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Kimball, Bruce A. – Educational Theory, 2013
The question whether the study of education and teacher education belong at a liberal arts college deserves careful consideration. In this essay Bruce Kimball analyzes and finds unpersuasive the three principled rationales that are most often advanced on behalf of excluding educational studies, teacher education, or both from a liberal arts…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Teacher Education, Professional Training, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
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Barrow, Mark; Grant, Barbara – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
The nature of academic development in contemporary universities has been a recent focus in the literature. Highlighting the diversity of practices that exist under its name, "academic development" has been described by some as an ambiguous project and a fragmented field, while others suggest a more coherent project, pointing out a near…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational History, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
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Fletcher, Stephen; France, Derek; Moore, Kate; Robinson, Geoff – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2007
During the last decade, technological developments in computer hardware, software and networks, combined with increasing pressures on staff and students, have led to a proliferation of Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) within the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) disciplines. This research investigates the role of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Etiology