| Description |
x, 127 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-123) and index. |
| Summary |
'Values in Higher Education Teaching' explores the way in which teaching, research, learning and higher education are a values enterprise and that an exploration of values is necessary to work out the full purposes of a higher education to guide practices and help academics understand academic work. |
| Contents |
1. Values : What are values? ; Values in teaching ; Values in higher education ; Values narrative: 'Eddie' -- 2. Understanding values in practice : What's worth knowing? ; What's worth learning? ; Valuing academic practice ; Values narrative: 'East of Kinshasa' -- 3. Teaching values : What's worth teaching? ; Six challenges for the values teacher ; Values narrative: 'An old teacher, an old friend' -- 4. Valuing higher education : New values for old ; A variety of purposes ; Shifting (or shifty?) values ; Values narrative: 'No more than an image' -- 5. Foundational values : The public academic ; Capitulation and resistance ; Values narrative: 'The goodbye letters' -- Conclusion: Values narrative: 'The goodbye letters'. |
| Subject |
College teachers -- Training of -- Case studies.
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Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Case studies.
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Education, Higher -- Case studies.
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Curriculum enrichment -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Pickering, Neil.
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| ISBN |
9780415589215 (hardback) |
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0415589215 (hardback) |
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9780415589222 (pbk.) |
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0415589223 (pbk.) |
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9780203842003 (ebook) |
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0203842006 (ebook) |
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