Higher Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Reframing Educational Research

   Resisting the 'what works' agenda

   Edited by Valerie Farnsworth, Yvette Solomon

   Possibilities for the use of research in educational practice are often written off due to the history, politics and interests of the ostensibly separate worlds that researchers and practitioners occupy. However, a more optimistic account highlights the ways these communities share a common need...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Styles of Practice in Higher Education

   Exploring approaches to teaching and learning

   Edited by Carol Evans, Maria Kozhevnikov

   This book highlights important discussions occurring within the styles field that have direct relevance for the development of effective twenty-first century learning environments. Styles research in this context is used as an umbrella term to encompass cognitive styles, learning styles, and...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Teaching and Learning with Technology

   Beyond Constructivism

   Edited by Concetta M. Stewart, Catherine C. Schifter, Melissa E. Markaridian Selverian

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Today, new media is both augmenting and extending the traditional classroom with a variety of technology-based tools available to both students and faculty, and has created "new" virtual classrooms for anywhere, anytime availability to education. Despite the enormous potential for technology to...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. WTO/GATS and the Global Politics of Higher Education

   By Antoni Verger

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world, as well as new challenges to the traditional internationalization rationale in the field of higher education. Nevertheless,...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
5. Global Perspectives on Higher Education and Lifelong Learners

   Edited by Hans Schuetze, Maria Slowey

   The global expansion of participation rates in higher education continue more or less unabated. However, while the concept of lifelong learning has figured prominently in national and international educational policy discourse for more than three decades, its implications for the field of higher...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
6. Student Financing of Higher Education

   A comparative perspective

   Edited by Donald Heller, Claire Callender

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government subsidies, to one where students pay a...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
7. Innovative Business School Teaching

   Engaging the Millennial Generation

   Edited by Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Reconceptualising Feedback in Higher Education

   Developing dialogue with students

   Edited by Stephen Merry, Margaret Price, David Carless, Maddalena Taras

   Feedback is a crucial element of teaching, learning and assessment. There is, however, substantial evidence that staff and students are dissatisfied with it, and there is growing impetus for change. Student Surveys have indicated that feedback is one of the most problematic aspects of the student...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
9. Beyond Inclusion

   The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education

   Edited by Satish Deshpande, Usha Zacharias

   In India, two critical aspects of public policy — social justice and higher education — have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge India
10. Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age

    Designing for 21st Century Learning, 2nd Edition

    Edited by Helen Beetham, Rhona Sharpe

    Through a critical discussion of the issues surrounding the design, sharing and reuse of learning activities, the second edition of Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age examines a wide range of perspectives on effectively designing and delivering learning activities to ensure that future...

    Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge