The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4 is the newest addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.
How can teachers meet the challenges of engaging and educating all students, from those who are gadget-toting and plugged-in to those who are language learners or economically distressed and everyone in between?
If the body of knowledge of a profession is a living landscape of practice, then our personal experience of learning can be thought of as a journey through this landscape.
Do for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) pose a threat to traditional providers of higher education, or do they play a vital role at a time when the capacity of public and private non-profits to meet demand is constrained?
This book for passing PTLLS assessments (which has been replaced with Passing Assessments for the Award in Education and Training) gives key advice on completing written and practical assessments, and helps both in-service and pre-service candidates fully understand the requirements of the Award and how to evidence their achievement towards the standards.
This book bridges knowledge gaps by exploring transformative approaches for sustainable development to ensure high-quality and positive education and increase educators' and learners' well-being.
This book looks in detail at the strong contrasts in the provision traditionally made for 'academically' and 'vocationally' minded students, and looks at differences and similarities in practice.
This book documents an informal system of education that emerged in Ireland between the late 1750s and the end of the century, a system that operated largely without funding or direction by church or state.
Integrating Critical and Contextual Studies in Art and Design examines the relationship between two aspects of art education that appear at times inseparable or even indistinguishable, and at others isolated and in conflict: Critical and Contextual Studies (CCS) and studio practice.
Since the early 1990s there has been a persistent drive towards professionalising the education sector, with a particular focus on those responsible for teaching the post-fourteen age group.
The Design of Digital Learning Environments provides comprehensive guidelines for creating and delivering high-quality online and blended learning experiences in higher education.
This book promotes the idea that professionalism among teachers should be marked by democratic relations, rather than by managerialism and performance management.
Das Handbuch beleuchtet das Feld der Sozialen Dienstleistungen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive und geht dabei folgenden Fragen nach: Welche Möglichkeiten und Strategien gibt es in multi-professionellen Teams, um Machtungleichgewichte und Kompetenzstreitigkeiten zu beseitigen?
Der Sammelband gibt einen breiten Überblicküber Serious Games und gamifizierte Lernelemente in der schulischen Bildung sowie über die Erfahrungen und den nachhaltigen Lernerfolg dieser Formate.
An Evidence-based Guide to College and University Teaching outlines a definition of "e;model teaching"e; based on research evidence and accepted best practices in high education.
Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research centres on practitioners studying and researching their practices in higher education settings, in order to improve those practices for the benefit of others and themselves.
Wie können Jugendliche mit Behinderungen den Weg in eine reguläre Ausbildung finden und gemeinsam mit Nichtbehinderten in Betrieben und Berufsschulen lernen?
Now that the No Child Left Behind Act has left its mark on public education, educators across the United States are all the more invested in preparing their students for state and national assessments.
As a consequence of globalization and internationalization, there has been a dramatic increase in the number and diversity of students who are gaining international educational experience.
The book provides a grounded, narrative exploration of contemporary qualitative PhD research in the fields of language education and applied linguistics.
"Blended Learning" lautet das Schlagwort, mit dem heute Bildungsformen bezeichnet werden, die zum bekannten Klassenunterricht die Möglichkeiten internetgestützter Medien integrieren.
More than ever, secondary curriculum requires greater flexibility and adaptability so young people learn the relevant knowledge and key skills they need for the evolving world of training and employment.
Die seit der Aufklärung und insbesondere der Französischen Revolution machtvoll voranschreitende Säkularisierung und die damit verbundene Herauslösung von Politik,Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft aus theologisch-kirchlichen Deutungen führte nicht zum Verschwinden der Religionen, doch hat die Religion im pluralistischen Gemeinwesenseitdem einen wesentlich veränderten Stellenwert.