Being a Presence for Students

This chapter explores two central themes Miller develops in his philosophy of education: presences and morale. Miller argues that a teacher has to establish presence to be effective, and this chapter explores what presence in the classroom is. Then the chapter turns to morale. Miller argues that in our modern age we’ve lost morale, and he suggests that reclaiming presences in the classr…

SMOC Soft Open Method of Coordination

MOC: Soft Open Method of Coordination, edited by Paolo Federighi and Francesca Torlone, presents a collaborative report by seven European regional governments, alongside EARLALL and various universities and research centers. Published in 2011 by Firenze University Press, this volume focuses on the implementation of European Lifelong Learning Strategies within the framework of the Europe 2020 St…

JURNAL TEKNODIK Vol.19

Jurnal Teknodik Volume 19 Nomor 3 (Desember 2015) menyajikan berbagai artikel ilmiah yang mengkaji inovasi dan praktik terbaik dalam pengajaran dan teknologi pendidikan. Artikel-artikel tersebut mencakup topik-topik seperti pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran, pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam pendidikan, serta evaluasi dan implementasi teknologi dalam proses pembelajar…

History of Mathematics Teaching and Learning

History of Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Achievements, Problems, Prospects, edited by Alexander Karp and Fulvia Furinghetti, provides a comprehensive overview of the field of mathematics education history. Published as part of the ICME-13 Topical Surveys series, this work examines the evolution of research methodologies and the interdisciplinary connections that have shaped the discipline.

Educational Secularization Within Europe and Beyond

This edited volume stems from the 9th International Adult Education Academy (2022), featuring contributions from over 80 researchers, students, and practitioners representing nearly 20 countries

Critial Human Rights, Citizenship, and Democracy Education

Critical Human Rights, Citizenship, and Democracy Education brings together a diverse, international body of scholars to treat human rights, citizenship, and democracy education as interconnected and critically examined fields. Through a blend of theoretical explorations and illuminating case studies, the book revisits these concepts from a justice-oriented lens, challenging the dominance of co…

THE DREAM IS OVER

Simon Marginson traces the rise and decline of California’s landmark 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education—designed by University of California President Clark Kerr to ensure universal access, quality, and public accountability. The volume details how this model became a global benchmark, inspiring systems across the world, including China and East Asia. However, in California, the politica…

Public Historyin Teacher Education A Dialogue with Many Voices

This edited volume investigates the transformative power of historical knowledge within teacher education, emphasizing the public history approach. It highlights how integrating historical perspectives helps pre-service teachers foster critical thinking, interdisciplinary awareness, and informed decision‑making. With historical understanding as both disciplinary knowledge and a transversal sk…

European Strategies in Lifelong Learning

This open-access study guide examines the evolution and complexity of lifelong learning and adult education policies within Europe. Drawing on the authors’ teaching experience in adult education at the University of Duisburg–Essen, it offers a structured introduction to key policy frameworks and political actors that shape the field

Researches in Adult Learning and Education: The European Dimension

This volume gathers a series of contributions that explore the paradigm shift from traditional adult/lifelong education to a more dynamic model of adult/lifelong learning. It examines both formal contexts—such as institutions and organized services—and informal contexts where adult learning occurs. Situated within the ESRALE project (European Studies and Research in Adult Learning and Educa…

The Politics of Education in Developing Countries

This 2019 Oxford University Press volume investigates why many developing countries have improved school access without corresponding gains in learning outcomes—a phenomenon now termed the “learning crisis.” Applying a comparative framework across six countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda), the book argues that political factors—including elite commitm…

Comparative Research in Adult Education

This edited volume compiles eight empirical studies originating from the 9th International Adult Education Academy (2022), featuring contributions by over 80 researchers, students, and practitioners from nearly 20 countries

Creativity in Education

Creativity is explored as both an educational tool and a socio-cultural phenomenon across all phases of schooling—from early years to higher education. This open-access volume brings together empirically grounded case studies from diverse global contexts, each followed by critical reflections from international contributors. These conversational responses examine how creative methods can be a…

Higher Education Pathways South African Undergraduate Education and The Publi…

This edited volume explores the transformative potential of undergraduate education in South Africa and the conditions needed to translate access into meaningful learning and social impact.

Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan (Jurnal)

Evaluasi efektivitas metode pembelajaran inovatif seperti pembelajaran berbasis proyek dan pendekatan kontekstual di jenjang sekolah dasar dan menengah

The Lives and Work of 12 Further Education Based Teacher Educators in England

Inspired by Dutch teacher-educators Peter Lorist and Anja Swennen, this compact volume (88 pages) presents firsthand narratives from 12 further education (FE)–based teacher educators working in England. Editors Roy Fisher and David Powell trace their journeys—from becoming classroom teachers to assuming roles as teacher-educators—while analyzing shared experiences and professional identit…

Youth Transitions among Descendants of Turkish Immigrants in Amsterdam and St…

On the other hand, she shows that transitions need not result in social reproduction when institutional conditions enable the development of resources essential for social mobility . Through analyzing how descendants of migrants build various forms of capital in their social trajectories relative to structural contexts, the book advances theoretical discussions informed by Bourdieu’s theory…

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan Volume 13 menghadirkan kumpulan artikel ilmiah yang menitikberatkan pada upaya peningkatan mutu pendidikan melalui berbagai pendekatan penelitian dan praktik pendidikan

Young Adults and Active Citizenship

This open-access book explores the complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations, and active citizenship. It examines how adult education can engage and re-engage young adults, facilitating their life chances and social inclusion, thereby contributing to active citizenship within their societal contexts. The collection addresses social inclusion issues…

World Class Universities

This open access volume delves into the multifaceted discourse surrounding “world class universities,” unpacking their purported characteristics and policy implications. The book presents a comprehensive historical survey and analysis of how the concept has evolved, highlighting its trajectories and tensions. It offers theoretical deepening by integrating perspectives from philosophy, media…

Women in STEM in Higher Education

This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview o…

Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan (Jurnal)

Penggunaan teknologi digital dan multimedia interaktif untuk memperkuat efektivitas pembelajaran di berbagai jenjang sekolah

Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary knowledge has long been correlated with reading proficiency; however, national surveys show that student vocabulary growth has, at best, stagnated. This volume provides new insights into vocabulary knowledge and vocabulary teaching

Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan (Jurnal)

Pengembangan media pembelajaran interaktif dan pendekatan kontekstual untuk meningkatkan keterlibatan siswa

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan Volume 14 menyajikan kumpulan artikel ilmiah yang menyoroti berbagai isu dan praktik dalam upaya peningkatan mutu pendidikan.

Using Social Theory in Higher Education

Using Social Theory in Higher Education offers an accessible introduction to key social theoretical frameworks that are used to explore and understand issues in higher education. The book brings together leading scholars to explain how a wide range of theoretical approaches – including Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas, Butler, and others – can be applied to analyze the structures, practices, an…

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan

memuat artikel penelitian ilmiah yang menyoroti inovasi dalam mutu pendidikan, strategi pembelajaran, pengembangan profesional guru, serta evaluasi kebijakan pendidikan.

Uses of Technology in Upper Secondary Mathematics Education

The use of technology in upper secondary mathematics education is a multifaceted topic. This topical survey addresses several dimensions of the topic and attempts at referring to international research studies as it is written by a team of several authors from five countries of three different continents.

Universities, Innovation and the Economy

Universities, Innovation and the Economy explores the growing importance of universities as key players in the innovation system and their evolving relationship with the economy. The book examines how universities contribute to economic development not only through the education of skilled labor but also through research, technological advancement, and knowledge transfer.

Transforming the Future

This book explores how anticipation—the ability to imagine, evaluate, and prepare for possible futures—can transform decision-making in the 21st century. Developed in partnership with UNESCO, it introduces Futures Literacy as a key capability for navigating uncertainty

Time in Education Policy Transfer

This book examines how time shapes the global transfer of education policies. It introduces seven temporal dimensions—such as timing, pacing, and historical layering—that influence how reforms are adopted, adapted, or resisted across different countries.

The Prevent Duty in Education Impact, Enactment and Implications

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of how the UK government’s Prevent Duty—part of its counter-terrorism strategy—has been interpreted and enacted in educational settings. Drawing on empirical research across schools, colleges, and universities, the book explores how educators have understood and responded to the duty to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.

