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Book Synopsis The Pursuit of Excellence Through Education by : Michel Ferrari
Download or read book The Pursuit of Excellence Through Education written by Michel Ferrari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although specific definitions may change over time, few goals are considered more important to education than the pursuit of academic excellence. There are many different viewpoints on this issue today among educational psychologists and other social scientists. One particularly glaring fault line in the debate divides those who emphasize developing individual learning and those who focus on promoting cultural and institutional reform. These two perspectives are rarely addressed in a single volume. In this book, well-known theorists and researchers present a range of perspectives on how to promote excellence in education. This allows those who stress transformation of educational practice and those who emphasize individual abilities to speak to each, and invites readers to jointly consider the arguments for both positions, or for some synthesis of the two. The point is to consider how these two divergent viewpoints can be reconciled, or simply coordinated, in an effort to benefit both students and society at large. The main thesis is that excellence can be fostered without sacrificing equity, both of which are fundamental tenets of a democratic education. The issues addressed in this book have implications and relevance for school reform efforts and across the fields of educational psychology, curriculum and instruction, philosophy of education, and educational leadership. The volume provides a unique source for students and teachers in various disciplines who want to gain a broader and more integrated view of the nature and development of excellence through education.
Book Synopsis An Ethic of Excellence by : Ron Berger
Download or read book An Ethic of Excellence written by Ron Berger and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives us a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies. He argues for a paradigm shift-a schoolwide embrace of an "ethic of excellence" and with a passion for quality describes what's possible when teachers, students, and parents commit to nothing less than the best. The author tells exactly how this can be done, from the blackboard to the blacktop to the school boardroom.
Book Synopsis Excellence by : Andreas J. Köstenberger
Download or read book Excellence written by Andreas J. Köstenberger and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are called to excellence in all aspects of our lives and activities, and not least in our character. Andreas Köstenberger summons all Christians, and especially aspiring pastors, scholars, and teachers, to a life of virtue lived out in excellence. Köstenberger moves through Christian virtues chapter by chapter, outlining the Bible's teaching and showing how Christ-dependent excellence in each area will have a profound impact on one's ministry and scholarship. Virtues covered include grace, courage, integrity, creativity, eloquence, humility, diligence, and service. This unique book is an important character check for all Christians engaged in teaching and ministry, and especially for those in training. Köstenberger's thoughtful volume will be a valuable touchstone for readers, for one's character is a critical matter in both scholarship and ministry.
Book Synopsis The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence by : Richard D. Sagor
Download or read book The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence written by Richard D. Sagor and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West Linn School District -- District Context -- Three Key Leadership Functions -- Transformational Leadership -- The Development and Nurturing of Shared Community Vision -- The Development and Nurturing of an Ethic of Continuous Improvement -- The Development and -- Nurturing of the Organization's Commitment to Productive and Ethical Human Relations -- Quaker Theology: As a Belief System and a Metaphor -- Making a Virtue Out of a Necessity: The Beginnings of the People Strategy -- The People Strategy for School Improvement -- Supervising the Probationary Teacher -- Annual Celebration of Excellence -- Hiring the Very Best -- The Eye of the Proprietor -- Faculty Recruitment/Selection at West Linn High School -- Reflection Questions: Hiring the Very Best -- Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Professional Development and the People Strategy -- Professional Development Strategy #1: Budgeted Building and District Funds -- Professional Development Strategy #2: Professional Growth Planning -- Professional Development Strategy #3: Tuition Reimbursement -- Professional Development Strategy #4: Cooperative Master's Program -- Professional Development Strategy #5: Professional Development Fund -- Leading Through Limited Partnerships -- Reflection Questions: Making Continuous Professional Learning an Organizational Norm -- Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Four Key Concepts Governing Supervision -- Supervision When Professionals Are Having Problems -- A Veteran Teacher Struggling With Classroom Management -- Reflection Questions: Providing Responsive Developmental Supervision -- Differentiated Supervision: Evaluation Outside the Box -- Supervision and Evaluation at West Linn High School -- When is Traditional Evaluation Necessary? -- The Proposal for a Differentiated Supervision System -- Reflection Questions: Differentiated Supervision -- The Extended Shadow of the Leader -- An Outside Superintendent -- Example #1: Assigning Students to Classrooms at Cedaroak Park Elementary School -- A Keen Eye for Talent -- Example #2: Multiage Classrooms at Boeckman Creek Elementary School -- Reflection Questions: The Extended Shadow of Leadership -- The Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Scientific Management and Proven Practices -- Feigning Certainty -- Choosing a District-Wide Computing Platform -- Providing Developmentally Appropriate Education at Willamette Elementary School -- Uncertainty and School Culture -- Reflection Questions: Acceptance of Uncertainty -- Hubris: An Ever Present Concern -- The "Worrier in Chief"--The Political Context of Public Schools -- Owning Up To Flaws -- The High School Annual Report: Warts and All -- The Gang of 1,000 -- Reflection Questions: Keeping Hubris at Bay.
