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Smith outlines how to overcome resistance to change, lead more effectively, demand accountability for performance, manage resources for the highest return, remain firm with tuition payers and donors when warranted, manage costs to help keep the price of an education contained, and much more.

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Eminent educator Greg Prince examines how colleges should set an example of behaviour to students in order to maximise their success. The author investigates both the national and international implications and reveals how these simple measures will revitalise not only the world of education but also wider society.

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Examines the concepts of teacher knowledge, the effectiveness of teaching, and the relationships between these and the context in which teachers work and live. This study demonstrates how both the understanding and effectiveness of teaching and teacher education are shaped by cultural contexts and traditions.

(Hardback)

The current conceptions of teacher training reflect key issues in professional practices with two main prevailing and conflicting viewpoints. This monograph examines the associated issues and provides recommendations for improving the future of teacher training.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

The current conceptions of teacher training reflect key issues in professional practices with two main prevailing and conflicting viewpoints. This monograph examines the associated issues and provides recommendations for improving the future of teacher tr

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(Hardback)

The authors argue that the greatest obstacle to good public schools is the indifference of the American public to teacher education. They discuss the past, present, and future of teacher education, arguing that the key to quality public schools is the recruitment and retention of good teachers.

(Hardback)

The need for outstanding university supervisors who balance the needs and interests of the student teacher, the university, and the K-12 school has never been greater.

(Hardback)

A critical and thought-provoking examination of the teaching profession, from academic preparation and training to opportunities for professional advancement.

(Paperback)

Offers a fresh approach to professional development that focuses on building an individual teaching personality, rather than following a rule book. This book includes case studies and anecdotes, summaries and humorous illustrations to help teachers reflect on what it means to be a teacher, and why it is the most rewarding profession there is.

(Paperback)

Provides strategies to create a stimulating and effective learning environment in college, workplace and community venues. This book covers a range of issues including catering for different learning styles, managing learner's expectations, promoting diversity and social inclusion, learning in the workplace, dealing with punctuality, and more.

(Hardback)

Explores the personal narratives of transitions and transformations experienced by academic leaders of teaching and learning during the times of crises within different national, institutional and disciplinary contexts.

(Paperback)

Suitable for academic tutors and support staff involved in teaching on Foundation Degrees throughout England and Wales, this guide explores the specific and diverse needs of Foundation Degree students, a unique client-group in Further Education (FE)/Higher Education (HE) who have differing academic qualifications and work-based experiences.

(Paperback)

Have you ever wanted to think of a way for your students to remember world capitals or the rivers in a certain region

(Hardback, 7th edition)

(Hardback)

This new study, written by a distinguished group of small college faculty and consultants, provides a contemporary portrait of small colleges--the educational advantages they offer, the problems they face, and innovative solutions now being developed.

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(Hardback)

Intended for teachers who support the learning of other teachers. This title offers advice on the following: designing effective programmes to support teacher learning; planning and preparing your training session; facilitating the mentoring process; assessing teachers and their learning; and your own personal development as a teacher of teachers.

(Paperback)

Intended for teachers who support the learning of other teachers. This title offers advice on the following: designing effective programmes to support teacher learning; planning and preparing your training session; facilitating the mentoring process; assessing teachers and their learning; and your own personal development as a teacher of teachers.

(Paperback)

Provides lecturers with a range of practical strategies to promote effective learning in the FE classroom. This guide introduces the learning theories that underlie these strategies, and considers how they can best be applied practically in the classroom and what place they have within a standardized National Curriculum.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

In this provocative criticism of the contemporary American professoriate, Jon Huer argues that tenure has created a kind of academic stupor in which those who have it no longer live up to the ideals of their profession.

(Hardback)

The Academic Bill of Rights was introduced in 2003 after two decades of conservative critiques of higher education and its faculty.