The Europa World of Learning 2008

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A comprehensive directory and guide to the organizations and institutions throughout the sphere of higher education and learning.

Profiling some 30,000 academic institutions and over 200,000...

Published September 27th 2007 by Routledge.

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Improving Learning Cultures in Further Education

By David James, Gert Biesta

Through its unique theoretical framework - a cultural understanding of teaching and learning – this book develops a new way of understanding educational improvement, one...

Published September 17th 2007 by Routledge.

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Merit Aid and the Politics of Education

By Erik C. Ness

While a substantial number of studies have evaluated the effects of merit aid programs, there is a surprising lack of any systematic consideration of how states...

Published September 14th 2007 by Routledge.

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Policy Discourses, Gender, and Education

Constructing Women's Status

By Elizabeth J. Allan

Despite over thirty years of activism and legislation to eliminate discrimination, parity has yet to be achieved for women in academe. This book describes policy...

Published September 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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Changing Identities in Higher Education

Voicing Perspectives

Edited by Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli

In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their...

Published September 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education

Signals and Shortcomings

By Mantz Yorke

A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education...

Published August 24th 2007 by Routledge.

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Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors...

Published July 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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International Perspectives on Teaching Excellence in Higher Education

Improving Knowledge and Practice

Edited by Alan Skelton

There has been an explosion of interest in teaching excellence in higher education. Once labelled the ‘poor relation’ of the research/teaching divide, teaching is now...

Published July 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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Building Excellence

The Rewards and Challenges of Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Edited by Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers

Social work curriculum changes that really work.

The Boyer Report and the Council on Social Work Education have placed expectations on universities and social work programs...

Published July 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Using Narrative Inquiry as a Research Method

An Introduction to Using Critical Event Narrative Analysis in Research on Learning and Teaching

By Leonard Webster, Patricie Mertova

This book provides a much needed up-to-date introduction to the topic of narrative inquiry – which has seen a growing interest in recent years. Narrative...

Published July 5th 2007 by Routledge.

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