Education and leadership

Education and leadership / edited by Tom Claes, Frank McMahon & David Seth Preston.

This truly international book brings together authors from different regions of the world including North America, South Africa, Europe, Iran and Russia all of whom are concerned with aspects of the challenges involved in the expansion of higher education, both in student numbers and areas of study....

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Other Authors: Claes, Tom, McMahon, Frank, 1944-, Preston, David Seth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 48.
At the interface/probing the boundaries. Idea of education.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
Leadership.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Leadership
Universities and colleges > Administration
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Table of Contents:
  • Education and Leadership; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Educational Issues; Conflicting Models of the University: Traditionalist and Innovative Views and the Semantic Horizon of 'The University'; Problematizing Pedagogy in the New Scene of Teaching; Can Staff Development Efforts Sustain the Changing Landscape of Higher Education?; The Changing Landscapes of Education: The Integration of Pre-Registration Nursing Education within Higher Education; Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes to Mergers at the University of the North.
  • The Relation Between Research and Education in the Self-Understanding of Universities: an Exploration of Ambiguity in the Case of 'Guided Independent Learning'Part II. Leadership and Governance; Working with the Teachers to Promote an Effective Learning/Teaching Environment; A Comparative Study of Secondary School Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Relation to School Organizational Climate in Iran and India; Foreign Language Student Empowerment through Affective Coaching; The Cultural Dimension of Leadership; Part III. Further Educational Issues.
  • The Impact of the Bologna Process on the Design of Higher Education Programmes in EuropeRegional Development Through Tertiary Education; Authority, Recognition, and Dialogue; Reviewing Access to Higher Education in South Africa; Doorkeepers-In-Training? Kafka, the Law Faculty and Access to Justice; An Inquiry into the Nature of Higher Education in a Developing Country: The Case of Greece; Professional Careers of Young Scholars in Russian Regions: Institutional Conditions and Personal Strategies; Biographical Notes.

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