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ERIC Number: EJ524521
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0790-8318
Professional Language, Professional Culture and University Education: The Case of Quantity Surveying.
Eccles, Tim
Language, Culture and Curriculum, v8 n3 p305-15 1995
Describes the development of quantity surveying as a third level discipline and the role of professional bodies in determining its cultural orientation. The article examines the conflict between professional standards and market forces and concludes that the contract on offer to surveying students commits them to a monocultural world view. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Course Objectives, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Power Structure, Professional Occupations, Resource Allocation, Surveys
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom