Reconfiguring Knowledge in Higher Education

Knowledge is now central to national economic competitiveness and to socio-economic endeavours concerned with inequalities and social exclusion, and in this context higher education is recognized as a core sector of national policy and strategy. Yet the changing pressures, directions and practices i...

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Other Authors / Creators:Maassen, Peter. editor.
Nerland, Monika. editor.
Yates, Lyn. editor.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Imprint: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Series:Higher Education Dynamics, 50
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Online Access:Available in Springer Education eBooks 2018 English/International.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction. Monika Nerland, Lyn Yates and Peter Maassen
  • 2. The Changing Fortunes of Intermediary Agencies: Reconfiguring Higher Education Policy in Norway and Australia. Jens Jungblut and Peter Woelert
  • 3. From Disciplinary Excellence to Interdisciplinary Collaboration: How Australian Academics Negotiate Competing Knowledge Agendas. Lyn Yates, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar and Kate O'Connor
  • 4. Multiple Institutional Logics in National Curricula: The Introduction of Learning Outcomes in Teacher Education and Engineering Education in Norway. Jennifer Olson, Hilde Afdal and Mari Elken
  • 5. Shifting Knowledge Forms in the University Physics Curriculum: Academics’ Perceptions. Victoria Millar
  • 6. The Role of Shadow Organizing in Dealing with Overflows of Knowledge and Ambition in Higher Education. Karen Jensen
  • 7. MOOC-ing the Discipline: Tensions in the Development and Enactment of a Massive Open Online Course. Kate O'Connor
  • 8. Research-Based Education: An Exploration of Interpretations in two Professional Higher Education Programmes. Hilde Afdal and Crina Damşa
  • 9. Research and Development Tasks in Teacher Education: Institutional Framing and Student Experiences. Crina Damşa
  • 10. Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn: Exploring Microteaching as a Site for Knowledge Integration in Teacher Education. Thomas de Lange and Monika Nerland
  • 11. Reconfiguring Knowledge in Higher Education: Emerging Themes and Research Avenues. Peter Maassen, Monika Nerland and Lyn Yates.