Key Issues in Higher Education – serie
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18 produkter
Universities, Ethics and Professions
Debate and Scrutiny
Av John Strain, Ronald Barnett m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
649 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 …
Understanding Teaching Excellence in Higher Education
Towards a Critical Approach
Av Alan Skelton
Inbunden, 2005
2446 kr
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What makes a university teacher 'excellent'? As debates rage about whether this is down to subject knowledge, communication skills, taking a research-led approach or being a technological whiz, this book provides the first in-depth examination of teaching excellence in higher education. Identifying …
Understanding Teaching Excellence in Higher Education
Towards a Critical Approach
Av Alan Skelton
Häftad, 2005
928 kr
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What makes a university teacher 'excellent'? As debates rage about whether this is down to subject knowledge, communication skills, taking a research-led approach or being a technological whiz, this book provides the first in-depth examination of teaching excellence in higher education. Identifying …
Citizenship and Higher Education
The Role of Universities in Communities and Society
Inbunden, 2005
2446 kr
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What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university's ethical responsibilities to its students?The role of citizenship and civic responsibility in higher education is a highly contested yet crucial element …
Challenge to Scholarship
Rethinking Learning, Teaching and Research
Inbunden, 2005
2446 kr
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The Challenge to Scholarship is a lively and engaging investigation that seeks to establish what it means to be a scholar and the value of scholarship. It addresses current concerns and tensions including the scholarship of teaching and the relationship between teaching and research.Gill Nicholls …
Towards the Virtuous University
The Moral Bases of Academic Practice
Av Jon Nixon
Inbunden, 2008
2446 kr
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A good university is invariably assumed to be one which is managerially effective in terms of its economic efficiency, and is judged in terms of entrepreneurialism, self-promotion and competitive innovation. This book argues that in the majority of institutions, these goals are being pursued to the …
Academic Citizen
The Virtue of Service in University Life
Inbunden, 2006
2682 kr
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With increasing focus on excellence in research and teaching, the service role of the individual academic is often neglected. This book calls for greater recognition of this important aspect of academic life, highlighting the importance of mentoring, committee work and pastoral care in the daily …
Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education
Signals and Shortcomings
Av Mantz Yorke
Inbunden, 2007
2682 kr
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A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education is now a mass rather than an elite system, what is expected of its graduates is different from the expectations of previous generations. Students are …
Higher Education and Sustainable Development
Paradox and Possibility
Av Stephen Gough, William Scott
Inbunden, 2008
2525 kr
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The ‘Key Issues in Higher Education’ series aims to raise both awareness and the standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher education and intends to assist national and international debate.Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is …
Changing Identities in Higher Education
Voicing Perspectives
Av Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli
Inbunden, 2007
2454 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 …
Challenge to Scholarship
Rethinking Learning, Teaching and Research
Häftad, 2009
718 kr
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The Challenge to Scholarship is a lively and engaging investigation that seeks to establish what it means to be a scholar and the value of scholarship. It addresses current concerns and tensions including the scholarship of teaching and the relationship between teaching and research.Gill Nicholls …
Higher Education and Sustainable Development
Paradox and Possibility
Av Stephen Gough, William Scott
Häftad, 2009
739 kr
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The ‘Key Issues in Higher Education’ series aims to raise both awareness and the standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher education and intends to assist national and international debate.Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is …
Academic Citizen
The Virtue of Service in University Life
Häftad, 2010
718 kr
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With increasing focus on excellence in research and teaching, the service role of the individual academic is often neglected. This book calls for greater recognition of this important aspect of academic life, highlighting the importance of mentoring, committee work and pastoral care in the daily …
Changing Identities in Higher Education
Voicing Perspectives
Av Ronald Barnett, Roberto Di Napoli
Häftad, 2009
875 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 …
Citizenship and Higher Education
The Role of Universities in Communities and Society
Häftad, 2009
875 kr
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What are the obligations of the university to society and its communities? What are the virtues of university education? What are the university's ethical responsibilities to its students?The role of citizenship and civic responsibility in higher education is a highly contested yet crucial element …
Towards the Virtuous University
The Moral Bases of Academic Practice
Av Jon Nixon
Häftad, 2009
875 kr
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A good university is invariably assumed to be one which is managerially effective in terms of its economic efficiency, and is judged in terms of entrepreneurialism, self-promotion and competitive innovation. This book argues that in the majority of institutions, these goals are being pursued to the …
Universities, Ethics and Professions
Debate and Scrutiny
Av John Strain, Ronald Barnett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2454 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
Grading Student Achievement in Higher Education
Signals and Shortcomings
Av Mantz Yorke
Häftad, 2015
804 kr
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A lot hangs on the summative grades that students are given. A good degree opens doors which otherwise might remain closed. Yet, as higher education is now a mass rather than an elite system, what is expected of its graduates is different from the expectations of previous generations. Students are …
