Changing Identities In Higher Education

Author : Ronald Barnett,Roberto Di Napoli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134092925

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Changing Identities in Higher Education by Ronald Barnett,Roberto Di Napoli Pdf

In this timely and innovative book scholars from Europe, the UK, North America and Australia, explore their own sense of identity, reflecting both on their research and scholarly interests, and their work experiences. Taking the form of a debate, Changing Identities in Higher Education helps to widen the contemporary space for debates on the future of higher education itself. The book is split into three parts: part one presents a set of essays each on a set of identities within higher education (academic, student, administrative/managerial and educational developers). part two includes responses to Part one from authors speaking from their own professional and scholarly identity perspective part three illustrates perspectives on the identities of students, provided by students themselves. With its original, dialogic form and varied content, this book is of interest to all those concerned in current debates about the state and nature of higher education today and those interested in questions of identity. It makes especially useful reading for students of higher education, lecturers in training, academics and managers alike.

Author : Celia Whitchurch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415564663

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Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education by Celia Whitchurch Pdf

First Published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Celia Whitchurch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136226380

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Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education by Celia Whitchurch Pdf

Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education: The Rise of Third Space Professionals draws on studies conducted in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore the roles and identities of a growing number of staff associated with broadly based institutional projects such as student life and welfare, widening participation, learning support, community partnership, research and business partnership, and institutional research. Thus, at the same time as professional staff are acquiring academic credentials, some academic staff are moving in a more project-oriented direction. This has effectively created a Third Space between professional and academic spheres in which lateral interactions, involving teams and networks, occur in parallel with formal institutional structures and processes, and give rise to new forms of management and leadership. Yet such developments have tended to occur ‘under the radar’, and have not been fully articulated. The concept of Third Space is offered as a way of exploring the knowledges, relationships, legitimacies and languages that characterise those who work in less boundaried roles, and the implications of these developments for both individuals and institutions. The ability to problematise and accommodate a series of paradoxes and tensions, for instance between formal and more open-ended structures and relationships, would appear to be at the heart of working in Third Space. Individuals also grapple with the fact that Third Space can, at one and the same time, be a safe haven for experimentation and creativity, and also a risky space in which there is likely to be contestation and uncertainty. The text is addressed to professional and academic staff who, by design or default, for long or short periods, find themselves working in Third Space environments; to those to whom such staff may be responsible, including senior management teams; and also to researchers interested in changing identities in higher education.

Author : Celia Whitchurch,George Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135224080

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Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education by Celia Whitchurch,George Gordon Pdf

The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education Series, Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education: The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce, reviews the implications of new forms of academic and professional identity, which have emerged largely as a result of a broadening disciplinary base and increasing permeability between higher education and external environments. The volume addresses the challenges faced by those responsible for the wellbeing of academic faculty and professional staff. International perspectives examine current practice against a background of rapidly changing policy contexts, focusing on the critical ‘people dimension’ of enhancing academic and professional activity, while also addressing national, socio-economic, and community agendas. Consideration is given to mainstream academic faculty and professional staff, researchers, library and information professionals, people with an interest in teaching and learning, and those involved in individual projects or institutional development. The following provide the key themes of Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education: The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce: The implications of diversifying academic and professional identities for the functioning of higher education institutions and sectors. The pace and nature of such change in different institutional systems and environments. The challenges to institutional systems and structures from emergent identities and possible tensions, and how these might be addressed. The implications of blurring academic and professional identities, with a shift towards mixed or ‘blended’ roles, for individual careers and institutional development.

Author : Celia Whitchurch,George Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781135224097

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Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education by Celia Whitchurch,George Gordon Pdf

The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education Series, Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education: The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce, reviews the implications of new forms of academic and professional identity, which have emerged largely as a result of a broadening disciplinary base and increasing permeability between higher education and external environments. The volume addresses the challenges faced by those responsible for the wellbeing of academic faculty and professional staff. International perspectives examine current practice against a background of rapidly changing policy contexts, focusing on the critical ‘people dimension’ of enhancing academic and professional activity, while also addressing national, socio-economic, and community agendas. Consideration is given to mainstream academic faculty and professional staff, researchers, library and information professionals, people with an interest in teaching and learning, and those involved in individual projects or institutional development. The following provide the key themes of Academic and Professional Identities in Higher Education: The Challenges of a Diversifying Workforce: The implications of diversifying academic and professional identities for the functioning of higher education institutions and sectors. The pace and nature of such change in different institutional systems and environments. The challenges to institutional systems and structures from emergent identities and possible tensions, and how these might be addressed. The implications of blurring academic and professional identities, with a shift towards mixed or ‘blended’ roles, for individual careers and institutional development.

