Meeting the challenges of change in postgraduate education / edited by Trevor Kerry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kerry, Trevor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Graduate work.

Universities and colleges.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text takes a radical look at the nature of adult learning in the postgraduate context and at the implications of this for universities and their courses. While, over recent decades, schools have had to undergo major re-assessments about how learning is developed into curriculum, how learning is delivered to students, and how that learning is assessed, universities have remained very largely detached from these pedagogical/andragogical issues. However, the circumstances of higher education provision have changed. There is also real pressure now from vocationalism. Meeting the Challeneges o

Contents:

Contents; About the Editor and Authors; Introduction; PART I: FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION: THE CONCEPT OF THE COURSE; 1 Theoretical Perspectives; 2 Small-scale Indicative Research; 3 The Strength of the MA by Learning Contract in the Context of Lifelong Learning; PART II: POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND PHILOSOPHY; 4 Humboldt's Relevance Today; 5 Postgraduate Studies in Europe: Looking Beyond Bologna; 6 ICT and Postgraduate Education; 7 Enhancing Quality in Postgraduate Work; PART III: POSTGRADUATE EXPERIENCE: THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE

8 Tutoring at the Postgraduate Level9 Andragogy and Heutagogy in Postgraduate Work; 10 Academic Apprenticeship; Postscript; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612655029

9781282655027

1282655027

9781441191885

1441191887

OCLC:

651601005