Academic identities in higher education : the changing European landscape / edited by Linda Evans and Jon Nixon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Linda, editor.

Nixon, Jon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Academic identity is continually being formed and reformed by the institutional, socio-cultural and political contexts within which academic practitioners operate. In Europe the impact of the 2008 economic crisis and its continuing aftermath accounts for many of these changes, but the diverse cultures and histories of different regions are also significant factors, influencing how institutions adapt and resist, and how identities are shaped. Academic Identities in Higher Education highlights the multiple influences acting upon academic practitioners and documents some of the ways in which they are positioning themselves in relation to these often competing pressures. At a time when higher education is undergoing huge structural and systemic change there is increasing uncertainty regarding the nature of academic identity. Traditional notions compete with new and emergent ones, which are still in the process of formation and articulation. Academic Identities in Higher Education explores this process of formation and articulation and addresses the question: what does it mean to be an academic in 21st century Europe?"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

one. Frameworks and perspecives

two. Academic trajectories

three. Formations and re-formations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472579515

1472579518

9781350011038

1350011037

9781474220040

1474220045

9781472579522

1472579526

OCLC:

908062959