1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449710303321

Autore

McArthur David <1951->

Titolo

Untangling the Web [[electronic resource] ] : applications of the Internet and other information technologies to higher learning / / David J. McArthur, Matthew W. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, : Rand, 1998

ISBN

0-8330-4331-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisMatthew W

Disciplina

025.06/37

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Computer network resources

Internet in education

World Wide Web

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-975-EDU"--Cover, p. [4].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114).

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""CREATING EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW PROVIDERS""; ""ADDRESSING POLICY ISSUES AND PLANNING""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Sufficient Internet Infrastructure?""; ""How Will Higher Education Acquire Quality Courseware and Educate Staff?""; ""How Will Higher Education Choose Among Many Models for Using the Internet and Web?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""A QUALIFIED VISION""

""Qualifications on the Vision: Why the Road to Revolution Might Be Rocky""""THE PLAN""; ""BENEFITS FOR LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION DELIVERY""; ""REDUCING COSTS AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Distance Learning""; ""Internet Impact: Distance Learning, Cost Reduction, and Increased Access""; ""Reflection: The Death of Distance As a Barrier to Learning""; ""INCREASING QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY""; ""CAI and CBT""; ""Intelligent Tutoring Systems""; ""Interactive Learning Environments""

""Internet Impact: Turning Expensive Stand-Alone Systems into Cheaper Distance- Learning Technologies""""Reflection: Many Interesting Options, Many Hard Choices""; ""IMPROVING THE CREATION OF



INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""; ""EXPANDING TRADITIONAL METHODS OF PRODUCTION""; ""DIGITAL LIBRARIES: NEW MEDIA, NEW SERVICES, NEW INSTITUTIONS""; ""Tools to Find and Organize Information""; ""Aggregating Single Libraries into Mega-Libraries""; ""Obstacles to Building Productive Digital Libraries""; ""DIGITAL PUBLISHERS: JUMPING INTO THE FUTURE OR HOLDING ONTO THE PAST?""

""INTERNET IMPACT: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CREATE NEW INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING MATERIALS""""Challenges to Building Productive Individual Publishing Communities in Higher Education""; ""REFLECTION: MANY INTERESTING OPTIONS, MANY HARD CHOICES� A REPRISE""; ""CREATING CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES""; ""BIOMEDNET: AN EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES""; ""VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES?""; ""Athena""; ""GNA""; ""REFLECTION: NETWORKED COMMUNITIES AND HIGHER- EDUCATION GOALS""; ""COMPETING WITH NEW EXTERNAL PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION""; ""WHAT ARE EXTERNAL PROVIDERS?""

""MICROSOFT TAKES OVER""""TRAINING MODEL VERSUS HIGHER-EDUCATION MODEL""; ""REFLECTION: HIGHER EDUCATION, EXTERNAL PROVIDERS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY� FLIGHT, FIGHT, OR FRIENDS?""; ""Flight""; ""Fight""; ""Friends""; ""ADDRESSING PLANNING AND POLICY: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE INTERNET AND WWW IN HIGHER EDUCATION""; ""REALITY CHECK: WHAT REALLY WORKS NOW AND WHAT WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE""; ""What Works in Business""; ""What Higher Education Can Learn from Business""; ""POLICY ISSUES BYPASSED AND THOSE DISCUSSED""

""HOW WILL HIGHER EDUCATION ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE?""



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464503703321

Autore

Robinson Keith

Titolo

The broken compass : parental involvement with children's education / / Keith Robinson and Angel L. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-674-72742-8

0-674-72629-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisAngel L

Disciplina

371.19/2

Soggetti

Education - Parent participation - United States

Home and school - United States

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

Front matter -- Contents -- 1 The Role of Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling -- 2 Parental Involvement and Social Class -- 3 Implications of Parental Involvement at Home by Social Class -- 4 Implications of Parental Involvement at School by Social Class -- 5 Academic Orientation among Parents at Home by Race -- 6 Effectiveness of Parental Involvement at Home by Race -- 7 Parental Involvement at School by Race -- 8 Implications of Parental Involvement at School by Race -- 9 Parenting and Poor Achievement -- 10 Setting the Stage for Academic Success -- 11 Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

It seems like common sense that children do better when parents are actively involved in their schooling. But how well does the evidence stack up? The Broken Compass puts this question to the test in the most thorough scientific investigation to date of how parents across socioeconomic and ethnic groups contribute to the academic performance of K-12 children. The surprising discovery is that no clear connection exists between parental involvement and student performance. Keith Robinson and Angel Harris assessed over sixty



measures of parental participation, at home and in school. While some of the associations they found were consistent with past studies, others ran contrary to previous research and popular perceptions. It is not the case that Hispanic and African American parents are less concerned about education--or that "Tiger parenting" among Asian Americans gets the desired results. Many low-income parents want to be involved in their children's school lives but often receive little support from school systems. For immigrant families, language barriers only worsen the problem. In this provocative work, Robinson and Harris believe that the time has come to reconsider whether parental involvement can make much of a dent in the basic problems facing American schools today.