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Managing Academics - A Question of Perspective (Hardcover): Richard Philip Winter Managing Academics - A Question of Perspective (Hardcover)
Richard Philip Winter
R2,824 Discovery Miles 28 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'This book sets out an ambitious but achievable alternative to the managerialism that dominates current approaches to leadership and management in higher education. The multiple perspectives model provides a holistic and empirically grounded framework for exploring contrasting values, identities, emotions, goals and expectations, and for provoking generative conversations that will inspire and engage the next generation of academic leaders.' - Richard Bolden, University of the West of England, UK Managing Academics offers contrasting perspectives of managing others in order to provoke alternative interpretations of academic work, identity, working relationships and scholarship outcomes in higher education institutions (HEIs). The author leverages a novel analytical-empirical approach to challenge the notion that managing others is a unitary, values-free process. This approach raises awareness of managing as a social process in which personal values and identity questions are treated as issues of importance to the manager and managed. Studies of academic values such as identity, professionalism and quality of worklife are integrated with authority, commitment and client-community service concepts developed within the disciplines of psychology and management in a multiple perspectives model. To enable different types of academic work to be valued and enacted simultaneously in HEIs, chapters on hybridity and perspective taking are presented. This innovative book is essential reading for academic managers in universities and colleges. It will also be of great value to academics and research students in business, management and higher education studies, and indeed anyone with an interest in the process of managing professionals.

My Teaching Routine (Paperback): Mark Martin My Teaching Routine (Paperback)
Mark Martin
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Establishing a teaching routine that works may be tricky, and this book offers you a tried and tested teaching routine that will be invaluable for educators and school leaders in different settings. With the aim of taking you out of your comfort zone and to constantly review your teaching style, you will be challenged to understand when things are going well and when things need change through reflection and feedback on your practice. You will be guided on how to set clear expectations at the start of every lesson, understanding the journey of the learner, collaborating, reflecting on your own practice and effective questioning. Mark Martin MBE aka @urban_teacher is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Education Practice.

The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer - Creating a Culture Where Everyone Grows (Paperback): Thomas R. Hoerr The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer - Creating a Culture Where Everyone Grows (Paperback)
Thomas R. Hoerr
R781 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R141 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What role does empathy play in your success as a school leader? A principal's skills, knowledge, and experience are important when it comes to leading schools. But whether interacting with staff, students, or parents, principals also need empathy-a key social-emotional skill-to be effective and drive continuous improvement. In this book, veteran school leader Thomas R. Hoerr makes the case for why schools need a Chief Empathy Officer as principal and how to become one. Discover how to grow your own empathy, as well as that of others, and the enormous positive effect this can have on your school. Explore how to view differences of opinion as opportunities to learn. And learn how empathy can help you: Build strong relationships with and among staff members; Better connect with students' parents; Reduce conflict by eliminating problems before they get out of hand; Model and pursue the crucial issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion; Improve instructional leadership. Hoerr includes self-assessment and feedback tools, strategies for incorporating empathy schoolwide, and lively anecdotes that will walk you through the do's and don'ts of empathic leadership. If you're interested in taking your leadership skills up a notch (or two or three), The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer is for you!

Emotionally Naked - A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk (Paperback): A.M Rogers Emotionally Naked - A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk (Paperback)
A.M Rogers
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover effective strategies to help prevent youth suicide In Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk, trainer, speaker, and suicide loss survivor Anne Moss Rogers, and clinical social worker and researcher, Kimberly O'Brien, PhD, LICSW, empower middle and high school educators with the knowledge and skills to leverage their relationships with students to reduce this threat to life. The purpose of this book is not to turn teachers into therapists but given the pervasive public health problem of suicide in our youth, it's a critical conversation that all educators need to feel comfortable having. Educators will learn evidence-based concepts of suicide prevention, plus lesser known innovative strategies and small culture shifts for the classroom to facilitate connection and healthy coping strategies, the foundation of suicide prevention. Included is commentary from teachers, school psychologists, experts in youth suicidology, leaders from mental health nonprofits, program directors, and students. In addition, readers will find practical tips, and sample scripts, with innovative activities that can be incorporated into teaching curricula. You'll learn about: The teacher's role in suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, collaboration The different and often cryptic ways students indicate suicidality What to do/say when a student tells you they are thinking of suicide Small shifts that can create a suicide-prevention classroom/school environment How to address a class of grieving students and the empty desk syndrome Link to a download of resources, worksheets, activities, scripts, quizzes, and more Who is it for: Middle/high school teachers and educators, school counselors, nurses, psychologists, coaches, and administrators, as well as parents who wish to better understand the complex subject of youth suicide.

Feel Free to Smile - The behaviour management survival guide for new teachers (Paperback): Nikki Cunningham-Smith Feel Free to Smile - The behaviour management survival guide for new teachers (Paperback)
Nikki Cunningham-Smith
R373 Discovery Miles 3 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When bad behaviour threatens to derail lessons and undermine teaching, it's easy to feel like you've run out of solutions. Enter: Nikki Cunningham-Smith. With her comforting sense of humour, wealth of experience and ability to see positives in even the most nightmarish of classroom scenarios, Nikki encourages early career teachers to reflect on their practice, take care of their mental health and implement behaviour management strategies that really work. Feel Free to Smile draws on anecdotes from Nikki's time as a teacher in alternative provision settings, as well as contributions from fellow professionals and current NQTs such as Ross Morrison McGill, Vivienne Porritt, Kemi Oloyede and Sarah Mullin. It provides practical strategies, tips and quick fixes for dealing with difficult behaviour and keeping your cool in testing situations. With advice on all aspects of behaviour, as well as reflective questions and space to jot down your thoughts, this book is the perfect companion if you're feeling daunted by challenging behaviour and looking for an experienced voice to help lead the way.

The Headteacher's Handbook - The essential guide to leading a primary school (Paperback): Rae Snape The Headteacher's Handbook - The essential guide to leading a primary school (Paperback)
Rae Snape; Foreword by Alison Peacock
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This must-read guide to being a primary headteacher is filled with practical guidance, tips and advice on all aspects of headship to support and inspire new, current and aspiring headteachers. Written by a headteacher with over 14 years' experience at the helm, The Headteacher's Handbook is the indispensable manual to understanding the role as both an instructional coach and community leader. With a kind and compassionate tone, Rae Snape presents invaluable advice, models, research, motivational quotes and self-reflection questions on a wealth of topics. This includes: - developing and communicating the vision for your school - building a staff team - handling an Ofsted inspection - ensuring inclusion, equality and diversity in your setting - curriculum and assessment design - managing the day-to-day - the finances, health and safety, behaviour and everything in-between! The book features examples from Rae's own experiences as well as contributions from some of the most influential and forward-thinking school leaders today, including Dr Kulvarn Atwal, Mary Myatt, Remi Atoyebi, Paul Dix and Christalla Jamil. Also featuring a foreword by Professor Dame Alison Peacock, CEO of the Chartered College of Teaching, and Sir David Carter's popular framework First 100 Days in Headship, The Headteacher's Handbook is a compendium of all you need to excel as a headteacher.

The State of Independence - Key Challenges Facing Private Schools Today (Paperback, 2nd edition): David James, Jane Lunnon The State of Independence - Key Challenges Facing Private Schools Today (Paperback, 2nd edition)
David James, Jane Lunnon
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

All independent schools are concerned about their futures and need to adapt to changing markets Fully updated with new chapters on #metoo, the COVID pandemic and gender diversity Contributors lined up include the great and the good in education. Each essay will be accessible, jargon free and relevant. Editors are both very high profile with strong social media followings. Independent sector is radically unrepresented in education publishing and yet there are 1300 of them in the UK alone.

