Networking For Learning
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EBOOK: Network Learning for Educational Change
Author: Wiel Veugelers
language: en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Release Date: 2005-07-16
How do networks create educational change and improve student achievement? What kinds of educational policies and practices facilitate network learning? Networks bring teachers, principals and other stakeholders together to share ideas, observe best practices, identify and analyze problems, and develop strategies for improved teaching, learning, and community life. These networks are becoming an important method to enhance educational renewal and student achievement. Networks go beyond tensions of top-down vs. bottom-up, school development and formal and informal organizational structures. The theoretical base of networking makes use of many different concepts of educational change theory, such as educational change processes, empowering of teachers, professional development, communities of practice, the network society and democratic education. The first part of the book features studies of four ‘established’ networks who have been functioning for several years. These networks describe their accomplishments, challenges, goals, and the theoretical basis of their work. In the second part of the book, three recently developed networks share their ‘start-up’ experiences and lessons learned. The book concludes by looking at networking as a strategy for educational change. Key reading for Education students, educational consultants and teacher educators with an interest in educational leadership and educational change. Contributors: Lew Allen,Linda Atkinson, Tero Autio, Randy Averso, Jean Cate, Dennis W. K. Chan, Chris Day, Victor Forrester, Gregg Garn, Dennis Gentry, Jesse Goodman, Mark Hadfield, Barbara Harold, Frances Hensley, Elaine Jarchow, Gaetane Jean-Marie, Tracey McAskill, Robin McGrew-Zoubi, Mary John O’Hair, Ulrich C. Reitzug, Eero Ropo, Joan Rué, Wiel Veugelers, Ian Walker, William Y. Wu, Henk Zijlstra.
Networking for Beginners
Are you going to start a new professional experience, which requires minimum knowledge of computer networking but you have no specific network awareness? or Are you simply curious to know how your different electronic devices work together and which technologies are used to make this happen? Certainly, everyone agrees that the Internet, today, is the most important means of communication, not only for the information you can find on different websites. Think of the various email, chat and video communication tools, now available with extreme ease but with the same reliability, thanks to the Internet. You just need to touch a small button and within a fraction of a second, you can send a message or make a call. What lies behind all this? Nothing other than Computer Networks. Learning how computers connect together is not necessarily intended only for professionals. This book is not going to prepare you to receive any formal certification but by reading it you will no longer be considered as a training novice in this field and that is for sure. Networking for beginners is an easy and complete guide for those beginners willing to know the basics of networking with no high-level paradigms. This book will explain to you in a simple way: How the internet works and what are the basic networking concepts; what are the different types of networking; what are the networking levels, layers and protocols and why they are needed; Interesting final notes on machine learning and on other new crucial technologies. If you are not a Tech guy but you want to start and learn the networking basics in a simple way, don't miss this book!
Strategies for Urban Network Learning
This book presents international experiences in urban network learning. It is vital for cities to learn as it is necessary to constantly adapt and improve public performance and address complex challenges in a constantly changing environment. It is therefore highly relevant to gain more insight into how cities can learn. Cities address problems and challenges in networks of co-operation between existing and new actors, such as state actors, market players and civil society. This book presents various learning environments and methods for urban network learning, and aims to learn from experiences across the globe. How does learning take place in these urban networks? What factors and situations help or hinder these learning practices? Can we move from intuition to a strategy to improve urban network learning?