New Directions Of Stem Research And Learning In The World Ranking Movement

Author : John N. Hawkins,Aki Yamada,Reiko Yamada,W. James Jacob
Publisher : Springer
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319986661

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New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement by John N. Hawkins,Aki Yamada,Reiko Yamada,W. James Jacob Pdf

This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly, although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important, chapter authors also examine the role of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches for a revised STEM education as well as implications for the future. The book presents examples from the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

Author : Reiko Yamada,Aki Yamada,Deane E. Neubauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031155277

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Transformation of Higher Education in the Age of Society 5.0 by Reiko Yamada,Aki Yamada,Deane E. Neubauer Pdf

This book examines several emerging trends in higher education, including artificial intelligence and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on higher education transformation over the past couple of years. All higher education leaders and policy makers are dealing with the aftermath and continuing battle they face regarding higher education within the context of COVID-19. AI and the 4IR are also areas that impact every aspect of higher education, especially as disciplines are forced to provide credentials and relevance aligned to the workforce and economic needs. The chapters provide regional and country case studies from within the Asia Pacific Region.

Author : Devesh Kapur,Lily Kong,Florence Lo,David M. Malone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192661036

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The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region by Devesh Kapur,Lily Kong,Florence Lo,David M. Malone Pdf

Since the turn of the millennium it has become clear that the Asia-Pacific Region is, economically, the fastest growing continent in the world, and is likely to remain so for some time despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific's share of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled from 15 per cent to 30 per cent between 1970 and 2017 and is projected to account for half of global GDP by 2050. With South East and South Asia also growing rapidly, with over half the world's population and three of the world's five largest economies, Asia is soon poised to home half of the world's middle class - a class that is both the driver and the product of higher education. The quality of a country's system of higher education may be seen both as a gauge of its current level of national development as well as of its future economic prospects. It is therefore natural that the putative "Asian Century" should generate interest in the region's higher education systems which, on the one hand, share common characteristics-a fixation with credentials and engineering, high technology (especially among male students), and business degrees-while at the same time are also highly differentiated, not only across countries but also within. As such, a better understanding of higher education achievements, failings, potential, and structural limitations in the Asia-Pacific Region is imperative. This handbook presents a number of significant country case-studies and documents cross-cutting trends relating to, among other things: the trilemma faced by governments juggling competing claims of access, accessible cost, and quality; the balance between teaching and research; the links between labour markets (demand) and higher education (supply); preferred fields of study and their consequences; the rise of the research university in Asia; the lure of institutions of international reputation within the region; new education technologies and their effects; and, trends in government policy within the wider region and sub-regions.

Author : Patricia G. Patrick
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031132919

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How People Learn in Informal Science Environments by Patricia G. Patrick Pdf

This edited volume brings together an international perspective of 22 diverse learning theories applied to a range of informal science learning environments. The book is divided into 7 sections: community of practice, critical theory, identity theory, sociocultural, socioscientific, and social entrepreneurship, systems theory, and theory development. The chapters present how researchers from diverse backgrounds and cultures use theories in their work and how these may be applied as theoretical frameworks for future research. The chapters bridge theory and practice and collectively address a wide range of ages (children-adults) and contexts. The book is written to engage a broad audience of researchers in universities and museums, while appealing to the growing number of researchers and educators who recognize the importance of informal learning to the development of environmental and scientific literacy. It is essential reading for inexperienced researchers and those seeking new theoretical perspectives.

Author : Glen Hill,Joseph Falout,Matthew Apple
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031111167

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STEM English in Japan by Glen Hill,Joseph Falout,Matthew Apple Pdf

This book focuses on Japanese science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students and their experiences of learning English. Students majoring in STEM face unique circumstances regarding their English language education. Despite the global use of English in these fields, the authors argue that Japanese STEM students fail to take advantage of coursework, extracurricular materials, teachers, peers, and other resources to raise their communicative abilities to a sufficient level for the workplace. This book offers insights into how STEM students can learn English more effectively and purposefully. The chapters provide firsthand perspectives into the psychologies, educational programs, and future workplace situations of Japanese STEM students, who are the innovators, inventors, and researchers of the future. This book will appeal to applied linguists and language teachers wherever STEM English is taught.

