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The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, formerly known as the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy and simply the Pope Center, is an American conservative 501(c)(3) nonprofit [2] higher education policy institute located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Todd Whitaker. Todd Whitaker is an American educator, writer, motivational speaker, educational consultant, and professor. A leading presenter in the field of education, Dr. Whitaker has published over 60 books on staff motivation, teacher leadership, technology, middle level practices, instructional improvement, and principal effectiveness, including the national best-seller, What Great ...
Mabry began his career as a teacher working at Whitten Middle School in Jackson. [1]In 2012, he self-published his first book, A Dark Journey to a Light Future.He self-published a version of the book geared toward middle school-aged children, If Tommie Can Do It, We Can Do It, in 2015, followed by a children's book edition, Little Tommie's Four B's, in 2019.
Motivational states explain why people or animals initiate, continue, or terminate a certain behavior at a particular time. [2] Motivational states are characterized by the goal they aim for, as well as the intensity and duration of the effort devoted to the goal. [3] Motivational states have different degrees of strength.
Like madrasahs (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to a mosque. In the 11th century, Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna in the West), wrote a chapter dealing with the maktab entitled "The Role of the Teacher in the Training and Upbringing of Children", as a guide to teachers working at maktab schools.
Reading motivation is the motivational drive to read, an area of interest in the field of education. Studying and implementing the conditions under which students are motivated to read is important in the process of teaching and fostering learning.
Humboldt's model was based on two ideas of the Enlightenment: the individual and the world citizen.Humboldt believed that the university (and education in general, as in the Prussian education system) should enable students to become autonomous individuals and world citizens by developing their own powers of reasoning in an environment of academic freedom.
Patricia Gurin is a social psychologist known for her work documenting the benefits of student and faculty diversity in higher education.She is the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at The University of Michigan.