"Higher Education: Reflections From the Field. Volume 4" ed. by Lee Waller, Sharon Waller, Katherine K.M. Stavropoulos

This book examines practice in the field as institutions struggled to face the worst global pandemic in the last century.
This volume presents various perspectives from educators around the world to illustrate the struggles and triumphs of those facing new challenges and implementing new ideas to empower the educational process. The volume is organized into four sections on “Embracing Quality Assurance”, “Educational Standards and Quality Assurance”, “Evaluating Educational Access” and “Why Assessment?”.

COVID wrought havoc on the world’s economic systems. Higher education did not escape the ravages brought on by the pandemic as institutions of higher education around the world faced major upheavals in their educational delivery systems. Some institutions were prepared for the required transition to online learning. Most were not. Whether prepared or not, educators rose to the challenge. The innovativeness of educators met the challenges as digital learning replaced the face-to-face environment. In fact, some of the distance models proved so engaging that many students no longer desire a return to the face-to-face model. As with all transitions, some things were lost while others were gained.
These discussions shed light on the impact of the pandemic and the future of higher education post-COVID. Higher education has been forever changed, and higher education as it once was may never return. While many questions arise, the achievements in meeting and overcoming the pandemic illustrate the creativity and innovativeness of educators around the world who inspired future generations of learners to reach new heights of accomplishment even in the face of the pandemic.

Contents
1. Performance-Based Assessment through Inquiry-Based Learning
2. Impact of Assertive Social Skills on Problem Solving of University Students
3. Approaches to Quality Assurance and Technological Innovation in Higher Education Institutions
4. A Transpraxis Approach to Higher Education: A Case Study on Methodological Orientations
5. Integration of Science and Islamic Teachings by the PPI-Unas to Fight Environmental Degradation
6. Prospective of Sectoral Competences for the Design of Dictionaries of Professional Competences and Research
7. Principles of Higher Education
8. Peer Observation of Teaching in Phygital Communities of Inquiry
9. Paradigm Shift on Student Assessment Due to COVID-19 Pandemic at Malaysian Medical Schools
10. Higher Education in Arab Minority in Israel – Challenges and Struggles
11. Preparation for Transformative Work Environment – Faculty Member’s Responsibilities for Promoting Life Skills among Learners at the High Education Institutions
12. Ensuring Meaningful Access to Powerful Knowledge to Enable Success of Students from Rural Areas in the Field of Science in Higher Education: A Decolonial Perspective
13. Evaluation of E-Learning Challenging Discourse – Prospects and Problems of Implementation
14. The Implementation of Best Practices of International Projects as the Way of Enhancement of Higher and Business Education in Belarus
15. Students’ Interaction in Breakout Rooms
16. Do Computer Science Students Always Talk about Computer and Technology in English Class?: Exploring the Reflection of Mind from the Field of Study
17. Principalship Educational Policy Challenges in the Management of a Turbulent School Environment
18. What is the Point of Assessments?
19. Competency Modeling and Training Needs Assessment for Staff Development in Higher Education
20. Writing Retreat – A Trajectory towards Academic Language Enhancement
21. The Extracurricular 1000-Point Project: A Descriptive Study of a Creative Activities Model for SQU Students in Oman


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