Author : Masahiro Tanaka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429657740

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Student Engagement and Quality Assurance in Higher Education by Masahiro Tanaka Pdf

Using a range of international examples to compare the reality, purpose and effect of student engagement in universities across the globe, Student Engagement and Quality Assurance in Higher Education argues that teachers and students need to collaborate to improve the quality of university education and student learning. The growing trend of assessing and assuring quality in higher education is incredibly complex, as there are so many variables affecting both experiences and measures. With case studies from ten countries, covering a variety of cultural and environmental settings, this book focusses on ways of working with students to produce applicable, implementable strategies for universities the world over. Internationally applicable, this book presents ideas from a range of cultures, which can be adapted to be implemented in a variety of cultures. The reader is provided with a range of approaches where both the advantages and disadvantages are clearly presented. The ten case studies consider the macro, meso and micro levels of each approach, allowing for an exploration of the growing area of research and practice that is student–staff partnerships, showcasing ways of working with students to enhance engagement and quality, which are vital for a long-term approach. Focussing on one of the main reform topics for universities, Student Engagement and Quality Assurance in Higher Education is essential reading for educational researchers, institutional leaders and all concerned with the implementation and progression of student engagement and quality assurance in higher education.

Author : Edith Braun,Rachelle Esterhazy,Robert Kordts-Freudinger
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783830990260

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Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education by Edith Braun,Rachelle Esterhazy,Robert Kordts-Freudinger Pdf

This international anthology aims at researchers and practitioners interested in the dynamic developments of research on higher education teaching and learning in Europe and beyond. It includes ten chapters covering a wide array of topics and methodologies used by researchers in the Special Interest Group ‘Higher Education’ (SIG4) of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). The volume consists of three main sections: the first section includes three chapters addressing different practice- and research-based challenges related to students’ transitions into higher education and their teaching internship. The following four chapters investigate the assessment and development of students’ study paths and skills in a variety of disciplines. The final three chapters present research on student emotions and cultural perspectives, including mixed and multi-method empirical approaches. A key text for those keeping up with the current advances in the field.

Author : Felix Maringe,Otilia Chiramba
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781776342204

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The 4IR and teacher education in South Africa by Felix Maringe,Otilia Chiramba Pdf

The 4IR has become an overarching framework within which education systems, including teacher education, are operating. Contingent upon the ideology of neo-liberalism, the 4IR seeks to transform societies in ways which respond to the relentless developments in technology, the Internet and digital capacities which, by design and intent, are purposed at increasing both productivity and the associated quality while at the same time reducing human intervention in the same processes. In teacher education, how we teach and train student teachers will be substantially influenced by the imperatives of the 4IR. There are multiple unresolved questions as the 4IR takes centre stage. For example, what will it mean for teaching and learning in schools that have severe technological and digital deficits; for teachers and students who have minimal technological literacies; for delivering high-quality teaching and learning; for transforming both the content and pedagogies of teacher education and, above all, for delivering socially just educational experiences for all our learners, regardless of class, race, and privilege. The discourse of the 4IR is contemporary and requires multiple perspectives to explore what it means in different contexts and settings, the understandings it engenders in people, what it implies across a wide range of educational decision-making levels, and that its fundamental assumptions cohere with national and societal assumptions about equality, equity and social justice. Multiple methodological approaches were utilised in the interrogation of the idea of the 4IR in teacher education in South Africa, including theoretical, empirical, and small-scale case studies, amongst others. The data these approaches provide are equally valued based on the purposes for which they have been derived.

