
Changing Academic Work
Developing the Learning University
Elaine Martin(Author)
Open University Press
Published on 1. June 1999
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-335-19884-9 (ISBN)
Description
Higher education has changed enormously in the late 1990s. For instance, in now serves a more diverse range of students and is under closer scrutiny and control. There is consequently a significant number of academics who are uneasy with current values and practices and who work with them reluctantly. Universities may speak publicly of efficiency and effectiveness but they cannot function successfully if their academic staff are disillusioned. This text explores the competing tensions in contemporary higher education: the need to balance individualism with collaboration; accountability with reward; a valuing of the past with preparation for the future. The aim is to help staff build a contemporary university which is as much a learning organization as an organization about learning.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19884-9 (9780335198849)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Changes in academic work; experiences of change in academic work; learning and teaching in higher education; organizational change and learning organizations; finding a way forward; visions and missions and reality; collaboration and independence; accountability and reward; encouraging change - valuing the past, preparing for the future; a final word - choosing a better working life.