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OverviewMost people who work and study in universities will be aware that they are changing. Yet few have so far grasped the extent of this change or have attempted to put it in a coherent intellectual framework. This volume provides new ways to understand how the university workforce in developed nations is being encouraged to change itself, and how the social role of these institutions has shifted from places of higher learning toward being agents for social change and the promotion of human welfare. Moreover the demands that are being placed on institutions and the kinds of graduates they are required to produce has changed too, with the emphasis on a new brand of vocationalism and a reinvigorated focus on 'skills' and 'employability'. This volume provides a theoretically informed, philosophically sophisticated account of what universities in developed nations are being encouraged to do, and the impact this has on their staff, students and the societies of which they are a part. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Sally Baker , Dr Brian J. BrownPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9780826494191ISBN 10: 0826494196 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 14 September 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents1. Thinking about the university: theories, histories, and knowledge. 2. Education, society, economy and culture. 3. Education as power. 4. Education systems and their changing roles: the university and human wellbeing. 5. Education as shaping, growing and cultivating. 6. Higher Education under advanced liberalism 7. The Picture of learning: Thinking about the educational experience in neoliberal timesReviewsAuthor InformationSally Baker is Researcher in the School of Social Sciences at University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Brian J. Brown is Reader in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the De Montfort University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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