Randle W. Nelsen
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Degrees of FailureUniversity Education in Decline |
In Degrees of Failure, Randle Nelsen brings together such diverse topics as campus parking, college sports, helicopter parents, edu-business as edu-tainment, and technology in teaching to show … | Randle W. Nelsen | 152 | 2017 | View |
From The University from the Inside-OutThoughts of a Participant Observer From: Degrees of Failure |
This opening chapter looks broadly at the roots of the current higher-education mess, pointing out whose interests the current system supports, and the effects on students, teachers, parents, … | Randle W. Nelsen | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From Campus Parking and the Car as a Third PlaceAsphalt Grievances and Commuter Sociability From: Degrees of Failure |
Using the examples of three Canadian schools, this chapter demonstrates how issues concerning the automobile, especially both the lack and expansion of on-campus parking, have become major policy … | Randle W. Nelsen | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
From Parents and PedagogyHelicopters and Expert Advice From: Degrees of Failure |
Twentieth-century child-rearing practices in North America have been heavily manipulated by the state and the private sector toward a domestication that suits institutional life. The tense … | Randle W. Nelsen | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
From Professionals and ProfessionalismProtecting the Status Quo and Academic Disciplines From: Degrees of Failure |
Undergraduate students occupying the lowest rung on the academic hierarchy are seen as non-professionals who need further training to ensure that they follow the judgments and decisions of their … | Randle W. Nelsen | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
From Edubusiness and EdutainmentWealthy Benefactors and Sporting Contributions to the Campus Party From: Degrees of Failure |
The rise of the corporate edutainment university portends something new and different that goes well beyond the existence of a social side in college life. Changes in the policies and programs … | Randle W. Nelsen | 33 | 2017 | $3.30 Add |
From Educators and Education at a DistanceThe High-Tech Classroom and the New Mediated Learning From: Degrees of Failure |
If we continue pouring resources into an education at a distance centred on the “efficiency” of machine technology our universities will continue to replicate the computerized … | Randle W. Nelsen | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
From Classroom Practice and Student-Friendly SuggestionsUp Close and Personal From: Degrees of Failure |
The university’s current malaise owes much to an emphasis on the bottom line, on the primacy of vocational training in combination with elements such as an increasingly predatory education … | Randle W. Nelsen | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
From Cleaning up the MessPutting Students and the Larger Community First From: Degrees of Failure |
People involved in college and university teaching need to create a higher education version of thinking and acting locally at the classroom level, a vision that will move us towards the goal of … | Randle W. Nelsen | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |