Quality in Undergraduate Education

How Powerful Knowledge Disrupts Inequality

AvMonica McLean,Andrea Abbas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Globally, the appetite for higher education is great, but what do students and societies gain? Quality in Undergraduate Education foregrounds the importance of knowledge acquisition at university. Many argue that university education is no longer a public good due to the costs incurred by students who are then motivated by the promise of lucrative employment rather than by studying a discipline for its own sake. McLean, Abbas and Ashwin, however, reveal a more complex picture and offer a way of thinking about good quality university education for all. Drawing on a study which focused on four sociology-related social science UK university departments of different reputation, the book shows that students value sociological knowledge because it gives them a framework to think about and act on understanding how individuals and society interact. Further, the authors discuss how what was learned from the study about how policy, curriculum and pedagogy might preserve and strengthen the personal and social gains of social science undergraduate education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Continnuum-3PL
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781474214490

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Monica McLean is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK. She has written Pedagogy and the University and Professional Education, Capabilities and the Public Good.Andrea Abbas is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Education at the Department of Education, University of Bath, UK.Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK. He is the lead author of Reflective Teaching in Higher Education.

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This book makes an important contribution to thinking about 'quality' ... Its strength is in the cumulative power of both its theoretical and empirical arguments ... I always felt I was contributing to transforming students' lives and was proud of what we did but this book gives the intellectual arguments for why quality is found in places where the neo-liberal gaze does not expect it. A most impressive accomplishment - it deserves a wide readership.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Introduction1. University Education, Inequality and Knowledge 2. Introducing the Four Universities and Departments Part II: Setting the Scene3. The Patterning of Inequality in Higher Education 4. The Construction of High- Quality University Education 5. The Power of Sociology- Related Knowledge Part III: Exploring Educational Quality6. Comparing Sociology- Related Curricula: Th e Pedagogic Device 7. Pedagogy for Powerful Knowledge and UnderstandingPart IV: The Powerful Equalizing Effects of Knowledge8. Disciplinary Identity and Pedagogic Rights 9. Undergraduate Education and Future Lives Part V: Conclusion10. Socially Just University Curriculum and Pedagogy Appendix 1: Research Methodology Appendix 2: Curricula: Compulsions and Choices References Index

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