The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: McCuddy, Michael K.; Morse, Kenneth O.; Matveev, Alexei V.; Martz, Wm. Benjamin Jr.; Bosch, Herman van den

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As an educator, are you struggling with any of the following challenges? Do you know what competencies, capacities, attitudes, and perspectives learners need to develop so they can be contributing, productive members of organizations and society? What resource constraints do you need to address in trying to provide innovative and meaningful education? How can you make the learning process more effective? How can you best use technology to effectively deliver content and meaningfully engage learners in the educational process? What can you do to help people become effective leaders of businesses and other organizations in an increasingly complex and values-driven world that is changing rapidly and often contentiously? How do you accommodate the needs of learners throughout their lives? How do you accomplish all of this in a multicultural and global environment? If you are facing any of these challenges, this volume is a "must read" ¿ it tackles these questions and more, providing perspectives and insights from leading educators around the globe. This volume will help educators and the educational enterprise become more innovative, efficient, and effective in addressing the teaching/learning challenges associated with helping students prepare to face their own challenges as leaders and followers in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and global economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 614
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402056123
• Artikelnr.: 37338425

Autorenporträt

Michael K. McCuddy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, USA / Herman van den Bosch, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands / Wm. Benjamin Martz, Jr., Northern Kentucky University, Highlands Heights, KY, USA / Alexie V. Matveev, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY, USA / Kenneth O. Morse, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand

Inhaltsangabe

THE CHALLENGES OF EDUCATING PEOPLE TO LEAD IN A CHALLENGING WORLD.- THE TEACHING/LEARNING CONUNDRUM: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND PROSPECTS.- "LEARNING ON DEMAND".- THE MODEL OF COOPERATIVE CONTEXTUAL CHANGE.- DEALING WITH DILEMMAS IN CONTEMPORARY HIGHER EDUCATION.- FROM TEACHING TO LEARNING.- LIFELONG LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION.- IMPLEMENTING AND SUSTAINING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS.- WILLINGNESS TO INNOVATE.- ASSESSING THE DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING AND LEARNERS.- THE IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PEDAGOGY IN DIFFERENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.- LEARNING IN VENTURE CREATION.- COMMONALITIES IN ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS TOWARD DIFFERENT ACADEMIC SUBJECTS.- MULTICULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL LIFESTYLE.- DEVELOPING LEARNING MATERIALS FOR THE UNKNOWN ONLINE LEARNER.- 'CREDIT WHERE CREDIT';S DUE'.- DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR CAREER SUCCESS: ISSUES AND PRACTICES.- TEACHING FOR LIFE ? GENERIC CAPABILITIES THAT LINK UNIVERSITY LEARNING WITH WORKPLACE LEARNING.- HOW DISTANCE EDUCATION CAN SUSTAIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES.- THE ETHICAL EDUCATION OF FUTURE LEADERS.- DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS ONLINE TO FACILITATE A DISCURSIVE MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM.- COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.- USING TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE TEACHING AND LEARNING.- LMS, LCMS, AND E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.- ADOPTION OF BLENDED LEARNING BY FACULTY.- DIGITAL MEDIA U, THE SECTORAL UNIVERSITY.- DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS WEB-BASED COURSES WHICH INVOLVE A DIDACTIC TECHNIQUE.- ACTION E-LEARNING.- ONLINE INTERNET TESTING.- USING TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE TEACHING AND LEARNING.- BRIDGING THE KNOWING-DOING GAP.- EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS.- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CULTURAL CHANGE.- INTEGRATING LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH PBL.- ANY PROBLEMS?.