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Cultures and change in higher education : theories and practice / Paul Trowler.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Universities into the 21st century | Universities into the 21st centuryPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Description: 224 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781403948533 (pbk.) :
  • 9781403948533 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 TRO
LOC classification:
  • LB2331.7
Contents:
Understanding cultures in higher education -- A sociocultural understanding of teaching, learning, and assessment -- Teaching and learning regimes : a brief overview -- Teaching and learning regimes deconstructed -- Organizational shape and processes : learning architectures, enhancement cultures -- Enhancing teaching and learning -- Researching for change.
Summary: This book describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education and pays particular attention to cultures and cultural construction at department level. Implications of cultural characteristics for issues around change initiatives are a key focus of the book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding cultures in higher education -- A sociocultural understanding of teaching, learning, and assessment -- Teaching and learning regimes : a brief overview -- Teaching and learning regimes deconstructed -- Organizational shape and processes : learning architectures, enhancement cultures -- Enhancing teaching and learning -- Researching for change.

This book describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education and pays particular attention to cultures and cultural construction at department level. Implications of cultural characteristics for issues around change initiatives are a key focus of the book.

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