Towards Teaching in Public Reshaping the Modern University [Paperback]

Towards Teaching in Public: Reshaping the Modern Universityexplores how the contested relationships between policy, curriculum and pedagogy are reshaping the modern university and examines the impact of conceptualisations of teaching in public on this debate in this age of academic capitalism. It traces the emergence of strategies for open access, with particular reference to the contribution of technology and e-learning, to the emergence of teaching in public as a critique of current educational policy. The contributors combine policy analysis with a consideration of pedagogical issues and an exploration of the student experience.

This collection draws together chapters by experienced scholars and practitioners within the field of teaching and learning in higher education.

This book is an inspiration. It elegantlycombines historical, sociological and philosophical analysis of the role ofuniversities with an argument for reconfiguring the teacher-student roles andrelationships. Anyone reading it will beconvinced of the both the desirability and feasibility of working foruniversity education for the public good. Monica McLean,Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Nottingham, UK

Unlike many books by groups ofacademics defending universities against government termination of funding forthe arts and humanities while tripling fees in a free market that will lead toprivatisation, Mike Neary and his colleagues are not striking poses to be moreradical than their rivals in publication but are proposing practical waysforward for higher education that will keep inquiry and reason alive in darktimes. They are not doing this in an elite university which will continue toattract rich home and overseas students come what may but in a 'ModernUniversity', where they are pioneering student-centred approaches to researchand scholarship across the arts and sciences and especially in social science,where they build on the precedents of 'rel£z