Contemporary issues in education / 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 st...

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Superior document:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22
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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.
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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.