ilość książek w kategorii: 167577
Revitalizing Higher Education
ISBN: 9780080419480 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. This volume focuses on the recent lessons of experience with reform and innovation in higher education that are most relevant to the challenges of developing countries. These lessons are explored in a series of twelve papers which analyze experience and issues in four priority areas. The first examines the relationship between higher education and development in a global environment in which economic growth is expected to be driven increasingly by scientific and technological innovation. To meet this development challenge effectively, systems of higher education will need to have a...
Hardbound. This volume focuses on the recent lessons of experience with reform and innovation in higher education that are most relevant to the challe...
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1013,22 zł |
Monitoring the Standards of Education: Papers in Honor of John P. Keeves
ISBN: 9780080423869 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Monitoring the standards of school achievement is a topic which has been subject to increasing attention of late. This book aims to add clarity and fuel to this ongoing debate by answering such questions as: Why should standards of education be monitored? Which are the major steps to be undertaken in setting and monitoring cognitive and affective achievement standards? Which indicators can be used and, how should they be measured?
Monitoring the standards of school achievement is a topic which has been subject to increasing attention of late. This book aims to add clarity and fu...
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826,86 zł |
Government and Higher Education Relationships Across Three Continents: The Winds of Change
ISBN: 9780080423913 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. New strategies and policies regarding higher education are needed to solve the present higher education crisis occurring in many developing countries. The important question is whether specific forms of government regulation are more effective than others in helping to solve this crisis. This book addresses this question by analysing the relationships between government and higher education in 12 states in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Recent changes in these relationships are explored in an attempt to discover which are the most effective. Each chapter contains a case study of a...
Hardbound. New strategies and policies regarding higher education are needed to solve the present higher education crisis occurring in many developing...
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1077,27 zł |
Mockers and Mocked: Comparative Perspectives on Differentation, Convergence and Diversity in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780080425634 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. With the emergence of mass higher education, many national governments have identified a diverse higher education system as a policy objective. Diversity is seen as good because it supposedly increases the range of choices for students, matches the education provided to the needs and abilities of individual students, enables and protects specialization within systems, and meets the demands of an increasingly complex social order. However, little is known about the internal dynamics of higher education systems working for or against particular levels of diversity. The present volume attempts...
With the emergence of mass higher education, many national governments have identified a diverse higher education system as a policy objective. Divers...
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509,03 zł |
Emerging Patterns of Social Demand and University Reform: Through a Glass Darkly
ISBN: 9780080425641 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In times of rapid international political and economic change the great universities of Europe and North America are being transformed. Public expectations about access to higher education, government concerns about the role that universities can play in innovation and economic development, and the application of the principals of market economics to the university systems of all countries have created a new context for higher education. Universities whose governance and organization have been among the most stable and predictable in modern society are experiencing unprecedented pressure for...
In times of rapid international political and economic change the great universities of Europe and North America are being transformed. Public expecta...
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564,36 zł |
Handbook of Special and Remedial Education: Research and Practice
ISBN: 9780080425665 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "The Handbook of Special and Remedial Education: Research and Practice" is an update of the four-volume Handbook series, which provided a comprehensive summary of the well-confirmed knowledge in the field of special education available through the mid-1980's. The need for an updated second edition grew out of the extensive activity in research, policy developments, and related changes in practices over the past decade. The new single volume gives first priority to a review of the knowledge base, as derived from recent research and practices in schools and related agencies. It notes...
"The Handbook of Special and Remedial Education: Research and Practice" is an update of the four-volume Handbook series, which provided a comprehensiv...
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1834,32 zł |
Market Approaches to Education: Vouchers and School Choice
ISBN: 9780080425672 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. The book contains a number of essays that address the recent debate on school choice and vouchers. In addition to papers that provide opinions on the role of government in education, the book offers a number of papers that analyze many of the issues employing advanced econometric techniques. Efforts have been made to balance arguments made by authors by including opposing views. The book will contain three major parts. Part 1, Theory and Practice of Choice in Education, offers a discussion of the economic rationale for government interference in schooling and opposing views on...
