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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Les, 1942-

Neary, Mike, 1956-

Stevenson, Howard, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.

Education, Higher.

Higher education and state--Great Britain.

Higher education and state.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Great Britain.

Educational change--Great Britain.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

6 Continuing Professional Development in Higher Education: Tensions and Debates in a Changing Environment7 Technology-Enhanced Learning: A New Digital Divide?; Part Three: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE; 8 The Stretched Academy: The Learning Experience of Mature Students from Under-represented Groups; 9 Student Intelligence: Challenging Received Wisdom in Student Surveys; 10 The Student as Producer: Reinventing the Student Experience in Higher Education; 11 Conclusion - The Learning Landscape: Views with Endless Possibilities; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S

TU; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-165) and index.

ISBN:

9786612876127

9781282876125

1282876120

9781441179074

1441179070

OCLC:

676698328