Cultural perspectives on higher education
This book analyses higher education from cultural perspectives and also to reflect on the uses of intellectual devices developed in the cultural studies of higher education over the last decades. The first part of the book presents fresh perspectives to integrate cultural studies in higher education...
| Other Authors: | Välimaa, Jussi., Ylijoki, Oili-Helena., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht ; [London] :
Springer,
2008.
Dordrecht ; [London] : 2008. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (viii, 277 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to the book and its contents /
- Jussi Välimaa and Oili-Helena Ylijoki
- Cultural studies in higher education research /
- Jussi Välimaa
- Trust and organizational culture in higher education /
- William G. Tierney
- Building or eroding intellectual capital? : student consumerism as a cultural force in the context of knowledge economy /
- Rajani Naidoo
- Moral order of business studying /
- Hanna Päiviö
- Clash of academic cultures : the case of Dr. X /
- Oili-Helena Ylijoki
- Academic work and academic identities : a comparison between four disciplines /
- Christine Musselin and Valérie Becquet
- Culture in interaction : academic identities in laboratory work /
- Martin Benninghoff and Philippe Sormani
- Caught in the science trap? : a case study of the relationship between nurses and "their" science /
- Paula Nieminen
- Determining the norms of science : from epistemological criteria to local struggle on organizational rules? /
- Juha Tuunainen and Tarja Knuuttila
- Doctoral education and doctoral theses
- changing assessment practices /
- Helena Aittola
- Challenging traditional research training culture : industry-oriented doctoral programs in Australian Cooperative Research Centres /
- Kay M. Harman
- Evolution of American scientific fields : disciplinary differences versus institutional isomorphism /
- James S. Fairweather and Karen Paulson
- Quantitative assessment of organisational cultures in post-merger universities /
- Yuzhuo Cai
- Bologna Process in academic basic units : Finnish universities and competitive horizons /
- David M. Hoffman, Jussi Välimaa, and Mira Huusko
- How does the Bologna Process challenge the national traditions of higher education institutions? /
- Amélia Veiga and Alberto Amaral
- Future challenges /
- Oili-Helena Ylijoki and Jussi Välimaa.