Browsing by Type "Book Chapter"
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Academic Writing: A Self-Assessment Strategy for Cadence, Fluency, and Vocabulary Choice
(CreateSpace, 2011)Entering graduate students typically demonstrate a wide range of academic writing competencies. The purpose of the instructional practice described in this chapter is to close the writing literacy gaps and raise the standard ... -
Active Online Learning: Implementing the Case Study/Personal Portfolio Method
(CreateSpace, 2011)Students in online classrooms must be prepared with the skills necessary to be successful in the twenty-first century. Pink (2005) stressed that educators must provide learning that not only engages the left-brain thinkers ... -
Andragogy and the Adult Learner
(CreateSpace, 2016)Pedagogy and andragogy are two theories of learning. Pedagogy requires the students to be dependent upon the teacher for knowledge, and any experiences students may have yield little value. On the other hand, andragogy is ... -
The Art and Science of Videoconference Instruction
(CreateSpace, 2011)Videoconference instruction is a relatively new addition to the portfolio of delivery modes for instruction. This article summarizes recommendations from the literature and the experiences of faculty and students with the ... -
Attachment Security in the Classroom: A Proposed Professional Development Framework for Teachers
(CreateSpace, 2016)An attachment theory lens is used to explore the models that teachers carry into their personal and professional relationships. Attachment insecurity affects a teacher’s ability to effectively collaborate with teaching ... -
Behavior Management for the Higher Education Leader
(CreateSpace, 2014)Student behavior in the adult classroom and on college and university campuses is rarely treated in a proactive way (Ragle & Paine, 2009). There is an underlying assumption that students know how to behave in the classroom ... -
The Benefits of Practical Experience: Using Reflective Practitioner-Faculty in Graduate Programs
(CreateSpace, 2013)There are substantial benefits of a pedagogical cycle in which reflective practitioner-faculty use real-world application of skills to enhance adult student learning. By professionally engaging in the fields in which they ... -
Building Capacity in the Not-for-Profit Sector: Executive Leadership Education
(CreateSpace, 2014)This chapter describes the development, delivery, and evolution of an Executive Leadership certificate program and proposes a set of promising practices based on this experience. It traces the origins of this program in ... -
Building Resilience in Adult Online Students
(CreateSpace, 2016)Student resilience has been shown to increase persistence in online academic programs. Resilience is a skill that can be developed (Tugade & Fredrickson, 2004). One method, the broaden-and-build theory, focuses on building ... -
CityU’s Approach to Outcomes Assessment
(CreateSpace, 2011)As the higher education community continues to increase its focus on student learning as the essential hallmark of the quality and value of a college education, more outcomes assessment models are being developed. City ... -
A Collaborative Approach to Corporate Leadership Training
(CreateSpace, 2015)Leadership training is increasingly important as impending retirements suggest an oncoming leadership void. Organizations need to train future leaders rapidly for maximal impact on operational performance. Yet, traditional ... -
Considering the Learning Theory Enactivism to Explore the Development of Socially Conscious Leaders
(CreateSpace, 2014)We live in challenging times and are faced with economic, ecological, political, and social strife that threatens to overwhelm individuals and turn them toward apathy or selfish individualism. Since resolution of social ... -
Constructivism, Meaning Making, and Breaking News
(CreateSpace, 2011)Constructivism and authenticity can be achieved in online classes through the use of current events, including breaking news stories. Used in communications courses, including media and society, intercultural communication, ... -
Could Developing Servant Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Be the Key to an Effective School Leader?
(CreateSpace, 2014)Today’s public schools call for a type of leader that can take a school through the high level of change and reform. Many elementary school principals are overwhelmed with their jobs, and the level of stress sometimes ... -
Creating a Supportive Online Classroom Environment
(CreateSpace, 2011)Effective classroom management is necessary to create a supportive learning environment where students can learn in a meaningful way, especially in an online environment. Research, education and training, consulting and ... -
Creating and Embracing a Learning Path for Student Success
(CreateSpace, 2016)Education is evolving greatly in the twenty-first century. The models of education designed in the industrial age are gradually giving way to education built around an information society that operates much differently ... -
The Dark Side of Leadership: Combating Negative Dimensions of Leadership
(CreateSpace, 2014)This chapter includes a discussion of dark side tendencies in the classroom, an analysis of basic needs, and the behaviors that are exhibited when these needs aren’t met. A series of proven practices educators can implement ... -
Developing Reflective Practice and Trans-disciplinary Knowledge in a Cross-cultural Learning Environment Using CAPSIM
(CreateSpace, 2015)This paper explains the use of a specific computer-based simulation program, CAPSIM, as an experiential learning model to embed the development of reflective practice and the application of trans-disciplinary knowledge to ... -
Developing Twenty-First-Century Leaders Through Transformational Leadership
(CreateSpace, 2014)Creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking are skills in demand by twenty-first-century employers to meet the needs of rapidly changing industries. Successful leaders will master these skills and ... -
Distributed Leadership and Courageous Conversations
(CreateSpace, 2014)Distributed leadership, which originally found recognition in education literature, is most commonly defined as leadership interactions and paradigms that are distributed throughout institutions involving multiple dynamic ...
