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Open Education explores the disruption of the traditional university as a result of the increasingly widespread provision of free online open education.

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Experts discuss the potential for open education tools, resources, and knowledge to transform the economics and ecology of education.

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As West Point celebrates its bicentennial, this study provides examples of significant non-combat contributions made by Military Academy graduates to the development and growth of the United States.

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Drawing on a body of empirical evidence, this book examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. It describes the changes that faculties and academic leaders can make to help students accomplish more.

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Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education focuses on assessing institutional quality and effectiveness, and responds to the increasing demand for greater accountability at all levels of institutional activity.

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Outlines the main trends in university pedagogy within the context of academic practices and socio-economic developments. This book shows, among other issues, how to relate 'macro' issues to 'micro' issues, and challenge the paradigm of education as a purely 'technical rational' process designed to contribute to economic growth.

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Provides an investigation of how the contemporary university should develop, the form of pedagogy to be used, with unique insights into the relationship between macro and micro issues in Higher Education.

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Performance-Based Funding in Higher Education examines the aims of higher education policies over the past thirty years. This book addresses how job creation and increased graduation rates has distracted educators, students, and surrounding communities from an educator's traditional and valued role as the promoter of democracy and critical citizenship.

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Ethnic minority women in the U.S. education system often feel that they have two strikes against them. Perspectives on Minority Women in Higher Education will prove useful to scholars in education, women's studies, and minority/culture studies.

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Research in higher education could be more useful, and better designed if we were clearer about the philosophical and epistemological basis of the theories that underlie our research methods. This volume seeks to create a dialogue with the reader about issues relevant to the philosophy of research.

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Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid make the argument that philosophy and education are intertwined as action concepts with the potential to affect teacher education practices. This book addresses pertinent philosophical concepts in education and how these concepts impact teaching, learning, and management as classroom practices.

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Unsure about where to do your placement Scared about what might await you Keen to make the most of every moment Whether thinking about teaching abroad, working in your local school or supporting learning in an art gallery, this guide takes you through the placement process and offers the information you need to make the most of your experience.

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Unsure about where to do your placement Scared about what might await you Keen to make the most of every moment This title guides students through the process of conceiving, planning, attending and learning from their educational placement.

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This book is the quick reference tool that you need if you are a cooperating teachers hosting a student teacher. It provides comprehensive direction that you need to prepare for your student teachers arrival and the initial weeks. It includes essential information in an easy-reading, handy format.

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This book explores and examines current topics and issues in teacher education through the lens of eight practicing teachers. Their voices add a new perspective on the effectiveness and practicality of current trends and reforms in teacher education.