The Idea of Education / / edited by David Seth Preston.

• Superior document: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 5
• TeilnehmendeR: Preston, David Seth,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)

This book represents a 'position statement' from the intellectually vibrant and challenging debate that emanated from the inaugural conference project launch entitled 'The Idea of Education' held at Mansfield College, Oxford in July 2002. The book conveys a wide spectrum of views about 'the idea of education' in recognition of the fact that 'the idea' is not as straightforward as it may appear on the surface. It seems the universities are not alone in this apparent uncertainty of definition. Further Education seems equally nonplussed as regard its purpose or raison d'être. Furthermore, even for those within the sector, it appears to be a point of much contention as to where Further Education ends and Higher Education begins. The book is divided into three main sections: The Current Structures of Education, Issues within Contemporary Education and The Ambitions of Education. The chapters wrestle, sometimes at variance with each other, with the paradoxes and concerns felt by each writer grappling with the idea of education.

Table of Contents

Preface -- PART I The Current Structures of Education -- Muir HOUSTON, Hazel KNOX and Annie MacGILLIVRAY: The Search for Quality: Changing Roles in a Changing Academic Environment -- Seth A. AGBO: A Learning Community Model for Professional Development and Transformational Teacher Education: Linking Teacher Preparation with In-Service Teacher Learning and School Improvement -- Peter LONG, Tony TRICKER & Margaret RANGECROFT: Measuring Aspects of Student Satisfaction with Course Provision -- Georgia N. NIKOLAIDOU: Music Curriculum: An Effective Interface Between Teacher and Pupils in the Primary School -- Nancy LEVESQUE: Partners in Education: The Role of the Academic Library -- PART II Issues Within Contemporary Education -- Colin TROTMAN and Heather PUDNER: Higher Education and Social Impact: A Community Education role to widen participation -- Paul Leonard GALLINA: Whistleblowing, Clinical Trials and the Academy: Some Recent Ethical and Public Policy -- Nikolas PATSAVOS: Business, Research, Architecture -- Part III The Ambitions of Education -- Tom CLAES: Definitions of 'the university' as Arguments in the Evaluative Discussion on 'the university' -- David Seth PRESTON: The Evolution of the English University Mission -- Jan PARKER: Aspirational Higher Education -- Robert GRANT: Schooling: The Principle, The Practice And The Institution -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.