2nd Global Conference The Idea of Education Friday 4th July - Saturday 5th July 2003 Mansfield College, Oxford Conference Programme, Abstracts & Papers
Conference Programme and Abstracts The draft programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation. Final Programme Friday 4th July 10:00am - 10:45pm Arrivals with Coffee 10:45am Welcome Rob Fisher and David Seth Preston 11:00am Keynote Address Higher Education and the Challenge of Meeting Constantly Changing Objectives Frank McMahon 12:30pm Lunch 2:00pm Session 1: Education in Practice Chair: Seth Agbo Being Out There: Outdoor Place for Learning Architecture Paramita Atmodiwirjo Comparative Time in Service of Faculty Job Satisfaction at Higher Education Level: China and Taiwan Leafy Tu A Reflection of Quality: Instrumental Reason, Quality Audits and the Knowledge Economy Gillian Howie 3:45pm Tea 4.15pm Funding Challenges for a South African University : A Case Study By Herman Rhode and Kirti Menon Pedagogy First: The Role of Technology in the Classroom Denton Anthony 5.30pm Sessions End 6.30pm Wine Reception 7.00pm Dinner Saturday 5th July 8:00am Breakfast 9:00am Session 2: Into the Future Chair: Tom Claes A Plea for the Highlands of Scotland: University Reform in the Early 20th Century Christine D. Myers Myths and Realities of Higher Education as a Vehicle for Nation Building in Developing Countries: The Culture of the University and the New African Diaspora Seth Agbo Universities and Models of development Case Studies in China, England and Costa Rica Su-Ann Oh 10:30am Coffee 11:00am Knowledge and Power: University, Transition and Democracy Pavel Zgaga Student Expectations How do we measure up? Tony Tricker The University of Moral Enquiry David Seth Preston 12:30pm Lunch 2:00pm Session 3: Money, Commerce and Education Chair: Tony Tricker Capital, Field, and Habitus Lori Colliander Edu-Business: the Hidden Presumptions of Commercially Derived Quality Management in Higher Education Trudi Cooper “Show Me the Money” The Changing Nature of the Research/Teaching Nexus in the ‘Modern University’ Tom Claes 3.30pm Tea 4:00pm Roundtable 4:30pm Conference/Publication Information David Preston Close