The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide for designing developing and teaching learner centered online courses and or modules of instruction. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to online education. Chapter 2 provides information on the resources and support nee... Lees meer.

Covering birth through middle grades this text includes viewing and higher-level thinking. It integrates three chapters of writing and reading making it useful for both regular and block courses. This text explains and demonstrates with a clear step-by-step approach... Lees meer.

Learner-centered education is not only a crucial issue for quality of education but also for students social self-esteem self-effectiveness and societal peace and coherence. Following the trauma of the genocide learner-centered education has been systematically intro... Lees meer.

This book addresses the need for maturational growth in undergraduate and entry-level graduate students as a foundation for professional and civic development. It presents an engaged learning curriculum for higher education Know Your Self which strengthens psychologic... Lees meer.

Written in an accessible style for all those who work with young children or will the author asks the reader to think of the child in the context of the family and community. Reorganized and updated the book continues to examine developmental theory but now with a gr... Lees meer.

Anytime Anywhere synthesizes existing research and practices in the emerging field of student-centered learning and includes profiles of schools that have embraced this approach. Educators have argued that students should be at the center of learning constructing... Lees meer.

Examines the praxis of internationalization in higher education with empirical research and relevant models of practice that approach the topic critically and responsibly. The book innovates and re humanizes internationalization efforts by focusing on the people and co... Lees meer.

Learner-Centered Instructional Design and Evaluation offers a forward-thinking evidence-based vision of technology-enhanced higher education that taps into today s digital access opportunities for more dynamic agnostic and inclusive learning experiences. Learner-... Lees meer.

Ecologizing Education explores how we can reenvision education to meet the demands of an unjust and rapidly changing world. Going beyond green schooling programs that aim only to shape behavior Sean Blenkinsop and Estella Kuchta advance a pedagogical approach that se... Lees meer.

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If the Christ-centered college or university did not exist would it have to be invented. Back in the 1950s the answer was in doubt. With few exceptions Christian colleges wallowed in defensive self-doubt and divisive competition while under attack from the rising p... Lees meer.

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Are professors the gatekeepers of knowledge or merely the folks who hold the gates open. Paul Gathercoal education California Lutheran U. and his brother Forrest Gathercoal education emeritus Oregon State U. believe they are the gatekeeper but with a difference... Lees meer.

Educators must both respond to the impact of trauma and prevent trauma at school. Trauma-informed initiatives tend to focus on the challenging behaviors of students and ascribe them to circumstances that students are facing outside of school. This approach ignores the... Lees meer.

This carefully crafted collection provides a snapshot of the evolution of David Nunan s theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of second language education over the last 40 years. The volume focuses on the development of his work on second language curricu... Lees meer.