Academic and educational development : research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education / / [edited by] Ranald Macdonald and James Wisdom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910972099303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Kogan Page; Sterling, VA, : Stylus Pub., 2002
• ISBN: 1-135-72752-X; 1-135-72753-8; 1-138-42099-9; 1-280-02470-4; 0-203-41704-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Collana: Staff and educational development series
• Altri autori (Persone): MacdonaldRanald <1952->; WisdomJames
• Disciplina: 378.1
• Soggetti: Education, Higher; Educational change
• 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: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Educational development: research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education; Developing work based educators: professional and organizational issues; Evaluation as a tool for curriculum development: a case study of multimedia development in the teaching of creative writing; Researching teaching effectiveness as an experiential learning cycle: insights into practice; Improving teaching and learning in chemistry: the national Improve project; Planning and understanding change: toolkits for course design and evaluation; Enhancing transferable skills elements within a subject discipline: an example of how project initiatives can be implemented across a diverse subject discipline in the higher education sectorTranslating research into disseminated good practice: the case of student residence abroad; Incorporating change through reflection: community based learning; Developing an evaluation design: a multi-dimensional case study; ; Developing research based learning using ICT in higher education curricula: the role of research and evaluation; Implementing a virtual learning environment: a holistic framework for institutionalizing online learningSpreading the word about pedagogic research: the virtual reading group; Professional development for organizational change; Integrating learning technologies to support the acquisition of foreign languages for specific disciplines; Structures for facilitating play and creativity in learning: a psychoanalytical perspective; Integrating skills development with academic content in the changing curriculum; Towards a culture of evaluation; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers.

Dynamics and mission design near libration points . Volume 3 Advanced methods for collinear points / / G. Gomez ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967993303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2001
• ISBN: 9786611934569; 9781281934567; 1281934569; 9789812794628; 981279462X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Collana: World scientific monograph series in mathematics ; ; 4
• Altri autori (Persone): GómezG (Gerard)
• Disciplina: 521.3
• Soggetti: Three-body problem; Lagrangian points
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1 Quasi-periodic Solutions Near the Equilateral Points of the Earth-Moon System ; ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Idea of the Resolution Method ; 1.3 The Algebraic Manipulator ; 1.4 The Newton Method ; 1.5 The Program ; 1.6 Results of the Algebraic Manipulator; 1.7 Numerical Refinement 1.8 The Neighbourhood of the Computed Nearly Quasi-periodic Solution ; 1.9 Problems and Extensions ; Chapter 2 Global Description of the Orbits Near the L1 Point of the Earth-Sun System in the RTBP ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 The Equations of Motion; 2.3 Formal Series Solutions 2.4 On the Convergence of the Series ; 2.5 Towards a Description of the Neighbourhood of L1 ; 2.6 Discussion on the Use of Lissajous Orbits ; 2.7 Effective Reduction to the Central Manifold ; 2.8 Conclusions ; Chapter 3 Quasi-periodic Halo Orbits; 3.1 Numerical Refinement 3.2 Main Program and Basic Routines ; 3.3 The Equations of Motion for the Simulations of the Control ; 3.4 The Effect of Errors ; 3.5 When a Control is Applied ; 3.6 Magnitudes Related to the Control ; 3.7 Description of the Program ; 3.8 Numerical Results; Chapter 4 Transfer From the Earth to a Halo Orbit 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 Local Approximation of the Stable Manifold ; 4.3 Globalization of the Manifold ; 4.4 Selecting Passages Near the Earth ; 4.5 Ranges in the Manifold Suited for the Transfer; 4.6 Characteristics of the Orbits Near the Earth
• Sommario/riassunto: This book studies several problems related to the analysis of planned or possible spacecraft missions. It is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the computation of quasiperiodic solutions for the motion of a spacecraft near the equilateral points of the Earth-Moon system. The second chapter gives a complete description of the orbits near the collinear point, <i>L</i>1, between the Earth and the Sun in the restricted three-body problem (RTBP) model. In the third chapter, methods are developed to compute the nominal orbit and to design and test the control strategy for t