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World class universities : a contested concept
This open access book focuses on the dimensions of the discourse of 'The World Class University', its alleged characteristics, and its policy expressions. It offers a broad overview of the historical background and current trajectory of the world-class-university construct. It also deepens the theoretical discussion, and points a way forward out of present impasses resulting from the pervasive …
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- 9789811575983
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- x, 289p. : ill.
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- 378 WOR w
Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs: key issues, concern,…
This open access book analyzes the main drivers that are influencing the dramatic evolution of work in Asia and the Pacific and identifies the implications for education and training in the region. It also assesses how education and training philosophies, curricula, and pedagogy can be reshaped to produce workers with the skills required to meet the emerging demands of the Fourth Industrial Rev…
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- 9789811570186
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- xxvi, 353p.: ill.
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- 331.124 ANT a
Education and climate change : the role of universities
This open access volume draws on a multidimensional model of educational change, the book reviews the field of climate change education and identifies some of the areas in which past efforts have fallen short in supporting effective pedagogical change at scale. It then formulates an approach to engage university students and faculty in partnering with schools and adult education institutions an…
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- 9783030579272
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- xiii, 201p. : ill
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- 370.115 EDU e
European higher education area: challenges for a new decade
This open access book highlights the major outcomes of the fourth edition of the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers Conference (January 2020), which has already established itself as a landmark in the European higher education environment. The conference provides a unique forum for dialogue between researchers, experts and policy makers in the field of higher education, …
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- 9783030563165
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- lv, 596p. : ill.
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- 378 EUR e
Higher education landscape 2030 : a trend analysis based on the AHEAD Interna…
This open access Springer Brief provides a systematic analysis of current trends and requirements in the areas of knowledge and competence in the context of the project “(A) Higher Education Digital (AHEAD)―International Horizon Scanning / Trend Analysis on Digital Higher Education.” It examines the latest developments in learning theory, didactics, and digital-education technology in con…
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- 9783030448974
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- xxi, 59p. : ill.
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- 378 HIG h
Improving a country’s education : PISA 2018 results in 10 countries
This open access book compares and contrasts the results of international student assessments in ten countries. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released the results of its 2018 assessment in December 2019. This book reflects the debates that typically follow the release of these results and focuses on the causes of differences between countries. Such causes in…
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- 9783030590314
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- xiv, 263p. : ill.
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- 371 IMP i
Applied pedagogies for higher education : real world learning and innovation …
This open access book critiques real world learning across both the curriculum and extracurricular activities. Drawing on disciplines as diverse as business, health, fashion, sociology and geography, the editors and authors employ a cross-disciplinary approach to examine how this concept is being applied in higher education. Divided into three parts, the authors and contributors analyse broader…
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- 9783030469511
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- xxiii, 415p. : ill.
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- 378 APP a
Implementing deeper learning and 21st education reforms : building an educati…
This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of develo…
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- 9783030570392
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- viii, 198p. : ill.
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- 370.1523 IMP i
All in the mix: race, class and school choice
All in the mix: class, race and school choice considers how parents choose secondary schools for their children and makes an important intervention into debates on school choice and education. The book examines how parents talk about race, religion and class – in the process of choosing. It also explores how parents’ own racialised and classed positions, as well as their experience of educa…
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- 9781526139306
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- vi, 184p.; 23 cm
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- 370.117 BYR a
Perspectives and research on play for children with disabilities : collected …
Perspectives and research on play for children with disabilities. Collected Papers. This book includes eight chapters reflecting various approaches towards the theme of play for children with disabilities that characterised the work of the members of the COST Action TD1309 “LUDI–Play for Children with Disabilities”: barriers and facilitators to play, guidelines on accessibility and usabil…
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- 9788395669613
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- XVI, 189 p.
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- 371.9 BUL p
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