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Cosmopolitan perspectives on academic leadership in higher education /
"This book explores what academic leadership in higher education might mean in the cosmopolitan and increasingly globalised 21st century through individual academics' narrative accounts drawn from a range of international contexts. The book shows that academic leadership is key to an indiv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2017.
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| Colección: | Perspectives on leadership in higher education.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Towards a CosmopolitanOutlook on Academic Leadership; A cosmopolitan outlook on academic leadership; Cosmopolitan narratives; Learning from the margins; Structure of the book; References; Part One Theoretical Orientations; 1 Academic Leadership and Its Discontents: Cosmopolitan Perspectives; Introduction; Academic leadership: A term in search of meaning; Global and local contexts of academic leadership.
- Towards a critical cosmopolitan 'outlook' or view of academic leadershipConclusion; References; 2 Everyday Cosmopolitanism: The Challenges of Academic Leadership; Traditions of cosmopolitanism; Contemporary global connectivities; Everyday cosmopolitanism; Beyond universal and banal cosmopolitanism; Challenges of academic leadership; References; Part Two Cosmopolitan Narratives; 3 Academic Leadership and Political Oppression in Palestine: Lessons to Be Learnt; Introduction; Contextualizing academic leadership; The history of higher education in the occupied Palestinian territory.
- Institutionalizing progressive academic leadershipConclusion; References; 4 Political Extremes in the Philippines: Academic Leadership and Social Engagement; My early years' education and career; Leadership in turbulent times: 1970s and 1980s; Leadership in times of change: 1993-2011; Leadership in wider social engagements; Summing Up; Personal reflections on my years of leadership; Notes; References; 5 Leadership of Academic Writing Development in England: Narratives of Problems, Pragmatism and Possibility; Introduction; Carol's vignettes; Vignette 1: 'Just be quiet and listen'
- Vignette 2: 'What sort of guide will I be?'Vignette 3: Having a strategy; Jacqueline's vignettes; Vignette 4: 'I reject your views'; Vignette 5: The 'wrong writing'; Vignette 6: The hidden writing; Research leadership as an embodied practice; Research leadership, writing and identity; Research leadership, writing and values; Leading research writing together: write a paper in a year initiative; Conclusion; Note; References; 6 Socio-political Complexities in South Africa: Educational Opportunities, Academic Leadership and Social Justice; My early years, education and career.
- Bophuthatswana and North West ProvinceDeveloping leadership through wider community engagement; Contrasting environments
- enabling/limiting leadership; Reflection on leadership; Notes; References; 7 Being a Woman Academic Leader in Japan: Intellectual Leadership and Culture Difference; Making a difference as the only woman in the room
- my journey to becoming an academic leader; Managing the multiple demands of being a female and foreign academic leader; Final thoughts on negotiations in and around the gendered cultures of higher education; Note; References.