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Direct linkBradford, Helen – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
The most rapid and significant phase of development occurs in the first three years of a child's life. The "Supporting Children from Birth to Three" series focuses on the care and support of the youngest children. Each book takes a key aspect of working with this age group and gives clear and detailed explanations of relevant theories…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Well Being, Reflective Teaching, Young Children
Clarke, Alan – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The use of technology within the lifelong learning sector brings many benefits to learners, teachers and managers. Aimed at trainee and practising teachers, this book contains clear, practical guidance on how to use technology and e-learning effectively to enhance all aspects of teaching and learning in the post-compulsory sector. Alan Clarke…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Discussion Groups
Woods, Philip A., Ed.; Woods, Glenys J., Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
This is a unique collection of leading examples of education grounded in alternative philosophies and cultures--from initiatives to create more democratic schools, through Quaker, Buddhist, Islamic, Montessori and Steiner/Waldorf schools, to Maori and First Nations education in Canada and Palestinian Jewish schools in Israel. Aimed at educational…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Rural Schools, Nontraditional Education, Jews
Cowan, John – 1998
This book is intended to be a practical guide to the encouragement of reflection in teaching and learning within the context of the British higher education system. The book emphasizes the use of questions for focus; the use of examples to answer the questions; more generalized discussions based on the examples; the use of ordinary language…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Innovation, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Brew, Angela, Ed. – 1995
This collection of readings is intended to provide a source book on best practices in staff development in higher education within a British context. The 13 papers are grouped into three parts: part 1 presents the educational development tradition which has focused on development of staff as teachers; part 2 considers development of staff in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Department Heads, Distance Education
Barnett, Ronald – 1997
Current concepts of critical thinking need to be reconstrued into the much broader concept of "critical being" and applied to higher education. Under this construct, critical persons (students) become more than just critical thinkers; they engage critically with the world and with themselves; they not only reflect critically on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Thorley, Lin, Ed.; Gregory, Roy, Ed. – 1994
The 26 papers in this collection from a British conference first provide an overview of group-based learning in higher education, offer a range of examples, and identify issues and trends. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction" (Roy Gregory and Lin Thorley); (2) "An Overview from Higher Education" (Diana M. R. Tribe); (3)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Aerospace Technology, Business Administration Education
Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 19 papers on 20th century thinkers in adult and continuing education. The book is arranged in four parts as follows: early 20th century English thinkers; early 20th century American thinkers; theorists of adult and continuing education; and theorists of adult education and social change. The following papers are included:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
