Enacting The University Danish University Reform In An Ethnographic Perspective

Author : Susan Wright,Stephen Carney,John Benedicto Krejsler,Gritt Bykærholm Nielsen,Jakob Williams Ørberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789402419214

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Enacting the University: Danish University Reform in an Ethnographic Perspective by Susan Wright,Stephen Carney,John Benedicto Krejsler,Gritt Bykærholm Nielsen,Jakob Williams Ørberg Pdf

This book examines the transformative power and the limitations of one of Europe’s most significant university reforms from an ethnographic and historical perspective. It incorporates voices positioned across university and policy-making hierarchies in its analysis of how Danish universities have been transformed. To do this, the book continually juxtaposes two meanings of ‘enactment’: a top-down view based on laws and institutional power, and a bottom-up view of multiple actors shaping their institution in day-to-day life and in actively contested changes. By conceiving of the university as ‘enacted’ in both ways at once, the book explores how and why the university comes to be imagined and instantiated in new ways. The book traces the arguments for reform through a two-decade long, dynamic struggle between international forums and national industrial, political and academic interests over the definition of the university. It discusses which ideas finally became dominant and how this happened. It looks at government reforms from 2003 onwards, and, by means of notable ‘telling moments’, explains how the governance and management of the university were transformed. It examines how academics found room to manoeuvre between contesting discourses that affect their identity and work. Finally, it shows how students engaged with new versions of historical debates about their participation in shaping their own education, their institution and society.

Author : Susan Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 9402419209

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Enacting the University by Susan Wright Pdf

This book examines the transformative power and the limitations of one of Europe's most significant university reforms from an ethnographic and historical perspective. It incorporates voices positioned across university and policy-making hierarchies in its analysis of how Danish universities have been transformed. To do this, the book continually juxtaposes two meanings of 'enactment': a top-down view based on laws and institutional power, and a bottom-up view of multiple actors shaping their institution in day-to-day life and in actively contested changes. By conceiving of the university as 'enacted' in both ways at once, the book explores how and why the university comes to be imagined and instantiated in new ways. The book traces the arguments for reform through a two-decade long, dynamic struggle between international forums and national industrial, political and academic interests over the definition of the university. It discusses which ideas finally became dominant and how this happened. It looks at government reforms from 2003 onwards, and, by means of notable 'telling moments', explains how the governance and management of the university were transformed. It examines how academics found room to manoeuvre between contesting discourses that affect their identity and work. Finally, it shows how students engaged with new versions of historical debates about their participation in shaping their own education, their institution and society.

Author : Clemens Wieser,Angela Pilch Ortega
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783658303815

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Ethnography in Higher Education by Clemens Wieser,Angela Pilch Ortega Pdf

Ethnographic research in higher education is gaining momentum. In the last 10 years, we saw a great increase in publications, and more and more researchers endorse ethnography because of its distinctive qualities and its productivity for research in higher education: Ethnography is commended for its unique approach to social practices through continuous and immediate experience in field work, and its unfragmented methodical attention to situations, interactions, and experiences. This unique approach is explored in the present book, which brings together researchers from Europe, America, and Australia, and includes current ethnographic studies on higher education, reflections on teaching ethnography, and innovative approaches in ethnographic methods.

Author : Martina Skrubbeltrang Mahnke,Mikka Nielsen,Matilde Lykkebo Petersen,Lise Tjørring
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000782202

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Business Meets the Humanities by Martina Skrubbeltrang Mahnke,Mikka Nielsen,Matilde Lykkebo Petersen,Lise Tjørring Pdf

Within the last decades, universities are increasingly expected and measured by their direct engagement in collaborations beyond academia. Exploring the potential that lies in university-business collaborations, the present anthology attends to the dilemmas, dualities, and challenges that follow such collaborations, especially in the academic traditions of the social sciences and humanities. Each contribution investigates how the human perspective – a perspective that highlights how complex knowledge and a deep understanding of human everyday life – enriches companies’ processes, products, services, and ideas. Some chapters focus on collaborations between researchers and business practitioners, others focus on teaching examples involving students in the collaborative work with businesses and organisations, and again others contribute with more theoretical considerations. By gathering hands-on experiences, the book provides readers with inspirations, reflections on, and insights into university-business collaborations. This book, therefore, is intended for researchers within the humanities and social sciences, who want to get a deeper understanding of the practice of such collaborations. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger,Nasiruddin Nezaami
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800437289

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Governance and Management in Higher Education by Enakshi Sengupta,Patrick Blessinger,Nasiruddin Nezaami Pdf

Autonomy in governance and management in education has become the prerogative of higher education institutions, whilst optimum allocation and use of resources have become the aim of all higher education institutions. This volume explores the creation of knowledge and its dissemination in a way that creates a significant impact in society.

Author : Jim McKinley,Nicola Galloway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350167865

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English-Medium Instruction Practices in Higher Education by Jim McKinley,Nicola Galloway Pdf

With the exponential growth of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) provision in higher education, which is rapidly outpacing empirical research, this book outlines approaches to EMI in a range of regional contexts to exemplify different interpretations of implementing EMI policy in higher education. The book provides an in-depth understanding of evolving interpretations, challenges and current policies on a global level, through the exploration of case studies from Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. The case studies, which outline how EMI policy is implemented, are presented in three sections, at the national, institutional and classroom levels (macro, meso, and micro), using a variety of research tools, including policy analysis, stakeholders' conceptualisations of EMI, observations of EMI in practice and context analysis

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Jay R. Dee,Barend J.R. van der Meulen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800378216

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Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Jay R. Dee,Barend J.R. van der Meulen Pdf

The Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education captures the complexities and paradoxes associated with higher education transformation. Drawing upon current empirical and theoretical scholarship, it identifies the drivers, actors, developments and outcomes of transformational processes within the field.

