Investing in our education : leading, learning, researching and the doctorate / / edited by Alison Taysum, Stephen Rayner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463813503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: West Yorkshire, England : , : Emerald, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78441-131-0
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Collana: International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, , 1479-3628 ; ; Volume 13
• Disciplina: 378.0072
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Research; Doctor of philosophy degree; Educational leadership; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Investing in Our Education: Leading, Learning, Researching and the Doctorate; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Investing in Our Education? Leading, Learning, Researching and the Doctorate; Educational Leadership, Management and Administration and International Doctoral Study; Aims, Purposes and Impact of the Doctorate as a Public Good; Structure of the Book; References; Academic and Professional Knowledge in the Professional Doctorate; Academic and Professional Knowledge; The Professionalization and Bureaucratization of the Doctorate; Sites of Knowledge-ProductionConcluding Thoughts; References; Doctoral Study in Challenging Times: Entrenching Banality or Revitalising Prospects for 'Wicked' Intellectual Work. The Case of Educational Administration; Introduction; Wicked and Banal; Nesting EA; EA and University Education; The Academe; Doctoral Education; 'An Easy Doctorate'?; Educational Administration (EA); Leadership for Learning and Social Justice; Methodology and Method; Interview Overload; Summary; Revitalising Scholarship; References; Leadership: Skilled Manager or Virtuous Professional?; Introduction: A Bit of History; Theory behind the ChangesUnseen Consequences; An Educational Practice; Ethics; Conclusion; References; New Directions for the Doctoral Thesis; Introduction; Conception; Supervision; Upgrade and Examination; Some Technical and Design Issues; Storage and Dissemination; How Do These Changes Affect Knowledge Production and Use?; The End of Transcription?; New Communities of Knowledge; Public Engagement; Implications for Policy, Educational Leadership, Management; Conclusion; Notes; References; Western Doctoral Programmes as Public Service, Cultural Diplomacy or Intellectual Imperialism? Expatriate Educational Leadership Teaching in the United Arab EmiratesIntroduction; Contextualising the Discussion in the UAE; Construction of the Three Metaphors as Ideal Types; Metaphors Applied to Levels of Educational Experience; The Personal Level: Existential, Phenomenological and Hermeneutic; The Pedagogical Level: Hermeneutic, Interactional, Legitimating, Reproductive; The Political Level: Entente, Rapprochement or Global Monopolism?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Can We Impact Leadership Practice through Teaching Democracy and Social Justice?Purpose; Methodology and Participants; The Educational Context; Student Outcomes; Examining the Survey Data; Delving Deeper; Achieving Deeper Understanding; Acquiring Language and New Paradigms; Feeling Confused and Overwhelmed; Preparing for Action; Taking Action; Discussion: Increasing the Potential Impact of Graduate Programs; Going Beyond; Notes; References; The Education Doctorate (Ed.D.) and Educational Leader Dispositions and Values in England and the United States; Introduction; Signature Pedagogies; The Impact of Inquiring into Values Systems through Doctoral Signature Pedagogies
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an edited collection of chapters from academic leaders and doctoral researchers in the field that records a coherent journey through the purposes, pedagogies and impact of doctoral study as a key contributing force in managing education for the public good.

Handbook of engineering acoustics / / Gerhard Muller, Michael Moser, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910438112003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-84925-9; 3-540-69460-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (703 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MüllerGerhard; MöserMichael <1948->
• Disciplina: 620.2; 620.21
• Soggetti: Acoustical engineering; Noise control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Fundamentals -- Acoustic Measurements -- Numerical Acoustics -- The Effects of Sound on Humans -- Noise Immission Assessment -- Noise Emission Assessment -- Sound propagation in the Open Space -- Building Acoustics -- Sound Absorption -- Structure Borne Sound -- Room Acoustics -- Silencers -- Active Noise and Vibration Control -- Noise caused by Construction Work -- Sound Sources -- Traffic Noise – Road -- Traffic Noise and Vibrations – Railway -- Traffic Noise – Aircraft -- Sound Reinforcement Techniques -- Urban Noise Protection -- Flow-Induced Noise -- Ultrasound -- Vibrations -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the physical background of engineering acoustics, focusing on empirically obtained engineering experience as well as on measurement techniques and engineering methods for prognostics. Its goal is not only to describe the state of art of engineering acoustics but also to give practical help to engineers in order to solve acoustic problems. It deals with the origin, the transmission and the methods of the abating different kinds of air-borne and structure-borne sounds caused by various mechanisms – from traffic to machinery and flow-induced sound. In addition the modern aspects of room and building acoustics, as well as psychoacoustics and active noise control, are ; covered.