Hardbound. The book contains a number of essays that address the recent debate on school choice and vouchers. In addition to papers that provide opini...
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1123,86 zł |
Learning in Humans and Machines: Towards an Interdisciplinary Learning Science
ISBN: 9780080425696 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Hardbound. The book discusses the analysis, comparison and integration of computational approaches to learning and research on human learning. Learning has for some time been an issue of minor importance in the cognitive sciences. It has, however, now become one of the most active research fields in psychology, the neurosciences, and computer science (machine learning). The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the prolific research on learning throughout the disciplines. The book will not only provide a general overview for those who are new to the field but will also...
Hardbound. The book discusses the analysis, comparison and integration of computational approaches to learning and research on human learning. Learnin...
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509,03 zł |
Assessment in Transition: Learning, Monitoring and Selection in International Perspective
ISBN: 9780080427676 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. Educational assessment serves many purposes -- selection for further education and employment; monitoring the performance of educational systems; providing diagnostic feedback on the processes of learning. Throughout the world, and in all these ways, more is constantly being demanded of assessment systems. Yet these roles are not always in harmony. Conflicts stem from the wide range of interest groups involved; within given societies, but also, and increasingly, involving the outside world as well.This book explores global and cross-national influences on assessment systems and...
Hardbound. Educational assessment serves many purposes -- selection for further education and employment; monitoring the performance of educational sy...
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838,51 zł |
Educative Accountability: Theory, Practice, Policy and Research in Educational Administration
ISBN: 9780080427683 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. This book will provide practical and educative accountability policies, ie. processes and criteria that will enhance the quality of learning, teaching and leadership in educational institutions and systems.Its scope will be limited to: - a review of the history of ideas and international policies concerning accountability- policy research methodology designed to produce educative alternatives- reporting policy research findings obtained using the methodology- exploring the implications of the findings for principals, teachers, parents and system managers.
Hardbound. This book will provide practical and educative accountability policies, ie. processes and criteria that will enhance the quality of learnin...
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832,69 zł |
The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness
ISBN: 9780080427690 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) How much do schools really matter? How sure are we on "what works" in education and why? Why is it that certain educational practices work better than others in improving educational effectiveness? In this book, recent research and theoretical interpretations are used in a critical analysis of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness. It offers new insights into the most promising levers for school improvement and shows future directions for educational research. In the first part of the book, concepts of school and educational analysis are defined, and various alternative perspectives...
How much do schools really matter? How sure are we on "what works" in education and why? Why is it that certain educational practices work better than...
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896,74 zł |
Autonomy and Choice in Context: An International Perspective
ISBN: 9780080427775 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. This book brings together for the first time the most current research about the academic effects and policy implications of the school reform known as parental choice. The topic of choice in education is discussed in terms of why, when, where and how, if at all, it should be implemented. The contents are fourteen original papers written by scholars from Israel, UK, the United States and Canada and brings together the empirical studies of school choice examined in an international context.
Hardbound. This book brings together for the first time the most current research about the academic effects and policy implications of the school ref...
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879,28 zł |
Traffic and Transport Psychology: Theory and Application
ISBN: 9780080427867 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume presents a balanced and representative overview of the major developments and trends in traffic and transport psychology." "Traffic and Transport Psychology" covers and enormously diverse field with many different theoretical and methodological approaches. Driver behaviour theories are, as yet, fragmented. Some theories focus on performance aspects, some on risk management and some on the social context. The first part of the book presents arguments for integrated models, for alternative paradigms and for a blatant a theoretical approach to driver behaviour. In addition, two...
This volume presents a balanced and representative overview of the major developments and trends in traffic and transport psychology." "Traffic and Tr...
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647,37 zł |
Telematics in Education: Trends and Issues
ISBN: 9780080427881 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. Telematics in Education provides readers with an exciting examination of the use of computer based communication technologies within education. Discussion ranges from whether new forms of teaching and learning involving telematics can replace existing methods, to how far collaborative learning can take place through telematics.The authors consider the possible implications for psychological and organisational issues in education and how an increased use of telematics could radically alter the relationship between education and society.
