The Educational Review

Author : Megan E. Tompkins-Stange
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781612509143

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Policy Patrons by Megan E. Tompkins-Stange Pdf

Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The outcome is an intriguing, thought-provoking look at the impact of current philanthropic efforts on education. Over a period of several years, Megan E. Tompkins-Stange gained the trust of key players and outside observers of these four organizations. Through a series of confidential interviews, she began to explore the values, ideas, and beliefs that inform these foundations’ strategies and practices. The picture that emerges reveals important differences in the strategies and values of the more established foundations vis-à-vis the newer, more activist foundations—differences that have a significant impact on education policy and practice, and have important implications for democratic decision making. In recent years, the philanthropic sector has played an increasing role in championing and financing education reform. Policy Patrons makes an original and invaluable contribution to contemporary discussions about the appropriate role of foundations in public policy and the future direction of education reform.

Author : Susan Choi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101622681

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My Education by Susan Choi Pdf

An intimately charged novel of desire and disaster from the National Book Award-winning author of Trust Exercise and A Person of Interest Regina Gottlieb had been warned about Professor Nicholas Brodeur long before arriving as a graduate student at his prestigious university high on a pastoral hill. He’s said to lie in the dark in his office while undergraduate women read couplets to him. He’s condemned on the walls of the women’s restroom, and enjoys films by Roman Polanski. But no one has warned Regina about his exceptional physical beauty—or his charismatic, volatile wife. My Education is the story of Regina’s mistakes, which only begin in the bedroom, and end—if they do—fifteen years in the future and thousands of miles away. By turns erotic and completely catastrophic, Regina’s misadventures demonstrate what can happen when the chasm between desire and duty is too wide to bridge.

Author : Vincent C. H. Tong,Alex Standen,Mina Sotiriou
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787351110

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Shaping Higher Education with Students by Vincent C. H. Tong,Alex Standen,Mina Sotiriou Pdf

Forging closer links between university research and teaching has become an important way to enhance the quality of higher education across the world. As student engagement takes centre stage in academic life, how can academics and university leaders engage with their students to connect research and teaching more effectively? In this highly accessible book, the contributors show how students and academics can work in partnership to shape research-based education. Featuring student perspectives, it offers academics and university leaders practical suggestions and inspiring ideas on higher education pedagogy, including principles of working with students as partners in higher education, connecting students with real-world outputs, transcending disciplinary boundaries in student research activities, connecting students with the workplace, and innovative assessment and teaching practices. Written and edited in full collaboration with students and leading educator-researchers from a wide spectrum of academic disciplines, this book poses fundamental questions about learning and learning communities in contemporary higher education.

Author : Nicholas Murray Butler,Frank Pierrepont Graves,William McAndrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015011936633

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Educational Review by Nicholas Murray Butler,Frank Pierrepont Graves,William McAndrew Pdf

Vols. 19-34 include "Bibliography of education" for 1899-1906, compiled by James I. Wyer and others.

Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433516467

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The Case for Classical Christian Education by Douglas Wilson Pdf

Newspapers are filled with stories about poorly educated children, ineffective teachers, and cash-strapped school districts. In this greatly expanded treatment of a topic he first dealt with in Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson proposes an alternative to government-operated school by advocating a return to classical Christian education with its discipline, hard work, and learning geared to child development stages. As an educator, Wilson is well-equipped to diagnose the cause of America's deteriorating school system and to propose remedies for those committed to their children's best interests in education. He maintains that education is essentially religious because it deals with the basic questions about life that require spiritual answers-reading and writing are simply the tools. Offering a review of classical education and the history of this movement, Wilson also reflects on his own involvement in the process of creating educational institutions that embrace that style of learning. He details elements needed in a useful curriculum, including a list of literary classics. Readers will see that classical education offers the best opportunity for academic achievement, character growth, and spiritual education, and that such quality cannot be duplicated in a religiously-neutral environment.

Author : Insung Jung
Publisher : Springer
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811377402

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Open and Distance Education Theory Revisited by Insung Jung Pdf

This book explores foundational theories that have been applied in open and distance education (ODE) research and refined to reflect advances in research and practice. In addition, it develops new theories emerging from recent developments in ODE. The book provides a unique and up-to-date source of information for ODE scholars and graduate students, enabling them to make sense of essential theory, research and practice in their field, and to comprehend the gaps in, and need for further enquiry into, theoretical approaches in the digital era. It also offers theory-based advice and guidelines for practitioners, helping them make and justify decisions and actions concerning the development, implementation, research and evaluation of ODE.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006571942

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Educational Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gert J. J. Biesta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317263302

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Beautiful Risk of Education by Gert J. J. Biesta Pdf

This is a book about what many teachers know but are increasingly being prevented from talking about: that real education always involves a risk. The risk is there because, as W. B. Yeats has put it, education is not about filling a bucket but about lighting a fire. It is there because students are not to be seen as objects to be moulded and disciplined, but as subjects of action and responsibility. The Beautiful Risk of Education is organised around a critical discussion of seven key educational concepts: creativity, communication, teaching, learning, emancipation, democracy, and virtuosity. By opposing the risk aversion that characterises many contemporary educational policies and practices, Gert J.J. Biesta makes a strong argument for giving risk a central place in our educational endeavours and brings risk taking to the forefront of a critical pedagogical practice.