Author : Julian Manley,Philip B. Whyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000391411

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The Preston Model and Community Wealth Building by Julian Manley,Philip B. Whyman Pdf

Through a deep examination of what has become known as the ‘Preston Model’, this book explores an innovative approach to local economic development that utilises economic democratisation to realise both social and economic objectives. The first part of the book examines the main strands of the Preston Model framework and what makes it different to other urban regeneration schemes: the combination of local anchor institution procurement to generate and retain local wealth, and the development of cooperatives to fill gaps in local supply chains. The chapters in this section consider the Preston Model as viewed through different lenses: politics and society, community, economics, democracy, trade unionism, language and communication, education and transferability. The second part explores the influences and applications of the Preston Model, in theory and practice, in selected locations and various circumstances worldwide. This includes discussion of key ideas such as economic democracy, social enterprise and the creation of capacity for cooperative self-government, alongside essays on prominent international examples of similar approaches, which can inform and in turn be informed by the Preston Model. This book is essential reading for those interested in regional and national policy, economic democracy and alternative economic and political ideas.

Author : Jeroen Huisman,Malcolm Tight
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781804553862

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Theory and Method in Higher Education Research by Jeroen Huisman,Malcolm Tight Pdf

This volume of Theory and Method in Higher Education Research explores several timely topics including transnational approaches to higher education policy, universities contributions to society, data collection in higher education, virtual and blended research, and more.

Author : Miriam Madsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031099960

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Governing by Numbers and Human Capital in Education Policy Beyond Neoliberalism by Miriam Madsen Pdf

This book addresses governing by numbers and human capital policy in higher education by asking how higher education is quantified, how the quantitative information is used in educational governance, and how the information is perceived by students, teachers, managers, and policymakers, and affects decision-making. It also thematically discusses how human capital theory affects the quantification practices and, thereby, their effects. Based on these analyses, the book asks whether governing by numbers and human capital in education policy are necessarily neoliberal practices, and thus questions the theory of global convergence in educational governance. The book provides a thorough analysis of the quantification of graduate outcomes based on the philosophical framework of Agential Realism, thus offering a novel analytical approach to the study of data and indicators in educational governance. The book draws on a comprehensive ethnographic case study from Danish higher education, and relates the findings from this case study to empirical cases in other countries and international research in the field. The book brings together literature from various fields, including political science, accounting, education, and sociology of quantification, in order to provide a comprehensive account of how quantification practices affect education.

Author : Trine Øland,Sofie Sauzet,Marie Larsen Ryberg,Katrine Lindvig
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000640243

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Configurations of Interdisciplinarity Within Education by Trine Øland,Sofie Sauzet,Marie Larsen Ryberg,Katrine Lindvig Pdf

This book explores how everyday life within educational institutions changes in response to ideas of interdisciplinarity at policy level. It provides new insights into different configurations of interdisciplinarity, which traverses all levels of the Danish educational system. Offering a novel perspective to interdisciplinarity in terms of its configurations, the book discusses the Danish educational system and its current transformations, showing how progressive ideas are entangled with new forms of accountability and complex responsibilities. It identifies the concrete challenges that interdisciplinarity is expected to solve, and the organizational changes resulting from the solutions introduced, arguing that interdisciplinarity in education is neither a uniform or consistent process, nor are the kinds of disciplining it may yield. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of interdisciplinary education, pedagogy, comparative education and northern European educational and welfare systems.

Author : Gritt B. Nielsen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781782387725

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Figuration Work by Gritt B. Nielsen Pdf

What role should students take in shaping their education, their university, and the wider society? These questions have assumed new importance in recent years as universities are reformed to become more competitive in the “global knowledge economy.” With Denmark as the prism, this book shows how negotiations over student participation — influenced by demands for efficiency, flexibility, and student-centered education — reflect broader concerns about democracy and citizen participation in increasingly neoliberalised states. Combining anthropological and historical research, Gritt B. Nielsen develops a novel approach to the study of policy processes and opens a timely discussion about the kinds of future citizens who will emerge from current reforms.

Author : Cris Shore,Susan Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134827022

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Anthropology of Policy by Cris Shore,Susan Wright Pdf

Arguing that policy has become an increasingly central concept and instrument in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence, this book argues that the study of policy leads straight into issues at the heart of anthropology.

Author : Henning Salling Olesen,Jens Hojgaard Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8763000644

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Project Studies by Henning Salling Olesen,Jens Hojgaard Jensen Pdf

Author : Alison I. Griffith,Dorothy E. Smith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442619470

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Under New Public Management by Alison I. Griffith,Dorothy E. Smith Pdf

The institutional ethnographies collected in Under New Public Management explore how new managerial governance practices coordinate the work of people doing front-line work in public sectors such as health, education, social services, and international development, and people management in the private sector. In these fields, organizations have increasingly adopted private-sector management techniques, such as standardized and quantitative measures of performance and an obsession with cost reductions and efficiency. These practices of “new public management” are changing the ways in which front-line workers engage with their clients, students, or patients. Using research drawn from Canada, the United States, Australia, and Denmark, the contributors expose how standardized managerial requirements are created and applied, and how they affect the practicalities of working with people whose lives and experiences are complex and unique.