Автор: Paul Gibbs Название: Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment ISBN: 1474252052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474252058 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 137280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The totalising effect of consumerism, well-being and satisfaction is a discourse which may negate the value of struggle and mastery of complex subjects and a realization of personal potentiality. Why Universities Should Seek Happiness and Contentment considers the consequences of a hedonistic and well-being centred model of student education as one of the goals of higher education and proposes an alternative goal for higher education. In a globalised consumer society where the anxiety for an identity leads to the fear of not reaching the standard, Paul Gibbs shows how anxiety can be harnessed to secure contentment with one’s own future without the fear of consumer-induced emptiness. He conceptualises higher education in a counter-valued way to the current dominant discourse of higher education institutions and educational policy while placing students at the centre of their own educational activity. In doing so, Gibbs proposes contentment as a guiding principle of higher education.
Автор: Rouse Название: Universities as Complex Enterprises - How Academia Works, Why It Works These Ways, and Where the University Enterprise Is Headed ISBN: 1119244870 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781119244875 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 113990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Explores the nature of academic enterprises, including why they work the way they do and where such enterprises are headed, with the goal of gaining insights into where change can and will happen This book looks at universities from a whole-enterprise perspective.
Автор: Heap, Stephen Название: Universities we need ISBN: 1472477286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472477286 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 163330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Increasing numbers of young adults go to university. This book explores contemporary understandings of what universities are for, what impact they might be having on their students, and what visions of life and society are driving them. It criticises a narrow view of higher education which focuses on serving the economy. It argues that, for the sake of the common and individual good, universities need to be about forming citizens and societies as well as being an economic resource. It does so in the light of theological perspectives mainly from the Christian but also from the Muslim faith, and has a global as well as a British perspective. It brings together key thinkers in theology and higher education policy - including Rowan Williams, David Ford, Mike Higton, and Peter Scott - to present a unique perspective on institutions which help shape the lives of millions.
Автор: Blake Название: The Universities We Need ISBN: 1138180017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138180017 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 91860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work challenges some of the assumptions behind recent thinking on lifelong learning and discusses the idea of the learning society through a reappraisal of the relationship between the university and the community. It reconsiders the demand for efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.
Автор: Stuart Billingham (Editor) Название: Access to success and social mobility through higher education:A Curate`s Egg? ISBN: 178754110X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787541108 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 66390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This collection of essays illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges and opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally.
Автор: Palfreyman David, Temple Paul Название: Universities and Colleges: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 0198766130 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198766131 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book looks at the role of the university in a social and economic context, as a repository of knowledge and a site for instruction. It considers how universities are founded,, funded, governed, lead, and managed, how the advent of increased fees has affected their relationship with students, and what is in the future for higher education.
Автор: Lundy Brandon D., Negash Solomon Название: Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom ISBN: 0253008158 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253008152 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 80080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate understanding of Africa in a globalizing world.
Автор: Brown Название: The School of Oriental and African Studies ISBN: 1107164427 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107164420 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 92930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies, which has evolved into a major world centre for academic teaching and scholarly research since its founding in 1916. Ian Brown surveys the School`s role in Britain`s complex relationships with, and understandings of, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Автор: Piot Charles Название: Doing Development in West Africa: A Reader by and for Undergraduates ISBN: 0822361922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822361923 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 26710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In recent years the popularity of service learning and study abroad programs that bring students to the global South has soared, thanks to this generation of college students' desire to make a positive difference in the world. This collection contains essays by undergraduates who recount their experiences in Togo working on projects that established health insurance at a local clinic, built a cyber café, created a microlending program for teens, and started a local writers' group. The essays show students putting their optimism to work while learning that paying attention to local knowledge can make all the difference in a project's success. Students also conducted research on global health topics by examining the complex relationships between traditional healing practices and biomedicine. Charles Piot's introduction contextualizes student-initiated development within the history of development work in West Africa since 1960, while his epilogue provides an update on the projects, compiles an inventory of best practices, and describes the type of projects that are likely to succeed. Doing Development in West Africa provides a relatable and intimate look into the range of challenges, successes, and failures that come with studying abroad in the global South.
Contributors. Cheyenne Allenby, Kelly Andrejko, Connor Cotton, Allie Middleton, Caitlin Moyles, Charles Piot, Benjamin Ramsey, Maria Cecilia Romano, Stephanie Rotolo, Emma Smith, Sarah Zimmerman
Автор: Altschuler Glenn C., Kramnick Isaac Название: Cornell: A History, 1940 2015 ISBN: 080144425X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801444258 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 51480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In their history of Cornell since 1940, Glenn C. Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick examine the institution in the context of the emergence of the modern research university. The book examines Cornell during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, antiapartheid protests, the ups and downs of varsity athletics, the women's movement, the opening of relations with China, and the creation of Cornell NYC Tech. It relates profound, fascinating, and little-known incidents involving the faculty, administration, and student life, connecting them to the "Cornell idea" of freedom and responsibility. The authors had access to all existing papers of the presidents of Cornell, which deeply informs their respectful but unvarnished portrait of the university. Institutions, like individuals, develop narratives about themselves. Cornell constructed its sense of self, of how it was special and different, on the eve of World War II, when America defended democracy from fascist dictatorship. Cornell’s fifth president, Edmund Ezra Day, and Carl Becker, its preeminent historian, discerned what they called a Cornell "soul," a Cornell "character," a Cornell "personality," a Cornell "tradition"—and they called it "freedom." "The Cornell idea" was tested and contested in Cornell’s second seventy-five years. Cornellians used the ideals of freedom and responsibility as weapons for change—and justifications for retaining the status quo; to protect academic freedom—and to rein in radical professors; to end in loco parentis and parietal rules, to preempt panty raids, pornography, and pot parties, and to reintroduce regulations to protect and promote the physical and emotional well-being of students; to add nanofabrication, entrepreneurship, and genomics to the curriculum—and to require language courses, freshmen writing, and physical education. In the name of freedom (and responsibility), black students occupied Willard Straight Hall, the anti–Vietnam War SDS took over the Engineering Library, proponents of divestment from South Africa built campus shantytowns, and Latinos seized Day Hall. In the name of responsibility (and freedom), the university reclaimed them. The history of Cornell since World War II, Altschuler and Kramnick believe, is in large part a set of variations on the narrative of freedom and its partner, responsibility, the obligation to others and to one’s self to do what is right and useful, with a principled commitment to the Cornell community—and to the world outside the Eddy Street gate.
Автор: Feingold Mordechai Название: History of Universities ISBN: 0198726341 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198726340 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 101370.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Volume XXVIII/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education.
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