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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Preface / David Seth Preston -- Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom / Denton Anthony and Lars K. Hallström -- From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason / Gillian Howie -- Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University / Luis Borges Gouveia -- 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 / Seth A. Agbo -- From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University / Tom Claes -- Student Expectations: How Was It For You? / Tony Tricker -- Let's Go Out and Learn / Atmodiwirjo Paramita and Yandi Andri Yatmo -- The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education / Trudi Cooper -- "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century / Christine D. Myers -- Funding Challenges for a South African University A Case Study / Herman Rhode and Kirti Menon -- The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed / Frank McMahon -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.