Education : Adult & Continuing Education

This book is a guide to securing an academic post in the humanities in a US University. It includes best-practice examples of application documents and shows how to work up answers to the questions posed in phone, conference, and campus interviews. Readers will also learn about bargaining for subsidies and start-up packages. The book can be used by Careers Officers to train students, or by job hunters training themselves. This short, lively read gives practical, solid advice which will help candidates to transform their mindset from student to faculty. more...

Price: $24.95

For the more than one million students taking the AP exams each year. Features include:.:.; Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors.; Sample tests that closely simulate real exams.; Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests.; Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently asked questions.; Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions.; Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers. more...

Price: $16.95

This book contains over 500 practical suggestions designed to help tutors establish active learning amongst their students. Divided into useful sections the tips cover the gamut of teaching and learning situations and comprise a 'start anywhere', dip-in resource suitable for both the newcomer and the old hand. Intended mainly for the university or college lecturer involved in learner-centred learning, the book offers fresh ideas and food for thought on six broad areas of the job: * Getting your students going * Starting off, and working together * The programme itself - lectures, assignments and feedback * Helping students to learn from resources * Assessment: demonstrating evidence of achievement * Skills for career and life in general This lively and stimulating book will prove valuable to lecturers, tutors, teachers, trainers and staff developers. more...

Price: $28.49

This is a "report from the front" on the history and status of online learning. The book provides a view of the way in which technology is changing higher education. It looks at the method of electronic delivery, the quality of the information delivered and the quality of interaction engendered. more...

Price: $26.95

Contains the edited version of the invited lectures that were presented at that UTL Symposium. This book brings together a comprehensive summary of high quality research contributions across basic and applied sciences. It covers a spectrum of topics reflecting the areas at UTL where there is a worldwide recognition of expertise. more...

Price: $219.00