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Marrying fiction and nonfiction picture books focused on life science, Perfect Pairs helps educators think about and teach life science in a whole new way. Each of the twenty lessons in this book is built around a pair of books that introduces a critical life science concept and guides students through an inquiry-based investigative process.

Presents the topic of assessing and quantifying the climate change and its impacts from a multi-faceted perspective of ecosystem, human health, and social and infrastructure resilience, given through a lens of statistical and data sciences.

Developing alternative student development frameworks and models, this book provides student affairs practitioners, as well as faculty, with illuminating perspectives and viable approaches for understanding the development of today's diverse student populations, and for building the foundation for their academic success and self-authorship.

With more than 12M tons of dairy powders produced each year globally the drying sector accounts to a large extent for the processing of milk and whey. This book is a synthetic and complete reference work for researchers in academia and industry exploring innovations in drying in the dairy industry.

This is a practical guide to understanding how team dynamics and success are hugely influenced by motivational factors, which are not usually taken into account. It is a valuable handbook for those who wish to excel at management, for without bringing their teams on board (i.e. motivating their teams), they are not effectively managing.

E-learning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires e-learning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and technological change. This book presents the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years.

E-learning has entered the mainstream of higher education as an agent of strategic change. This transformation requires e-learning leaders to develop the skills to innovate successfully at a time of heightened competition and technological change. This book presents the collective expertise of veterans who have pioneered the field for 20 years.

Among other commonly held beliefs about the drivers of postsecondary policy and financing, this book questions the current use of funding per student as the dominant indicator of the adequacy of state investment in higher education, and as a key driver of the costs of college.

"What does a new instructional designer need to know to find her or his feet when working with faculty to create online classes?"" This book offers key guiding principles, insights and advice on how to develop productive and collegial partnerships with faculty to deliver courses that engage students and promote enduring learning.

Argues that the current structure of student affairs work is not sustainable, as it depends on the notion that employees are available to work without any outside responsibilities, that is, the Ideal Worker Norm. The field places inordinate burdens on staff to respond to the needs of students, often at the expense of their well-being.

Argues that the current structure of student affairs work is not sustainable, as it depends on the notion that employees are available to work without any outside responsibilities, that is, the Ideal Worker Norm. The field places inordinate burdens on staff to respond to the needs of students, often at the expense of their well-being.

Based on empirical research, organisational theory, and interviews, David Farris provides an examination of the dynamics of committee work, addresses the planning, conduct, roles, composition, and dispositions of members as well as the institutional context and structures in which they operate that are vital to organisational success.

This powerful, practical resource helps faculty create an inclusive dynamic in their classrooms, so that all students are set up to succeed. Grounded in research and theory, this book provides practical solutions to help faculty create an inclusive learning environment in which all students can thrive.

Program development is central to the work of student affairs professionals. This theory-to-practice, sequential guide to program development fills a gap in the literature. The authors describe the elements of program planning and delivery from the inception of the idea through the use of assessment to revise and improve the program for the future.

Provides readers with the tools they need to take a strong, values-based approach to leadership in the digital spaces vital to the world of higher education today. Filled with examples and tools to negotiate this ever changing landscape, the book fills an important niche in the literature: A user manual for your digital leadership journey

Given that students will be more successful in college (and in life) if they can integrate their learning, James Barber offers a guide on how to promote students' integration of learning, and help them connect knowledge and insights across contexts, whether in-class or out, in co-curricular activities, or across courses and disciplinary boundaries.

Offers guidance on course design and planning, developing outcomes and appropriate engaging activities, managing workload and assessment, and pays explicit attention throughout to the diverse needs of students and offers strategies to accommodate them in a comprehensive and inclusive way by using the principles of Universal Design for Learning.

Preventing Sexual Harm provides an overview of current criminal justice strategies to tackling sexual violence, and highlights existing positive criminological approaches that could help prevent sexual abuse and harm.

Describes the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole.

Describes the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole.

Cosmic inflation and dark energy hold the key to the origin and the eventual fate of the Universe. Despite the increasing prominence of these subjects in research and teaching over the past decade or more, no introductory text dedicated to this topic has been previously published.

Ignorance and Change analyses the European refugee crisis of 2015-2016 from the perspective of ignorance studies showing how the media, decision-makers and academics engaged in the projection and reification of the future in relation to the crisis, the asylum system and the solutions that were proposed.

The two inter-linked volumes of Thibault¿s study articulate crucially important aspects of an emerging new perspective shift on language - the Distributed Language view ¿ that is now receiving more and more attention internationally.

One of the challenges facing early childhood teachers is how to meet academic standards while creating learning environments that honour young children's mathematical curiosity. This book introduces a set of short whole-group and partner routines designed to engage young children in meaningful math thinking and build problem-solving communities.

This book is intended to help practitioners in adult education become better informed about assessment, evaluation, and accountability as these are critical functions of administering and running adult education programs.