Download or read book Ratchetdemic written by Christopher Emdin and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to display their academic brilliance without sacrificing their identities Building on the ideas introduced in his New York Times best-selling book, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood, Christopher Emdin introduces an alternative educational model that will help students (and teachers) celebrate ratchet identity in the classroom. Ratchetdemic advocates for a new kind of student identity—one that bridges the seemingly disparate worlds of the ivory tower and the urban classroom. Because modern schooling often centers whiteness, Emdin argues, it dismisses ratchet identity (the embodying of “negative” characteristics associated with lowbrow culture, often thought to be possessed by people of a particular ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic status) as anti-intellectual and punishes young people for straying from these alleged “academic norms,” leaving young people in classrooms frustrated and uninspired. These deviations, Emdin explains, include so-called “disruptive behavior” and a celebration of hip-hop music and culture. Emdin argues that being “ratchetdemic,” or both ratchet and academic (like having rap battles about science, for example), can empower students to embrace themselves, their backgrounds, and their education as parts of a whole, not disparate identities. This means celebrating protest, disrupting the status quo, and reclaiming the genius of youth in the classroom.
Book Synopsis Prestige in Academic Life by : Paul Blackmore
Download or read book Prestige in Academic Life written by Paul Blackmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The achievement of academic excellence is inherently competitive. Deliberate government policies, globalisation and changes in communication technologies mean that competitiveness in the academic world is sharper than ever before. At the centre of this is the seeking of prestige, at all levels from the national system to the individual. Prestige in Academic Life aims to increase understanding of motivation in universities by exploring the part that prestige plays, for good and ill. The book’s focus on motivation and prestige helps to answer fundamental questions that run through much discussion on universities, such as why some problems are never solved; why change can be so difficult to achieve; and how individuals and groups can enable it to happen. Issues explored include: • What role does prestige play in academic life? • How does prestige play out in the working lives of academics, students, administrators and institutional leaders? • How can the positive aspects of prestige be encouraged and the negative ones diminished? University leaders and managers, academics, administrators and students, indeed all who are interested in universities, will find this valuable reading. It will help those in leadership positions to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness and wellbeing of their institutions, and will support academic staff in negotiating their career path. Paul Blackmore is Professor of Higher Education in the International Centre for University Policy Research, Policy Institute at King’s, at King’s College London.
Book Synopsis Towards Academic Excellence by : Festus A. Toks
Download or read book Towards Academic Excellence written by Festus A. Toks and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is worrisome that the modern educational sectors are deteriorating gradually. Our standard of education has declined to a state where drastic effort is needed urgently to correct the situation, or the future of our great nations, even our world in general, will be defeated. Today, most youths no longer study to acquire knowledge; rather, they study to acquire certificates. That's why most our graduates lacked the relevant knowledge, ideas and information to contribute to the global economies.The school is where most youths will probably spend about seventeen years of their life. These can be years of drudgery or of discovery. However, the school should be a place of discovery. Much depends on how you use those school years. Jerry Young and David Filo created the first web dictionary while they were students at Stanford University, and they went on to found Yahoo after their graduation. Mark Zuckerberg founded the Facebook while still a student at Harvard University. The school is where you acquire the relevant knowledge and ideas that will enable you to discover and develop your inborn abilities and talents and, thereby, become an effective person in life and make a noteworthy contribution to your World. The book project the keys to academic excellence in students, teachers and everyone in the educational sectorsRead this book, and you will learn: 1.The keys to academic achievement.2.The major difference between excellent and average students.3.How to overcome academic failures.4.The major factors to be considered before pursuing an academic field. What do you intend to become in life? Are you a law student aspiring to become the next Lord Atkins, or a medical student aspiring to become the next Ben Carson who will make a mark on the medical world? Are you a science student who desires to make a new discovery in the science world, or a political science student who wants to change the political history of your locality? The secrets revealed in this book will lead you to achieving success in your academic pursuit and attain greatness in your academic and life pursuits.
Book Synopsis In Pursuit of Knowledge by : Deborah Rhode
Download or read book In Pursuit of Knowledge written by Deborah Rhode and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although academics have never lacked for critics, publications on the profession tend to be either popularized polemics, which are engaging but misleading, or scholarly analyses, which are intellectually responsible but of little interest to anyone but specialists. In Pursuit of Knowledge offers an alternative: a unique portrait of academic life that should appeal to both experts and a general audience. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including higher education, history, law, sociology, economics, and literature, the book focuses on the ways in which the pursuit of status has undermined the pursuit of knowledge. Deborah Rhode argues that both individual scholars and institutions in higher education are caught in an arms race of reputation. The result has been to skew priorities in scholarship, erode commitments to teaching, compromise efforts of public intellectuals, and impede effectiveness in administration. The book offers several solutions to counter these pervasive problems in our research institutions. Rhode makes a case for increasing accountability and realigning reward systems. She argues that what is needed is a greater sense of responsibility among universities and their faculties to narrow the gap between academic ideals and practices. In Pursuit of Knowledge is meticulously researched and elegantly written. It is also exceptionally entertaining in its use of quotations culled from over a hundred academic novels, including works by Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, David Lodge, and C.P. Snow.(For example, from P.G. Wodehouse's The Girl in Blue, "The Agee womantold us for three quarters of an hourhow she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.") The result is a highly readable but also deeply reflective analysis of the academic profession.
