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The Emotional Self at Work in Higher Education. Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series
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Ruffin, Ingrid, Ed.; Powell, Charissa, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
The many and varied challenges facing higher education include a culture of publish or perish, increased course loads without more pay or benefits, increased pressure on institutions to compete for students, budget cuts, a political atmosphere targeting higher education, and continued systemic inequities. Those who work in higher ed are under more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Publish or Perish Issue, Self Concept, Emotional Response
Parental Involvement across European Education Systems: Critical Perspectives. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Paseka, Angelika, Ed.; Byrne, Delma, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2019
This book addresses central questions regarding parental involvement across European educational systems; exploring the commonalities and differences across European countries and the extent to which current policy and practice pertaining to parental involvement is inclusive of diversity. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that draws from the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy, Diversity
Empowering Learners with Mobile Open-Access Learning Initiatives
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Mills, Michael, Ed.; Wake, Donna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Education has been progressing at a rapid pace ever since educators have been able to harness the power of mobile technology. Open-access learning techniques provide more students with the opportunity to engage in educational opportunities that may have been previously restricted. "Empowering Learners with Mobile Open-Access Learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Self-Study and Inquiry into Practice: Learning to Teach for Equity and Social Justice in the Elementary School Classroom. Teacher Quality and School Development
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Kroll, Linda R. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
There are new pressures and familiar pressures on teacher educators to prepare teachers who will be able to teach successfully in a changing world, and who will be able to change the world. The question of how to prepare well-qualified teachers has become an international question with global responses and consequences. This book describes a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Asian American Education: Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages. Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans
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Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
African Education and Globalization: Critical Perspectives
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Abdi, Ali A., Ed.; Puplampu, Korbla P., Ed.; Dei, George J. Sefa, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
Containing both theoretical discussions of globalization and specific case analyses of individual African countries, this collection of essays examines the intersections of African education and globalization with multiple analytical and geographical emphases and intentions. The 11 essays critically analyze the issues from historical, cultural,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Cultural Influences