Thinking about Higher Education

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gibbs, Paul (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Barnett, Ronald (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Higher education.; Philosophy of Education.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Higher Education.

With higher education around the world in a period of extreme flux, this volume explores its underlying philosophy, a core element of the ongoing debate. Offering a diverse range of perspectives from an international selection of renowned scholars of higher education, the book is full of imaginative...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction, Paul Gibbs and Ron Barnett
• Section one - Positive Imagination
• 2. Thinking about higher education, Ron Barnett
• 3. Higher Education and Ethical Imagination, Marianna Papastephanou
• 4. Happiness not Salaries: The decline of universities and the emergence of higher education, Paul Gibbs
• Section Two – Finding the Public Good
• 5. Higher education and public good, Simon Marginson
• 6. Forces in Tension: The State, Civil Society and Market in the Future of the University, Brian Pusser
• 7. Beyond Neo-Liberalism: Higher Education in Europe and the Global Public Good, Barbara M. Kehm
• 8. Exploring futures for community engagement: uncertainty, difference, and responsibility, Tara Fenwick
• Section Three – Which knowledge and who can have it
• 9. Babies and bathwater: revaluing the role of the academy in knowledge, Leesa Wheelahan
• 10. Curriculum in Higher Education: Beyond false choices, Suellen Shay
• 11. Finding a Voice as a Student, Denise Bachelor
• 12. Into the heart of things Defrosting educational theory, Soren S.E. Bengtsen
• 13. Coda: Reaching for Higher Education.