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  • Percursos de inovação pedagógica: ensaios investigativos da prática docente

    Este livro reúne trabalhos produzidos na forma de relatos e análises de atividades inovadoras implementadas em sala de aula por professores da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), no contexto do projeto estratégico institucional de inovação pedagógica. Os autores integram os Núcleos de Inovação Pedagógica (NIP) de cada Escola da universidade, participando de processos ... Read more

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  • The Pronoun Case

    Pronouns can do a great deal,But HOW

    by Yacub Saafir ...
    The pronoun case show what the pronouns are doing and how. The subjective case, the possessive case and the objective case all do different things with in the communication process. ... Read more

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  • Academic Libraries

    Reflecting on Crisis, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Way Forward

    As we begin to fundamentally redefine our world, informed through the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) lens, entire industries are gearing up for this disruptive event. Library practices have been no exception. With the advent of advanced digital technology, knowledge is becoming more readily accessible. This book focuses on how libraries need to respond, adapt, and transform to become ... Read more

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  • The Canine-Campus Connection

    Roles for Dogs in the Lives of College Students

    Edited by Mary Renck Jalongo ...
    Series series New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
    A primary mission of universities is promoting student success and well-being. Many college and university personnel have implemented initiatives that offer students the documented benefits of positive human-animal interaction (HAI). Accumulating evidence suggests that assistance dogs, therapy dogs, and shelter dogs can support student wellness and learning. The best programs balance the welfare ... Read more

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  • Clinical Updates in the Management of Severe Asthma

    New Strategies for Individualizing Long-term Care

    This eHealth Source™ program examines best practices for assessing disease control in patients with severe asthma, the evidence for current and emerging biologic medications, and strategies to improve patient education and treatment adherence. ... Read more

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  • Starting Your PhD

    PhD Knowledge, #1

    by Helen Kara ...
    Series Book 1 - PhD Knowledge
    This concise e-book answers all the key questions people ask when they're considering, or beginning, doctoral study. Presented in an accessible question-and-answer format, and packed with facts, it is easy to read and to find your way around. Whether you've recently started your doctoral study, you're still wondering whether doctoral study is for you, or you are supporting someone else through the ... Read more

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  • Decolonising the University

    In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus. The battle cry '#RhodesMustFall' sparked an international movement calling for the decolonisation of the world's universities.Today, as this movement grows, how will it radically transform the terms upon which universities exist? In this ... Read more

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  • Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Science and Teacher Profession (ICETeP 2021)

    Edited by Wisma Yunita, Muhammad Fadhli ...
    Series Book 680 - Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
    This is an open access book.Uncovering the Languages, Sciences, and Teaching profession Practice during the Covid-19 Pandemic. ... Read more

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  • Koordination und Kompromiss in föderalen Bildungssystemen

    Umkämpfte Institutionalisierung eines neuen Zugangswegs in die Lehrpersonenbildung

    by Sandra Hafner ...
    Series series Soziologie der Konventionen
    In vielen Ländern bereitet traditionell das Gymnasium auf die Lehramtsausbildung vor. Diese multimethodische Open Access Studie befasst sich mit der umkämpften Institutionalisierung eines zweiten, alternativen Zugangswegs (Fachmittelschule) in die Lehrpersonenbildung in der Schweiz. Mit der Analyse von Kritik, Konflikt und Kompromiss werden Prozesse der Harmonisierung von Bildung bei ... Read more

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  • Afrikaanse Filosofie: Perspektiewe en dialoë

    "Hierdie is die eerste boeklengte poging om 'n Afrikaanse filosofiese tradisie te beskryf binne die konteks van die Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis, en om die geskiedenis van die filosofie internasionaal te interpreteer. In die proses word van die belangrikste Afrikaanse filosowe self aan die woord gestel. Dit is werklik 'n waardevolle kultuurhistoriese dokument en 'n enorme bydrae tot die ... Read more

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  • Higher Degree by Research

    Factors for Indigenous Student Success

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Education
    This open access book provides insights from Indigenous higher degree research (HDR) students on supervision practices in an Australian context. It examines findings from qualitative studies conducted with Indigenous HDR students from different academic disciplines, enrolled higher education institutions across Australia, and supervisors of Indigenous HDR students. Six types of data and their ... Read more

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  • Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University

    Academic Labour, Commodification, and Value

    by John Preston ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism
    Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university.Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book offers nuanced examination of the impacts of AI on the control and regulation of academic work and ... Read more

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  • Teaching, Research and Academic Careers

