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1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22
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At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 22.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; CHAPTER ONE Revitalising Pedagogy? Teaching and Technology in the University Classroom; CHAPTER TWO From Process to Product: Quality Audits and Instrumental Reason; CHAPTER THREE Emergent Skills in Higher Education: The Quest for Emotion and Virtual University; CHAPTER FOUR 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; CHAPTER FIVE From 'Education' to 'Educability': The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the Modern University. |
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CHAPTER SIX Student Expectations: How Was It For You?CHAPTER SEVEN Let's Go Out and Learn; CHAPTER EIGHT The Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education; CHAPTER NINE "A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland": University Reform in the Early Twentieth Century; CHAPTER TEN Funding Challenges for a South African University: A Case Study; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Problems Faced By Higher Education Institutions Because of the Constantly Changing Objectives, Sometimes Imposed Externally, Sometimes Self-Imposed; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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 statement of the 2003 Oxford conference. Quoting the Chancellor of Paris University with regretting that "in the old days ... lectures were more frequent ... but now the time taken for lectures is being spent in meeting and discussions" our keynote Frank McMahon made the profound observation that some of. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Congresses.
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Education, Higher -- Congresses. |
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Universities and colleges -- Congresses.
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Universities and colleges -- Congresses. |
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Education, Higher -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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Education, Higher -- Philosophy. |
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Universities and colleges -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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Universities and colleges -- Philosophy. |
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Universities and colleges. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Preston, David Seth.
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Idea of Education (2nd : 2003 : Mansfield College Oxford)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary issues in education. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005 9042016841 (OCoLC)58422077 |
| ISBN |
1423787552 (electronic book) |
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9781423787556 (electronic book) |
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9789401201520 |
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9401201528 |
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9042016841 (paperback) |
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9789042016842 |
