Transforming university education a manifesto

Presentación del editor: "What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students? Is it only about getting a job? How can we measure the quality of an undergraduate degree? Paul Ashwin shows how, around the world, economic arguments have come to dominate our thinking about the purpose a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ashwin, Paul, 1970- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic 2020
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: Not another book about the higher education crisis!
  • PART ONE Challenging myths about university education
  • 2 Challenging myths about the purposes of university education
  • 3 Challenging myths about the key elements of university education
  • 4 Challenging myths measuring the quality of university education
  • PART TWO A case for university education
  • 5 The purposes of university education
  • 6 The key elements of university education
  • 7 Measuring the quality of university education 8 Transforming and sustaining university education
  • Appendix 1: Lewis Elton: A personal reflection
  • Appendix 2: David Watson's scholarly legacy: Towards a conscience for higher education research
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index