| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages .) |
| Series |
Foundations and futures of education |
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Foundations and futures of education.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Planes of understanding; 1 Reading the university; 2 The great hole; 3 Three planes of understanding; PART II The antagonistic university; 4 Antagonisms; 5 Seven forms of dialectic; PART III Glimpsing spaces; 6 The possibility of possibilities; 7 An inevitable remainder; 8 The real thing; 9 Holding together; PART IV Positive moments; 10 Universals and particulars; 11 The university as agent; 12 Work for the visionaries; Coda: On not living in the ruins; Bibliographic note |
| Summary |
Understanding the University constitutes the final volume in a trilogy -- the first two books having been Being a University (2010) and Imagining the University (2012) -- and represents the trilogy's ultimate aims and endeavors. The three volumes together offer a unique attempt at a fairly systematic and exhaustive level to map out just what it might be seriously to understand the extraordinarily complex entity that is known across the world as 'the university'. Through examination of the conditions and possibilities underlying and affecting universities, this work offers an understanding of specific ideas of the university which can inform policies, strategies and practices in relation to the university. This book is a must read for leaders and senior managers in universities, as well as those undertaking postgraduate studies in the policy and practice of higher education. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Universities and colleges -- Philosophy
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
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Universities and colleges -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317390602 |
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1317390601 |
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9781315678245 |
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1315678241 |
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9781317390596 |
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1317390598 |
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9781317390589 |
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131739058X |
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