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Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education
Researchers, higher education administrators, and high school and
university students desire a sourcebook like The Model Minority
Stereotype: Demystifying Asian American Success. This second
edition has updated contents that will assist readers in locating
research and literature on the model minority stereotype. This
sourcebook is composed of an annotated bibliography on the
stereotype that Asian Americans are successful. Each chapter in The
Model Minority Stereotype is thematic and challenges the model
minority stereotype. Consisting of a twelfth and updated chapter,
this book continues to be the most comprehensive book written on
the model minority myth to date.
This book examines the development of civic education in the United
States through the lives of two teachers at Shortridge High School
(SHS) in Indianapolis around 1900. After situating civic education
at the turn-of-the-century, the book describes the career of Laura
Donnan-her influences, teaching, extracurriculars, and civic
life-through the lens of her unique epistemology, shaped by
negotiating the gendered ideologies of her era. Then, the book
re-examines Arthur W. Dunn's career, focusing on his ten years at
SHS, and the influence of Donnan on his popular community civics
curriculum and subsequently the 1916 report "The Social Studies in
Secondary Education." Previous scholars have overlooked Dunn's time
at SHS, viewing it simply as a stepping stone for the progressive
educator's career. This book argues that Dunn's time at SHS was
pivotal to his career due to influential colleagues, primarily
Donnan. To conclude, Clark discusses the implications of Donnan's
epistemology in shaping civic education in the United States.
The next decade will be transformative for the higher education
sector. Government funding is decreasing. Through their marketing
activities universities have created the 'student consumer.' The
student consumer is prepared to shop around, compare prices and
value, and once purchased expects a return on their investment.
Disruptive innovations are challenging traditional forms of
learning and in many cases are viewed as better alternatives to
traditional learning in the classroom. Competition from private
educational providers is increasing. Their cost base is lower, and
their customer focus is superior. In short, universities around the
world are facing a perfect storm. While experts don't expect the
higher education sector to collapse under these challenges, they do
believe that for some institutions the future looks bleak. If
universities are to avoid closures or mergers, they will need to
adopt a market-oriented approach. This timely book urges readers to
view students as customers and focuses on how universities need to
reinvent themselves in order to stay relevant. Striking a
difference between market-oriented and marketing, the authors
provide various examples of institutions around the world that are
making efforts to reposition themselves. Additionally, this book
delves into the issue of undervalued faculty, arguing that
education practices are in desperate need of being reimagined due
to the abundance of MOOCs and adaptive and experiential learning
practices within universities these days. Both university and
academic leaders alike, including presidents, provosts, deans, and
faculty will find value in the instructional aspects of this book
as they relate to their involvement with institutional advancement
agendas as well as providing insight into the changing nature of
higher education and the evolving definition of what an academic
career now entails.
This book presents a remarkably broad yet detailed description and
analysis of the various roles played by universities in the
workings of modern economies, with a particular focus on Europe. It
provides both a wide survey of research by others on the topics
addressed, and an account of the authors' own important work. The
complex policy issues are clearly drawn, and the authors informed
pragmatic position on them clearly articulated. This is the best
book on the subject that I have seen.' - Richard Nelson, Columbia
University, US'This book, with its wealth of information and its
broad perspective, goes a long way toward educating us in the
United States about how research at European universities is
conducted and funded and details differences between Europe and the
US. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to have a broader
perspective on the relationship between universities and the
economy.' - Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER, US
The University and the Economy provides an in-depth exploration of
the many ways in which universities contribute to economic
development and growth. By providing readers with theoretical tools
and evidence to explain the means by which university activities
impact the economic system, the book offers a robust analysis of
the strengths and weaknesses of specific university systems. In
offering a solid foundation of conceptual and statistical
knowledge, this book supports the current debate on the role of the
university in the contemporary economy. It also offers insights to
enhance understanding of why some university systems are not
contributing to their economies as well as others. The book adopts
an economic perspective, which allows the actions of universities,
as well as the individuals who study and work within them, to be
analyzed in the context of economic models of behavior. From this
perspective, it explains the organization, governance and funding
of universities' activities and explores how these could be
structured to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
Academics, policymakers, managers and professionals working in
universities will find a wealth of valuable information in this
book. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate
students of science and technology policy, higher education
economics and the economics and management of innovation.
Various pedagogies, including the use of digital learning in
education, have been used and researched for the past 40 years, but
schools have little to show for these initiatives. This contrasts
starkly with technology-supported initiatives in other fields such
as business, health care, and the military. Traditional pedagogies
and general digital technology applications have yet impact
education in significant ways that transforms learning. This
handbook posits that a primary reason for this minimal impact on
learning is that digital technologies have attempted to make
traditional instructional processes more efficient rather than
using a more appropriate paradigm for learning. As there have been
transformative applications in other fields, the book will identify
suggested transformative applications that empower learners. As
technology is used as a partner in other fields, transformative
applications become partners with students (not teachers) to
empower their learning process in and out of school. This handbook
identifies and justifies the paradigm of transformative learning
and pedagogies in education, provides exemplars of existing
transformative applications that, if used as partners to empower
student learning, have the potential to dramatically engage
students in a kind of learning that better fits 21st century
learners, and provides pedagogical models to help teachers empower
students to learn.
Empirical and anecdotal data suggests that education technology
increases access to learning, democratizes knowledge, and increases
the breadth and richness of the learning experience. Due to this,
there is a need to disseminate awareness and information about the
role of emotional intelligence and technology from various
dimensions to help students and teachers maintain the quality of
e-learning and emotional well-being. Technology-Driven E-Learning
Pedagogy Through Emotional Intelligence provides updated research
perspectives focusing on the relationship between e-learning
pedagogy, technology, and emotional intelligence. Covering key
topics such as blended learning, resilience, social awareness, and
empathy, this reference work is ideal for administrators,
researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors,
and students.
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