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The Re-Education of the American Working Class
ISBN: 9780313267857 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work brings together articles and papers by union leaders, activists, social scientists, and educators to provide an overview of the field of worker education. Along with presenting the major historical models of worker education, the book addresses the present issues confronting worker educators today. The book's final sections present alternative models of worker education that illustrate a variety of approaches currently being employed. All selections found in this volume represent original contributions not published elsewhere. The first section of the book considers the field... This work brings together articles and papers by union leaders, activists, social scientists, and educators to provide an overview of the field of ... |
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384,41 zł |
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Adult Students At-Risk: Culture Bias in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780897895217 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes the current state of the adult student experience in higher education, exploring the organizational, instructional, and interpersonal barriers that adults face in reaching their educational goals. Using applied critical and postmodern theory, the author explores the hypothesis that adults are at-risk in higher education settings because of such bias. The book includes an extensive review and critique of the literature and of contemporary adult... Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes th... |
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302,03 zł |
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Key Concepts in Sport & Exercise Sciences
ISBN: 9781412922272 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides undergraduate students with authoritative and concise explanations of the key concepts arranged according to the major sub-disciplines of sport and exercise science.
Provides undergraduate students with authoritative and concise explanations of the key concepts arranged according to the major sub-disciplines of spo...
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693,85 zł |
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Making the Best of Life
ISBN: 9783639071597 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how one group of aged women spoke of themselves as learners across their life span. The nine women who made up the group were born in the first quarter of the twentieth century, had generally limited formal education and spent most of their lives in Australia. In their life times they experienced world war, economic depression and family crisis as well as periods of apparent stability and peace, and across these eras they have been exposed to a range of discourses that impacted on their understanding of themselves as women and as learners. Their stories show us how this...
This book explores how one group of aged women spoke of themselves as learners across their life span. The nine women who made up the group were born ...
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360,83 zł |
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Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning: An International Comparative Study on Structures, Organisation and Provisions
ISBN: 9781402096754 / Angielski / Twarda / 367 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anke Hanft and Michaela Knust The present study examines and compares the structure and organisation of c- tinuing higher education in six countries: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the UK and the USA. The focus is not just on current continuing education provisions at higher education institutions but also on the institutions themselves and their surrounding milieu. The study also attempts to move away from a purely national angle and to approach the topic from an international perspective. The conclusion is reached that when it comes to the development, establishment and professional...
Anke Hanft and Michaela Knust The present study examines and compares the structure and organisation of c- tinuing higher education in six countries: ...
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582,32 zł |
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Teacher Learning in Small-Group Settings: Teacher Education Yearbook XVII
ISBN: 9781607090014 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where teaching is concerned, readers of this volume come to know how teachers experience professional development in book clubs, Critical Friends Groups, and teacher research groups and how action research has been used by teachers in a particular curriculum reform project. Where teacher education is concerned, readers are afforded an insider view of what is happening in various cohorts and other small group configurations throughout the nation and the world, particularly with respect to diversity.
Where teaching is concerned, readers of this volume come to know how teachers experience professional development in book clubs, Critical Friends Grou...
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708,40 zł |
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Teacher Learning in Small-Group Settings: Teacher Education Yearbook XVII
ISBN: 9781607090021 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where teaching is concerned, readers of this volume come to know how teachers experience professional development in book clubs, Critical Friends Groups, and teacher research groups and how action research has been used by teachers in a particular curriculum reform project. Where teacher education is concerned, readers are afforded an insider view of what is happening in various cohorts and other small group configurations throughout the nation and the world, particularly with respect to diversity.
Where teaching is concerned, readers of this volume come to know how teachers experience professional development in book clubs, Critical Friends Grou...
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280,07 zł |
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Planning for a Healthier Birth and Beyond - Strategies Women Use to Manage Gestational Diabetes
ISBN: 9783639047349 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gestational diabetes, the most frequent pregnancy complication in the United States, puts mother and infant at risk for serious medical problems that can have lifelong sequelae. Maternal glucose control is crucial to successful pregnancy outcomes. Previous studies have described the experience of gestational diabetes as stressful; and an association between maternal stress and glucose control has been documented. Few studies have examined how women perceive the experience of gestational diabetes, and understanding the patients perception of a stressor is essential for effective nursing...
Gestational diabetes, the most frequent pregnancy complication in the United States, puts mother and infant at risk for serious medical problems that ...
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360,83 zł |
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Reconnection: Countering Social Exclusion Through Situated Learning
ISBN: 9781402025204 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is based on the work of a European partnership, whose members came together from Belgium England Finland Germany Portugal and Greece with the support of funding from the EU Socrates Programme. Our goal was to work collaboratively to generate new ways of thinking about the situation of people aged between 14 and 25 who are at risk of (or experiencing) social exclusion, set in the context of a unique international analysis of policies, contexts and perspectives on the problems of social exclusion in Europe and the challenges of promoting lifelong learning among those who have rejected...
This book is based on the work of a European partnership, whose members came together from Belgium England Finland Germany Portugal and Greece with th...