Read, Write, Lead - Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (Paperback): Regie Routman Read, Write, Lead - Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (Paperback)
Regie Routman
R1,000 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R185 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Literacy is a skill for all time, for all people. It is an integral part of our lives, whether we are students or adult professionals. Giving all educators the breadth of knowledge and practical tools that help students strengthen their literacy skills is the focus of Read, Write, Lead. Drawing on her experience as a mentor teacher, reading specialist, instructional coach, and staff developer, author Regie Routman offers time-tested advice on how to develop a schoolwide learning culture that leads to more effective reading and writing across the curriculum. She explains how every school-including yours-can: Implement instructional practices that lead to better engagement and achievement in reading and writing for all students, from kindergarten through high school, including second-language and struggling learners. Build Professional Literacy Communities of educators working together to create sustainable school change through professional learning based on shared beliefs. Reduce the need for intervention through daily practices that ensure success, even for our most vulnerable learners. Embed the language of productive feedback in responsive instruction, conferences, and observations in order to accelerate learning for students, teachers, and leaders. In their own voices, teachers, principals, literacy specialists, and students offer real-life examples of changes that led to dramatic improvement in literacy skills and-perhaps just as important-increased joy in teaching and learning. Scattered throughout the book are ""Quick Wins""-ideas and actions that can yield positive, affirming results while tackling the tough work of long-term change.

Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality - An International Comparison (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Hans-Peter... Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality - An International Comparison (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi
R4,363 Discovery Miles 43 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From an international comparative perspective, this third book in the prestigious eduLIFE Lifelong Learning series provides a thorough investigation into how social inequalities arise during individuals' secondary schooling careers. Paying particular attention to the role of social origin and prior performance, it focuses on tracking and differentiation in secondary schooling, examining the short- and long-term effects on inequality of opportunities. It looks at ways in which differentiation in secondary education might produce and reproduce social inequalities in educational opportunities and educational attainment. Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality brings together a number of cross-national and country studies conducted by well-known experts in the field. In contrast to existing empirical research, this book reconstructs individuals educational careers step-by-step, providing a longitudinal perspective essential for an appropriate understanding of the dynamics of inequalities in secondary education. The international viewpoint allows for an illuminating comparison in light of the different models, rules and procedures that regulate admission selection and learning in different countries. This book will be of great interest to policymakers, researchers and professional experts in the field, including sociologists, pedagogues, international political scientists and economists, and also serves as a major text for postgraduate and postdoctoral courses. Contributors include: A. Basler, C. Blank, H.-P. Blossfeld, Y. Brinbaum, S. Buchholz, M. Buchmann, W. Carbonaro, J. Chesters, D. Contini, J. Dammrich, H. Ditton, J. Dronkers, J. Erola, R. Erikson, H. Esser, G. Farges, H. Fend, E. Grodsky, C. Guegnard, M. Haynes, A.C. Holtmann, D. Horn, C. Iannelli, C. Imdorf, A. Karhula, M. Kazjulja, T. Keller, E. Kilpi-Jakonen, M. Klein, M. Koomen, R. Korthals, Y. Kosyakova, I. Kriesi, N. Kulic, D. Kurakin, W. Lauterbach, P. McMullin, S. Mollegaard, J. Murdoch, P. Robert, F. Rudolphi, E. Saar, A. Schier, S. Schuhrer, Y. Shavit, J. Skopek, E. Smyth, K. Taht, E. Tenret, M. Triventi, S. Wahler, F. Wohlkinger, M. Yaish, D. Yanbarisova, G. Yastrebov, M. Zielonka

