Higher Education in Small Islands - Challenging the Geographies of Centrality and Remoteness

Pinpointing the intersecting concerns of higher education studies and island studies, this book interrogates the role of higher education development in addressing common small island concerns. It demonstrates how small island contexts disrupt normative discourses, understandings and practices in education policy, curricula and experiences.

About the author

Rosie Alexander is Lecturer in Career Guidance and Development at the University of the West of Scotland. Holly Henderson teaches Social Science at Fircroft College of Adult Education, Birmingham.

Summary

Pinpointing the intersecting concerns of higher education studies and island studies, this book interrogates the role of higher education development in addressing common small island concerns. It demonstrates how small island contexts disrupt normative discourses, understandings and practices in education policy, curricula and experiences.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rosie Alexander (Editor), Rosie (University of West of Scotland) Alexander (Editor), Holly Henderson (Editor), Holly (University of Nottingham) Henderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781529226508
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-2650-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 162 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 474 g
• Illustrations: 7 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
• Series: Bristol Studies in Comparative; Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system