Higher Education & Tertiary Education Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Mental and Physical Life of School Children is a book written by Peter Sandiford in 1913. The book focuses on the physical and mental health of children attending school. The author discusses various aspects of a child's life, including their diet,...

The Southern Educational Journal V8-9: September, 1895 To August, 1896 is a book edited by G.R. Glenn that compiles articles and essays on education in the southern United States during the late 19th century. The book includes a variety of topics related...

The Fifth Or Elocutionary Reader, written by Salem Town and published in 1854, is a comprehensive guide to the principles of elocution. The book aims to help readers improve their public speaking skills by providing a series of reading exercises that are...

The Dartmouth College Causes: And The Supreme Court Of The United States (1879) is a historical book written by John Major Shirley. The book presents a detailed account of the landmark case, Dartmouth College v. Woodward, which was heard by the Supreme...

The Ninety Seven Badger is a book written by the Junior Class at the University of Wisconsin in 1896. It is a yearbook that provides a comprehensive look at the university and its students during that year. The book includes photographs of the students,...

Successful Preaching: Addresses By John Hall, T. L. Cuyler, And H. W. Beecher To Theological Students (1870) is a book that compiles three speeches delivered by prominent preachers of the 19th century. The first speech is by John Hall, a...

Il libro ""Libro di Letteratura Italiana per le Scuole Normali Maschili e Femminili V1: Prima Classe Normale (1895)"" scritto da Tommaso Casini ����� un testo di letteratura italiana destinato agli studenti delle scuole normali maschili e femminili. Il...

Le livre ""Histoire Des Progres De La Grammaire En France: Depuis L'Epoque De La Renaissance Jusqu'a Nos Jours (1873)"" �����crit par Arthur Loiseau, est une �����tude exhaustive de l'�����volution de la grammaire fran�����aise depuis la Renaissance...

Il libro ""Storia della Pedagogia in Italia: dalle origini ai nostri tempi"" (1883) di Francesco Cerruti ����� una raccolta esaustiva di informazioni sulla storia dell'educazione in Italia, dalla sua origine fino ai tempi moderni. L'autore esplora le...

Le livre ""Histoire Du College De Porrentruy, 1590-1865 (1866)"" de Louis Vautrey est une �����tude compl�����te et d�����taill�����e de l'histoire du Coll�����ge de Porrentruy, en Suisse, depuis sa fondation en 1590 jusqu'en 1865. L'auteur examine les...

This book continues the two scholars' endeavours for opening up more spaces for alternative perspectives, analyses and praxis in interculturality.

The so-called Bologna process has harmonized European higher education systems and, at the same time, deeply changed concepts about what the core of Europeanness is. This book discusses various aspects of this transformative and influential "soft policy"...

This volume focuses on the expansion of engineering education in the private sector in India and discusses the effects and challenges of this expansion on its economic growth and development.

Based on theories of economics, sociology, and education, the book aims to explore the role of government and the market in China's higher education investment.

Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership and cognitive science, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the science of how we learn.

Delivering professional development to teachers is an exciting opportunity to share strategies and ideas, but how do you ensure your audience will care about what you have to say? This helpful book shows how to improve your presentations by embracing...

Drawing on academic research and practitioner expertise, this essential volume provides a multidisciplinary and cross-institutional perspective on postgraduate researcher mental health and wellbeing in order to support academic and professional staff in...

This textbook equips students and educators committed to understanding how art and creative practice work as powerful communicative tools and have a substantial role in advancing civic participation.

This book presents a comparative ethnographic understanding of government and low-fee private schools in India within the context of ever-increasing privatization and commercialization of education and growing presence of non-state actors.

This book delves into the embodied ground of thinking, illuminating the transition from theorizing about the embodied mind to actively practicing embodied thinking in research, teaching and learning. The authors speak from immersing themselves in novel...

Theology and the University considers how theology has been marginalized in the academy and in public life, arguing that doing so has serious repercussions for the integrity of the academic study of religion.