Author : Russell Page
Publisher : Random House
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407092041

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The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page Pdf

A fabulous book about designing gardens great and small, packed with wisdom on the abiding principles of gorgeous garden design. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALAN TITCHMARSH Russell Page was one of the most legendary gardeners and landscapers of the last century. He designed gardens great and small for clients around the world. A rare combination of born plantsman and garden architect, he was a master of colour, form and structure. Page also understood that most tricky dimension of garden design: the passage of time. From Longleat to the Frick Collection, his gardens can be enjoyed to this day. Packed with wisdom and beautiful writing, this book offers a unique perspective on great garden design and is essential reading for every gardener. 'One of the most thoughtful and civilized gardening books ever written, by a master designer' Daily Telegraph

Author : James Soto Antony,Ana Mari Cauce,Lynn M. Gangone,Tara P. Nicola
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781682537145

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The College President Handbook by James Soto Antony,Ana Mari Cauce,Lynn M. Gangone,Tara P. Nicola Pdf

“This volume combines specific recommendations, observations, and takeaways filled with candor, humor, and uplifting stories for one of education’s most challenging roles.” —FROM THE FOREWORD An indispensable manual for the most demanding position in higher education, The College President Handbook supports campus leaders in becoming powerful and effective stewards of their institutions. This comprehensive guidebook offers clear counsel in the form of candid essays by highly regarded current and former college and university presidents from across the nation. It pairs their expert appraisals with research and data to examine the critical issues that define the role today. The book's contributors acknowledge the broad skill set that presidents, and their executive teams, must cultivate in order to achieve success. Beginning with a macro view, the contributors address the universal questions of vision that each higher education leader must consider critically and understand strategically: Why be a president? How should campus leadership engage with our board of trustees? What tone should our actions communicate to stakeholders? The book's chapters offer concrete tactical advice in a range of key leadership areas and emphasize essential career skills such as managing financial resources and strategic planning. The contributors speak to student-facing concerns as well as institutional interests, and discuss personal issues specific to the office, such as weathering controversy, attaining work–life balance, and planning for post-presidential life. Drawing on the unique expertise of peers and predecessors, this work will prove to be a core resource for anyone who is or aspires to become a president or chancellor in higher education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Child development
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006522069

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The Review of Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tara Westover
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443452502

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Educated by Tara Westover Pdf

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.

Author : Harvey P. Weingarten,Martin Hicks,Amy Kaufman
Publisher : Queen's Policy Studies
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553395348

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Assessing Quality in Postsecondary Education by Harvey P. Weingarten,Martin Hicks,Amy Kaufman Pdf

For many years the benefits conferred by a higher education went undisputed. But students, employers, governments, and taxpayers are now demanding evidence of educational quality and value. At the same time, fiscally strapped governments are raising questions about how institutions are funded and the role quality should play in setting funding levels. In the face of these mounting pressures, jurisdictions around the world are working toward designing meaningful indicators to measure the performance of postsecondary institutions that go beyond enrolment numbers, graduation rates, and ever-popular reputational rankings. Assessing Quality in Postsecondary Education: International Perspectives presents a collection of thought-provoking essays by world-renowned higher-education thinkers and policy experts that discuss ways of defining and measuring academic quality. The papers were presented at a conference convened by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario in May 2017 and provide valuable insight into this pressing issue and underscore the need for reform.

Author : Alain de Botton,The School of Life
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0241985838

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The School of Life by Alain de Botton,The School of Life Pdf

This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve. This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including: - how to understand yourself - how to master the dilemmas of relationships - how to become more effective at work - how to endure failure - how to grow more serene and resilient.

Author : Sarah Elaine Eaton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216128618

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Plagiarism in Higher Education by Sarah Elaine Eaton Pdf

With considerations for students, faculty members, librarians, and researchers, this book will explain and help to mitigate plagiarism in higher education contexts. Plagiarism is a complex issue that affects many stakeholders in higher education, but it isn't always well understood. This text provides an in-depth, evidence-based understanding of plagiarism with the goal of engaging campus communities in informed conversations about proactive approaches to plagiarism. Offering practical suggestions for addressing plagiarism campus-wide, this book tackles such messy topics as self-plagiarism, plagiarism among international students, essay mills, and contract cheating. It also answers such tough questions as: Why do students plagiarize, and why don't faculty always report it? Why are plagiarism cases so hard to manage? What if researchers themselves plagiarize? How can we design better learning assessments to prevent plagiarism? When should we choose human detection versus text-matching software? This nonjudgmental book focuses on academic integrity from a teaching and learning perspective, offering comprehensive insights into various aspects of plagiarism with a particular lens on higher education to benefit the entire campus community.