Thirteenth in the Service-Learning in Disciplines series, this book provides a sound approach to the many conceptual and methodological changes that have taken place in the teaching of languages and cultures. By reviewing the accomplishments of Spanish teachers and what theory informs us, the editors have compiled a series of suggestions to help students and teachers "connect with communities in order to facilitate learning with each other rather than about each other".

Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges): Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Spanish (Higher Education)

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education

Stylus Publishing

The story of the Exploring Transfer project, a 12-year collaboration between Vassar College and LaGuardia and six other community colleges that has resulted in student transfer and graduation rates three times higher than the national average. Describes the strategies that make it a success, and demonstrates how other institutions can adapt it.

Transforming Students' Lives: How "Exploring Transfer" Works, and Why

Lieberman, Janet

Yearsley Hungar, Julie

The portfolio is a powerful tool for learning and assessment. Introducing the electronic into the mix increases its power, especially through the key feature of interactive hyperlinks and the potential to promote continuous reflection on, and updating of, learning. This introduction examines the potential of electronic portfolios by addressing: rationales for creating an electronic portfolio; possible features of the portfolio; examples of current practice; cautions; and recommendations. Chapters by nineteen portfolio practitioners from a range of disciplines and institutions describe the construction and use of electronic portfolios. They describe the uses: * By students to display and reflect on work for a specific course or program * By faculty to document and reflect on their classroom practice and allow comment by colleagues or others * By institutions to demonstrate accountability to their stakeholders and as a vehicle for institution-wide reflection, learning, and improvement. The section on institutional portfolios includes chapters on the incorporation of institutional research and data, and the potential role for such portfolios in accreditation. Section editors: Susan Kahn, Daniel P Tompkins, and Kathleen Blake Yancey.

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning

A practice-oriented volume written by sociology faculty for their colleagues and others who care about the retention and success of students of color in the discipline's gateway courses.

Included In Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Higher Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Assessment Programs and Projects: A Directory (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

Learning from Change

Since its inception in 1969, Change magazine has been the bellwether of higher education. It has framed the key issues confronting the academy, attracted the best minds, and shaped the debate. In this important collection, Deborah DeZure and a panel of contributing editors have selected landmark articles on teaching and learning in higher education published in Change from its launch to the present. Through the articles and incisive commentaries we follow the controversies, witness the reception of innovations, and trace the threads of continuity of the past thirty years. What emerges is both an indispensable set of perspectives and a rich resource of models and ideas.The book spans a period that began in the turmoil of student unrest in the '60s, and concludes at the close of 1999 with higher education grappling with the issues of purpose, accountability, technology and changing demographics.What is striking about these articles is the vitality and relevance of the voices from the past. They offer valuable insights and inspiration as we plan for the future, and consider how to foster effective teaching and learning environments.Organized by topic, the articles in each section are introduced by a recognized authority in the field. Deborah DeZure's Introduction and Conclusion offer both the context and an analysis of trends.Learning from Change constitutes both fascinating reading and an important compass for administrators in higher education, directors of faculty development, and deans, department chairs and faculty engaged in leadership roles in the academy. It is an invaluable introduction and survey for anyone who wants to familiarize him or herself with the issues and trends.

Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change Magazine 1969-1999

This book is for every teacher or trainer--whose computer skills may be limited--who wants to understand the Internet educationally, and use it in his or her courses. As institutional pressures mount to integrate the Internet into teaching, this book provides a framework and a hands-on introduction to what’s involved, whether it’s adapting materials and teaching styles for the Web, or designing a virtual course. This book provides: + an introduction to the key educational concepts needed to adapt teaching methods and materials to the medium of the Internet + an introduction to both basic and advanced Internet skills-from using e-mail to collaborative conferencing + a framework for harnessing the Internet to achieve educational goals, and successfully exploiting its resources, features and applications to promote effective learning The framework starts from the premise that teachers should progressively apply Internet technology as their skills and confidence develop. It develops the concept of “augmented” teaching styles―supplementing traditional teaching with Intenet based options; demonstrates how to use modules as the building blocks for Web-based learning; and shows how to use the Internet to deliver individualized learning, by enhancing personal communication between teacher and student, and addressing the diversity of learning styles. The book abounds with inspiring and thought-provoking examples of Internet course materials developed by a wide variety of teachers and trainers, including modules and forms created by the authors who have extensive experience in delivering Internet-based courses. A glossary of terms and directory of Internet sites and resources complete the book, which is also supported by a related Web site.

