The future of higher education : policy, pedagogy and the student experience / edited by Les Bell, Mike Neary and Howard Stevenson

Published: London ; New York, NY : Continuum, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
Additional Creators: Bell, Les, 1942-, Neary, Mike, 1956-, and Stevenson, Howard, 1963-

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Contents

Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction -- Universities in Transition: Themes in Higher Education Policy; Part One: THE POLICY CONTEXT; 2 Academic Freedom: Essential Liberty or Extravagant Luxury?; 3 Learning Landscapes: Designing a Classroom of the Future; 4 Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Examining Dissonance and Instructional Strategy; Part Two: PEDAGOGY AND THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT; 5 Educational Development Units: The Challenge of Quality Enhancement in a Changing Environment.

Summary

The Future of Higher Education explores policy, pedagogy and the student experience at a conceptual level, enabling university staff to place their own work within a wider theoretical framework and to develop their own understandings of some of the key controversies that surround teaching and learning in higher education. The book is divided into three parts:. Part 1 explores key policies that have shaped higher education since the late twentieth century, and traces the impact that these policies have had on the extent and nature of higher education provision. Part 2 explores how these emergin.

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9781441179074 (electronic bk.)
1441179070 (electronic bk.)
1282876120
9781282876125
9781847064738
1847064736
9781847064721
1847064728

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-165) and index.

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