The lived experience of flexible education : theory, policy and practice Palmer, Stuart 2011, The lived experience of flexible education : theory, policy and practice, Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-thelived-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 194.05KB 719 Title The lived experience of flexible education : theory, policy and practice Author(s) Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Journal name Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice Volume number 8 Issue number 3 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher University of Wollongong : Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources Place of publication Wollongong, N.S.W. Publication date 2011 ISSN 1449-9789 Keyword(s) flexible education policy rationale practice engineering education Summary The range of rationales that underpin conceptions of flexible education, and the re-making over time of the official meaning of flexibility in national education policy, have led to the point where flexibility might be found, or be required, in nearly every aspect of Australian higher education. This paper seeks to identify those rationales and the development of public policy rhetoric that have framed the development of the meaning of flexible education over time in an Australian context. By considering the intersection of theoretical and policy perspectives on flexible education with the realities of teaching and learning practice in the discipline context of engineering, this paper proposes the essential importance of individual context and agency in the making of real meaning from, and creating practical boundaries around, the otherwise tenuous definitions of flexibility often offered by institutional policy. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 130103 Higher Education Socio Economic Objective 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article HERDC collection year 2011 Copyright notice ©2011, University of Wollongong : Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041161 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Institute of Teaching and Learning Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 23 Dec 2011, 17:11:46 EST Fri, 23 Dec 2011, 17:12:27 EST Mon, 09 Jan 2012, 09:09:50 EST Mon, 09 Jan 2012, 09:19:04 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 15:33:30 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:27:44 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:40:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2551 Abstract Views, 719 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 23 Dec 2011, 17:11:45 EST by Stuart Palmer