Books in the River Publishers Series in Innovation and Change in Education series

Documents an investigation of attitudes from teaching staff to reforms and changes in Chinese healthcare. Nearly 1800 teaching staff from 23 medical universities participated in this investigation. The results suggest that sustainable educational change demands not only supports from policy-makers and leaderships, but also active participation from teaching staff.

Over the past 35 years, a comprehensive gifted education system called the Beijing Model of Gifted Education and Talent Development (BMGETD) has gradually been developed in China. This book presents a summary of the educational practices used in, and the research done on the BMGETD over these decades.

Explores the design and implementation of e-collaboration technology in a workplace setting. Featuring extensive coverage of a range of topics relating to the benefits and challenges of these tools, this book is an essential reference source for students, researchers, and practitioners seeking relevant research on the use of digital spaces within organisational contexts.

Beijing Institute for the Learning Society (BILS) was established in 2011 through the efforts of Beijing Leading Group Office for Construction of Learning City and Beijing Normal University. The Institute is building a platform that integrates intellectual resources of universities in Beijing to serve the learning city's construction. This book summarizes the goals set by BILS.

The modern workforce is closer to gender-equal than it has ever been, and many efforts are in place to support further progress. The Internet of Women provides an exciting look at personal narratives and case studies of female leaders and cultural shifts around the globe that illustrate this promising trend.

Investigates arts-based encounters in educational settings in response to a global need for studies that connect the cultural, inter-cultural, cross-cultural, and global elements of arts-based methods in education. In this extraordinary collection, contributions bring together diverse cultural and educational perspectives and include a large variety of artistic genres and research methodologies.

Presents recent developments in university-industry-collaborations, using case studies from Japan, and showing the mutual needs from both universities and enterprises in the knowledge-based society. Technical topics discussed include development of university-industry collaboration (UIC); development of UIC in Japan; case studies of UIC in Japan; and the global contribution of UIC from Japan.