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Knowledge at the Crossroads?
Lyn Yates
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Description for Knowledge at the Crossroads?
Hardback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of history and physics in the changing environment of schools and universities in Australia. Are these forms of knowledge still valuable for students? Are they complementary to, or at odds with the concerns about ‘21st century skills’, interdisciplinary and collaborative research teams, employability and ‘learner-centred’ education? How do those who work in these fields see changes in their disciplines ... Read more
There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of history and physics in the changing environment of schools and universities in Australia. Are these forms of knowledge still valuable for students? Are they complementary to, or at odds with the concerns about ‘21st century skills’, interdisciplinary and collaborative research teams, employability and ‘learner-centred’ education? How do those who work in these fields see changes in their disciplines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811020797
SKU
V9789811020797
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99-15
About Lyn Yates
Lyn Yates is Foundation Professor of Curriculum and a former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne. Lyn has an MA in history and M Ed and PhD in education. Her previous projects and publications include Reconstructing the Lifelong Learner (Routledge), Making Modern Lives (SUNY), Australia’s Curriculum Dilemmas (MUP), Curriculum in Today’s World (Routledge) and Women in the Scientific ... Read more
Reviews for Knowledge at the Crossroads?
“This book is concerned with forms of knowledge in relation to the role of the disciplines and school subjects and their positioning in institutions during the twenty-first century. … Knowledge at the Crossroads? is beautifully written and the scholarship is impressive and timely. It is required reading for those of us who work in the fields of history and physics ... Read more