Changing Academic Work: Developing the Learning University (Society for Research into Higher Education) - Hardcover

Martin, Elaine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335198848 ISBN 13: 9780335198849

Publisher: Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Higher education has changed enormously in the late 1990s. For instance, in now serves a more diverse range of students and is under closer scrutiny and control. There is consequently a significant number of academics who are uneasy with current values and practices and who work with them reluctantly. Universities may speak publicly of efficiency and effectiveness but they cannot function successfully if their academic staff are disillusioned. This text explores the competing tensions in contemporary higher education: the need to balance individualism with collaboration; accountability with reward; a valuing of the past with preparation for the future. The aim is to help staff build a contemporary university which is as much a learning organization as an organization about learning.

About this title

Review

"This book provides essential reading for all those that lead and manage educational institutions." - Mike Cook (2003-04-29)

About the Author

Elaine Martin is Professor and Head of the Curriculum and Academic Development Unit, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. She has worked and researched in the area of tertiary teaching and academic staff development in both the UK and Australia for twenty years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335198848
• ISBN 13: 9780335198849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184