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Author Nespor, Jan.

Title Knowledge in motion : space, time, and curriculum in undergraduate physics and management / Jan Nespor
Published London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1994

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Description vii, 166 pages ; 24 cm
Series Knowledge, identity and school life series ; 2
Knowledge, identity, and school life series ; 2
Contents Ch. 1. Knowledge in Space and Time. From Individual 'Learners' to Networks of Knowledge Builders. Networks and Actor-Networks. Material Productions of Space-Time. Representational Productions of Space-Time. Reconstructing the Aims of Educational Studies -- Ch. 2. Producing Material Space-Time and Constructing Students in Physics. Standardizing Space. Standardizing Space. Weeding Out Students. Temporal and Spatial Boundaries. Study Groups. Partial and Failed Enrolments -- Ch. 3. Connecting Students to Practice: Mobilization in Physics. A Chain of Mobilizations. Textbooks as Educational Mobilizations of the Discipline. Enrolling the World in Physics. Textbooks as Engines of Instruction. Mobilizing the Textbook: Lectures. Mobilizing the Lecture: Taking Notes. Mobilizing the Textbook and the Lecture Notes: Homework Problems. Mobilizations of the Physical World within Disciplinary Space -- Ch. 4. Constructing and Isolating Academic Space in Management
Analysis Higher education institutions Curriculum Science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-164) and index
Subject Curriculum planning.
Management -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Physics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Space and time -- Study and teaching (Higher)
LC no. 94031140
ISBN 0750702702 (alk. paper)
0750702710 (paperback: alk. paper)