Synopses & Reviews
Trevor Kerry draws together contributions from leading academics in the field based in Europe, Canada and Australia to examine key themes in higher education, including: • academic freedom• leadership and management• the nature of learning and teaching • ethical behaviour• curriculum innovation• attitudes to globalization and internationalization The contributors explore what might constitute effective higher education provision, drawing on innovative practice from around the world and encouraging higher education practitioners to become more analytical and critical about their institutions, about their own roles, and about the ways in which they and their work serve their client-base. In so doing the book confronts the contextual conflicts that arise from political, social and fiscal agendas for higher education.
Synopsis
International contributors consider key themes in higher education including: ethics, spirituality, freedom, leadership and management and learning and teaching.
Synopsis
Trevor Kerry draws together contributions from leading academics in the field based in Europe, Canada and Australia to examine key themes in higher education, including:
- academic freedom
- leadership and management
- the nature of learning and teaching
- ethical behaviour
- curriculum innovation
- attitudes to globalization and internationalization
The contributors explore what might constitute effective higher education provision, drawing on innovative practice from around the world and encouraging higher education practitioners to become more analytical and critical about their institutions, about their own roles, and about the ways in which they and their work serve their client-base. In so doing the book confronts the contextual conflicts that arise from political, social and fiscal agendas for higher education.
Table of Contents
Introduction \
Part I: Ethics, Freedom and Spirituality \ 1. The Ethics of Higher Education: Maintaining Ethical Standards in the 21st Century University
Trevor Kerry \ 2. Academic Freedom: Medieval Concept for a 21st Century University?
Trevor Kerry and Carolle Kerry \ 3. Religion and Spirituality in Student Life
Tom Sherwood \
Part II: Leadership and Management \ 4. Leadership in the 21st Century University: Hard Choices and Effective Management
Muriel Robinson \ 5. Curricular Design and Assessment: Towards a Global Template?
Kent Löfgren \ 6. Internationalization and Globalization
Fengshu Liu and Terfot Ngwana \ 7. International Experience for Students: The Evansville/Harlaxton Model
Gordon Kingsley \
Part III: Learning and Teaching \ 8. The Myth of the Learning Society Revisited
Malcolm Tight and Christina Hughes \ 9. The Impact of e-Learning in the 21st Century University
Paul Bacsich \ 10. A Sustainable Model for Experiential Learning
Rosie Le Cornu \ Conclusion \ Index