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This text includes original essays focusing on every aspect of the hidden curriculum, from sexism in science departments to the politics of the dissertation committee to the training of capitalism's foot soldiers by business schools.
Provides a discussion of the relationship between higher education and working life from three different perspectives: society, higher education and the world of work. Divided in three sections, it discusses the interplay between education and work both from the societal point of view and from the pedagogical perspective.
This book addresses the practice of learning and teaching within higher education. Higher education is currently a sector challenged worldwide by increased numbers and diversity of students, tougher demands for professional accountability, increasing calls for educational relevance, thinning resources and the exacting demands of a global education market. This book brings together key issues of theory and practice to develop an overall professional 'language' of teaching situated within communities of academic practice. This 'language' provides teachers with a conceptual 'vocabulary' and 'grammar' for understanding and improving practice, enables them to critically reflect upon their teaching in a range of key 'genres'