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83 produkter
Beyond All Reason
Häftad, 2003
899 kr
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"stimulating and full of insight" British Journal of Educational Studies"a major work ... provocative, unsettling and profoundly challenging. I think it should be prescribed reading for all vice-chancellors." (Professor Colin Bundy, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University …
Engaging the Curriculum
Av Ronald Barnett, Kelly Coate
Häftad, 2004
483 kr
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There is greater interest than ever before in higher education: more money is being spent on it, more students are registered and more courses are being taught. And yet the matter that is arguably at the heart of higher education, the curriculum, is noticeable for its absence in public debate and …
Will to Learn: Being a Student in an age of Uncertainty
Häftad, 2007
444 kr
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There is an extraordinary but largely unnoticed phenomenon in higher education: by and large, students persevere and complete their studies. How should we interpret this tendency? Students are living in uncertain times and often experience anxiety, and yet they continue to press forward with their …
Engaging the Curriculum
Av Kelly Coate, Ronald Barnett
E-bok, 2004
459 kr
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There is greater interest than ever before in higher education: more money is being spent on it, more students are registered and more courses are being taught. And yet the matter that is arguably at the heart of higher education, the curriculum, is noticeable for its absence in public debate and …
Realizing the University
E-bok, 1999
437 kr
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The university has lost its way. The world needs the university more than ever but for new reasons. If we are to clarify its new role in the world, we need to find a new vocabulary and a new sense of purpose. The university is faced with supercomplexity, in which our very frames of understanding, …
Higher Education: A Critical Business
E-bok, 1997
361 kr
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Higher Education: A Critical Business is a bold statement about higher education in the modern age. It continues Ronald Barnett''s thinking of his earlier books but offers a completely new set of ideas in a challenging but engaging argument. A defining concept of the Western university is that of …
Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of Uncertainty
E-bok, 2007
422 kr
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There is an extraordinary but largely unnoticed phenomenon in higher education: by and large, students persevere and complete their studies. How should we interpret this tendency? Students are living in uncertain times and often experience anxiety, and yet they continue to press forward with their …
Philosophy of Higher Education
A Critical Introduction
Inbunden, 2021
2435 kr
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Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative ecological realism. Each chapter takes the form of a short essay, tackling a particular topic such as values, knowledge, …
Universities, Ethics and Professions
Debate and Scrutiny
Av John Strain, Ronald Barnett m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
646 kr
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Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how this emphasis on ethics by the professional world is impacting universities, institutions that have long been key contributors to ethical reflection and …
Philosophy of Higher Education
A Critical Introduction
Häftad, 2021
473 kr
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Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative ecological realism. Each chapter takes the form of a short essay, tackling a particular topic such as values, knowledge, …
Changing Identities in Higher Education
Voicing Perspectives
Av Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli
Inbunden, 2007
2435 kr
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In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their research and scholarly interests, and their work experiences. Taking the form of a debate, Changing Identities in Higher Education helps to …
Wisdom in the University
Av Ronald Barnett, Nicholas Maxwell
Inbunden, 2008
1475 kr
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This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would this involve? …
Wisdom in the University
Av Ronald Barnett, Nicholas Maxwell
Häftad, 2009
543 kr
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This provocative and challenging book questions how people think about what universities should seek to do and how they should respond to the grave problems of our age. It addresses issues such as: What is wisdom? Ought universities to seek, promote and teach wisdom and what would this involve? …
Changing Identities in Higher Education
Voicing Perspectives
Av Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli
Häftad, 2009
868 kr
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In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their research and scholarly interests, and their work experiences. Taking the form of a debate, Changing Identities in Higher Education helps to …
Being a University
Inbunden, 2010
2435 kr
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There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what, then, might lie …
Being a University
Häftad, 2010
713 kr
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There is no single idea of the university. Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. But what, then, might lie …
Imagining the University
Inbunden, 2012
2671 kr
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Around the world, what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is, however, exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence, the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in …
Imagining the University
Häftad, 2012
800 kr
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Around the world, what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is, however, exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence, the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in …
Universities in the Flux of Time
An exploration of time and temporality in university life
Av Paul Gibbs, Oili-Helena Ylijoki m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
2445 kr
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Higher education and the institution of the university exist in time, their essential nature now continually subject to change: change in students, in knowledge, in structure and in their own communities and those they service. These changes are accompanied by a quickening of time, leading to a …
Universities in the Flux of Time
An exploration of time and temporality in university life
Av Paul Gibbs, Oili-Helena Ylijoki m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
786 kr
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Higher education and the institution of the university exist in time, their essential nature now continually subject to change: change in students, in knowledge, in structure and in their own communities and those they service. These changes are accompanied by a quickening of time, leading to a …
Future University
Ideas and Possibilities
Häftad, 2013
871 kr
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Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group Best Book Award for 2014!As universities increasingly engage with the world beyond the classroom and the campus, those who work within higher education are left to examine how the university’s …
Future University
Ideas and Possibilities
Inbunden, 2011
2983 kr
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Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group Best Book Award for 2014!As universities increasingly engage with the world beyond the classroom and the campus, those who work within higher education are left to examine how the university’s …
Universities, Ethics and Professions
Debate and Scrutiny
Av John Strain, Ronald Barnett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2445 kr
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Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how this emphasis on ethics by the professional world is impacting universities, institutions that have long been key contributors to ethical reflection and …
Knowledge and the University
Re-claiming Life
Av Soren Bengtsen, Ronald Barnett
E-bok, 2019
707 kr
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For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore. Now, in a post-truth world, knowledge is also treated with suspicion and has become a vehicle for ideologies. Knowledge …
Knowledge and the University
Re-claiming Life
Av Soren Bengtsen, Ronald Barnett
E-bok, 2019
692 kr
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For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore. Now, in a post-truth world, knowledge is also treated with suspicion and has become a vehicle for ideologies. Knowledge …
Philosophy of Higher Education
A Critical Introduction
E-bok, 2021
455 kr
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Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative ecological realism. Each chapter takes the form of a short essay, tackling a particular topic such as values, knowledge, …
Philosophy of Higher Education
A Critical Introduction
E-bok, 2021
455 kr
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Providing a comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of higher education this book steps nimbly through the field, leading it into new areas and advancing an imaginative ecological realism. Each chapter takes the form of a short essay, tackling a particular topic such as values, knowledge, …
From Critical Thinking to Criticality
A Higher Education for a Troubled World
Av Martin Davies, Ronald Barnett
E-bok, 2026
741 kr
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The world is facing multiple crises and is in need of more critical thinking, but critical thinking is valued less. AI, populism, social media, ever-powerful states, a distrust of universities, the abandonment of the humanities, and a world that favours action and economic growth: all conspire to …
From Critical Thinking to Criticality
A Higher Education for a Troubled World
Av Ronald Barnett, Martin Davies
Häftad, 2026
622 kr
Kommande
The world is facing multiple crises and is in need of more critical thinking, but critical thinking is valued less. AI, populism, social media, ever-powerful states, a distrust of universities, the abandonment of the humanities, and a world that favours action and economic growth: all conspire to …