Internet Based Learning: A Framework for Higher Education and Business

Computers & Technology

Software

Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates

From identifying sources of information about positions for academic job seekers of all disciplines, to advising on the preparation of effective CVs and portfolios, through guidance on the process of interview to final negotiation of terms, Dawn Formo and Cheryl Reed--two Assistant Professors happily employed in their first choice institutions--provide a savvy guide to the application process.Informed by the authors’ experience, the narratives of current and recent job seekers, and the rhetorical analysis of the processes of application, interview and negotiation, this book offers invaluable advice and insights to anyone contemplating an academic career in today’s precarious job market.The authors cover the full spectrum of potential positions--adjunct, visiting, temporary and administrative appointments, as well as traditional tenure-track professorships--in both 4-year institutions and community colleges.This book includes sample application letters and vitae, a model for job search workshop, and a rich list of resources both in print and on-line.This handbook grew out of the demand generated by the authors’ successful workshops. Practical and entertaining, this is the essential guide to navigating today’s complex and changing academic job market.

Business & Money

Formo, Dawn M.

Reed, Cheryl

Job Hunting & Careers

From identifying sources of information about positions for academic job seekers of all disciplines, to advising on the preparation of effective CVs and portfolios, through guidance on the process of interview to final negotiation of terms, Dawn Formo and Cheryl Reed--two Assistant Professors happily employed in their first choice institutions--provide a savvy guide to the application process. Informed by the authors’ experience, the narratives of current and recent job seekers, and the rhetorical analysis of the processes of application, interview and negotiation, this book offers invaluable advice and insights to anyone contemplating an academic career in today’s precarious job market. The authors cover the full spectrum of potential positions--adjunct, visiting, temporary and administrative appointments, as well as traditional tenure-track professorships--in both 4-year institutions and community colleges. This book includes sample application letters and vitae, a model for job search workshop, and a rich list of resources both in print and on-line. This handbook grew out of the demand generated by the authors’ successful workshops. Practical and entertaining, this is the essential guide to navigating today’s complex and changing academic job market.

Have powerful market trends or uncontrollable events ever delayed or derailed your organization's growth? This book offers you new concepts and improved tools to anticipate and convert such forces into powerful allies to help you exceed, not merely achieve, your goals, even in the most challenging environments. Or are you an entrepreneur starting a new business? This book demonstrates how to establish a trajectory to flourish by harnessing whatever the unstoppable and unpredictable forces you may encounter, whether in the traditional or digital economy. The authors present new ways to recognize and understand the forces that are impacting you so you can develop the right vision, and implement the correct strategy to consistently and effectively turn them to advantage. Rejecting old habits such as expending resources to combat or neutralize forces over which you cannot control, The Irresistible Growth Enterprise instead describes revolutionary, yet common sense, management principles that will lead you to breakthrough gains. It also explains how to spread the necessary skills throughout your organization in order to enjoy the highest level of effectiveness. Irresistible forces come in many forms including exponential technological development, frequently changing and ever more demanding customer expectations, rapid shifts in the economy, new regulations, fluctuating financial and currency markets, as well as the emergence of new competitors and increasing price pressures as the pace of globalization accelerates. Companies that have ridden such forces well in the past -- such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Starbucks, and AOL -- have grown from startups to billion dollar sales corporations in ever shorter periods of time. Which forces will be most important for your organization tomorrow? How can they propel your business to irresistible growth? While you cannot accurately predict their direction or timing, applying the principles of The Irresistible Growth Enterprise will enable you to position yourself to always benefit quickly from shifts, and open an ever-expanding lead over your competitors. Here are new questions you need to ask yourself about your business, new ways to answer them, and new processes to employ to pursue your winning course. Tomorrow's leaders will be those who excel at using all irresistible forces to best advantage. The Irresistible Growth Enterprise offers you the key to grasping your full potential for immediate and sustained breakthroughs.

The Irresistible Growth Enterprise: Breakthrough Gains from Unstoppable Change

Coles, Carol

MITCHELL,Donald

Industries

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Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges): Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Spanish (Higher Education)

Transforming Students' Lives: How "Exploring Transfer" Works, and Why

Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning

Included In Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Higher Education)

Assessment Programs and Projects: A Directory (AAHE Assessment Publications Bundle)

Learning from Change: Landmarks in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change Magazine 1969-1999

Internet Based Learning: A Framework for Higher Education and Business

Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates

Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates

The Irresistible Growth Enterprise: Breakthrough Gains from Unstoppable Change