A Jungle Named Academia

Author : Yukiko Inoue-Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076186671X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Jungle Named Academia written by Yukiko Inoue-Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional ethics require continuous self-improvement of professors, through writing, reading, and learning: no less than for students. Promoting excellence in scholarship, mentoring students in their research, and effectively teaching, are vital elements in our professional and personal growth. However, any one of these could be a full-time job in itself. To excel in each role, it is essential for faculty members to reflect daily on our work. What is the role of comparisons, in this reflection? Though our colleagues’ successes may suggest to us possibilities in our own work that we didn’t know existed, there is a danger that our neighbor’s “flowers” will always seem more beautiful than our own. We should let comparisons with others suggest new approaches to our goals, but never focus on comparing our outcomes (successes and failures) with those of other people. Instead, we should focus on steadily improving our own levels of mastery of skills in scholarship and in work with students. In American academia, where both faculty members and students are ethnically and culturally diverse, such that we will often find our assumptions challenged, reflective thinking is even more essential than in a culturally homogeneous environment. Hence reflective, systematic approaches to daily practice in reading, teaching, and writing are powerful survival tactics, and are likely to sustain one’s vitality and productivity as a member of the academy.

Author : Cheron H. Davis
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838672672
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beauty and the Burden of Being a Black Professor written by Cheron H. Davis and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By presenting discussions on professional development, and emphasizing the challenges and triumphs experienced by Black professors across disciplines, this book provides advice for junior Black scholars on how to navigate academe and tackle the challenges that Black scholars often face.

Author : Inoue-Smith, Yukiko
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799840379
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Optimizing Higher Education Learning Through Activities and Assessments written by Inoue-Smith, Yukiko and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission of higher education in the 21st century must focus on optimizing learning for all students. In a shift from prioritizing effective teaching to active learning, it is understood that computer-enhanced environments provide a variety of ways to reach a wide range of learners who have differing backgrounds, ages, learning needs, and expectations. Integrating technology into teaching assumes greater importance to improve the learning experience. Optimizing Higher Education Learning Through Activities and Assessments is a collection of innovative research that explores the link between effective course design and student engagement and optimizes learning and assessments in technology-enhanced environments and among diverse student populations. Its focus is on providing an understanding of the essential link between practices for effective “activities” and strategies for effective “assessments,” as well as providing examples of course designs aligned with assessments, positioning college educators both as leaders and followers in the cycle of lifelong learning. While highlighting a broad range of topics including collaborative teaching, active learning, and flipped classroom methods, this book is ideally designed for educators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, administrators, researchers, academicians, and students.

Author : Inoue-Smith, Yukiko
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522574395
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faculty Roles and Changing Expectations in the New Age written by Inoue-Smith, Yukiko and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a shift from traditional teacher-centered (or lecture-focused) methods to learner-centered methods (shifting from an emphasis on “teaching” to “learning”), faculty are now expected to provide technology-enhanced platforms for learning and to foster 21st century skills such as teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and self-management—all of which help prepare students for successful futures as citizens, professionals, and lifelong learners. Faculty Roles and Changing Expectations in the New Age provides a theoretical understanding of the link between ongoing changes in institutions and changes in faculty roles and provides course designs and pedagogical approaches that place faculty in the role of leaders and coaches for learning. While highlighting topics such as online andragogy, language learning, and digital transformation, this publication explores real-life examples and experiences of those involved in optimizing the practices of teaching and learning in the digital age. It is ideally designed for educators, instructors, administrators, faculty, researchers, practitioners, professors, and trainers.

Author : Anil Kesari
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9355016913
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography of India Through Maps: For IAS/PCS and Academic Examinations, 8/e written by Anil Kesari and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience during the study and teaching of geography inspired me to transmit information of any subject and its performance in the maps at one place. The book presents the themes of INDIAN GEOGRAPHY in four dimensions: first - Subject information, second - Concept of subject, third - Analytical aspect of subject, fourth - Presentation of subject in maps or diagrams. A total of more than 400 maps have been presented in the book which not only helps in understanding the subject but also making the book unique. The relevance of traditional and current context has also been taken into consideration in the choice of subjects in the book, and information has been collected from recognized and authentic sources to help to make it flawless.

Author : Laura B. Cohen
Publisher : Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
ISBN 13 : 9780838984529
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries written by Laura B. Cohen and published by Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr. This book was released on 2007 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Goldman
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 136808107X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Disney's Jungle Cruise written by Michael Goldman and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the famed theme park attraction and brand-new feature film that this volume examines, The Making of Disney’s Jungle Cruise takes readers on a unique and fascinating journey. It’s an odyssey through the history and legacy of one of the most original ideas ever to come out of Walt Disney’s fertile mind, first planned for the opening of his revolutionary new theme park in 1955. This book travels from the debut of what was called the Jungle River Cruise on Disneyland’s opening day, through the arrival at long last of the thrilling feature film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.On Disneyland’s opening day of July 17, 1955, the park’s first guests boarded authentically styled riverboats to take the first Jungle Cruises. This unique riverboat-themed attraction in Adventureland takes visitors on a short journey down expertly simulated versions of the most prominent tropical rivers of the world, including the Amazon and the Nile, to witness wild animals, exotic sights, and thrills only a handful of intrepid real-world explorers had experienced in the past. A hilarious (and “punny”) Jungle Cruise skipper narrates all the sights and action from beginning to end. This Jungle Cruise experience would ultimately be woven into three other Disney parks, where the ride was likewise an opening-day attraction—simulating comedic high-adventure cruises through rivers in the continents of South America, Africa, and Asia. Fast-forward decades and, at long last, production on the movie commenced. The project was influenced by director Jaume Collet-Serra’s love of The African Queen, Indiana Jones films, and Romancing the Stone, among others, and built on the foundation of key elements of the theme park attraction. From the re-creation of the Amazon River to the film’s hilarious take on famous skipper puns and the reams of Easter eggs for longtime fans, the Jungle Cruise movie captures the same excitement and joy as the theme park attraction, and

Author : University of California (System)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book University Bulletin written by University of California (System) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yukiko Inoue-Smith
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761859063
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shawl of Mist written by Yukiko Inoue-Smith and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of a universal human nature suggests that American scholars and American readers of Japanese literature may interpret the elements in Japanese tanka based on emotions — and on meanings attached to natural images — that are common to all of humanity. It is hoped that readers will experience this ancient style of Japanese poetry in such a way that they are inspired to write their own tanka poems. Such is one of the purposes of A Shawl of Mist. Another purpose of this book is to share essays written to accompany and complement the tanka poems. The short essays included here provide practical thoughts based on the author’s long years of personal and professional experiences — studying, reading, teaching, thinking, and especially, cherishing each day of living — in Japan, the United States, and Guam.

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Publisher : Laxmi Publications
ISBN 13 : 9380644701
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Academic GK Matter-6 written by and published by Laxmi Publications. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: