
The Refractive Thinker
Volume VI: Post-Secondary Education
Elena Murphy(Author)
Cheryl a. Lentz(Editor)
Lentz Leadership Institute, LLC (Publisher)
Published on 28. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-0-9828740-8-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Benefits of Collaborative Doctoral Research Celebrate the diffusion of innovative refractive thinking through the writings of these doctoral scholars as they dare to think differently in search of new applications and understandings of post-secondary education. -Dr. Elena Murphy presents the case for educators to use learning styles in the classroom for adult student success. -Dr. Judy Fisher-Blando and Dr. Denise Land offer expertise about regarding the use of passion, differentiated learning, and management behavior to encourage the engaged learner. -Dr. Rene H. Contreras demonstrates how the teacher-mentor develops the mentoring relationship and takes full responsibility for the student learning. -Dr. Robert D. Hobbs reveals the latest research in neuro-, socio-, and psycholinguistics that indicates new curriculum and perspectives on education are required. -Dr. Emad Rahim and Dr. Darrell Burrell offer expertise about perspectives on social, organizational, and cultural change in community service helping organizations. -Dr. Gillian Silver and Dr. Cheryl A. Lentz explore the role of the student as a consumer learner as the model for post-secondary education further evolves. -Dr. Richard Wolodkowicz examines the predictive value of seven leadership attributes in supervisors of employee-students seeking post-secondary educations. Dr. Kerry Lynn Levett explores what students learn beyond the classroom in post-secondary education. -Dr. Tom Woodruff appraises the entries of this anthology with a refractive lens of sustainable academic leadership and lifelong learning. Unlike most academic books that merely define research, The Refractive Thinker(R) offers commentary regarding the state of post-secondary education from the perspective of multiple authors-each offering a chapter based on their specific expertise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9828740-8-0 (9780982874080)
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