Social, Political, and Religious Movements in the Modern Americas

Social, Political, and Religious Movements in the Modern Americas
Author: Pablo A. Baisotti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000540022

This volume explores several notable themes related to social, political, and religious movements in Latin America and offers insightful historical perspectives to understand national, regional, and global issues from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. This volume’s collected chapters focus on the Latin American society and are divided into three sections. The first section, Social, presents some cultural, demographic, and urban changes that have occurred with increasing frequency in Latin America from the early twentieth century onward. The second section, Political, shows migratory, political, and identity movements that in recent decades have re-emerged with force. Finally, the third section, Religious, analyzes various Latin American religious visions with their particular characteristics. From the religious hegemony of Catholicism, a change in the religious panorama in the last decades can be seen intermingled with politics, history, and society.

Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities

Transformative Approaches to Sustainable Development at Universities
Author: Walter Leal Filho
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 595
Release: 2014-10-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319088378

This book documents and disseminates experiences from a wide range of universities, across the five continents, which showcase how the principles of sustainable development may be incorporated as part of university programmes, and present transformatory projects and programmes, showing how sustainability can be implemented across disciplines. Sustainability in a higher education context is a fast growing field. Thousands of universities across the world have signed declarations or have committed themselves to integrate the principles of sustainable development in their activities: teaching, research and extension, and many more will follow.

Flip Your Classroom

Flip Your Classroom
Author: Jonathan Bergmann
Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2012-06-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1564844684

Learn what a flipped classroom is and why it works, and get the information you need to flip a classroom. You’ll also learn the flipped mastery model, where students learn at their own pace, furthering opportunities for personalized education. This simple concept is easily replicable in any classroom, doesn’t cost much to implement, and helps foster self-directed learning. Once you flip, you won’t want to go back!

E-Learning in the 21st Century

E-Learning in the 21st Century
Author: D. Randy Garrison
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2003-08-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134574533

There is currently a technological revolution taking place in higher education. The growth of e-learning is being described as explosive, unprecedented, and above all, disruptive. This timely and comprehensive book provides a coherent framework for understanding e-learning in higher education. The authors draw on their extensive research in the area to explore the technological, pedagogical and organisational implications of e-learning, and more importantly, they provide practical models for educators to use to realise the full potential of e-learning. A unique feature of the book is that the authors focus less on the ever-evolving technologies and more on the search for an understanding of these technologies from an educational perspective. This book will be invaluable for researchers, practitioners and senior administrators looking for guidance on how to successfully adopt e-learning in their institutions. It will also appeal to anyone with an interest in the impact of e-learning on higher education and society.

Engaging People in Sustainability

Engaging People in Sustainability
Author: Daniella Tilbury
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9782831708232

The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].

Teachers as Learners

Teachers as Learners
Author: Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Teacher effectiveness
ISBN: 9781612501147

In Teachers as Learners, a collection of landmark essays, noted teacher educator and scholar Sharon Feiman-Nemser shines a light on teacher learning. Arguing that serious and sustained teacher learning is a necessary condition for ambitious student learning, she examines closely how teachers acquire, generate, and use knowledge about teaching over the trajectory of their careers. Together, these essays bear witness to the evolution and development of a body of scholarship about teacher learning in which the author herself played a catalyzing role.

Online Distance Education

Online Distance Education
Author: Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2014-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1927356628

Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda offers a systematic overview of the major issues, trends, and areas of priority in online distance education research. In each chapter, an international expert or team of experts provides an overview of one timely issue in online distance education, summarizing major research on the topic, discussing theoretical insights that guide the research, posing questions and directions for future research, and discussing the implications for distance education practice as a whole. Intended as a primary reference and guide for distance educators, researchers, and policymakers, Online Distance Education addresses aspects of distance education practice that have often been marginalized, including issues of cost and economics, concerns surrounding social justice, cultural bias, the need for faculty professional development, and the management and growth of learner communities. At once soundly empirical and thoughtfully reflective, yet also forward-looking and open to new approaches to online and distance teaching, this text is a solid resource for researchers in a rapidly expanding discipline.

Nuevas tendencias en innovación educativa superior

Nuevas tendencias en innovación educativa superior
Author: Juan Enrique Gonzálvez Vallés
Publisher: ACCI (Asociación Cultural y Científica Iberoamericana)
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2015-04-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 8415705344

Pintar un paisaje alentador y halagüeño de lo que supone la inversión en investigación, desarrollo e innovación supone todo un ejercicio de imaginación al alcance de muy pocos, tal y como se han ido desarrollando los acontecimientos a nivel mundial en los últimos años. Pero el ávido lector va a encontrar un panorama bien diferente en las próximas páginas, y es ahí donde reside la grandeza de esta humilde publicación. La educación superior está viviendo momentos convulsos en casi todos los países, debido en gran parte al auge de las nuevas tecnologías que están transformando el modelo de aprendizaje tradicional. Este hecho en sí mismo no se puede considerar bueno ni malo por sí mismo, puesto que su naturaleza ha provocado tantas ventajas como desventajas. Sin embargo, y sin temor a equivocarnos, el nuevo modelo sí que ha generado nuevas oportunidades, sobre todo para los alumnos de la educación superior, lo que ha provocado nuevas demandas, focalizadas en la figura del docente. Las viejas estructuras han caído, o se encuentran en proceso de demolición, y las recetas magistrales de antaño tienen que ser reescritas con fórmulas docentes innovadoras que permitan al alumnado posicionarse en la vanguardia universitaria de cara a su futuro, ya sea éste laboral, investigador o docente. Con estas inquietudes y certezas, la de un mundo antiguo que ya ha caído y uno nuevo que se encuentra en construcción, la apuesta por la innovación en los nuevos marcos docentes de la educación superior ya no es una prioridad de futuro, sino que debe constituirse en el escenario presente para todas aquellas instituciones que quieran sobrevivir. Con estas referencias, los distintos autores del presente libro abren sus brazos a la innovación, como parte de la mejora necesaria del modelo educativo superior. La interactividad con el alumnado va a pasar a ser uno de los elementos que con mayor persistencia se va a poder observar en las próximas páginas. Se ...