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This book provides the first academically rigorous description and critical analysis of the Higher Education system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and of the vision, strategies and policy imperatives for the future development of Saudi universities. The government of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-03-14
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A COMPANION TO CREATIVE WRITINGA Companion to Creative Writing is a comprehensive collection covering myriad aspects of the practice and profession of creative writing in the contemporary world. The book features contributions from an international cast of creative...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-03-14
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education. It examines the way in which the institutional embeddedness and the social and ethnic composition of students affect educational performance, skill formation, and behavioral outcomes. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-03-12
ePub
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No school district can be all charismatic leaders and super-teachers. It can't start from scratch, and it can't fire all its teachers and principals when students do poorly. Great charter schools can only serve a tiny minority of students. Whether we like it or not,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-03-12
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100 ready-to-use graphic organizers that help elementary students learn Graphic organizers are a powerful metacognitive teaching and learning tool and this book features100 graphic organizers for teachers in grades K-5—double the number of any other book on the market....
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-03-11
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What every special education teacher needs to know to survive and thrive A Survival Guide for New Special Educators provides relevant, practical information for new special education teachers across a broad range of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-03-08
Collection :
J-B Ed: Survival Guides
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Praise for What Our Stories Teach Us “In her new book What Our Stories Teach Us, Linda Shadiow invites college faculty to use their personal and professional stories to reflect more critically and meaningfully on their teaching practice. Guiding her readers with a...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-03-07
ePub
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Using the latest neuroscience research to enhance literacy instruction Wiring the Brain for Reading introduces teachers to aspects of the brain's functions that are essential to language and reading development. Marilee Sprenger, a specialist in learning and the brain,...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-03-07
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"A lightning bolt of a book" makes the case for why self-directed learning — "unschooling" — is the best way to get kids to learn (Lenore Skenazy) In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2013-03-05
ePub
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?This work focuses on the characterization of adult lifelong learners’ Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) by implicit and explicit tools of personalization. It aims aims toward creating a system for the development of a learning path for the characterisation of PLE...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-03-02
ePub
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The impact that First Person Shooter video games have had on the evolution of youth culture over a decade or more has been the focus of attention from political leaders; medical and legal specialists; and the mass media. Much of the discussion concerning these games has...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-03-01
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The rushed development of information and communication technologies and their impact on the world of learning in the last decade have profoundly changed the paradigms, scenarios and values at all levels of education. The professionalization of tools and practices, in...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-03-01
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?The purpose of this book is to develop a theory and practice of education from Karl Popper’s non-justificationist philosophy for promoting an open society. Specifically, the book is designed to develop an educational programme for fostering critical thinking in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-02-26
ePub
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The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents an authoritative distillation of current global knowledge related to the field of primary years literacy studies. Features chapters that conceptualize, interpret, and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-02-26
ePub
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Analysis of education policy often follows a particular orientation, such as conservative or neo-liberal. Yet, readers are often left to wonder the true meaning and conceptual framing behind these orientations. Without this knowledge, the policy analysis lacks true...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-02-26
ePub
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Reel Schools takes a fresh look at the history of Australian schooling through the lens of Australian cinema from the silent era until 2010. In exploring the relationship between cinematic representation and educational history, Josephine May shows how numerous...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-02-25
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This book will help you see that management is a responsibility, not a reward; this changes the fundamental mindset and in doing so makes you a better manager. You will learn: How to focus on what you need to achieve How to improve the day to day activities and outputs...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2013-02-22
ePub
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The book will enable readers to understand the purposes of the different budgets and forecasts and it will explain in detail how they are prepared and used. In many cases budgeting is an important (and often unpopular) part of their job and the book will show them how...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2013-02-22
ePub
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Managing teams requires very different skills than managing individuals, processes orprojects. Management expert Nigel Cumberland will show you how to hit the ground running, identify goals for your team, fill your team with the right members, and help your team reach...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2013-02-22
ePub
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The book focuses on the special nature of winning significant business in competitivemarkets in pitches involving several formal stages. It will: Review the essential processes of making complex sales and the role of coretechniques of persuasion Show how to handle...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2013-02-22
ePub
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