Author : Le Ha Phan,Asiyah Kumpoh,Keith Wood,Rosmawijah Jawawi,Hardimah Said
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030771195

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Globalisation, Education, and Reform in Brunei Darussalam by Le Ha Phan,Asiyah Kumpoh,Keith Wood,Rosmawijah Jawawi,Hardimah Said Pdf

This book focuses on the intertwined relationships between globalisation, nation-building, education, and reform as manifested throughout the modern history of Brunei Darussalam, an Islamic monarchy located on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is the first book dedicated to the examination of Brunei’s education system, schooling, teacher education, and society in close connection with the national philosophy Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB) or Malay Islamic Monarchy. The authors provide a historical understanding of the country’s education and tell Brunei’s story of educational reform and change in its own language, narratives, accounts, and unique standpoints. Interdisciplinary chapters draw on significant historical and textual sources in three languages, namely Arabic, English, and Malay, to contribute to scholarship on education studies, international and comparative education, and international and development education.

Author : Jungwoo Ryoo,Kurt Winkelmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030589486

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Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education by Jungwoo Ryoo,Kurt Winkelmann Pdf

As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning environments (ILEs) in higher education STEM disciplines in their pioneering project: eXploring the Future of Innovative Learning Environments (X-FILEs). Workshop participants evaluated four main ILE categories: personalized and adaptive learning, multimodal learning formats, cross/extended reality (XR), and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This open access book gathers the perspectives expressed during the X-FILEs workshop and its follow-up activities. It is designed to help inform education policy makers, researchers, developers, and practitioners about the adoption and implementation of ILEs in higher education.

Author : Gaëtane Jean-Marie,Henry Tran
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781837534968

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Leadership in Turbulent Times by Gaëtane Jean-Marie,Henry Tran Pdf

The second of two volumes, Leadership in Turbulent Times draws upon cutting edge theories and evidence-based strategies, integrating conceptual and empirical work addressing higher educational leadership in these unprecedented and turbulent times with a particular focus on cultivating diversity and inclusion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCBK:C093970268

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Issues in Science and Technology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jane Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000296884

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High Possibility STEM Classrooms by Jane Hunter Pdf

This book offers a new, research-based approach to STEM education in early, elementary, and middle years of schooling, concentrating on building teacher agency and integrated approaches to teaching and learning in High Possibility STEM Classrooms. Author Jane Hunter presents a globally oriented, contemporary framework for powerful Integrated STEM, based on mixed-methods research data from three studies conducted in 14 schools in language-diverse, disadvantaged, and urbanized communities in Australia. Theory, creativity, life preparation, public learning, and contextual accommodations are all utilized to help educators create hands-on, inquiry-led, and project-based approaches to STEM education in the classroom. A set of highly accessible case studies is offered that places pedagogy at the center of practice – an approach valuable for researchers, school leaders, and teachers alike. Ultimately, this text responds to the call for examples of what successful Integrated STEM teaching and learning looks like in schools. The book concludes with an evidence-based blueprint for preparing for less siloed and more transdisciplinary approaches to education in schools. Hunter argues not only for High Possibility STEM Classrooms but for High Possibility STEM Schools, enriching the dialogue around the future directions of STEM, STEAM, middle leadership, technological literacies, and assessment within contemporary classrooms.

Author : Paul Ryan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000576818

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International Comparisons of Vocational Education and Training for Intermediate Skills by Paul Ryan Pdf

Paul Ryan has brought together the writings of the most prominent British research into vocational preparation in Britain in comparison to the other advanced economies, primarily within the EEC. The book, originally published in 1991, documents various aspects of inadequacy in British practice at the time, concentrating upon intermediate skills, which are of crucial importance for economic performance. The introduction outlines the strengths and weaknesses of comparative research. Part 1 discusses the use which has been made of it by policy makers in Britain and various aspects of comparative methods in practical comparisons, including an Anglo-Scottish one. Part 2 concerns vocational preparation in connection with productivity and produce markets, noting its importance for economic performance and its dependence upon companies’ product choices. Part 3 contains studies of the organization of skills and work and the finance of training within the EEC as a whole. Part 4 comprises studies of training in relation to labour market structures, each of which indicates similar alternatives for training policy in Britain – alternatives whose relevance and political prospects can only be enhanced by the demise of Thatcher government deregulatory policies.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : UCSD:31822030276935

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Assessment of the National Science Board's Action Plan for STEM Education by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Pdf