Action Learning and Action Research : Songlines through Interviews
ISBN: 9789087909529 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These songlines sing into history the personal story of Action Learning and Research (ALAR) by an ALAR founder, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Revealed through a collection of interviews conducted by scholars from six countries, these engaging, informative, intimate stories record her ALAR journey to document history and, more importantly, to help develop skills and innovation in workplace/community and lifelong learning for everyone, including the disadvantaged and poorest.
Reviewers comments: This book is a must read for action researchers of all stripes and experience levels. Ortrun... These songlines sing into history the personal story of Action Learning and Research (ALAR) by an ALAR founder, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Revealed throug...
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181,83 zł |
Higher Education
ISBN: 9783639181906 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book challenges Higher Education faculty's perspectives that deliver authentic and simple multicultural instruction. It encourages faculty to reflect on their beliefs, biases and expectations that they bring to their diverse classroom population. This research-based features real-life attitudes and responses from faculty. It also offers an honest and current literature review that will inspire faculty through their professionalism, ethics and social justice as well as higher education students in their own research-based studies.
This book challenges Higher Education faculty's perspectives that deliver authentic and simple multicultural instruction. It encourages faculty to ref...
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309,88 zł |
Deliver Who I Mean
ISBN: 9783639178661 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Auffinden der wichtigen und relevanten Informationen ist seit jeher ein schwieriges Thema. Im Intranet werden die Datenmengen grosser und die Strukturen komplexer, wodurch das Finden relevanter Daten schwieriger wird. Soziale Netzwerke innerhalb der Firmenstrukturen helfen den Mitarbeitern beim Auffinden von Information im Intranet. Untersucht werden soll, ob soziale Netzwerke mit Hilfe von Personenprofilen technisch im Intranet abgebildet werden konnen um die Suche nach Informationen zu verbessern. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird eine Architektur vorgestellt und prototypisch implementiert,...
Das Auffinden der wichtigen und relevanten Informationen ist seit jeher ein schwieriges Thema. Im Intranet werden die Datenmengen grosser und die Stru...
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268,86 zł |
Literacy for the Twenty-First Century: Research, Policy, Practices, and the National Adult Literacy Survey
ISBN: 9780275957865 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Eight of the thirteen chapters describe investigations of adults' literacy skills based on analyses of the National Adult Literacy Survey. The studies describe how work contributes to literacy, associations between literacy skills and reading practices, reciprocal effects of education and literacy, gender differences in literacy abilities, the relationship between literacy and voting behavior, the literacy skills of adults having one or more learning disabilities, and the construct validity of the NALS. One chapter summarizes the major findings of the NALS and another discusses federal... Eight of the thirteen chapters describe investigations of adults' literacy skills based on analyses of the National Adult Literacy Survey. The stud... |
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383,67 zł |
E Learning and In-Service Training in Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9783639184778 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tapping the Potential of E-Learning Given the financial and organizational stakes that go into implementing a completely new form of training, knowing the perceptions and beliefs of trainers and trainees towards the potential adoption of e-learning technology for in-service police training can facilitate any changes. The factor analyses revealed three shared trainer and trainee perceptions: A positive perception towards e-learning, personally and for the TNP; a belief in the importance of administrative support for e-learning integration; and the belief in importance of appropriate...
Tapping the Potential of E-Learning Given the financial and organizational stakes that go into implementing a completely new form of training, knowi...
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309,88 zł |
Non-Formal Education, Poverty Reduction and Life Enhancement: A Comparative Study
ISBN: 9789991271439 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book details the findings of a comparative study which sought to explore the extent to which selected non-formal education programmes in five different countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria and Scotland) are improving the lives and livelihoods of their participants. Moreover, poverty can be interpreted in different ways, and programmes impact differently on these different forms of poverty. A curriculum that was holistic and multi-sectoral in its approach appeared to have a greater impact on livelihoods than education that focused on literacy skills alone.
This book details the findings of a comparative study which sought to explore the extent to which selected non-formal education programmes in five dif...
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48,29 zł |
Action Learning and Action Research : Songlines through Interviews
ISBN: 9789087909536 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These songlines sing into history the personal story of Action Learning and Research (ALAR) by an ALAR founder, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Revealed through a collection of interviews conducted by scholars from six countries, these engaging, informative, intimate stories record her ALAR journey to document history and, more importantly, to help develop skills and innovation in workplace/community and lifelong learning for everyone, including the disadvantaged and poorest.
Reviewers comments: This book is a must read for action researchers of all stripes and experience levels. Ortrun... These songlines sing into history the personal story of Action Learning and Research (ALAR) by an ALAR founder, Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Revealed throug...
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428,59 zł |
I Got My GED at 53
ISBN: 9781432739324 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of one man's passion for learning. There were those who said he had no business going back to school at his age, that this was a foolish thing to do. But for Cecil Davis, there was a deep yearning to receive an education, to become a degreed person, which no amount of military honors or business success could satisfy. At 52 years of age, he took a courageous first step toward achieving his dream and enrolled in a junior college in New York City to obtain his GED. The true story of one man's passion for learning. There were those who said he had no business going back to school at his age, that this was... |
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64,51 zł |
Teaching and Learning, and Their Evaluation, Made Visible
ISBN: 9783639201574 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study set out to reveal how the classroom is a rhetorical situation in order to accomplish two primary goals: first, to examine six study types of student evaluations of teaching: (1) multisection, (2) multitrait-multimethod, (3) bias, (4) laboratory, (5) conceptual structure, and (6) theoretical; and, second, to discover what they actually tell educators about teaching and learning in order to increase quality in, accessibility to, accountability for, and transparency of teaching and learning in higher education. Numerous studies have considered student evaluations of teaching, which...
This study set out to reveal how the classroom is a rhetorical situation in order to accomplish two primary goals: first, to examine six study types o...
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268,86 zł |
Digitale Moderation in Blended Learning Seminaren
ISBN: 9783639181142 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das Konzept des Blended Learning beinhaltet die didaktisch sinnvolle Verknupfung von Prasenzlernen und Onlinephasen in Lehr-Lernprozessen. Zentral ist dabei stets, die Lernenden zu unterstutzen, zu begleiten und sie nicht mit den Inhalten allein zu lassen. Mit digitaler Moderation lassen sich klassische Moderationsprozesse in Online- und Prasenzphasen abbilden. Wie sich diese technologiegestutzt umsetzen lassen, wird in diesem Buch am Beispiel des Einsatzes von Digital Moderation der teambits GmbH im Rahmen eines - im Blended Learning Design durchgefuhrten - Hochschulseminars aufgezeigt."
Das Konzept des Blended Learning beinhaltet die didaktisch sinnvolle Verknupfung von Prasenzlernen und Onlinephasen in Lehr-Lernprozessen. Zentral ist...
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309,88 zł |
Relationship between students' perceptions of workload and learning
ISBN: 9783639206296 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of this research provided insights into the issues that students felt influenced their perceived workload and affected their approach to learning. The main influences on perceived workload were canvassed including student characteristics and institutional factors. A complex picture emerged from the data indicating that these factors all act in concert and are highly inter-related. Therefore, it was recommended that lecturers collaborate in creating a more stimulating, responsive environment. The concept map makes an original contribution to scholarship illustrating the...
The focus of this research provided insights into the issues that students felt influenced their perceived workload and affected their approach to ...
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309,88 zł |
Citizenship as Politics : International Perspectives from Adult Education
ISBN: 9789460910388 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book holds two main concepts: citizenship and adult education, and presents a diverse scope of ideas and experiences from different countries and perspectives in a rich indication to edify liberating practices and researches.
Citizenship is closely linked with participation. When people are encouraged to take part in an authentic process of decision making, people do participate in public affairs. Here is the true meaning of citizenship related to the old idea to take part, to get involved in public issues and transform their community through participation. On the other hand, Lifelong... This book holds two main concepts: citizenship and adult education, and presents a diverse scope of ideas and experiences from different countries and...
