The New Inheritors : Transforming Young People's Expectations of University.

This groundbreaking book examines why the majority of Australian school leavers want to go to university and have resisted government attempts to promote alternative forms of tertiary education. The New Inheritors explores differences in young people's understanding of the purpose of university...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laming, Madeleine Mattarozzi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.
Temas:
College students > Australia.
College students > Australia > Social conditions.
College students > Australia > Attitudes.
Étudiants > Australie.
Étudiants > Australie > Conditions sociales.
Étudiants > Australie > Attitudes.
College students
College students > Attitudes
College students > Social conditions
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This groundbreaking book examines why the majority of Australian school leavers want to go to university and have resisted government attempts to promote alternative forms of tertiary education. The New Inheritors explores differences in young people's understanding of the purpose of university and their reasons for wanting to enrol. The book reveals that although there has been a general shift in values towards the utilitarian perspective, there is still significant support for the traditional liberal idea of university education as a cultural experience. This support is concentrated in well-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (141 pages)
ISBN:9789460916212
946091621X

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