By Lewis Brian Massey Christine Smith Richard

In The Tower below Siege Brian Lewis, Christine Massey, and Richard Smith discover those vital subject matters and matters from the various views of scholars, academics, coverage makers, and directors. They describe the possibilities, adjustments, and rules constructing in Canadian universities and governments in accordance with the schooling revolution. whereas such a lot stories of the schooling revolution are typically hugely polemical, The Tower less than Siege occupies a center area, deciding on matters and coverage approaches used to control switch and create extra possibilities for schooling. The Tower below Siege might be of significant curiosity to somebody interested in, eager about, or frightened via the increasing position of expertise in better schooling: lecturers, researchers, scholars, mom and dad, coverage makers, and administrators.

Show description

Read Online or Download The Tower under Siege: Technology, Power, and Education PDF

Similar education_1 books

Advancing Race and Ethnicity in Education

This well timed assortment specializes in household and overseas schooling examine on race and ethnicity. As co-conveners of the British schooling examine institutions (BERA) certain schooling team on Race and Ethnicity (2010-2013), Race and Lander are advocates for the advertising of race and ethnicity inside schooling.

Smart Education and e-Learning 2016

This ebook includes the contributions offered on the third foreign KES convention on shrewdpermanent schooling and clever e-Learning, which happened in Puerto de los angeles Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, June 15-17, 2016. It includes a overall of fifty six peer-reviewed booklet chapters which are grouped into a number of components: half 1 - clever college: Conceptual Modeling, half 2 – shrewdpermanent schooling: study and Case reviews, half three – shrewdpermanent e-Learning, half four – shrewdpermanent schooling: software program and platforms, and half five – clever expertise as a source to enhance schooling education.

Prüfungen meistern - Ängste überwinden: Das Erfolgsprogramm in zehn Schritten

Für manche wirft sie ihre Schatten schon lange Zeit voraus, für manche tritt sie erst auf, wenn es ums Ganze geht: Prüfungsangst. Alles Wissen scheint wie weggefegt, plötzlich ist da nur mehr Unruhe bis hin zur Panik.
Was ist Prüfungsangst und used to be sind ihre tieferen Ursachen? Hans Morschitzky erklärt die unterschiedlichen Formen dieses weit verbreiteten Phänomens. Bleibt die Angst unbehandelt, kann sie zum Auslöser von chronischen psychischen Leiden werden.
In diesem Übungsprogramm lernen Betroffene, ihre negativen Denkmuster zu erkennen, internal Blockaden zu lösen, bessere Arbeits- und Lernstrategien zu entwickeln sowie neue Entspannungstechniken anzuwenden. Ein mentales education bietet praktische Hilfe zur optimalen Vorbereitung - so lassen sich Leistungen souveräner abrufen und Prüfungen ohne Angst bestehen.

Additional info for The Tower under Siege: Technology, Power, and Education

Example text

Now that the World Wide Web has entered the educational-media mix, the possibility for international distribution and expansion can be inviting to private-sector operators. The Web theoretically increases marketing, promotional, and distribution reach to include markets traditionally protected by distance and national boundaries. International expansion has been slow, however, and few companies – even those with Web-based offerings – have made large investments in or even announcements on international strategies.

Node is a virtual network that fosters collaboration and coordination among those using telelearning technologies, including post-secondary faculty and administrators. It provides an electronic newsletter, Web-based conferences, and a variety of professional development and research resources. book Page 39 Thursday, July 12, 2001 2:02 PM 39 From the Ramparts p o l i c y f r a m e w o r k s Policy frameworks are efforts to develop a coordinated strategy and common goals for the implementation of telelearning technologies within a provincial jurisdiction.

Net is an example of a private firm’s licensing, packaging, and selling of a recognized institution’s course offerings on-line. While the eventual success or failure of this particular endeavour is yet to be determined, this strategy provides a model other private providers might well follow in the future. The market strategies described above are a few features of an increasingly competitive and emerging marketplace. As the industry matures, it is possible that we will witness consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions as the more successful firms begin to expand and dominate markets.

Download PDF sample

Rated 4.30 of 5 – based on 27 votes