Schools Effectiveness and Schools Improvement in South Africa
This book examines school improvement and effectiveness in the South African context. Authors explore crucial themes from curriculum leadership to inclusion, offering vital perspectives for leaders and policy-makers seeking to change education in developing countries.
This book concisely highlights various science laws, their formulas, and applications. These laws are fundamental to our understanding of the natural world and provide the foundation upon which many scientific theories are built.
Searching for the American Dream
This groundbreaking guide offers practical advice for planning and leading international study tours, revealing the rewards of taking students beyond the classroom.
Second Language Teaching in the Digital Era
A guide to second language teaching in the digital era, this book merges theory and practice. It covers approaches for digital learners and presents case studies on applying and evaluating innovative technologies.
Experienced professors from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and Eastern Europe recount in interviews their secrets to success in mentoring doctoral students. Their supervision styles are analysed and compared to elucidate what it means to be a successful advisor.
Resulting from a teacher education conference, this collection will stimulate dialogue among such groups as teacher educators, researchers, students, teachers and NGOs. Its papers are written by European teacher educators, presenting their experiences and ideas.
This monograph will help stakeholders in higher education appreciate service-learning as an innovative and active approach with the potential to enrich students’ learning experiences, while adding value to the service mission of higher education.
Smartphone-based Learning in the Japanese ESL Classroom
Gromik gives an account of the integration of smartphone video recording in the language classroom. He reports on the implementation process and practical issues related to this learning method, and he suggests that digital video production is a necessary academic skill.
This book examines the social and emotional challenges faced by autistic students in college. Viewing autism from the inside through the lens of neurodiversity—as a human variation, not a disorder—it offers practical advice for those who work with autistic students.
Social enterprise is a crucial feature of higher education, connecting the public, private and voluntary sectors. This volume provides a joined-up approach, examining theoretical approaches and offering best practice examples for teaching and learning in the social sciences.
This book presents a rich international perspective on social justice from educators worldwide. It offers practical classroom strategies and theoretical wisdom, uniquely combining local and global insights for teachers, researchers, and those in higher education.
This book systematizes the knowledge of the solar wind acceleration region—the space weather “kitchen.” Its factual basis combines unique scientific data from the Mars and Venera missions, gathered via challenging observations near the Sun, with original modeling approaches.
For online programs to succeed, institutions must support course design, communication, and students. This volume investigates these issues and will interest practitioners of online teaching, design, and administration of successful online programs.
Sophistes
Heidegger saw Plato as the founder of a Western metaphysics to be overcome. Yet Heidegger’s own interpretation of Plato is controversial, and its impact on the study of Platonic philosophy itself has been neglected. This volume offers a critical re-evaluation.
Speech Act Theory and Communication
This study investigates the pragmatic value and meaning-creation strategies of second-language students at the University of Venda. The analyses demonstrate the multi-dimensional thought processes involved and the nature of linguistic interaction.
Stories of Peace Volume II
The chapters within this collection highlight the importance of creating and sustaining peace, proposing that peace can be created and sustained through people’s actions. They present stories to inspire the reader to work for peace.
Storyline
Story making is a fundamental human activity. This book shows how educators worldwide use the Storyline Approach to unlock the power of stories in learning, tapping into imagination and emotion to develop skills, forge connections, and unite the cognitive and affective domains.
This volume highlights pivotal problems about our planet’s environment and ecology. It shows the importance of integrating expertise to foster sustainability and concludes with an ethical analysis of the multiple challenges that require urgent attention and long-term resolution.
Strategies for Student Success in Higher Education
This book brings together leading-edge research and practical insights on the first-year experience in higher education. Written by experts, it integrates multidisciplinary approaches and case studies for professors and administrators to address the needs of first-year students.
This book presents teaching methodologies and skills assessments for the 21st century. It explores how novel platforms and emerging software can provide students with the tools and skills for success in a competitive, global labor market.
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