UDL for Language Learners (Paperback): Caroline Torres, Kavita Rao UDL for Language Learners (Paperback)
Caroline Torres, Kavita Rao
R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Overeducation in Europe - Current Issues in Theory and Policy (Hardcover): Felix Buchel, Andries de Grip, Antje Mertens Overeducation in Europe - Current Issues in Theory and Policy (Hardcover)
Felix Buchel, Andries de Grip, Antje Mertens
R3,151 Discovery Miles 31 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Overeducation is one of the most important mechanisms for labour market adjustment when there is an excess supply of highly skilled workers. However, there is much debate about the consequences of this phenomena and the short- and long-term effects for both the overeducated worker and the economy as a whole. This book contributes to our understanding of recent developments in the research on overeducation by providing a detailed overview of the pertinent theoretical and policy issues. The authors study evidence that a substantial number of workers in Europe are overqualified and challenge the wisdom of greater investments in the education of the workforce. Although it may appear a waste of resources if many workers have a higher level of education than their job requires, others argue that overeducation may actually facilitate the development of a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in Europe. They move on to look at labour mobility and skill mismatches in the labour market, and examine the impact of overeducation on earnings. They also address the somewhat controversial issue of how to measure employee overqualification, and propose an income ratio based on the difference between actual and potential earnings as an effective approach. Finally, they look at the effect of overeducation on specific groups in society such as licensed professionals, university graduates and ethnic minorities. Economists, social scientists, and academics interested in labour market theory and policy will find this an insightful and original volume which will make an important addition to the literature on overeducation.

Talking Teaching with the Dynamic Deputies - Inspiring CPD for every teacher (Paperback): Russell Pearson, Steve Eastes Talking Teaching with the Dynamic Deputies - Inspiring CPD for every teacher (Paperback)
Russell Pearson, Steve Eastes
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Teaching remains an incredibly demanding and often 'downtrodden' profession but being a teacher can be a fabulous and rewarding job. This book offers uplifting professional learning for all teachers. It shines a light on the brilliant aspects of the job and helps readers to learn from some of the inspiring educators in the UK today. Russell Pearson and Steve Eastes are Primary Deputy Heads who run a popular education podcast for teachers. Interviewing educators for the podcast has shaped their understanding of key issues in education. *An uplifitng and inspiring learning tool for every teacher *Explores and unpicks lessons learned from ten inspiring educators *Focuses on key themes pertinent for all educators, regardless of their role or level of experience *Written in a truly authentic 'voice': from the perspective of real educators living and breathing daily school life

Supporting Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Trauma (Paperback): Juliette Ttofa Supporting Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Trauma (Paperback)
Juliette Ttofa; Illustrated by Paul Greenhouse
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This beautifully illustrated and sensitively written storybook and accompanying guide follows the story of the Silent Selkie as she struggles to manage her emotions and come face-to-face with what lies behind her behaviour. The storybook is designed to encourage young people who may have adverse childhood experiences or trauma to develop a greater understanding of how this can affect them, while the supporting guide helps caring adults working with vulnerable children and young people to use the expressive arts to develop greater self-awareness and emotional literacy. No matter their background, this storybook and guide will enable parents, carers, school staff and other professionals working with children and young people to use the arts in a therapeutic way to soothe, support, and provide an outlet for strong emotions.

Freedom from Bullying (Paperback): Mildred Masheder Freedom from Bullying (Paperback)
Mildred Masheder
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is essentially a practical book to help teachers and parents work with their children to prevent bu llying in the school situation, and also to help deal with b ullying when it occurs. '

A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools - The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook... A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools - The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook (Paperback)
Emma Sheppard
R576 Discovery Miles 5 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

At The MTPT Project we know that teaching can be a sustainable career choice for parents, and in this essential handbook, we show you how. Supported by case studies celebrating the best that the family friendly schools and happy teachers in our community have to offer, this book is a lifeline for both educators aspiring to combine their passion for teaching with becoming a parent, and the school leader who wants to empower them. However you become a parent, or choose to grow your family and your career, this handbook will provide you with the guidance and cheerleading that you need to fulfil your personal and professional aspirations. The book is divided into nine chapters, guiding readers from the first considerations of family planning, all the way through to the reality that some teachers and leaders may choose to leave classrooms for good. Each chapter includes: the latest research on working families legalities associated with different stages of working parenthood (including discrimination and how to avoid it as an employer and address it as an employee) case studies from our community suggestions for individuals and schools recommended further reading. Each chapter will help you to navigate the journey from planning a family, to stepping in and out of teaching to suit your parenting needs, to creating family friendly working environments, whatever your role in school. With its mixture of research-informed solutions, hints and tips, this text is perfect for colleagues embarking on their parenting journey and school leaders who want to take practical steps to retain and empower valued colleagues.

