Fixing College Education: A New Curriculum for the Twenty-first Century
November 1, 2011 by admin
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Since his early days at the University of California, Berkeley, when he was fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath during the Red Scare, Charles Muscatine has been a dedicated teacher and higher education reformer. Upon his reinstatement at Berkeley, he founded “Strawberry Creek College,” a six-year experiment using full professors and small classes to teach lower-division studen… More >>
Fixing College Education: A New Curriculum for the Twenty-first Century
Designing Courses For Higher Education
October 31, 2011 by admin
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* What issues need to be considered in designing a course or unit of study in higher education?
* Who should be involved in designing a course, and how can they best work together?
* What should students get out of a course?
Susan Toohey focuses not on teaching techniques but on the strategic decisions which must be made before a course begins. She provides realistic advice for university and college teachers on how to design more effective cour… More >>
Designing Courses For Higher Education
Best Buys in College Education
October 31, 2011 by admin
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This directory guides students, parents, and school advisors toward colleges that provide a first-class education at more affordable prices. Approximately 200 schools are described with up-to-date information on their academic programs, campus environment, financial aid resources, and the amount of money students and their parents can expect to pay for tuition, required fees, room, and board. Tuition varies from very reasonable at the nation’s better publicly suppor… More >>
Best Buys in College Education
e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook: Resources for Higher Education
October 31, 2011 by admin
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Student engagement with digital learning resources and online social networking are strong forces in education today. How can these resources best be utilized by educators and course designers in higher education? This book aims to provide the reader with enough background information to appreciate the value of social networking, especially for distributed education. Through highlighting the most relevant, interesting, and challenging aspects of e-learning the book … More >>
e-Learning and Social Networking Handbook: Resources for Higher Education
Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race & Disability in Schools
October 30, 2011 by admin
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This powerful book examines the disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education. The authors present compelling stories representing the range of experiences that culturally and linguistically diverse students are apt to face in school. They examine the childrenÂ’s experiences, their familiesÂ’ interactions with school personnel, the teachersÂ’ and schoolsÂ’ estimation of the children and their families, and the school clim… More >>
Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race & Disability in Schools
Coming of Age: The Education & Development of Young Adolescents
October 30, 2011 by admin
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Coming of Age: The Education & Development of Young Adolescents
The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981
October 30, 2011 by admin
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Awarded the Texas State Historical Association’s Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize; presented March 2005 Despite controversies over current educational practices, Texas boasts a rich and vibrant bilingual tradition-and not just for Spanish-English instruction, but for Czech, German, Polish, and Dutch as well. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Texas educational policymakers embraced, ignored, rejected, outlawed, then once again embraced this tr… More >>
The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981
How Popular Musicians Learn: A Way Ahead for Music Education
October 30, 2011 by admin
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During the last 150 years or so, many societies all over the world have developed complex systems of formal music education based on Western models. Common to most are one or more of the following: educational institutions, from primary schools to conservatories, partly involving or entirely dedicated to the teaching and learning of music; written curricula, syllabuses or explicit teaching traditions; professional teachers, lecturers or “master musicians”; systemati… More >>
How Popular Musicians Learn: A Way Ahead for Music Education
What Every Teacher Should Know About The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as Amended in 2004
October 29, 2011 by admin
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Do your students need to learn the basics of the IDEA 2004 Amendment? This brief guide, written by the leading experts in special education law, outlines the history of IDEA; the major purposes of the 2004 Law; specific definitions to terms in the 2004 Amendment; and a discussion of IDEA’s principles: IEPs, learning disabilities, transition, over-identification, early intervening services, and discipline. … More >>
Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education
October 29, 2011 by admin
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Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education is written from the unique perspective of teacher, researcher, and author Elizabeth Tisdell who has extensive experience dealing with culture, gender, and educational equity issues in secular adult and higher education classrooms, and formerly in pastoral and religious education settings on college campuses. This important book discusses how spiritual development is informed by culture and how this kno… More >>
Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education
