Timescapes of Teaching in Higher Education

<p>The chapters in this book grapple in varying ways with Barbara Adam's concept of timescapes which provides a powerful metaphor that extends the imagery of landscapes to enable an understanding of time as entwined with space conceptually drawn and constituted experientially. Space-time is deeply relational contextual and experiential forming overarching narratives of higher education its purpose and its future. As timescapes become in/visibilised and subsumed in various ways and in different contexts into hegemonic discourses of individual responsibility and choice new temporal framings must then be carefully re-negotiated and self-managed by students and teachers. The chapters thus draw on theoretical and empirical contributions to examine intersecting pressures and [im]possibilities across different timescapes in higher education. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal <i>Teaching in Higher Education</i>.</p>