Quality in Undergraduate Education

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.

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.

• 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