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388,20 zł |
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Beyond Reflective Practice: New Approaches to Professional Lifelong Learning
ISBN: 9780415467926 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reflective practice has moved from the margins to the mainstream of professional education. However, in this process, its radical potential has been subsumed by individualistic, rather than situated, understandings of practice. Presenting critical perspectives that challenge the current paradigm, this book aims to move beyond reflective practice. It proposes new conceptualisations and offers fresh approaches relevant across professions. Contributors include both academics and practitioners concerned with the training and development of professionals. Definitions of... Reflective practice has moved from the margins to the mainstream of professional education. However, in this process, its radical potential has bee... |
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626,03 zł |
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International Handbook of Lifelong Learning
ISBN: 9780792368151 / Angielski / Twarda / 820 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent changes in the world effected by the transformations of information technology, globalisation, and the move towards a knowledge economy over the last thirty years have been as radical and fundamental as the changes resulting from the invention of the wheel and the printing press. We are now living in a new age in which the demands are so complex, so multifarious and so rapidly changing that the only way in which we shall be able to survive them is by committing to a process of individual, communal, and global learning throughout the lifespan of all of us.
A number of... Recent changes in the world effected by the transformations of information technology, globalisation, and the move towards a knowledge economy over th...
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1941,15 zł |
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Learning Teams - A communities-of-practice approach to faculty development and university course design
ISBN: 9783639103878 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We have intuitive knowledge that more heads are better than one in instructional decision-making, now we have empirical evidence. The traditional model of faculty development is workshops and one-on-one consultations. Situated learning theory suggests we move out of the classroom and into authentic, collaborative, problem-based work situations. This is what learning teams do. Learning teams emphasize collective responsibility for student learning. Teams are composed so that professors deliberate on course decisions with a strategic group of people - crossing boundaries we may not even know...
We have intuitive knowledge that more heads are better than one in instructional decision-making, now we have empirical evidence. The traditional mode...
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308,73 zł |
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International Perspectives on Competence Development : Developing Skills and Capabilities
ISBN: 9780415492102 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's complex and ever-changing world it has become obvious that even highly developed knowledge and skills are no longer sufficient to meet new challenges. This book builds on the experiences of its expert contributors, all of whom have worked with, studied and analysed competences and how they are developed.
In today's complex and ever-changing world it has become obvious that even highly developed knowledge and skills are no longer sufficient to meet new ...
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704,29 zł |
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How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education
ISBN: 9781606929223 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do practitioners change as a result of participating in one of three different models of professional development, and what are the important factors that influence this change? This book deals with the important individual, professional development, p
How do practitioners change as a result of participating in one of three different models of professional development, and what are the important fact...
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276,44 zł |
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Recent Trends in Life Long Education
ISBN: 9781606920213 / Angielski / Twarda / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lifelong learning is the concept that 'It's never too soon or too late for learning', a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organizations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, sk
Lifelong learning is the concept that 'It's never too soon or too late for learning', a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different or...
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605,12 zł |
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All Children are Our Children
ISBN: 9783639021547 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of the study was to talk to parents who "fight attitudes and perceptions that date back centuries and a school system whose resistance to change is unparalleled" (Fine, 1993, p. 692) and see how they persevere as they try to transform this system. Narrative inquiry, using semi-structured interviews, was used to explore the common characteristics and motivations of parents who are advocating for changes within their children's school. All the participants in this study were mothers of children enrolled in public schools. The findings suggest that these women are motivated by a...
The purpose of the study was to talk to parents who "fight attitudes and perceptions that date back centuries and a school system whose resistance to ...
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310,59 zł |
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Diversity, Resiliency, and Legacy: The Lives of Adult Students at Tufts University
ISBN: 9780595500468 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly 400 adult students have graduated from Tufts University since 1970. In this book you will learn about their experiences as non-traditional students at a selective university through interviews and essays. In creating this book, we explored the impact of the R.E.A.L. program on Tufts as well as on the lives of the students. We found three major points of impact: diversity, resiliency, and legacy.
In each section of the book you will read about students from diverse backgrounds who overcame many obstacles to succeed at Tufts. Many of them have created a legacy, not only by what they... Nearly 400 adult students have graduated from Tufts University since 1970. In this book you will learn about their experiences as non-traditional stud...
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77,65 zł |
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If You Give Teachers What They Do Need
ISBN: 9783639138689 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book indicates the factors that affect
kindergarten teachers job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Continuing education needs also play the important role that might increase the teachers job satisfaction. Teachers should be encouraged to participate in continuing education programs, a rapidly developmenting field, in order to improve their professional abilities, practices and increase their job satisfaction. A more efficient kindergarten setting should focus on increasing teachers job satisfaction and reduce their job dissatisfaction. In this book, kindergarten teachers are... This book indicates the factors that affect kindergarten teachers job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Continuing education needs also |
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223,81 zł |
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Blended Learning versus Traditional Face-to-face Learning
ISBN: 9783639137477 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the trend in online or virtual education
escalating at universities worldwide, research on the effectiveness of online learning is an area of increasing significance. Virtuality in higher education can range from virtual universities that are all encompassing to smaller subsets, such as blended learning where components of face-to-face delivery are maintained. This book explores the effect of blended learning compared to face-to-face learning in terms of students learning growth. An analysis is conducted on four different cohorts of students over a four year period. Two... With the trend in online or virtual education
escalating at universities worldwide, research on the effectiveness of online learning is an a... |
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223,81 zł |
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Web-based Education on Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction
ISBN: 9783639135886 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examined the relationships between
measures of (a) learner satisfaction with online courses on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and bioterrorism intended to address the educational needs of responder Communities of Practice (CoP) and (b) degrees of accomplishment by the learner enrolled in those online courses. Provided that course design characteristics were similar between courses and that content was different, it was important to examine multiple measures of learner satisfaction with the course characteristics (Content, Accuracy, Navigation, Look, Flow, Assessment, and... This study examined the relationships between measures of (a) learner satisfaction with online courses on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) |
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269,48 zł |
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