Transforming university education : a manifesto /

"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 and nature of university e...

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Tác giả chính: Ashwin, Paul, 1970- (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2520112
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  • 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.