Hardbound. Telematics in Education provides readers with an exciting examination of the use of computer based communication technologies within educat...
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1141,33 zł |
Higher Education and the Nation State: The International Dimension of Higher Education
ISBN: 9780080427904 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Hardbound. This book contains a number of cross-national analyses of policies and policy-processes regarding higher education. Design, dynamics and outcomes of a variety of policies are studied at both the national and the institutional level. The theoretical perspectives on which the empirical studies are mainly based are founded in public administration, political science, economics, and sociology. Comparisons are made within Europe, and between Europe, the United States and Australia. Next to comparative insights in higher education policy, the book also offers up-to-date and comparable...
Hardbound. This book contains a number of cross-national analyses of policies and policy-processes regarding higher education. Design, dynamics and ou...
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614,17 zł |
Emergence of Learning Societies: Who Participates in Adult Learning?
ISBN: 9780080430683 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. This volume provides the first international comparative study on the world of adult learning activities. It offers the first systematic attempt to provide reliable empirical information on some critical issues regarding the transformation of adult and continuing education in post-industrial societies such as: - What is the extent of the learning demand among the adult population in industrialized countries?- How many adults are involved every year in organized learning activities for vocational reasons, for reasons of academic or general education, and for socio-cultural aims?-...
Hardbound. This volume provides the first international comparative study on the world of adult learning activities. It offers the first systematic at...
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879,28 zł |
New Patterns of Adult Learning: A Six-Country Comparative Study
ISBN: 9780080430690 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In post-industrial societies some workers will have stable, good jobs in knowledge and learning-intensive workplaces, while many others will be underemployed or locked into a series of precarious, low-skill jobs in the periphery of the economy. In such a society, inclusions and exclusions in economics and social life are bound to correspond closely to inclusions and exclusions in adult education and training. With the transition toward the post-industrial society increasingly complete, the challenge to reduce the exclusive tendencies in adult education and training, and to make learning a...
In post-industrial societies some workers will have stable, good jobs in knowledge and learning-intensive workplaces, while many others will be undere...
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879,28 zł |
Organising Innovative Research: The Inner Life of University Departments
ISBN: 9780080430720 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The major aim of this book is to contribute to the ongoing European debate on the future relationship between government and universities. The volume refutes the wide spread notion presently adopted by several European politicians and administrators, that the most efficient way to meet the threats posed by mass university education to excellence in research and teaching is through government supervision and control, and the introduction of short-term incentives of a monetary nature. Instead this study points to the necessity for the operational units strongly to safeguard and strengthen their...
The major aim of this book is to contribute to the ongoing European debate on the future relationship between government and universities. The volume ...
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890,93 zł |
Collaborative Learning: Cognitive and Computational Approaches
ISBN: 9780080430737 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. Research on collaborative learning is currently a very popular topic in education, psychology and computer science. In recent years, educational research has attempted to determine under what circumstances collaborative learning is more effective than learning alone, and more recently, numerous studies have focused on computer-mediated collaborative learning. In psychology, interest in collaborative learning is related to the emergence of new theories such as 'shared cognition' and 'distributed cognition'. These theories move away from the view traditionally held in cognitive...
Hardbound. Research on collaborative learning is currently a very popular topic in education, psychology and computer science. In recent years, educat...
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972,45 zł |
Advances in Measurement in Educational Research and Assessment
ISBN: 9780080433486 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hardbound. Over the last three decades there have been marked developments in the field of measurement in education and psychology. Advances in Measurement in Educational Research and Assessment presents the developments that have occurred and puts them into perspective. It discusses the continuing challenge to improve measurement both for research and for the assessment of student performance and learning in schools, and looks at the substantial advances that are likely to continue to occur in the future. The volume specifies procedures that have been developed to cover a wide range of...
Hardbound. Over the last three decades there have been marked developments in the field of measurement in education and psychology. Advances in Measur...
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885,10 zł |