The Skin I'm In (Paperback): Sharon G. Flake The Skin I'm In (Paperback)
Sharon G. Flake
R179 Discovery Miles 1 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A brave, beautifully told story of an Afro-American teen dealing with colourism, racism and bullying - but given hope by the power of an inspirational and kind teacher. Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do the same? Features a new introduction by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds. A powerful, unflinching and hopeful story that redefined young adult literature by presenting characters, voices, and real world experiences that had not been fully seen before See Sharon G. Flake's The Life I'm in if you liked this!

So What Now? Time for learning in your school to face the future (Paperback): John West-Burnham, Malcolm Groves So What Now? Time for learning in your school to face the future (Paperback)
John West-Burnham, Malcolm Groves
R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"It is not the role of schools to solve the climate crisis or any of the other multiple crises now facing humankind. But it is powerfully their role, if they so choose, to equip young people as well as possible to deal with the consequences of the serious problems they will be inheriting from their elders, not betters." Could it be our collective failure to respond effectively to the threat of the climate emergency or the challenges of the pandemic has been shaped to a small but significant degree by the nature of the learning that happens in our schools and a failure to enable young people to learn appropriately there? That question lies at the heart of this thought-provoking new book as it unpicks the concept of deep learning for future sustainability. This combines deep understanding with action, and links both to moral purpose. It is not enough just to be concerned about climate change - awareness must lead to action. The book draws on an eclectic range of sources, case studies of actual practice, critical perspectives and opportunities for reflection. The authors argue that first and foremost it is for educators and leaders to get on as best they can in their own school context to do what is both necessary and right to secure learning fit for a just and sustainable future irrespective of governmental lead in these matters. In doing so the authors set out some clear evidence-informed principles for school development and leadership that are central to the success of that mission.

The Impact of War on Children (Paperback): Graca Machel The Impact of War on Children (Paperback)
Graca Machel
R250 R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Save R35 (14%) Ships in 15 - 25 working days

This ground-breaking report for UNICEF focuses on the impact of armed conflict on children. Using examples from around the world, Machel analyses the special vulnerabilities of children when families and communities are torn apart, schools are destroyed and stability is shattered.

From Equity Insights to Action - Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners (Paperback): Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria... From Equity Insights to Action - Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners (Paperback)
Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria G. Dove, Audrey F. Cohan, Carrie Mcdermott Goldman
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Your Greatest Assets are Right Before Your Eyes: Your Multilingual Learners! Equity for multilingual learners (MLLs) means that students' cultural and linguistic identities, backgrounds, and experiences are recognized as valued, rich sources of knowledge and their academic, linguistic, literacy, and social-emotional growth is ensured to the fullest potential. This ready-to-use guide offers practical, classroom-level strategies for educators seeking thoughtful, research-informed, and accessible information on how to champion equity for MLLs in a post-COVID era. Focused on the deliberate daily actions that all teachers of multilingual learners can take, this resource guide captures a compelling advocacy framework for culturally and linguistically responsive equity work, including Authentic examples of how educators understand and support MLLs through an equity lens Student portraits of multilingual learners' experiences Accessible answers to essential how-to questions Robust professional learning activities Access to print and online resources for additional information Thoughtful probes throughout the guide help teachers develop student agency and foster pathways in their own practice and communication with multilingual learners.

