Today, teachers are still using the book, chalkboard, and teacher-talk model of education developed in the Industrial Age. Author and teacher, Michael Romano, recognizes that there is a need to find out why and to determine how to empower teachers with the remarkable information technology that is driving the evolution for a global society and to enhance student achievement. The research for this work includes a review of the literature spanning the past 50 years. This book introduces a definiti...