Ronald Barnett (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Understanding the University

Institution, idea, possibilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through examination of the conditions and possibilities underlying and affecting universities, Understanding the University offers an understanding of specific ideas of the university which can inform policies, strategies and practices in relation to the university. It is a must read for leaders and senior managers in universities , as well as those undertaking postgraduate studies in the policy and practice of higher education.

Produktdetails

• Foundations and Futures of Education
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781138934054
• ISBN-10: 1138934054
• Artikelnr.: 43329090

Autorenporträt

Ronald Barnett is Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Planes of understanding
1. Reading the university
2. The great hole
3. Three planes of understanding
Part 2: The antagonistic university
4. Antagonisms
5. Seven forms of dialectic
Part 3: Glimpsing spaces
6. The possibility of possibilities
7. An inevitable remainder
8. The real thing
9. Holding together
Part 4: Positive moments
10. Universals and particulars
11. The university as agent
12. Work for the visionaries
Coda: On not living in the ruins
Notes
Bibliographic note
Bibliography
Index