Disability in Higher Education: Investigating Identity, Stigma and Disclosure Amongst Disabled Academics, Paperback - Gayle Brewer

Publisher: Open University PressAuthor(s): Gayle BrewerPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 13Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. Academia isn't an easy place to be if your brain isn't quite right.Colleagues carelessly call each other ``schizo`` and ``bipolar.`` Another collea...

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Contains chapters by and about post-secondary educators and students. Together these chapters enhance our understanding of the inextricable link be...

The social contract tradition, brought back to life by philosopher John Rawls in the late twentieth century, contains values and assumptions that a...

Social Research and Disability emphasizes how disabled researchers negotiate the empirical process, in light of disability, whilst retaining the sc...

Reducere. The Spiral Breath is a simple, yet powerful breathing technique that reconnects communication between the heart and the brain. Divinely 'given by G...

Disability at the University is written by those that have traversed the terrain and experienced higher education with a disability. It is in many ...

Reducere. Has modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real...

This book investigates the ways in which the civil society provisions in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is used to ci...

The topic of immigration has become increasingly volatile in U.S. society, and undocumented college students play a central role in mobilizing and ...

Reducere. Draws on themes of the disability-rights movement to identify people with disabilities as members of a socially disadvantaged minority group rather...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jay Timothy Dolmage In North America, immigration has never been about immigration. That was true in the early twentieth ce...

While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The ...

Drawing on extensive field research conducted over the course of two decades, Bode Omojola examines traditional and contemporary Yoruba genres of m...

DescriptionHigher education institutions have experienced a sharp increase in demand for accountability. To meet the growing demand by legislators,...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Erving GoffmanNumber of pages: 160Collection: Penguin Modern ClassicsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x...

Frustration can often be stagnating, but it can also encourage action, change, and lead to hope. From the silencing of Indigenous cultures, to the ...

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How do the benefits of higher education compare with its costs, and how does this comparison vary across individuals and institutions? These questi...

This edited collection explores the topic of disclosure in the criminal justice system. The book provides a valuable resource for academics, practi...

Elves and elf-belief during the Anglo-Saxon period are reassessed in this lively and provocative study.

DescriptionHigher education in the UK is in crisis. The idea of the public university is under assault, and both the future of the sector and its r...

Enriching and empowering teaching in universities, with a focus on transformational practice and education for social justice.Editor(s): Digby Warren

First full examination of the medieval livery collar, form, function, and significance.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdAuthor(s): Matthew J. WardIll...

Examines literary, philosophical, and cultural influences on Mahler's thought and work from the standpoint of the composer's position in German-Jew...

A textbook for the reflective aspect of teaching in higher education contexts, with this new edition considering points of agency, identity, postco...

A playbook that grounds theory in practice, Design for Change in Higher Education is aimed at faculty, staff, and students engaged in the important...

This Element focuses on English-Medium instruction (EMI), an educational approach that is spreading widely and rapidly in higher education institut...

An essential introduction to critical pedagogy for all those working within higher education, re-examining the concept and exploring its practical ...

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Workable evidence-informed strategies and interventions for higher education staff seeking to improve student mental health and well-being.

Reducere. DescriptionThis book reveals the roots of structural racism that limit social mobility and equality within Britain for Black and ethnicised student...

Reducere. APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY (AI) IN HIGHER EDUCATION is a powerful resource for use in a complex world. AI, with its focus on strengths and what is workin...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Manuela (TU Dortmund University, Germany) Vida-MannlIllustration(s): 3 bw illusNumber of pages: 2...

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Now in its fifth edition, Doing History offers a unique perspective on teaching and learning history in the elementary and middle grades. Through c...

Reducere. This book explores best practice approaches to undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education for staff from all academic disci...

An essential text for all academics within higher education (HE) who have a personal tutoring role.Publisher: Critical Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Ben...

DescriptionHow does social media affect working life in Higher Education? How are universities harnessing its power to aid student learning? This i...

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A faculty-specific series for students in higher education.

Reducere. Higher Education has stayed the same for centuries. Look inside a classroom. Design-wise it's different. But the modus operandi is the same. Teache...

This book showcases transformative, theory-informed innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It presents a brand new, unique persp...

Reducere. An "entertaining" (Booklist) account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California th...

This volume explores five themes of teacher identity work: narratives and writing; multimodal spaces; race, ethnicity, and language; teacher emotio...