Values in higher education teaching / Tony Harland and Neil Pickering.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Harland, Tony, 1955- author.

Contributor:

• Pickering, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• College teachers--Training of--Case studies.
• Curriculum enrichment--Case studies.
• Education, Higher--Case studies.
• Universities and colleges--Faculty--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Values in Higher Education Teaching explores the way in which teaching, research, learning and higher education are a values enterprise and that an exploration of values is necessary to work out the full purposes of a higher education to guide practices and help academics understand academic work. Values inform thinking and actions and although this is well recognized, values are seldom brought to the forefront of inquiries as practices in higher education are developed. This book argues that by putting values firmly on the agenda of those who teach, work and learn in higher educat

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Values; Chapter 2 Understanding values in practice; Chapter 3 Teaching values; Chapter 4 Valuing higher education; Chapter 5 Foundational values; Conclusion; A note on the methodology of narrative inquiry; References; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index.

ISBN:

• 1-136-90268-6
• 1-136-90269-4
• 1-282-93010-9
• 9786612930102
• 0-203-84200-6

OCLC:

741356646