Contemporary issues in education / edited by David Seth Preston.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22
• Author: Idea of Education
• TeilnehmendeR: Preston, David Seth.; Idea of Education (2nd : 2003 : Mansfield College Oxford)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Preface /; Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom /; From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason /; Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University /; 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 /; From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University /; Student Expectations: How Was It For You? /; Let's Go Out and Learn /; The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education /; "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century /; Funding Challenges for a South African University A Case Study /; The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed /; Notes on Contributors --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9401201528; 1423787552
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by David Seth Preston.

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.