Download or read book Learners in Midlife written by Jo-Anne Helen Willment and published by Brush Education. This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuing a graduate education in midlife is a transformative experience. This book guides those midlife adults who are considering, completing, or convocating from graduate journeys so that they can better understand what it means to be a learner in midlife. Learners in Midlife draws together the most current theories and research on midlife and applies them to the graduate experience. This research is then brought to life through the colorful personal narratives of several midlife learners who share their experiences and advice. Several chapters are also included that outline a few of the many new directions opening up in workplace education. Because it focuses on the learner's experience, this book will be of interest to faculty and administrators responsible for part-time master's programs. It also offers employers and human resource personnel ideas for retaining mature employees by encouraging lifelong learning.

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Download or read book The Vietnamese City in Transition written by Patrick Gubry and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 2010 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Doi Moi policy of economic renovation was introduced in 1986, Vietnam has undergone deep transformations as a result of the transition to a socialist-oriented market economy. Social and urban transition has taken place in parallel, as urban dynamics were spurred on by Vietnamese public and private stakeholders, and by external agents such as international organizations and international solidarity organizations, experts, consultants and bilateral aid organizations.Here are the results of research carried out by French, Canadian and Vietnamese teams from the north and south of the country on the overarching theme of Vietnamese cities in transition. Some of this research deals with urban dynamics, some with the issues at stake within such dynamics, or with the strategies of the most significant stakeholders in urban transition: civil society, donors within the framework of official aid for development, consultants and international consultancy firms. These projects were carried out between 2001 and 2004 as part of the Urban Research Programme for Development (PRUD), and mainly focus on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, or both in the case of comparative studies.Is there such a thing as a Vietnamese model of an Asian city? It seems that urban transition in Vietnam is not taking place in as radical and abrupt a manner as in China. The country's capacity for absorbing external models, the quest for a third way between state intervention and economic liberalism, and the fact that the country's architectural heritage is taken into account in urban planning, are just some of the reasons for its particularity. The issues addressed in each chapter, as well as the proposals for further research suggested by the contributors, should act as a catalyst for urban research in Vietnam.

Download or read book Multipliers of Change written by Wolf, Tobias and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education Leadership and Management have become increasingly important throughout the years due to the complexities that have to be addressed by universities worldwide. This can be seen not only in professionalisation in fields such as faculty management or in areas of quality assurance and internationalisation, but also in the need for exchange and training in academic leadership, such as that of deans or study deans, or of university leadership in general. The Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) is addressing this need in emerging countries by building platforms of exchange and offering training courses. Not only is the programme supporting capacity building of human resources, but it is also specifically focusing on inducing change within the universities, such as introducing new instruments or tools in the area of quality assurance and internationalisation, and addressing specific challenges or setting up new structures in the form of projects in the frame of the training. The ‘National Multiplication Trainings’ Programme under DIES is further addressing the sustainability and multiplication of the DIES Programme, that is, alumni are enabled to implement capacity building in higher education leadership and management in their national context. The articles within this volume of the “Potsdamer Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung” (Potsdam Contributions to Higher Education Research) analyse and share the experiences of such training programmes held in Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Malaysia, Kenya, and Uganda. They all revolve around the best ways to address the needs and challenges in higher education leadership and management, and in building capacities in these areas.

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Download or read book Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research written by Aditya Johri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research is the critical reference source for the growing field of engineering education research, featuring the work of world luminaries writing to define and inform this emerging field. The Handbook draws extensively on contemporary research in the learning sciences, examining how technology affects learners and learning environments, and the role of social context in learning. Since a landmark issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (2005), in which senior scholars argued for a stronger theoretical and empirically driven agenda, engineering education has quickly emerged as a research-driven field increasing in both theoretical and empirical work drawing on many social science disciplines, disciplinary engineering knowledge, and computing. The Handbook is based on the research agenda from a series of interdisciplinary colloquia funded by the US National Science Foundation and published in the Journal of Engineering Education in October 2006.

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Download or read book Engineering for Sustainable Development written by International Centre for Engineering Education and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.

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Download or read book Les apprentissages tout au long de la vie written by Évelyne Deret and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'idée d'apprendre tout au long de la vie est-elle une nécessité, compte tenu de l'entrée dans l'économie de la connaissance ? Les apprentissages tout au long de la vie sont-ils réellement pris en compte ? Nous dirigeons-nous vers un réseau de plus en plus large d'apprenants ? Professionnels de l'éducation et de la formation, chefs d'entreprise, universitaires, étudiants, professeurs, formateurs, élus et éducateurs : l'ouvrage retrace les douze ans de mobilisation et d'actions de ces bénévoles.

Download or read book Comment financer l apprentissage vie written by Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques and published by Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques. This book was released on 2000 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'apprentissage tout au long de la vie bénéficie d'un large consensus politique : il est reconnu comme indispensable à la poursuite du progrès économique et au maintien de la cohésion sociale dans la " nouvelle économie ". Mais la concrétisation de cet objectif peut se révéler coûteuse et dépend de la rentabilité du processus d'apprentissage des apports financiers ou des dons en nature du secteur privé. Comment éviter que le coût de l'apprentissage à vie ne devienne prohibitif? Comment s'assurer qu'il existe bien des mécanismes efficaces et transparents pour le promouvoir? Cet ouvrage passe en revue les initiatives qu'ont prises certains pays de l'OCDE au cours de ces dernières années pour traduire leurs objectifs en véritables stratégies. Il examine les politiques et les pratiques qui ont un impact sur le rendement de l'investissement dans l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie, ainsi que les mécanismes mis en place pour drainer les capitaux nécessaires à son financement. Enfin, il montre quelles sont les questions budgétaires à régler si l'on veut que l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie soit un objectif à la fois réaliste et réalisable de l'action publique.

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