Anthony Potts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3942129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Potts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Potts |
| SIGNATURE | POTTS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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Selling university reform
Since the advent of the Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings and the Academic Rankings of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, some Australian universities have become especially concerned with being ranked among the 100 leading universities. The University of Melbourne, Australia’s second oldest university, is one such. As part of an agenda to remain one of the world’s leading universities, this university …
Disciplinary cultures in an Australian college of advanced education
Recently scholars have called for more detailed historical study of the teaching lives of academics across countries, systems and institutions. This article contributes to the research on the professoriate in its widest sense. The article focuses on the disciplinary perspectives and cultures of academic staff employed in one of Australia's oldest colleges of advanced education during the period 1965-1982. It examines official beliefs, slogans, an…
Researching Education from the Inside
What is literacy? Thirty years of Australian literacy debates (1975–2005)
Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. Each state and territory has its own legislature, which may not be of the same political persuasion as the Commonwealth (Federal) Government. Under the Australian Constitution primary control of school education is with the State and Territory Governments, with the Australian Commonwealth Government having no specific constitutional responsibility for school education. However, this is …
New Education, Progressive Education and the Counter Culture
This article uses the themes of genesis, metamorphoses, continuity and change from a comparative perspective to show the links and relationships between the ideas of the New Educationists, progressive education and the counter culture of the late 1970s. The article discusses important educationists from different continents and different time periods, namely Montessori (Italy), Neil (United Kingdom), Rogers (USA) and Cock and Millikin (Australia)…
Academic migration during the ‘golden age of higher education’
Cet article examine les aspects de la mobilite professionnelle vers une institution moins prestigieuse de chercheurs et enseignants d'horizons divers. Les raisons qui les ont pousse a choisir une orientation professionnelle differente et les influences derriere ces choix constituent la base des interrogations soulevees dans cette etude
The Power of the City in Defining the National and Regional in Education. Reactions against the Urban
Australian higher educational history illustrates the tensions that exist between the city and the country over the provision of university education. While for many non-Australians the nation appears as the land of the outback the reality is that Australia is dominated by the city where the majority of the population live and where governments and their policy advisers are located. This article compares the attempts of two of Australia's histori…
The uses of imagery and the university
L'article presente fait partie d'un vaste projet visant a examiner l'histoire et la signification cachee des armoiries et blasons des universites. Rappelant tout d'abord les differences entre logos, sceaux et armoiries, l'article definit l'objectif et l'usage de ces images, le message et l'identite de ces institutions qu'elles representaient. Les universites de Nouvelle-Zelande, Australie et Etats-Unis sont l'objet de cette etude
Tales of the field’
What is literacy? Thirty years of Australian literacy debates (1975–2005)
Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. Each state and territory has its own legislature, which may not be of the same political persuasion as the Commonwealth (Federal) Government. Under the Australian Constitution primary control of school education is with the State and Territory Governments, with the Australian Commonwealth Government having no specific constitutional responsibility for school education. However, this is …
University Unlimited
New Education, Progressive Education and the Counter Culture
This article uses the themes of genesis, metamorphoses, continuity and change from a comparative perspective to show the links and relationships between the ideas of the New Educationists, progressive education and the counter culture of the late 1970s. The article discusses important educationists from different continents and different time periods, namely Montessori (Italy), Neil (United Kingdom), Rogers (USA) and Cock and Millikin (Australia)…
Selling university reform
Since the advent of the Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings and the Academic Rankings of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, some Australian universities have become especially concerned with being ranked among the 100 leading universities. The University of Melbourne, Australia’s second oldest university, is one such. As part of an agenda to remain one of the world’s leading universities, this university …
Disciplinary cultures in an Australian college of advanced education
Recently scholars have called for more detailed historical study of the teaching lives of academics across countries, systems and institutions. This article contributes to the research on the professoriate in its widest sense. The article focuses on the disciplinary perspectives and cultures of academic staff employed in one of Australia's oldest colleges of advanced education during the period 1965-1982. It examines official beliefs, slogans, an…
The Power of the City in Defining the National and Regional in Education. Reactions against the Urban
Australian higher educational history illustrates the tensions that exist between the city and the country over the provision of university education. While for many non-Australians the nation appears as the land of the outback the reality is that Australia is dominated by the city where the majority of the population live and where governments and their policy advisers are located. This article compares the attempts of two of Australia's histori…
Tales of the field’
The Power of the City in Defining the National and Regional in Education. Reactions against the Urban
Australian higher educational history illustrates the tensions that exist between the city and the country over the provision of university education. While for many non-Australians the nation appears as the land of the outback the reality is that Australia is dominated by the city where the majority of the population live and where governments and their policy advisers are located. This article compares the attempts of two of Australia's histori…
The uses of imagery and the university
L'article presente fait partie d'un vaste projet visant a examiner l'histoire et la signification cachee des armoiries et blasons des universites. Rappelant tout d'abord les differences entre logos, sceaux et armoiries, l'article definit l'objectif et l'usage de ces images, le message et l'identite de ces institutions qu'elles representaient. Les universites de Nouvelle-Zelande, Australie et Etats-Unis sont l'objet de cette etude
Academic migration during the ‘golden age of higher education’
Cet article examine les aspects de la mobilite professionnelle vers une institution moins prestigieuse de chercheurs et enseignants d'horizons divers. Les raisons qui les ont pousse a choisir une orientation professionnelle differente et les influences derriere ces choix constituent la base des interrogations soulevees dans cette etude
New Education, Progressive Education and the Counter Culture
This article uses the themes of genesis, metamorphoses, continuity and change from a comparative perspective to show the links and relationships between the ideas of the New Educationists, progressive education and the counter culture of the late 1970s. The article discusses important educationists from different continents and different time periods, namely Montessori (Italy), Neil (United Kingdom), Rogers (USA) and Cock and Millikin (Australia)…
Researching Education from the Inside
What is literacy? Thirty years of Australian literacy debates (1975–2005)
Australia is a federation of six states and two territories. Each state and territory has its own legislature, which may not be of the same political persuasion as the Commonwealth (Federal) Government. Under the Australian Constitution primary control of school education is with the State and Territory Governments, with the Australian Commonwealth Government having no specific constitutional responsibility for school education. However, this is …
Disciplinary cultures in an Australian college of advanced education
Recently scholars have called for more detailed historical study of the teaching lives of academics across countries, systems and institutions. This article contributes to the research on the professoriate in its widest sense. The article focuses on the disciplinary perspectives and cultures of academic staff employed in one of Australia's oldest colleges of advanced education during the period 1965-1982. It examines official beliefs, slogans, an…
Selling university reform
Since the advent of the Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings and the Academic Rankings of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, some Australian universities have become especially concerned with being ranked among the 100 leading universities. The University of Melbourne, Australia’s second oldest university, is one such. As part of an agenda to remain one of the world’s leading universities, this university …
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Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Art (2 works)