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Contemporary issues in education /

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 st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Idea of Education
Other Authors: Preston, David Seth
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005.
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; CHAPTER ONE Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom; CHAPTER TWO From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason; CHAPTER THREE Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University; CHAPTER FOUR 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 From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University.
  • CHAPTER SIX Student Expectations: How Was It For You?CHAPTER SEVEN Let's Go Out and Learn; CHAPTER EIGHT The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education; CHAPTER NINE "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century; CHAPTER TEN Funding Challenges for a South African University: A Case Study; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed; Notes on Contributors; Index.