Author : Linda Evans,Jon Nixon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781472579515

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Academic Identities in Higher Education by Linda Evans,Jon Nixon Pdf

Academic identity is continually being formed and reformed by the institutional, socio-cultural and political contexts within which academic practitioners operate. In Europe the impact of the 2008 economic crisis and its continuing aftermath accounts for many of these changes, but the diverse cultures and histories of different regions are also significant factors, influencing how institutions adapt and resist, and how identities are shaped. Academic Identities in Higher Education highlights the multiple influences acting upon academic practitioners and documents some of the ways in which they are positioning themselves in relation to these often competing pressures. At a time when higher education is undergoing huge structural and systemic change there is increasing uncertainty regarding the nature of academic identity. Traditional notions compete with new and emergent ones, which are still in the process of formation and articulation. Academic Identities in Higher Education explores this process of formation and articulation and addresses the question: what does it mean to be an academic in 21st century Europe?

Author : Mary Henkel
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 185302662X

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Academic Identities and Policy Change in Higher Education by Mary Henkel Pdf

This work looks at the classical notion of academic identity, the paradoxical idea of strong individuals within a community of equals, and examines the extent to which this is reflected in reality. The author argues that the higher education reforms and consequent changes in the academic community have created an impetus towards a more structured environment, encouraging new, professional academic identities. She also asks whether the reforms have made the institution more important than the disciplines.

Author : Myint Swe Khine,Abdulghani Muthanna
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781003854845

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The Development of Professional Identity in Higher Education by Myint Swe Khine,Abdulghani Muthanna Pdf

In this book, first-hand accounts from academics and practitioners explore the concept of "professional identity development" in the context of higher education and provide guidance to develop and enhance professionalism. The Development of Professional Identity in Higher Education presents a new understanding of identity development. Highlighting the importance of building positive identities in the development of a professional career, it argues for a reframing of the way academics think of themselves, suggesting the role of "practitioner" as one in which there is a continuous need to develop their professionalism as it connects to their daily practices and different identities. With contributions from a range of international authors, it demonstrates how professional development can change our beliefs and perceptions of the profession itself, whether it be through on-the-job instruction aimed at making teachers/researchers better, or through "self-learning" whereby teachers and researchers learn to develop and enhance their teaching and research competency through daily activities and self-analysis. This book will be of great interest to researchers and graduate and postgraduate students in teacher education and professional development.

Author : Pauline Anderson,Jenny Williams
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015043701146

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Identity and Difference in Higher Education by Pauline Anderson,Jenny Williams Pdf

An interdisciplinary analysis of the changing identities of students and staff in contemporary British higher education. Addressing this topic from a primarily feminist perspective, the contributors employ a variety of conceptual approaches and engage with debates related to identity construction and the nature of difference together with key issues surrounding the increasing involvement of mature, working-class, black and disabled people in higher education.

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317437352

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Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann Pdf

Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education explores how managers influence teaching, learning and academic identities and how new initiatives in teaching and learning change the organizational structure of universities. By building on organizational studies and higher education studies literatures, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education offers a unique perspective, presenting empirical evidence from different parts of the world. This edited collection provides a conceptual frame of organizational change in universities in the context of New Public Management reforms and links it to the core activities of teaching and learning. Split into four main sections: University from the organizational perspective, Organizing teaching, Organizing learning and Organizing identities, this book uses a strong international perspective to provide insights from three continents regarding the major differences in the relationships between the university as an organization and academics. It contains highly pertinent, scientifically driven case studies on the role and boundaries of managerial behaviour in universities. It supplies evidence-based knowledge on the effectiveness of management behaviour and tools to university managers and higher education policy-makers worldwide. Academics who aspire to institutionalize their successful academic practices in certain university structures will find this book of particular value. Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education will be a vital companion for academic interest in higher education management, transformation of universities, teaching, learning, academic work and identities. Bringing together the study of the organizational transformation in higher education with the study of teaching, learning and academic identity, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education presents a unique cross-national and cross-regional comparative perspective.

