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Higher education in Ireland : practices, policies and possibilities / edited by Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery, John Walsh.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan 2014Description: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781137289872 (hbk.) :
  • 1137289880
  • 1137289872
  • 9781137289872
  • 9781137289889
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.9417 LOX
LOC classification:
  • LA669.63
Contents:
1. The Transformation of Higher Education in Ireland, 1945-80; John Walsh -- 2. A Contemporary History of Irish Higher Education, 1980-2011; John Walsh -- 3. From Seaweed and Peat to Pills and Very Small Things: Knowledge Production and Higher Education in the Irish Context; Andrew Loxley -- 4. Bildung and Life-Long Learning: Emancipation and Control; Aidan Seery -- 5. Ireland and the Field of Higher Education: A Bourdieusian Perspective; Michael Grenfell -- 6. Prospects for a Private, Indigenous and For-Profit University in Dublin; David Limond -- 7. Measures and Metrics and Academic Labour; Andrew Loxley -- 8. A Critical Journey Towards Lifelong Learning: Including Non-Traditional Students in University; Ted Fleming and Fergal Finnegan -- 9. Student Experience and Engagement in Higher Education in Ireland; Anne Murphy -- 10. Bologna: Consonance or Dissonance?; Frank McMahon -- 11. Changing Curriculum and Assessment Mindsets in Higher Education; Damien Murchan -- 12. E-Learning and Higher Education: Hyperbole and Reality; Tom Farrelly -- 13. Academic Professional Development in Ireland; Carmel O\'Sullivan -- 14. Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education; Ciara O\'Farrell.
Summary: This collection provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 378.9417 LOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 21/06/2023 219704

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

1. The Transformation of Higher Education in Ireland, 1945-80; John Walsh -- 2. A Contemporary History of Irish Higher Education, 1980-2011; John Walsh -- 3. From Seaweed and Peat to Pills and Very Small Things: Knowledge Production and Higher Education in the Irish Context; Andrew Loxley -- 4. Bildung and Life-Long Learning: Emancipation and Control; Aidan Seery -- 5. Ireland and the Field of Higher Education: A Bourdieusian Perspective; Michael Grenfell -- 6. Prospects for a Private, Indigenous and For-Profit University in Dublin; David Limond -- 7. Measures and Metrics and Academic Labour; Andrew Loxley -- 8. A Critical Journey Towards Lifelong Learning: Including Non-Traditional Students in University; Ted Fleming and Fergal Finnegan -- 9. Student Experience and Engagement in Higher Education in Ireland; Anne Murphy -- 10. Bologna: Consonance or Dissonance?; Frank McMahon -- 11. Changing Curriculum and Assessment Mindsets in Higher Education; Damien Murchan -- 12. E-Learning and Higher Education: Hyperbole and Reality; Tom Farrelly -- 13. Academic Professional Development in Ireland; Carmel O\'Sullivan -- 14. Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education; Ciara O\'Farrell.

This collection provides an in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies.

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