International Perspectives on Higher Education Challenging Values and Practice [Hardcover]

Trevor Kerry draws together contributions from leading academics in the field based in Europe, Canada and Australia to examine key themes in higher education, including:

academic freedom

leadership and management

the nature of learning and teaching

ethical behaviour

curriculum innovation

attitudes to globalization and internationalization

The contributors explore what might constitute effective higher education provision, drawing on innovative practice from around the world and encouraging higher education practitioners to become more analytical and critical about their institutions, about their own roles, and about the ways in which they and their work serve their client-base. In so doing the book confronts the contextual conflicts that arise from political, social and fiscal agendas for higher education.

Introduction \ Part I: Ethics, Freedom and Spirituality \ 1. The Ethics of Higher Education: Maintaining Ethical Standards in the 21st Century University Trevor Kerry \ 2. Academic Freedom: Medieval Concept for a 21st Century University? Trevor Kerry and Carolle Kerry \ 3. Religion and Spirituality in Student Life Tom Sherwood \ Part II: Leadership and Management \ 4. Leadership in the 21st Century University: Hard Choices and Effective Management Muriel Robinson \ 5. Curricular Design and Assessment: Towards a Global Template? Kent L?fgren \ 6. Internationalization and Globalization Fengshu Liu and Terfot Ngwana \ 7. International Experience for Students: The Evansville/Harlaxton Model Gordon Kingsley \ Part III: Learning and Teaching \ 8. The Myth of the Learning Society Revisited Malcolm Tight and Christina Hughes \ 9. The Impact of e-Learning in the 21st Century University Paul Bacsich \ 10. A Sustainable Model for Experiential Learning Rosie Le Cornu \ Conclusion \ Index

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