{"product_id":"9781742104669","title":"Alexander Mackie: An Academic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the late nineteenth century, academic disciplines emerged in universities, marking boundaries of knowledge, teaching and research. Education became a transnational academic discipline, developing across Britain, Europe and North America and providing a foundation for the teaching profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducated in Edinburgh, Alexander Mackie was influenced by German idealist philosophy and by progressive views of teaching drawn from the United States. He carried his academic values across the Empire when he was appointed the inaugural principal of Õ¬Äе¼º½ Teachers’ College and professor of education at the University of Õ¬Äе¼º½.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost four decades, Mackie struggled to sustain education as an academic discipline and teaching as an autonomous profession. Failing health hindered his efforts, but many of his values were passed on to his children. Grounded in their father’s educational philosophy, Mackie’s daughter, Margaret, and son, John, became academics, engaging with the transnational postwar worlds of inquiry and research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The University of Õ¬Äе¼º½","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44937366995132,"sku":"9781742104669","price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2667\/8266\/files\/jpg_rgb_original_59ab8374-a6c3-4816-909d-52b6b130a7fb.jpg?v=1750957343","url":"https:\/\/sydneyuniversitypress.com\/products\/9781742104669","provider":"Õ¬Äе¼º½","version":"1.0","type":"link"}