Describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education, paying particular attention to cultures and cultural construction at departmental level. Implications of cultural characteristics for issues around change initiatives, including the enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment are a key focus of this book.
PAUL TROWLER is Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. He is a member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Development Committee, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Higher Education. He has published widely in the area of policy, cultures and change in higher education.
Title: Cultures and Change in Higher Education: Theories and Practices (Universities into the 21st Century)
Author: Trowler, Paul
ISBN: 9781403948533
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2008-08-20
Number of Pages: 208
Weight: 0.2586 kg
It provides a refreshing voice in what is often a fairly turgid field . - John Brennan, CHERI, UK