Empire and Education in Africa - The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective (Paperback): Peter Kallaway, Rebecca Swartz Empire and Education in Africa - The Shaping of a Comparative Perspective (Paperback)
Peter Kallaway, Rebecca Swartz
R345 R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Save R75 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Empire and Education in Africa brings together a rich body of scholarship on the history of education in colonial Africa. The book examines similarities and differences in approaches to education across a broad geographical and chronological framework, from the 1850s to the late 20th century. The chapters highlight some central concerns in writing histories of education that transcend geographic or imperial boundaries. The text addresses the relationship between voluntary societies' role in education provision and state education. The book also deals with 'adapted' education: what kind of education was appropriate to African people or African contexts, and how did this differ across and between colonial contexts? The contributors emphasise the impact of political, social and economic change on the nature and scale of educational provision. The rise of democracy, nationalism and radical politics, industrial revolution, urban society and the advent of social science all had an influence on the emergence of educational policy as a distinct field by the middle of the twentieth century. All these issues had an impact in the colonial context. Many of the chapters deal with issues of gender in colonial education, showing how issues of gender were central to education provision in Africa.

Second International Handbook of Urban Education (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): William T. Pink, George W. Noblit Second International Handbook of Urban Education (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
William T. Pink, George W. Noblit
R14,248 Discovery Miles 142 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This second handbook offers all new content in which readers will find a thoughtful and measured interrogation of significant contemporary thinking and practice in urban education. Each chapter reflects contemporary cutting-edge issues in urban education as defined by their local context. One important theme that runs throughout this handbook is how urban is defined, and under what conditions the marginalized are served by the schools they attend. Schooling continues to hold a special place both as a means to achieve social mobility and as a mechanism for supporting the economy of nations. This second handbook focuses on factors such as social stratification, segmentation, segregation, racialization, urbanization, class formation and maintenance, and patriarchy. The central concern is to explore how equity plays out for those traditionally marginalized in urban schools in different locations around the globe. Researchers will find an analysis framework that will make the current practice and outcomes of urban education, and their alternatives, more transparent, and in turn this will lead to solutions that can help improve the life-options for students historically underserved by urban schools.

Entrepreneurship Programs and the Modern University (Paperback): Michael H. Morris, Donald F Kuratko, Jeffrey R.Cornwall... Entrepreneurship Programs and the Modern University (Paperback)
Michael H. Morris, Donald F Kuratko, Jeffrey R.Cornwall Cornwall
R1,005 Discovery Miles 10 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

I am a believer in the concept of the entrepreneurial university, and think our institutions of higher learning must learn to think and act in more entrepreneurial ways. The kind of entrepreneurial culture which this book champions can transform student lives, invigorate university campuses, and make a fundamental difference in our communities.' - Burns Hargis, President, Oklahoma State University, US'At IU's Kelley School of Business, we believe in the power of entrepreneurial thinking, with a relentless pursuit of excellence in the research and teaching of entrepreneurship and innovation across our entire campus. This book on 'academic entrepreneurship' offers one of the most comprehensive approaches to understanding the framework and strategies for building effective entrepreneurship programs within universities today. I truly believe all universities, regardless of their current stage of development of their entrepreneurship programs, will materially benefit from the ideas in this book.' - Daniel C. Smith, former Dean, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and current CEO, Indiana University Foundation, US After more than 30 years of impressive growth, what have we learned about building world-class entrepreneurship programs within universities? After tracing the evolution of entrepreneurship within institutions of higher learning, the authors explore the key elements that constitute a comprehensive entrepreneurship program. Best practices at leading universities and differing kinds of academic environments are highlighted. They examine multiple aspects of program management and infrastructure, including curriculum and degree program development, where entrepreneurship is administratively housed, how it is organized, and approaches to staffing and resource acquisition. The perspectives shared in the book enable university presidents, entrepreneurship students, provosts, deans, entrepreneurship program directors, faculty members, and others to better capitalize upon the empowering and transformative potential of entrepreneurship. Contents: Preface Part I: The Entrepreneurial Imperative within Universities 1. The Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Universities 2. Organizational Structures for Entrepreneurship Programs 3. Assessing Program Outcomes: Towards a Competency-based Approach Part II: Developing the Entrepreneurial Curriculum 4. Establishing the Core Curriculum 5. Designing Degree Programs 6. Experiential Learning in Entrepreneurship Part III: Co-Curricular Entrepreneurship Support Programs 7. Hatcheries, Accelerators and Incubators 8. Student-run Ventures 9. Business Plans, Business Models and Elevator Pitch Competitions 10. Mentoring Programs, Entrepreneurship Clubs and Learning Communities 11. Study-abroad Programs in Entrepreneurship Part IV: Outreach Programs in Entrepreneurship 12. Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Programs 13. Best Practices in Community Engagement 14. University Seed Funding Programs Part V: Supporting Campus-wide Programs in Entrepreneurship 15. University-wide Entrepreneurship 16. Addressing Resource Needs Conclusion: The Ongoing Revolution Index

