Higher Education in Ireland: Practices, Policies and Possibilities

ISBN-13: 9781137289872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 271 str.

Andrew Loxley; Aidan Seery; John Walsh

Opis

This collection provides the first 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Tom Farrelly, Institute of Technology Tralee, Ireland Ted Fleming, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland Michael Grenfell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Frank McMahon, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland David Limond, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Damian Murchan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Anne Murphy, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Carmel O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ciara O'Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland