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Teaching Critical Inquiry and Applied Research
A key distinction between an education doctorate, or Ed.D., and other doctorates in the field of education is the development of scholar practitioners armed with knowledge and skills to successfully lead change in their profession. Critical inquiry is one such skill, increasingly taught in many Ed.D. programs in some form of applied research methodology. Teaching Critical Inquiry and Applied Research: Moving Beyond Traditional Methodsgathers insights from Ed.D. faculty regarding how the teaching of applied research occurs to develop scholar practitioners prepared to bring change to their respective professional fields. The 13 chapters provide a broad coverage of related topics, which includes advocacy and leadership through research, innovative features of methods courses, and methodology-focused program redesign. Each chapter includes strategies and recommendations for others interested in implementing something similar in their courses and programs. This book also captures student voices, in the form of vignettes written by students within each chapter, to illustrate the powerful impact of learning related to critical inquiry and applied research. Teaching Critical Inquiry and Applied Research is an excellent text for classrooms devoted to critical research, critical pedagogy, and other courses.
Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning
The book equips instructors with fresh, practical teaching and training methods to support adult learning in both formal and continuing educational environments. It offers a toolbox of approaches designed to enhance reader understanding and practice of adult instruction.
Capabilities for Talent Development
What Talent Development Professionals Should Know and Do to Be Successful The talent development field is deep and wide, encompassing the efforts that foster learning and employee development to drive organizational performance, productivity, and results. Major societal forces and business changes require talent development professionals across all industries to adopt new approaches and upgrade skills to keep pace and grow. Capabilities for Talent Development presents the new ATD Capability Model, a powerful framework to guide the profession in what practitioners need to know and do to develop themselves, others, and their organizations. ATD's research shows that the future of work will require talent development professionals to leverage interpersonal skills, along with their professional expertise, to work as a true business partner to achieve organizational goals. As organizations respond to trends in business, science, and technology--such as artificial intelligence and automation, brain-based learning, new ways to enlist skilled talent brought on by the gig economy, and other factors--professionals must develop their knowledge and skills from three domains of practice: Building Personal Capability Developing Professional Capability Impacting Organizational Capability Capabilities for Talent Development offers an in-depth look at the Model and its components, drawing from the research behind it. Inside are application tips for individuals, educators, and organizations, as well as examples and interviews with thought leaders that describe an exciting future ahead for the talent development field. The ATD Capability Model is future-oriented and can help you personalize your development needs. Grow your career as you grow your knowledge and skills in talent development.
Talent Development from the Perspective of Developmental Science
This is a guide book for the field of studies on talent development and human excellence. It reviews the existing literature on the topic and helps map out a taxonomy of research with detailed description of purposes and methods of specific kinds of research on the topic and how each of them contributes to the larger scheme of understanding, identifying, and promoting talent development and human excellence for the vitality of society as well as the fulfillment of individuals. It fits with the new trend of developmental science that promotes use-inspired research and seeks a deep understanding of developmental diversity and aims to promote positive development, including human excellence. It is intended to guide researchers and graduate students in this emerging field of studies from a broad developmental science perspective.
Accelerated Action Learning
This book gives trainers--who could be HR managers, operating managers, or Learning and Development professionals--guidelines that can be used in virtual settings to meet the needs of these times.