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1. 500 Tips on Group Learning

   By Sally Brown

   Edited by Phil Race

   Series: 500 Tips

   Including sections on creative thinking, problems in groups, feedback mechanisms, dealing with conflict, and gender issues within groups, this volume is designed to aid educators and trainers to create more effective group learning situations....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. 500 Tips for Further and Continuing Education Lecturers

   By Anderson, David, Brown, Sally (, Race, Phil

   Series: 500 Tips

   Following changes in education over the years, lecturers are under increased pressure with heavier workloads and more complex assessment duties. This practical manual seeks to provide ideas on all aspects from coping with heavier workloads to working with support staff, and has a "dip-into" format....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Resource Based Learning

   By Brown, Sally (Educational Development Advisor, University of Northumbria), Smith, Brenda (Teaching and Learning Quality Manager, Nottingham Trent University)

   Series: SEDA Series

   Resource-based learning has emerged as a response to the changing expectations of students. This text provides strategies for its implementation, development evaluation and discusses the implications for resource centres....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. 500 Tips for Research Students

   By Brown, Sally, McDowell, Liz, Race, Phil

   Series: 500 Tips

   This text offers researchers practical hints and advice as well as support/guidance in planning, carrying out, writing up and publishing research findings. Topics covered include: information handling; time and self-management; writing; dealing with others; and publishing and profile....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. Assess Your Own Teaching Quality

   By Brown, Sally, Race, Phil

   Series: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

   Containing over 100 checklist grids of performance indicators on a wide range of teaching elements, this guide allows teachers to assess their own work, uncovering strengths and weaknesses. The text can also be used for formal peer assessment or as a basis for gathering feedback....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in the US and UK

   Edited by Mark Shucksmith, David L. Brown, Sally Shortall, Jo Vergunst, Mildred E. Warner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   This book examines the transformations of rural society and economy in the UK and US during the last half-century, and explores the significance of these trends and changes for community sustainability, quality of life and the environment. While both the UK and US are highly urbanised, rural people...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Effective Practice in Youth Justice

   2nd Edition

   By Martin Stephenson, Henri Giller, Sally Brown

   Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date review of research and the implications for practice, the second edition of Effective Practice in Youth Justice considers core areas of youth justice practice, such as how to engage young people effectively within the context of recent changes to the youth...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
8. A Practical Guide to University and College Management

   Beyond Bureaucracy

   By Steve Denton, Sally Brown

   Written for Higher Education managers and administrators, A Practical Guide to University and College Management is a highly accessible text that offers practical guidance on how to manage the day-to-day life of universities. The authors take a proactive approach and offer a range of good practice...

   Published August 31st 2009 by Routledge
9. Effective Practice in Youth Justice

   By Martin Stephenson, Henri Giller, Sally Brown

   Youth justice has become an increasingly important part of the criminal justice system, and has faced a wide range of challenges in the last few years. Practice within the youth justice system has become increasingly professionalized, with important roles being played locally by Youth Offending...

   Published June 30th 2009 by Willan
10. Internationalising Higher Education

    Edited by Elspeth Jones, Sally Brown

    With increasing numbers of international students, this book explores how best to broaden the approaches to learning and teaching in the higher/further education environment. Rather than seeing internationalization as a problem to be addressed, this text embraces the opportunities for the...

    Published May 9th 2007 by Routledge