Author : Shahriar, Ambreen,Syed, Ghazal Kazim
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522525523

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Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education by Shahriar, Ambreen,Syed, Ghazal Kazim Pdf

The pursuit of higher education has become increasingly popular among students of many different backgrounds and cultures. As these students embark on higher learning, it is imperative for educators and universities to be culturally sensitive to their differing individualities. Student Culture and Identity in Higher Education is an essential reference publication including the latest scholarly research on the impact that gender, nationality, and language have on educational systems. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives such as internationalization, intercultural competency, and gender equity, this book is ideally designed for students, researchers, and educators seeking current research on the cultural issues students encounter while seeking higher education.

Author : Jo Ann Gammel,Sue L. Motulsky,Amy Rutstein-Riley
Publisher : IAP
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641138871

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Identity and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education by Jo Ann Gammel,Sue L. Motulsky,Amy Rutstein-Riley Pdf

Learning and identity development are lifetime processes of becoming. The construction of self, of interest to scholars and practitioners in adult development and adult learning, is an ongoing process, with the self both forming and being formed by lived experience in privileged and oppressive contexts. Intersecting identities and the power dynamics within them shape how learners define themselves and others and how they make meaning of their experiences in the world. I Am What I Become: Constructing Identities as Lifelong Learners is an insightful and diverse collection of empirical research and narrative essays in identity development, adult development, and adult learning. The purpose of this series is to publish contributions that highlight the intimate connections between learning and identity. Our aim is to promote reflection and research at the intersection of identity and adult learning at any point across the adult lifespan and in any space where learning occurs: in school, at work, or in community. The series aims to assist our readers to understand and nurture adults who are always in the process of becoming. Adult educators, adult development scholars, counselors, psychologists, and sociologists, along with education and training professionals in formal and informal learning settings, will revel in the rich array of qualitative research designs, methods, and findings as well as autobiographies and narrative essays that transform and expand our understanding of the lived experience of people both like us and unlike us, from the U.S. and beyond. Volume One, Identity and Lifelong Learning in Higher Education, contains chapters by and about post-secondary educators and students. Together these chapters enhance our understanding of the inextricable link between learning and identity.

Author : Bettie Higgs,Marian McCarthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : College teaching
ISBN : OCLC:1391413453

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Emerging Issues II : the Changing Roles and Identities of Teachers and Learners in Higher Education by Bettie Higgs,Marian McCarthy Pdf

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317437345

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Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann Pdf

Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education explores how managers influence teaching, learning and academic identities and how new initiatives in teaching and learning change the organizational structure of universities. By building on organizational studies and higher education studies literatures, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education offers a unique perspective, presenting empirical evidence from different parts of the world. This edited collection provides a conceptual frame of organizational change in universities in the context of New Public Management reforms and links it to the core activities of teaching and learning. Split into four main sections: University from the organizational perspective, Organizing teaching, Organizing learning and Organizing identities, this book uses a strong international perspective to provide insights from three continents regarding the major differences in the relationships between the university as an organization and academics. It contains highly pertinent, scientifically driven case studies on the role and boundaries of managerial behaviour in universities. It supplies evidence-based knowledge on the effectiveness of management behaviour and tools to university managers and higher education policy-makers worldwide. Academics who aspire to institutionalize their successful academic practices in certain university structures will find this book of particular value. Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education will be a vital companion for academic interest in higher education management, transformation of universities, teaching, learning, academic work and identities. Bringing together the study of the organizational transformation in higher education with the study of teaching, learning and academic identity, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education presents a unique cross-national and cross-regional comparative perspective.

Author : W. Carson Byrd,Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel,Sarah M. Ovink
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780813597669

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Intersectionality and Higher Education by W. Carson Byrd,Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel,Sarah M. Ovink Pdf

Though colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their efforts result in more socially just campuses? This book examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences.