Higher education in Ireland : practices, policies and possibilities / edited by Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery, John Walsh.
Material type: TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan 2014Description: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781137289872 (hbk.) :
- 1137289880
- 1137289872
- 9781137289872
- 9781137289889
- Education and state -- Ireland
- Education, Higher -- Ireland
- Education
- History
- Society & social sciences
- Education
- Educational strategies & policy
- Educational administration & organization
- Sociology
- European history
- Higher & further education, tertiary education
- Central / national / federal government policies
- Ireland
- Social & cultural history
- 378.9417 LOX
- LA669.63
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
Description based on print version record.