The Philosophy of Mathematics Education

Paul Ernest's The Philosophy of Mathematics Education critically examines the foundational assumptions underlying mathematics education. Challenging the traditional view of mathematical knowledge as certain and neutral, Ernest proposes a social constructivist perspective, viewing mathematics as a fallible social construction. This approach has significant implications for pedagogy, including in…

The Lecturer's Guide to Quality and Standards in Colleges and Universities

This guide serves as a practical handbook for lecturers in post-compulsory higher education, combining an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong educational philosophy based on reflective practice. The authors address key components of academic quality and standards, including teaching and learning, student support, assessment and evaluation, curriculum design, resource management, and marketing.

The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education

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The Contextualisation of 21st Century Skills

This book explores how 21st century skills—such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity—are interpreted and applied across various educational contexts worldwide. It highlights the importance of adapting these skills to local cultural, social, and economic settings, emphasizing that a one-size-fits-all approach is ineffective

Technical Universities

This open-access volume critically examines the evolution and future of technical universities as independent, single-faculty institutions. Tracing their origins from polytechnical schools established during the industrial era, the book explores how these institutions have adapted to shifts in national higher education structures, academic disciplines, and governance models.

Teaching Under Pressure: Looking at primary teachers' stress

This text is based on the author's research into primary school teachers’ stress. The research has been linked with the author's belief in the need to understand ourselves, our personal and professional situations and how they relate. The resulting book is a practical text designed to address the reader in such a way that they can readily identify with what is being discussed. Furthermore, re…

Jurnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan

urnal Lingkar Mutu Pendidikan merupakan wadah publikasi ilmiah yang memuat hasil-hasil penelitian, kajian konseptual, dan praktik terbaik di bidang pendidikan.

Teachers' Work in a Globalizing Economy

Extended critical case studies provide a tangible working expression of the labour process of teaching, showing how teachers are simultaneously experiencing significant changes to their work, as well as responding in ways that actively shape these processes. For teachers and researchers, this book reveals which processes in the global economy impact and sometimes control the role of the teacher.

Successful Global Collaborations in Higher Education Institutions

This open access book presents a deep investigation into the manifold topics pertaining to global university collaboration. It outlines the strategies King Abdulaziz University has employed to rise in global rankings, and the reasons chosen to collaborate with other academic and research institutes.

Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes

This book explores how socioeconomic inequality affects educational outcomes, using two decades of data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It examines patterns across countries and over time, analyzing the relationship between students’ socioeconomic status and their academic performance. The authors provide evidence that educational inequality is persiste…

Adminitrasi Pendidikan (Jurnal)

Buku Administrasi Pendidikan membahas secara komprehensif prinsip, konsep, dan praktik dalam pengelolaan lembaga pendidikan.

SKIN COLOR AND IDENTITY FORMATION

This study focuses on how skin color influences perceptions of opportunities and academic orientation among 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. Specifically, it analyzes how students modify—or maintain—their racial/ethnic identification in response to others’ perceptions based on skin tone.

Self-directed in higher education multimodal learning

This book explores how students in higher education can take charge of their own learning using multiple modes—such as text, video, and digital tools. It highlights strategies that promote self-directed learning and examines how multimodal approaches enhance student engagement, autonomy, and academic success

Remaking Political Institutions: Climate Change and Beyond

This Element develops an original analytical foundation for studying institutional remaking and its political dynamics. It explains how institutional remaking can be observed and provides a typology comprising five areas of institutional production involved in institutional remaking: novelty, uptake, dismantling, stability, and interplay.

Recognizing Green Skills Through Non-formal Learning

Recognizing Green Skills Through Non-formal Learning discusses how environmentally relevant skills can be developed and validated outside formal education. It emphasizes the role of community programs and informal training in supporting sustainable development and green employment

Protecting the Rights of People with Autism in the Fields of Education and Em…

Fundamental rights to education and employment are essential pathways for the social inclusion of people with autism. This book begins with an overview of international and European legal frameworks that protect these rights—most notably the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 24 & 27)—and then offers a detailed examination of domestic legislation, case law,…

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF TRAINING IN HIGHER SCHOOL: PEDAGOGICAL, PHILOLO…

The collective monograph is devoted to consideration of the problems and prospects of student training in higher education, namely its pedagogical, philological, psychological and intercultural aspects. The main task of higher education today is personal development, formation of professional and social-communicative competence of students.

POWER TO TEACH Learning through Practice

: Learning Through Practice by Wendy Robinson highlights the importance of real teaching experience in developing effective and reflective educators. It argues that teaching is not just about content delivery but also about building professional identity and understanding the social context of learning. The book is a valuable resource for education students and teacher trainers.