Agile and Lean Concepts for Teaching and Learning [[electronic resource] ] : Bringing Methodologies from Industry to the Classroom / / edited by David Parsons, Kathryn MacCallum

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910350311103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• ISBN: 981-13-2751-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2019.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 pages)
• Disciplina: 371.102
• Soggetti: Learning; Instruction; Educational technology; Learning & Instruction; Technology and Digital Education; Educational Technology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Agile and lean concepts in education -- 1 Introduction: Agile and lean the link to education and learning -- 2 Best practices of agile educational environments -- 3 Agile methodologies in education: A review -- 4 Principles of lean and its impact on education -- Development: Agile and lean for agile and lean programmes of learning -- 5 Agile education: Death to study programs? -- 6 Agile course development: A team based approach -- 7 Leveraging agile methodology to transform the operational culture of a learning and teaching unit -- 8 Experiments with agile in higher-education curriculum creation: Difficult lessons and useful insights for culture and systems change -- Development: Agile and lean for redevelopment of classroom teaching and assessment -- 9 Applying lean learning to software engineering education -- 10 Work-based professional practice learning at the frontier of agile education -- 11 Applying eduSrum -- 12 Agile assessment workflows -- Application: Agile in schools -- 13 Getting agile at school -- 14 Bringing the benefits of agile techniques inside the classroom -- Aspects of agile in improving ; quality: Tertiary context -- 15 Learning paths and agile goal setting in a flexibly specified course -- 16 Teaching and fostering reflection in software engineering project courses -- 17 Agile evaluation: Stitch in time saves nine -- Application with education: Tertiary case studies -- 18 How agile coaching is applied in educating students in games development -- 19 Lean learning of risks in students' agile teams -- 20 A practical approach in teaching agile principles and techniques at tertiary level using student-centred activities -- 21 Agile lean techniques software development studio -- 22 Optimizing learning outcome through agile teaching -- Teaching agile -- 23 Red-Green-Go! A self-organising game for teaching test-driven development -- 24 Developing a spiral curriculum for teaching agile at National Software Academy -- 25 A lean approach to teach lean software development -- 26 Agile and lean approaches for teaching and learning software architecture design processes and methods -- 27 A case study of teaching agile software courses at five universities -- 28 Using games to invigorate agile and lean learning in classrooms. .
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the application of agile and lean techniques, originally from the field of software development and manufacturing, to various aspects of education. It covers a broad range of topics, including applying agile teaching and learning techniques in the classroom, incorporating lean thinking in educational workflows, and using team-based approaches to student-centred activities based on agile principles and processes. Demonstrating how agile and lean ideas can concretely be applied to education, the book offers practical guidance on how to apply these ideas in the classroom or lecture hall, as well as new concepts that could spark further research and development.

The EU-China security paradox : cooperation against all odds? / / Julia Gurol [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996543160403316
• Autore: Gurol Julia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2022
• ISBN: 1-5292-1966-3; 1-5292-1964-7; 1-5292-1965-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Policy Press scholarship online
• Disciplina: 327.4051
• Soggetti: Security, International; European Union countries Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Also issued in print: 2022.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- The Eu-China Security Paradox: Cooperation Against All Odds? -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The EU and China in a Changing International Environment -- Introduction -- Main arguments and structure of the book -- The level of analysis: region-to-state relations -- Setting the scene: the evolution of EU-China relations -- Phase 1: the EU-China 'convergence myth' -- Phase 2: from 'honeymoon' to deepening divergences -- Phase 3: convergence, divergence and the vital space in between -- Security as a policy field in EU-China relations -- Conclusion -- 2 Analytical Framework: Towards Multidimensionality -- Introduction -- Embracing messiness: (non-)cooperation in international politics -- Theorizing cooperation in international politics -- Rationalist reading of (international) cooperation -- Constructivist reading of (international) cooperation -- Towards multidimensionality: conceptualizing (non-)cooperation -- Central concepts in the analysis of EU-China security cooperation -- Complex interdependence -- Economic interests and commercial preferences -- Identity and mutual perceptions -- Convergent framing and understanding of the problem ; -- Data collection: researching 'security' in sensitive settings -- Conclusion -- 3 The EU's and China's Foreign and Security Policy Principles -- Introduction -- Sovereignty versus integration -- Principled versus Chinese multilateralism -- Good governance versus 'China first' -- Conclusion -- 4 The EU and China on the Global Stage: Interests and Interdependence -- Introduction -- Temporal pattern I: growing interdependence -- Temporal pattern II: changing economic interests -- The Chinese perspective: security cooperation and soft power.; The EU perspective: containment through cooperation -- Conclusion -- 5 Framing and Perceptions in EU-China Security Relations -- Introduction -- Understanding security through the eyes of China and the EU -- Scope of the EU's and China's definition of 'security' -- Salience attached to 'security' by the EU and China -- Target of security threats -- Institutional responsibility -- Mutual perceptions and role conceptions -- China's role in international security governance -- China's perceptions of the EU as a security actor -- The EU's role in international security governance -- The EU's perception of China as a security actor -- Conclusion -- 6 EU-China Relations on Anti-Terrorism -- Introduction -- Understanding terrorism through the eyes of China and the EU -- Interests and interdependence -- Mutual perceptions -- Conclusion -- 7 EU-China Relations on Maritime Security and Anti-Piracy -- Introduction -- Understanding anti-piracy through the eyes of China and the EU -- Interests and interdependence -- Mutual perceptions -- Conclusion -- 8 EU-China Relations on Climate and Energy Security -- Introduction -- Understanding climate and energy security through the eyes of China and the EU -- Interests and interdependence -- Mutual perceptions -- Conclusion -- 9 The US: An Elephant in the Room for EU-China Security Relations -- Introduction -- EU-China-US trilateral relations -- The US as a withdrawing hegemon: implications for the EU and China -- Outlook on EU-China-US relations under the Biden administration -- Conclusion -- 10 Conclusion and Outlook: The EU and China at a Crossroads -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this analysis, Julia Gurol unpicks the complex security relations between the European Union (EU) and China. Systematic and accessible, this is an essential guide to the past, present and future of one of the world's most important, yet most complicated, security relationships.