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Assessment for experiential learning
Chan’s book explores the challenges in assessing experiential learning, deepens our understanding, and inspires readers to think critically about the purpose of assessment in experiential learning. Experiential learning has been studied and proven to be effective for student learning, particularly for the development of holistic competencies (i.e. 21st century skills, soft skills, transferabl…
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- 9781003018391
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- xxvi +353 p
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- 370.1523 CHA a
The educational turn : rethinking the scholarship of teaching and learning in…
This open access book explores how educational researchers working at the edges of innovations in languages and literacies, leadership, assessment, social and cultural transformation, and pedagogies rethink the educational turn in new sites. It engages with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) for educational researchers to redefine ways of knowing about learning post-COVID and deepe…
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- 9789811989513
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- XX, 233 p
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- 708 KAT t
First-in-family students, university experience and family life : motivations…
This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the experiences of First in Family (FiF) or first-generation students in higher education. It draws upon narratives of students and their family members and spans the entire university student life cycle (pre-entry, commencement, progression and graduation) with a focus on specific cohorts including mature-aged…
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- 9783031344510
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- XXIII, 294 p
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- 378.198 SAR f
Reframing Blackness and Black Solidarities through Anti-colonial and Decoloni…
This book grounds particular struggles at the curious interface of skin, body, psyche, hegemonies and politics. Specifically, it adds to current [re]theorizations of Blackness, anti-Blackness and Black solidarities, through anti-colonial and decolonial prisms. The discussion challenges the reductionism of contemporary polity of Blackness in regards to capitalism/globalization, particularly wh…
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- 9783319530796
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- xvi, 223p.
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- 305.8001 DEI r
Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy : a comparative network ana…
This open access book explores how policy makers draw on national, regional and international expertise in issuing school reform within five Nordic countries. In an era of international comparison, policy makers are expected to review best practices, learn from experiences from elsewhere, and apply international standards propelled by international organizations. Do they do so? What counts, fo…
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- 9783030919597
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- xxiv, 249p. : ill.
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- 379.48 EVI e
Education, Equity and Inclusion : teaching and learning for a sustainable north
This open access book provides a current view on education, equity and inclusion within the lens of education for a sustainable North. The first book published by the University of the Arctic Thematic Network for Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity (Including the North: A comparative study of the policies on inclusion and equity in the circumpolar North, 2019) highlighted policie…
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- 1
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- 9783030974602
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- viii, 260p. : ill.
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- 371.207 EDU e
Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation
The Open Educational Resources (OER) movement has grown substantially since the term was first adopted at UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries (UNESCO, 2002). Since then, there has been a significant increase in the development, use and sharing of OER as more and more governments and institutions come to realise their value. OER can…
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- xv, 231p : ill.
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- 681.14 OPE
The Digital Scholar : How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice
While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effec…
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- 9781849666268
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- viii, 200p.
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- 371.344 WEL d
Energy efficiency and indoor environment quality
This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a dir…
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- 9783036525075
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- vii, 184p.: ill.
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- 690 LEZ
Bridging between research and practice : supporting professional development …
This book presents a fresh approach to bridging the perceived gap between academic and classroom cultures. It describes a unique form of research partnership whereby Cambridge University academics and school teachers together grappled with and reformulated theory—through in-depth case studies analysing practice using interactive whiteboards in five subject areas. The inquiry exploited the col…
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- 9789462094345
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- xxi ; 365p ; ill
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- 371.33 SAR b
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