Book Synopsis Close Romantic Relationships by : John H. Harvey
Download or read book Close Romantic Relationships written by John H. Harvey and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from the leading experts on relationships, this book covers important issues, such as love as self-expansion, equity in maintaining close relationships, commitment, social support, self-verification, and minding the relationship. The end result is a comprehensive account of the reasons why close relationships are or are not maintained and the manner in which these principles can be applied to current social issues and clinical interventions. Divided into two sections, Part I describes models developed to characterize how relationships are maintained over time, accounts of specific mechanisms at work in close relationships, and conceptualizations of the maintenance and enhancement of close relationships using existing theoretical paradigms. Part II addresses contemporary social issues, as well as clinical applications. Close Romantic Relationships will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals due to its broad sampling of theory and research on relationship maintenance and enhancement.
Book Synopsis Building the Basics by : M. Keith Claybrook
Download or read book Building the Basics written by M. Keith Claybrook and published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission and goal of Africana Studies is the development of cultural grounding, academic excellence, and social responsibility. Building the Basics: A Handbook for Developing Academic Excellence in Africana Studies focuses on the goal of developing students academically.
Book Synopsis Academics and your Spiritual Life by : Sam O Salau
Download or read book Academics and your Spiritual Life written by Sam O Salau and published by Sam O Salau. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, spirituality is no excuse for mediocrity. Dedication and commitment to the things of God does not enhance academic failure, it promotes academic excellence. Success for a Christian Student is defined as spiritual buoyancy and academic progression. You must be able to affect lives on campus and at the same time maintain a splendid academic performance. The problem of academic excellence that exasperates Christian Students is the cause of their deeper problem of abstinence from fellowship activities on campus. Academic success has become the major reason for most Christian Students’ estrangement from God. Those who get it are not in faith while those in faith seem not near it, no matter how hard they tried. It is pathetic to see students who are fervent in the Spirit and burning for the Lord fail in their academics. They make great impacts in the ministry but fail to extend the impact into their academics. They teach others about the rules, guidelines and secrets of success but they are not successful themselves. They are victims of academic failure. This is pitiable and should be given immediate attention since it has given so many people a wrong impression about the Christian Faith and student-hood. This book will help you balance both your academics and your spiritual life, and also give you principles that will make you excel in both with ease.
Book Synopsis Leading for Equity by : Stacey M. Childress
Download or read book Leading for Equity written by Stacey M. Childress and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement. In chapters organized around six core themes, the authors lay out the essential elements of MCPS’s success. They identify key lessons other districts can draw from MCPS’s experience and offer a framework for applying them. A dramatic departure from “business as usual,” MCPS has won nationwide attention as a compelling model for tackling the achievement and opportunity issues that confront our nation as a whole.
Book Synopsis Principles of Academic Excellence by : Greg Erhabor
Download or read book Principles of Academic Excellence written by Greg Erhabor and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from my experience both as a Christian leader and a lecturer over the years, the issue of how to combine one's Christian activities with one's academic pursuits has been a very thorny one. On one extreme, are those who believe that they are in school to study, have good grades and that the best way to testify their Christian faith is by being the best and graduating with honors and giving little or no time to the nourishment of their spiritual life. The former group of students devotes most of their time to studying with minimum time for spiritual activities or extra-curricular work. While there may be merit in this position, it ends up with the student being academically strong but spiritually weak, lacking spiritual qualities to meet with the challenges of life. On the other extreme are those who spend most of their time in various Christian activities and fellowship programmes to the point that they neglect their studies. The latter group of students soon finds out that their disposition mars their testimonies, puts them in confrontation with their parents and guardians and may lead to depression and in some cases backsliding from the faith. This book aims to bring balance between these two extremes. It helps the student to get a balance between his Christian activities and his commitment to his academic pursuits. I have often said that there is no dichotomy between the spiritual and the secular. Our devotion to God should make us possess extra-ordinary wisdom and knowledge beyond our contemporaries. Daniel 1:17, 20 reads, "As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams... And in all matters of wisdom and understanding that the king inquired of them he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm." In this book, I offer practical steps and suggestions on how every student can maintain excellence both in his studies and in the pursuit of his faith. I wish I had these ideas over two decades ago when I was in school. However, I believe that this book will be widely circulated among students at all levels and it will bring up a generation that will be worthy of emulation in all aspects of life.
Book Synopsis The Secrets of Academic Excellence by : Kenneth Kanu
Download or read book The Secrets of Academic Excellence written by Kenneth Kanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difference between the wise and the fool is information. The mind of a man is the seat of his intellect. It is therefore imperative for everyone who desires academic excellence not only to have a regenerated mind but also a "properly charged brain" (using the writer's words) Pastor Kanu's passion for writing on real life issues confronting Christians (I believe) is what led him to put together this volume for Christian students especially, and all who seek to become academic genius in general. It is interesting to know that the highly dreaded word (failure) does not occur anywhere in the Bible therefore failure is not for the child of God. Success and in fact academic excellence is the children's meat. I therefore recommend this book for all those who truly desire to break the back of failure in their academic careers. This book will certainly make you to develop "Holy Anger" towards failure and motivate you to pursue and attain academic excellence. Pastor Jimi Bankole-Johnson N.D, Bsc, MNIM, AMNIMN, SMA Pastor, Dayspring Sanctuary Man was an extra-intelligent being when he was created, but he fell from that exalted position and thereby becoming corrupt mentally. Can you imagine one man "Adam" naming all the animals in the Garden of Eden? He was endued indeed. The author being a dullard before shares with you in this book how his brain was transformed and how you can succeed in all your academic endeavour. I can't take any exam and take the second position, not to talk about failing. I can't fail! Do you hear that? It sounds like pride "Abi?." Beloved, it is not pride but as a result of the secrets that God has revealed to me concerning excellence in academic pursuit. Every great feat is first of all presided by a great secret. ..".When the secret of God was upon my tabernacle: ..." Job 29:4 In the above scripture, Job revealed that what made him great was the secret of God upon his life. Until the secret in any field of endeavour is discovered, constant failure in that field of endeavour will be inevitable. What made Mr. Bill Gates the world's richest man today? It is his discovery in the field of computer. He neither has two heads nor had a different shape of brain that is better than your own, no! Discovery made it for him. The book in your hands contains the secrets God revealed to me concerning academic excellence, so I want you to take your time and assimilate them. I will meet you at the other side of the journey, by then you must have been transformed into an academic genius and a wonder to your generation. Shall we go? On your marks, set, go.
Book Synopsis Excellence Gaps in Education by : Jonathan A. Plucker
Download or read book Excellence Gaps in Education written by Jonathan A. Plucker and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Texas Association for Gifted and Talented Legacy Scholar Book Award 2017 National Association of Gifted Children Scholar Book of the Year Award In Excellence Gaps in Education, Jonathan A. Plucker and Scott J. Peters shine a spotlight on “excellence gaps”—the achievement gaps among subgroups of students performing at the highest levels of achievement. Much of the focus of recent education reform has been on closing gaps in achievement between students from different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds by bringing all students up to minimum levels of proficiency. Yet issues related to excellence gaps have been largely absent from discussions about how to improve our schools and communities. Plucker and Peters argue that these significant gaps reflect the existence of a persistent talent underclass in the United States among African American, Hispanic, Native American, and poor students, resulting in an incalculable loss of potential among our fastest growing populations. Drawing on the latest research and a wide range of national and international data, the authors outline the scope of the problem and make the case that excellence gaps should be targeted for elimination. They identify promising interventions for talent development already underway in schools and provide a detailed review of potential strategies, including universal screening, flexible grouping, targeted programs, and psychosocial interventions. Excellence Gaps in Education has the potential for changing our national conversation about equity and excellence and bringing fresh attention to the needs of high-potential students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Download or read book Inside Academia written by Steven M Cahn and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on decades of experience as a renowned teacher, advisor, administrator, and philosopher, Steven M. Cahn diagnoses problems plaguing America’s universities and offers his prescriptions for improvement. He explores numerous aspects of academic life, including the education of graduate students, the quality of teaching, the design of liberal arts curricula, and the procedures for appointing faculty and considering them for tenure. Inside Academia uses real cases to illustrate how faculty members, deans, and provosts often do not serve the best interests of schools or students. Yet the book also highlights efforts of those who have committed themselves and their institutions to the pursuit of academic excellence.
Download or read book The Happy Student written by Daniel Wong and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, supportive guide to staying engaged and motivated, written by a student for students. Daniel Wong doesn’t have a PhD in education or psychology—but his transformation from unhappy overachiever to happy straight-A student has given him unique insight into what motivates students intrinsically. Sharing with readers his personal story and the five-step program he has developed, this book can help struggling or unmotivated students everywhere understand how they, too, can find deep satisfaction in the pursuit of academic success, driven by their own desires rather than pressure from others.