The Teaching and Learning Playbook - Examples of Excellence in Teaching (Paperback): Michael Feely, Ben Karlin The Teaching and Learning Playbook - Examples of Excellence in Teaching (Paperback)
Michael Feely, Ben Karlin
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Contains over 100 tried and tested techniques that teachers and school leaders can use to drive improvements in teaching and learning. * Includes infographics and videos for every technique to show how it works in practice with additional audio commentary to spotlight each step and make it easier for teachers to replicate. * Codifying the key skills for every teacher to get better and for every school leader to drive improvements in their school, the Playbook covers: * The layout and approach takes into account research into memory and how we learn to make it easier for teachers to process the techniques.

Politics and Policy-Making in Israel's Education System (Paperback): Haim Gaziel Politics and Policy-Making in Israel's Education System (Paperback)
Haim Gaziel
R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first comprehensive book in English to describe and analyze the structure of Israel's educational system from a political and policy-making perspective. It has been written in response to academicians' demands for a clear understanding of how education policy in Israel is shaped by the political agenda and the fluid balance of power between vested political interests in education policy.

The main actors in the formation of educational policy are described in detail: the roles of political parties, the teachers' unions, parents' unions, local authorities and the Ministry of Education and Culture are discussed.

Educational policy during the Yishuv era and after the establishment of the state is contrasted with the progressive policies and achievements that took place over the last forty years. Specific landmarks in educational policy in the form of equality, resources, reform and integration are discussed, and controversial issues such as educational equality versus educational elitism are addressed.

This book is essential reading for educationalists worldwide. By describing the link of politics to education in Israel in terms of current, western models it allows comparisons between different national systems, thereby highlighting the specific strains and problems that have to be overcome as a result of secular/religious dichotomies.

A Dilemmatic Approach to Education (Paperback): Ariel Sarid A Dilemmatic Approach to Education (Paperback)
Ariel Sarid
R1,223 Discovery Miles 12 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Dilemmatic Approach to Education offers a unique approach to educational theorizing that enriches the way we think about education. Problematizing conventional education theory, it presents an unorthodox thesis that education is defined by an internal conflict between competing core values, which in turn produce core dilemmas. The book locates the theoretical foundations of a dilemmatic approach in the works of thinkers such as G. H. Mead, Gert Biesta, Luca Tateo, and Etienne Wenger. It then relates this dilemmatic approach to a general theory of education, partly defined as the realization of the 'good', conceived in terms of competing core values. The book uses Schwartz's theory of universal values as a framework for disclosing the core values competing in educational models. The dilemmatic nature of educational leadership (including social justice leadership) is set within the context of leading leadership theories and illustrated through exemplary leadership dilemmas. Lastly, the book identifies ethical self-understanding and communities-of-practice as practically affecting a dilemmatic approach to education. Presenting an innovative understanding of the nature and meaning of education, this book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the field of educational theory and educational research, as well as those interested in a deep engagement about the meaning of education.

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