Contemporary Issues In Education
Published on 1. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
203 pages
978-90-420-1684-2 (ISBN)
Description
Following the warm reception given to The Idea of Education, a volume of papers in this same Rodopi Series, a second conference around similar themes was held at Oxford University and this book is the result. This edited book provides the reader with a fairly representative, coherent and cohesive statement of the 2003 Oxford conference. Quoting the Chancellor of Paris University with regretting that "in the old days ... lectures were more frequent ... but now the time taken for lectures is being spent in meeting and discussions" our keynote Frank McMahon made the profound observation that some of the issues around education have been with us for a surprisingly long time. Notwithstanding the longevity of some questions concerning education, this book details and examines contemporary educational practice and theory and as such it is a very important work.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1684-2 (9789042016842)
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Person
Dr David Seth Preston is Reader in Information Ethics at the University of East London, London, UK. His interests include: the legal implication, social issues and ethics of technology; the development and future of the university as an institution; and managerialism with all its ramifications.
Content
Preface
CHAPTER ONE Denton ANTHONY and Lars K. HALLSTROEM: Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom
CHAPTER TWO Gillian HOWIE: From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason
CHAPTER THREE Luis BORGES GOUVEA: Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University
CHAPTER FOUR Seth A. AGBO: Myths and Realities of Higher Education as a Vehicle for Nation Building in Developing Countries: The Culture of the University and the New African Diaspora
CHAPTER FIVE Tom CLAES: From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University
CHAPTER SIX Tony TRICKER: Student Expectations: How Was It For You?
CHAPTER SEVEN Paramita ATMODIWIRJO and Yandi ANDRI YATMO: Let's Go Out and Learn
CHAPTER EIGHT Trudi COOPER: The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education
CHAPTER NINE Christine D. MYERS: "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century
CHAPTER TEN Herman RHODE and Kirti MENON: Funding Challenges for a South African University A Case Study
CHAPTER ELEVEN Frank McMAHON: The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed
Notes on Contributors
Index
CHAPTER ONE Denton ANTHONY and Lars K. HALLSTROEM: Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom
CHAPTER TWO Gillian HOWIE: From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason
CHAPTER THREE Luis BORGES GOUVEA: Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University
CHAPTER FOUR Seth A. AGBO: Myths and Realities of Higher Education as a Vehicle for Nation Building in Developing Countries: The Culture of the University and the New African Diaspora
CHAPTER FIVE Tom CLAES: From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University
CHAPTER SIX Tony TRICKER: Student Expectations: How Was It For You?
CHAPTER SEVEN Paramita ATMODIWIRJO and Yandi ANDRI YATMO: Let's Go Out and Learn
CHAPTER EIGHT Trudi COOPER: The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education
CHAPTER NINE Christine D. MYERS: "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century
CHAPTER TEN Herman RHODE and Kirti MENON: Funding Challenges for a South African University A Case Study
CHAPTER ELEVEN Frank McMAHON: The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed
Notes on Contributors
Index