Higher education, tertiary education

Louis R.

Thanks to the development of internet- and network-based information and communication systems, virtually every product and service produced today has a supply chain that extends around the globe.

Working with Underachieving Students in Higher Education: Fostering Inclusion through Narration and Reflexivity presents an international and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the relationships between narrative devices and reflexivity in higher education.

The marriage between Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma has proven to be a powerful tool for cutting waste and improving the organization's operations.

This book explores theory and best practices to improve teaching and learning to promote equity in the classroom in specific disciplinary areas including STEM, healthcare, and the humanities.

This book takes readers on a journey into the future of work.

MonikaPerkhofer-Czapek und Renate Potzmann untersuchen erstmals Verständnis undZumutbarkeit der Erweiterung des Aufgabenspektrums von LehrerInnen in RichtungBegleiten, Beraten und Coachen aus theoretischer und empirischer Sicht.

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Teaching grammar can be overwhelming and is often an overlooked part of effective instruction, especially for young learners.

Safety Science Research: Evolution, Challenges and New Directions provides a unique perspective into the latest developments of safety science by putting together, for the first time, a new generation of authors with some of the pioneers of the field.

This book uniquely describes the work of two Early Years Professionals, drawing on their narrative accounts as they robustly describe and analyse their work with young children.

This is a book for anyone who has ever considered engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning - known familiarly as SoTL - and needs a better understanding of what it is, and how to engage in it.

Offering research on afterschool literacy programs designed around teacher-student collaborative inquiry groups, this book demonstrates how adolescent learning is uniquely successful when grounded in dialogic conversation.

Edited collection featuring essays from exceptional National Teaching Fellows.

Today's multilingual classrooms challenge even the best teachers' skills.

How to foster happier employees for a healthier bottom line Managers could learn a lot from a message echoed by generations of dairy farmers: "e;Contented cows give better milk.

In this book, we put forward a holistic conceptual framework for implementing Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT) in higher education.

In this much needed resource, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom.

Greece's economy and society have undergone important structural changes in recent years as a result of the financial crisis and consequent austerity policies that have been implemented.

How can we make sure that our children are learning to be creative thinkers in a world of global competition - and what does that mean for the future of education in the digital age?

In recent years, Further Education has reached a crossroads, with questions being asked about its function, aims and focus, as well as querying the role of the FE teacher, the key aspects of the curriculum and which values should inform FE pedagogy.

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and practice over the last fifteen years.

Despite feedback's demonstratively positive effects on student performance, research on the specific components of successful feedback practice is in short supply.

The Routledge Education Studies Textbook is an academically wide-ranging and appropriately challenging resource for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Studies.

Aus einer biografischen Perspektive stellt sich ein berufsbegleitendes Studium als Lebensereignis dar, dessen Bedeutung nur vor dem Hintergrund des bisherigen Lebensweges verstanden werden kann, das diesen aber zugleich fortsetzt und prägt.

Conflict between managers and direct reports affects their work and influences how productive and effective an organization can be.

By neglecting the 'human' factor in the process of research analysis, much has been lost and researchers are now looking for new ways to broaden the social reality in their research.

At a time when movements for racial justice are front and center in U.

According to recent statistics by the U.

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The issues addressed in this easy to read book address the most common issues faced by new or veteran principals such as: attributes of successful principals, leading instructional improvement, crafting a school improvement plan, overcoming resistance from naysayers, leading effective teams, creating conditions for the success of teachers, motivating unmotivated staff, increasing the attendance of students, handling disciplinary issues to help students become self-managed, communication strategies to build respect for the school, maximizing the use of time, and handling conflict productively.

Encouraging efficiency, clarity, and disciplined thinking, A3 Problem Solving identifies a problem, describes the objective, and summarizes fact finding and action steps, all on a single A3-sized piece of paper.

Tackling precarious work has been described by the United Nations (UN)'s International Labour Organization (ILO) as the main challenge facing the world of work.

In this third book of the Shingo Model series, Continuous Improvement focuses on five of the Shingo Guiding Principles: seek perfection, embrace scientific thinking, focus on process, assure quality at the source, and improve flow and pull.

Documents the recent developments in privatisation through 25 country case-studies.

One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this book will give you the confidence to do just that.

This second edition details all productivity and quality methodologies, principles and techniques, and demonstrates how they interact in the three phases of the productivity and quality management triangle (PQMT): measurement, control and evaluation; planning and analysis; and improvement and monitoring.

"e;Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist.

The compendium of writings in this edited volume sheds light on the event "e;Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue"e; at Washington University in St.

Based on a six-year project at INSEAD, top scholars put these developments into perspective.

Introduction to Logistics Systems Management is the fully revised and enhanced version of the 2004 prize-winning textbook Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control, used in universities around the world.

Learning and development is essential to organizational success.

The Engaged University is a comprehensive empirical account of the global civic engagement movement in higher education.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution while creating many new opportunities, is inevitably going to lead to uncertainty around specific jobs and roles, particularly those of knowledge workers and in the innovation economy.