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The Best of the Teaching Professor
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Education and the Arab World
What kind of world should we strive for in the next century? What roles will education and training play in creating such a world? With rapid technological advances and the arrival of the information age, education systems as well as labor markets have undergone tremendous changes, affecting not only curricula and teaching methodology, but also the nature of skills and competencies required of graduates and new entrants to a changing workforce in the twenty-first century. In this volume, leading scholars and practitioners unite in an effort to examine the importance of education in the development of nations in the new millennium. This volume is unique in that it engages in cross-national and cross-cultural studies ranging from Australia to Japan, Canada and the UAE. It also explores central concepts in education such as Total Quality Management and Just-in-Time Learning and provides an economist's view of how and in what form education and training influence growth. While the models for effective education may differ, it is undeniable that education is crucial for individual development and economic growth, national production, and building a strong civil society.
The College Lecture Today
In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture without sacrificing theoretical knowledge.
Active Learning
Active Learning: A practical Guide for College Faculty offers everyday guidance for implementing and improving active learning in the college classroom. This collection of articles is appropriate for both the complete novice as well as the instructor who may have used active learning techniques before.
The Academic Chairperson's Handbook
Between 1990 and 2004, universities and colleges will compete fiercely for 335,000 new faculty members. That is just one challenge looming for chairpersons, whose domain has been transformed by changing departmental missions. Until now, the academic chair has received little guidance not only in dealing with new trends but in the daily running of a department. The Academic Chairperson's Handbook is an important resource book for leaders who can make a positive difference. This handbook draws on interviews with two hundred successful academic chairpersons from seventy campuses, who discuss their solutions to typical problems that occur in bridging the relations between faculty, administration...
Handbook of Public Quality Management
Exploring a variety of methods for improving the economic performance of organizations, this multidisciplinary text covers macro- and micro-perspectives while considering strategic planning, systematic process analysis, leadership studies, group dynamics, and human motivation theories. It highlights "quality of relationships" as a guiding principle within the framework of public administration and stresses customer, client, and stakeholder satisfaction. With over 1000 literature references, tables, drawings, and equations, and appendices of laws and regulations, the book responds to the mandate for high performance and increased productivity.
Faculty Development
It is impossible to understate the importance of faculty development in higher education. Better faculty development means better teaching; better teaching means better learning outcomes. In short, this book includes a wealth of proven faculty development suggestions, tips, and ideas that are practical, specific, applicable in a wide range of academic settings, and most importantly, do-able.
