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Inquiry-Based Learning - Undergraduate Research: The German Multidisciplinary…
This open access book provides a systematic overview of experiences with Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) and undergraduate research (UR) in German universities, covering both research universities (Universitäten) and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen). Divided into three parts, the book starts with the principles and common practices of IBL/UR at all universities. Part Two discuss…
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- 378 INQ i
Amherst in the World
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Amherst College, a group of scholars and alumni explore the school’s substantial past in this volume. Amherst in the World tells the story of how an institution that was founded to train Protestant ministers began educating new generations of industrialists, bankers, and political leaders with the decline in missionary ambitions after the Civil War. …
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- 9780943184203, 9780943184210
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- 364
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- 378 SAX a
Universities in Transition : Foregrounding Social Contexts of Knowledge in th…
Universities are social universes in their own right. They are the site of multiple, complex and diverse social relations, identities, communities, knowledges and practices. At the heart of this book are people enrolling at university for the first time and entering into the broad variety of social relations and contexts entailed in their ‘coming to know’ at, of and through university. By r…
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- 9781922064837
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- 258 halaman
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- 370 BRO u
The University in Africa and Democratic Citizenship : Hothouse or Training Gr…
Whether and how higher education in Africa contributes to democratisation beyond producing the professionals that are necessary for developing and sustaining a modern political system, remains an unresolved question. This report, then, represents an attempt to address the question of whether there are university specific mechanisms or pathways by which higher education contributes to the develo…
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- 9781920355708
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- 138 halaman
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Reflections of South African Student Leaders : 1994 to 2017
Reflections of South African Student Leaders 1994-2017 brings together the reflections of twelve former SRC leaders from across the landscape of South African universities. Each student leader’s reflections are presented in a dedicated chapter that draws closely on an interview conducted in the course of 2018/19 which was followed by an interactive process of co-editing, correcting, and appro…
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- 9781928502104
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Re-imagining teaching in online environments
The latest instalment of the Higher Education Practices Series developed by the Higher Education Research Unit in the Department for Learning and Philosophy at Aalborg University. This book continues the tradition of producing timely syntheses of research on higher education topics of international importance. This booklet delves into research findings specifically on the topics of Rich Environ…
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- 9788772102726
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University Autonomy Decline: Causes, Responses, and Implications for Academic…
This book provides empirically grounded insights into the causes, trajectories, and effects of a severe decline in university autonomy and the relationship to other dimensions of academic freedom by comparing in-depth country studies and evidence from a new global timeseries dataset. Drawing attention to ongoing discussions on standards for monitoring and assessment of academic freedom at regio…
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- 9781000814088, 9781032307565
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Unequal Partners American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Af…
This book offers a nuanced analysis of a US-led foundation initiative of uncommon ambition, featuring seven foundations with a shared commitment to strengthen capacity in higher education in Sub-Saharan African universities. The book examines the conditions under which philanthropy can be effective, the impasses that foundations often face, and the novel context in which philanthropy operates t…
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- 978-1-137-59348-1
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Understanding the Nature of Motivation and Motivating Students through Teachi…
This book is based upon three interrelated open naturalistic studies conducted to better characterise the motivational orientation of students in higher education. Open semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with undergraduates, students at community colleges and students in taught postgraduate courses in Hong Kong. The analysis used an exploratory grounded theory approach and res…
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- 978-981-287-883-0
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Understanding Student Participation and Choice in Science and Technology Educ…
Drawing on data generated by the EU’s Interests and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) project, this volume examines the issue of young people’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. With an especial focus on female participation, the chapters offer analysis deploying varied theoretical frameworks, including sociology, social psychology and gender studies. …
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