The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World (Hardcover)

Contributing Authors,- Acknowledgments,- Editorial Team,- Preface ,- PART I: INTRODUCTION ,- The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World: Michael K. McCuddy,- PART II: THE TEACHING/LEARNING CONUNDRUM: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND PROSPECTS ,- 'Learning on Demand' The Education Objective for the Knowledge Economy: Ken Morse,- The Model of Cooperative Contextual Change A Process for Implementing Problem-based Learning:Alessandro Biscaccianti & Thomas C. Neil,- Dealing with Dilemmas in Contemporary Higher Education Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: Anne-Marie De Jonghe,- From Teaching to Learning A Tempus Tacis Project as a Catalyst for Change in Post-Soviet Georgia: Jackie Stephens & Jan Hellberg,- Lifelong Learning in Higher Education Is There a Gap Between the Idea and its Application in Higher Education?: Aileen M. Sibbald & John Troy,- Implementing and Sustaining Educational Innovations: Michael K. McCuddy & Wendy L. Pirie,- Willingness to Innovate Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Student Evaluations of Instruction : Michael K. McCuddy & Wendy L. Pirie,- PART III: ASSESSING THE DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING AND LEARNERS,- The Identification of Constructivist Pedagogy in Different Learning Environments: Hans Otting & Wichard Zwaal,- Learning in Venture Creation Development of Competence in Translating Business Ideas into Practice: Johann Seiwald,- Commonalities in Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Different Academic Subjects: Dirk Tempelaar & Jan Nijhuis,- Multicultural Perceptions of the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle: Ben Martz, Tom Neil, Alessandro Biscaccianti, & Robert Williams,- Developing Learning Materials for the Unknown Online Learner: Andrew Ashwin & Kieren Pitts,- 'Credit Where Credit's Due' Piloting the Accreditation of Experiential Learning A Case Study: Stewart Falconer & John Troy,- PART IV: DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR CAREER SUCCESS: ISSUES AND PRACTICES,- Teaching for Life GenericCapabilities that Link University Learning with Workplace Learning: Jennifer Radbourne,- How Distance Education Can Sustain the Development of Competencies: Herman van den Bosch,- The Ethical Education of Future Leaders An Approach for Helping Students Become Authentic Ethical Role Models: Michael K. McCuddy,- Developing Critical Thinking Skills Online to Facilitate a Discursive Multicultural Classroom: Meredith Godat & Kate Whiteley-De Graaf,- Competence Development in Entrepreneurship The Role of University Education: Greet Fastre & Anita Van Gils,- PART V: USING TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE TEACHING AND LEARNING,- LMS, LCMS, and E-Learning Environments Where Did the Didactics Go?: MARJOLEIN C. J. CANIELS, ANKE H. J. SMEETS-VERSTRAETEN, & HERMAN M. J. VAN DEN BOSCH,- Adoption of Blended Learning by Faculty An Exploratory Analysis: Marc Humbert,- Digital Media U, the Sectoral University Applying the Concept of a Corporate University to a Business Sector: Tim Cappelli & David Russell,- Design and Implementation of Various Web-Based Courses which Involve a Didactic Technique The ITESM Model: Aurora Gonzalez Turnbull, Ruben D. Santiago Acosta, & Blanca J. Garza Flores,- Action E-learning An Exploratory Case Study Examining the Impact of Action Learning on the Design of Management-level Web-based Instruction: Deborah DeWolfe Waddill,- Online Internet Testing Lower Perceived Performance by Students: Wm. Benjamin Martz & Morgan M. Shepherd,- PART VI: TEACHING AND LEARNING INSIGHTS FROM UNIQUE APPLICATIONS,- Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Powerful Ideas for Innovative Learning Design and the Use of IT in Corporate Education: Sergio Vasquez Bronfman,- Educating Professionals Leveraging Diversity in Globalizing Education: Ard Huizing, Rik Maes, & Thomas J. P. Thijssen,- Social Entrepreneurship and Cultural Change The Relevance of a Public Sector Experiment for Innovative Education: THOMAS J. P. THIJSSEN & FONS T. J.