Sökt på: Böcker av Ronald Barnett
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Knowledge and the University
For hundreds of years, knowledge has been central in understanding the university. Over recent decades, however, it is the economic value of knowledge that has come to the fore. …
Universities, Ethics and Professions
Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how this emphasis on ethics by the …
Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of Uncertainty
There is an extraordinary but largely unnoticed phenomenon in higher education: by and large, students persevere and complete their studies. How should we interpret this tendency? …
Democratic School Accountability
For what, to whom, and by what means should schools be held accountable? What are the purposes and goals of schooling in a democratic society? What can serve as a fair system of …
Learning in Higher Education: Contemporary Standpoints
Students today are in many ways different from students in the past, though people disagree on how. Some say they have a shorter attention span while others say they are more …
Universities in the Flux of Time
Higher education and the institution of the university exist in time, their essential nature now continually subject to change: change in students, in knowledge, in structure and …
Thinking about Higher Education
With higher education around the world in a period of extreme flux, this volume explores its underlying philosophy, a core element of the ongoing debate. Offering a diverse range …
The Reluctant Tourist
Higher Education: A Critical Business
Higher Education: A Critical Business is a bold statement about higher education in the modern age. It continues Ronald Barnett's thinking of his earlier books but offers a …
Thinking about Higher Education
With higher education around the world in a period of extreme flux, this volume explores its underlying philosophy, a core element of the ongoing debate. Offering a diverse range …
Ecologies for Learning and Practice
Ecologies for Learning and Practice provides the first systematic account of the ideas of learning ecologies and ecologies of practice and locates the two concepts within the …
Thinking and Rethinking the University
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars compile career-long selections of what they judge to be among their finest pieces so the world has access to …