This book provides an evidence-based approach to sustainable self-care, anchoring these strategies in individual academics' core personal values. It teaches readers how to use their values to leverage self-care strategies into a workable, individualised,...

This book defines and examines the needs of the marginalized student and presents a theoretically grounded model to guide institutions of higher education toward developing new and more effective programmatic responses.

Drawing from the lived experience of educators, this book explores the concept of a pedagogy of kindness through practical applications and strategies for teaching in higher education.

Environmental Liberation Education offers an easy-to-use, culturally informed, and student-centered teaching approach to promote academic engagement and systemic change for educators at all levels across disciplines. It is an invaluable resource that...

At the best of times leadership is messy. It's about a way of being, not doing. It's nebulous, nuanced and elusive, as much to do with feeling and energy as thinking and planning. It's contextual and responsive and can never be one size fits all. When...

This is an invaluable resource for academic staff, administrators and policy makers involved in student recruitment and improving student retention in HE.  It offers practical advice on how universities can reach out into the community and influence...

Students' Experiences of e-learning in Higher Education helps higher education instructors and university managers understand how e-learning relates to, and can be integrated with, other student experiences of learning. Grounded in relevant international...

To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority...

Asian American Students in Higher Education offers the first comprehensive analysis and synthesis of existing theory and research related to Asian American students' experiences in postsecondary education. Providing practical and insightful...

Helping Doctoral Students Write offers a proven approach to effective doctoral writing. By treating research as writing and writing as research, the authors offer pedagogical strategies for doctoral supervisors that will assist the production of...

Interest in the quality of higher education provision has been steadily increasing over the last twenty years. This has been driven largely by the international creation of explicit policies and reporting requirements to review, audit and evaluate...

Supporting new teachers is a common challenge globally and the European Commission has recently emphasised the need to promote a lifelong continuum of teachers' professional development by building bridges between pre-service and in-service teacher...

This book makes explicit the connections between Practitioner Inquiry and Teacher Professional Learning, enabling teacher educators, researchers and policy makers to examine and improve practice leading to enhanced teacher professional learning.

This book focuses on the significant role that professional education programs play at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and these programs' impact on society. Chapter authors discuss the contexts and experiences of students who have...

This book presents the results of a four-year, National Science Foundation-funded project that engaged nine high school biology teachers at three public high schools in long-term, on-site professional development program centered on a learning...

A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education shares an innovative approach to supervision, leadership, and management in the higher education workplace. Drawing from humanism and positive psychology, Fitch and Van Brunt weave together a...

Whilst much has been written about the doors that technology can open for students, less has been said about its impact on teachers and professors. Although technology undoubtedly brings with it huge opportunities within higher education, there is also...

This volume serves as a critical examination of the discourses at play in the higher education system and the ways in which these discourses underpin the transmission of neoliberal values in 21st century universities. Situated within a Critical Discourse...

In retracting from the popular view that India's modern educational policy was shaped almost entirely by Macaulay, this incisive work reveals the complex ideological and institutional rubric of the colonial educational system. It examines its...

In Reflections on Kindness, Connections, and Lifelong Learning: Empowering Emerging Educators, retired Phys. Ed. and Biology teacher, Vice-principal, Principal, and Coach Michael Babb draws upon a wealth of experience and wisdom gleaned over almost four...

Using Generative AI Effectively in Higher Education explores how higher education providers can realise their role and responsibility in harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ethically and sustainably.

This book collates the practitioner stories of University-School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (US PREP) teacher preparation programs across the nation, documenting the programs' efforts to enact scaled transformative practices...

Helping Your Students Write Personal Statements analyzes the components of the effective personal statement and provides examples from many successful essays by actual college students, as well as exercises for students.

GCSE Literature Boost: A Christmas Carol uses academic criticism and theory to relight your literary passion for this classic text and put a newfound excitement in your pedagogy. Each chapter considers a main theme or section of Dickens' A Christmas...

Educators, you can continue to make an impact after you're ready to leave the classroom! This handy, comprehensive resource will help you explore alternative career paths in education that will still allow you to use the skillsets and unique...