A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education

This paper examines the relative lack of attention given to learning and teaching issues at the departmental level in universities. Using a social practice theory approach, the paper shows how the construction and enactment of teaching and learning regimes at the departmental level can have signific...

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Main Author: Paul R. Trowler
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2005-04-01
Series:Papers
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Online Access:https://papers.uab.cat/article/view/969
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title A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education
title_short A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education
title_full A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education
title_fullStr A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education
title_full_unstemmed A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education
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publisher Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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issn 0210-2862
2013-9004
publishDate 2005-04-01
description This paper examines the relative lack of attention given to learning and teaching issues at the departmental level in universities. Using a social practice theory approach, the paper shows how the construction and enactment of teaching and learning regimes at the departmental level can have significant effects on the reception and implementation of intiatives designed to enhance practices and outcomes associated with teaching and learning in university contexts.
topic sociology
teaching and learning
higher education
social practice
cultures
regimes
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