Higher Education in Ireland [electronic resource] : Practices, Policies and Possibilities /
Loxley, Andrew.author.
Seery, Aidan.author.
Walsh, John.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Transformation of Higher Education in Ireland, 1945-80; 2 A Contemporary History of Irish Higher Education, 1980-2011; 3 From Seaweed & Peat to Pills & Very Small Things: Knowledge Production and Higher Education in the Irish Context; 4 Bildung and Life-Long Learning: Emancipation and Control; 5 Ireland and the Field of Higher Education: A Bourdieusian Perspective; 6 Prospects for a Private, Indigenous and For-Profit University in Dublin
7 Measures and Metrics and Academic Labour8 A Critical Journey Towards Lifelong Learning: Including Non-Traditional Students in University; 9 Student Experience and Engagement in Higher Educationin Ireland; 10 Bologna: Consonance or Dissonance?; 11 Changing Curriculum and Assessment Mindsets in Higher Education; 12 E-Learning and Higher Education - Hyperbole and Reality; 13 Academic Professional Development in Ireland; 14 Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in Irish Higher Education; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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.
Education and state.
Great Britain-History.
Education, Higher.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Education Policy.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Higher Education.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.