    An Analysis of the Interrelations and Impacts

    This open access book evaluates research quality, quality of teaching and the relationship between the two through sound statistical methods, and in a comparative perspective with other European countries. In so doing, it covers an increasingly important topic for universities that affects university funding. It discusses whether university evaluation should be limited to a single factor or ... Read more

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  • Talent Development in European Higher Education

    Honors programs in the Benelux, Nordic and German-speaking countries

    This book examines the much-debated question of how to unleash the potential of young people with promising intellectual abilities and motivation. It looks at the increasingly important topic of excellence in education, and the shift in focus towards the provision of programs to support talented students in higher education. It provides a systematic overview of programs for talented students at ... Read more

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  • Povos indígenas e democratização da universidade no Brasil (2004-2016)

    a luta por "autonomia e protagonismo

    Este livro da professora, doutora e pós-doutora Rita Gomes do Nascimento — nossa Rita Potyguara — é uma reflexão sobre a luta de transformar instituições educacionais para que aprendam, por meio da educação intercultural, aquilo que povos indígenas e comunidades tradicionais conhecem e que nós, brancos urbanos, precisamos aprender. Rita reúne a competência acadêmica, a experiência profissional, a ... Read more

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  • Digitalisierung in Studium und Lehre gemeinsam gestalten

    Innovative Formate, Strategien und Netzwerke

    Der Open-Access-Band adressiert die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Digitalisierung für Studierende und Lehrende sowie für Support-Strukturen und Leitungen von Hochschulen in Deutschland. Thematische Schwerpunkte bilden die Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Hochschulstrategien im Kontext von regionalen, nationalen und internationalen Netzwerken sowie die Förderung von Schlüsselkompetenzen durch ... Read more

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  • Formação do professor

    a docência universitária em busca de legitimidade

    Este estudo aborda a formação do professor universitário em cursos de pós-graduação. Contempla produções de autores e grupos de pesquisa reconhecidos no campo da pedagogia universitária e formula reflexões e proposições que fornecem pistas para reformulação dos projetos político-pedagógicos desses cursos. As autoras increvem-se no grupo de pesquisadores do tema responsáveis por diversas ... Read more

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  • Educação das relações étnico-raciais

    avaliação da formação de docentes

    O livro analisa a implementação da Educação das Relações Étnico-raciais no Brasil, a partir da Lei 10639/2003, que estabelece a obrigatoriedade do ensino de história e cultura africana e afro-brasileira no currículo da educação básica. No livro é descrito o processo de implementação da lei no contexto da luta do movimento negro brasileiro. São apresentadas e sistematizadas avaliações sobre a ... Read more

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  • David y Goliat

    La epopeya de la educación universitaria de las ciencias de la salud en el siglo XXI. Cuarenta años de éxitos y aprendizajes en la formación de profesionales

    En la actualidad, los contextos de salud parecen volverse en contra de la historia médica. Día a día se incrementa el número de escuelas de medicina sin que exista un control de calidad para darles cabida en una realidad mexicana de servicios de salud con uno de sus peores desempeños, de acuerdo con las estadísticas nacionales e internacionales.La Universidad Anáhuac tiene un lema claro: vencer al ... Read more

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  • University Autonomy Decline

    Causes, Responses, and Implications for Academic Freedom

    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    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 regional ... Read more

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  • Global Initiatives and Higher Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    by Erna Oliver ...
    The Fourth industrial Revolution (4IR) is forcing higher education (HE) into a new era where it must either actively and positively contribute to innovation, sustainability, and development or become obsolete and redundant. HE must leave its ivory tower and forge links and partnerships with society, industry, and governing bodies by delivering graduates that are holistically educated and trained ... Read more

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  • A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research

    Edited by Rachel Palmén, Jörg Müller ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and Society
    Bringing together the latest research among various communities of practice (disciplinary and place based as well as thematically organised), this volume reflects upon the knowledge, experience and practice gained through taking a unique community of practice approach to fostering gender equality in the sectors of research and innovation, and higher education in Europe and beyond. Based on ... Read more

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  • Research Assessment in the Humanities

    Towards Criteria and Procedures

    This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research is delicate. While citation-based research performance indicators are widely used in the natural and life sciences, quantitative measures for ... Read more

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  • Proceedings of The Focus Conference (TFC 2022)

    Series Book 732 - Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
    This is an open access book.It is a common cause globally that the abrupt emergence of Covid-19 wreaked havoc in all sectors, including the higher education system. The sudden closure of campuses as a social distancing measure to prevent community transmission has shifted face-to-face classes to online teaching and learning, a transformative experiment for academics and students in most ... Read more

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