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238,11 zł |
The 21st Century Harem: Muslim Women in Post 9-11 America
ISBN: 9783639211078 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is intended to provide an insight into how Muslim women who live in post 9-11 America construct their perception of themselves as Muslims and Arabs living in the post 9-11 Western world through redefining their gender roles. Certainly, September 11 has created a stressful atmosphere where Muslim women living in Western countries have to struggle against different traditional and innovational forces. They are cough in between traditional patriarchy, and a sense of victim-hood in their hosting communities that are adopting anti-Muslim policies. The Harem, in this sense, is perceived...
This book is intended to provide an insight into how Muslim women who live in post 9-11 America construct their perception of themselves as Muslims an...
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360,00 zł |
Effective Continuing Education
ISBN: 9780470623114 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Effective Continuing Education for Professionals tells how to improve the quality of continuing education programs in a variety of professional fields. Winners of the NUCEA's 1990 Frandson Award for Literature in Continuing Education and the AAACE's 1989 Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education.
Effective Continuing Education for Professionals tells how to improve the quality of continuing education programs in a variety of professional...
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175,34 zł |
Handbook of Marketing for Continuing Education
ISBN: 9780470623121 / Angielski / Miękka / 554 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together original chapters from leading scholars and practitioners to provide comprehensive guidance for effectively marketing continuing education programs and courses.
This book brings together original chapters from leading scholars and practitioners to provide comprehensive guidance for effectively marketing contin...
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301,46 zł |
Actor-Network Theory in Education
ISBN: 9780415492966 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has enjoyed wide uptake in the social sciences in the past three decades, particularly in science and technology studies, and is increasingly attracting the attention of educational researchers. ANT studies bring to the fore the material - objects of all kinds - and de-centre the human and the social in educational issues. ANT sensibilities are interested in the ways human and non-human elements become interwoven. Since its first introduction, actor-network theory has undergone significant shifts and evolutions and as a result, it is not considered to be a single... Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has enjoyed wide uptake in the social sciences in the past three decades, particularly in science and technology studies... |
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624,83 zł |
Workers' Education in Hong Kong
ISBN: 9783639218923 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author argues that workers trade unions have an important role to play in promoting Lifelong Learning for working people. The book demonstrates that trade unions in Hong Kong once did play a strong role in workers education and that role became less important as time passed. Under the very special circumstances of Hong Kong since 1997, the function and political position of trade unions has also been altered - They are now in a position to develop their work in workers education once again. But it cannot be as it was in the past. This book concludes that trade unions should assist the...
The author argues that workers trade unions have an important role to play in promoting Lifelong Learning for working people. The book demonstrates th...
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360,00 zł |
Electronic learning readiness a practical approach
ISBN: 9783639198881 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of the book is to improve current computer-facilitated educational practices by enabling trainers to prepare better for e-learning events. Knowing what needs to be in place before the event ensures better results. The context in which the concept of e-readiness is used refers to the state of being ready for electronic learning (Online Reporting Specialists, 2005). Unlike the reference to e- readiness of a country it is geographically smaller. It is not limited to physical readiness alone but also includes the non-physical readiness of people, a business or organization,...
The purpose of the book is to improve current computer-facilitated educational practices by enabling trainers to prepare better for e-learning even...
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360,00 zł |
Literature Circles Through Technology
ISBN: 9781586832032 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This educator's guide is a combination reference, strategy guide, and tutorial for enhancing literature circles with technology, from the use of eBooks as the reading source to implementing a successful literature circle in an interactive online environment.This book provides background information about the literature circle along with technology integration strategies, instructions, ideas, and student worksheets in all content areas.Includes descriptions of various free online electronic book resources, instructions for using existing school technology as part of literature circles, and... This educator's guide is a combination reference, strategy guide, and tutorial for enhancing literature circles with technology, from the use of eB... |
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180,82 zł |
Adult Education and Health
ISBN: 9781442640245 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive introduction to the study and practice of health and adult education provides the missing link for those seeking to better integrate their efforts in these two areas. Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, the book speaks clearly to how teaching and learning insights can be used to improve health in clinical, higher education, and community settings. Along with a broad overview of concepts and strategies in the field, Adult Education and Health includes illustrative practical examples from a variety of... This comprehensive introduction to the study and practice of health and adult education provides the missing link for those seeking to better integ... |
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291,59 zł |