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Learning in Higher Education
Student Engagement - Identity, Motivation and CommunityToday, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are bombarded by pressures and challenges demanding innovative responses. Although international higher education continues to experience considerable growth, there still is a need to review the learning landscapes of mature higher education systems. In... Full review
Inclusive Higher EducationAs the numbers of people globally who take part in higher education increases, how can nations and individual HE institutions ensure that this opportunity is open and available to all who are able to benefit? How can institutions best manage the diversity of their student body to the... Full review
Learning in Higher Education - Contemporary StandpointsThe authors know from practice that students today are in many ways different from students in the past. Some may say they have a shorter attention span. Others may say they are more focused. Some may argue that they waste their time on the Internet during lectures. Others may argue that, as... Full review
Simulations, Games and Role Play in University EducationThis anthology advances a radical agenda for those in higher education, arguing that teaching activities should focus not primarily on knowledge acquisition but behaviour, because institutions of higher education now ‘have become the training centres of the professional practitioner’.... Full review
Beyond TransmissionHigher education today finds itself confronting many challenges, economic, technological and social. Universities’ reliance on ‘transmissive education’, with the lecture as the dominant vehicle for many of their processes, is being thrown into ever greater question.... Full review
Postgraduate Education: Form and FunctionThe fourth book in the Learning in Higher Education series, this anthology presents integrated discussions of three central themes: Learning in postgraduate education Developing a curriculum for postgraduate education Supervising postgraduate learning. These... Full review
Teaching Creativity - Creativity in TeachingTeaching Creativity – Creativity in Teaching offers new theoretical approaches to the understanding of creativity in teaching and learning in higher education. The book’s thirteen chapters contain inspiring examples from people professionally engaged in teaching, learning and... Full review
Engaging with Learning in Higher EducationThis book satisfies a need for broader scholarly writing on an increasingly important and studied area of higher education learning, teaching and quality assurance. It explores student engagement from a number of contexts and provides a contemporary analysis of practice and research on student... Full review
Making Employer and University Partnerships WorkMaking Employer and University Partnerships Work is aimed at Higher Education policy makers, managers, educational practitioners and academics with an interest in employer engagement, employer-responsive provision and for extending Higher Education opportunities to those in the workplace. It... Full review
Getting Started with University-Level Work Based LearningGetting Started with University-Level Work Based Learning is a companion guide, written by experts, to help those new to work based learning. The book is aimed at workers and professionals considering, or just starting, a work based learning (WBL) programme. It will also be of interest to employers... Full review
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