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Cultures and Change in Higher Education

Theories and Practices

By: Paul Trowler

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Cultures and Change in Higher Education

Theories and Practices

By: Paul Trowler

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.

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0230365116

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Accomplishing Change in Teaching and Learning Regimes

Higher Education and the Practice Sensibility

By: Paul Trowler

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Accomplishing Change in Teaching and Learning Regimes

Higher Education and the Practice Sensibility

By: Paul Trowler

This book uses social practice theory to offer a new perspective on the professional world of higher education. It presents a practice sensibility that helps to identify the successful paths to changes for enhancement in teaching and learning regimes.

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0198851715

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Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

Making Theory Work

By: Paul Trowler

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Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

Making Theory Work

By: Paul Trowler

Using theory well in doctoral research can be difficult. This book offers concise advice on what the reader can do, and should not do, with theory in the doctoral research project.

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1500680133

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EDUCATION POLICY

By: Paul Trowler

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EDUCATION POLICY

By: Paul Trowler

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1134476663

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Accomplishing Change in Teaching and Learning Regimes

Higher Education and the Practice Sensibility

By: Paul Trowler

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Accomplishing Change in Teaching and Learning Regimes

Higher Education and the Practice Sensibility

By: Paul Trowler

This book offers a new perspective on the professional world of higher education. Using social practice theory, it presents a practice sensibility rooted in concepts which illuminate teaching and learning contexts. The book takes the reader through the social processes occurring within higher education institutions which shape contexts and influence the direction of change. For leaders and managers, educational developers, change agents, and academics, this sensibility will help to identify the successful paths to changes for enhancement and the patterns of policy implementation likely to occur as teaching and learning is enhanced. For researchers of higher education, the practice sensibility offers new possibilities for meaningful research into teaching and learning issues. Teaching and learning regimes are a key focus of the book. As a family of practices performed by a workgroup in higher education over extended periods, they comprise a number of 'moments'; characteristics derived from structural foundations which shape the workgroup's practices and frameworks of meaning. These moments condition how teaching and learning is fundamentally understood, what its aims are thought to be, what is considered 'normal' practice, how individuals see themselves and others, and how power operates within the workgroup. The material context is significant in this, as are the backstories, personal histories, and institutional sagas. This book develops a completely new approach to Trowler's concept of teaching and learning regimes. Using both his research and that of others in the field, it presents a more nuanced, fully-developed, and sophisticated version of the concept which has great traction for empirical research, the management of change, and the enhancement of the student experience and learning outcomes.

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Oxford University Press

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0192592572

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EBOOK: Departmental Leadership in Higher Education

By: Peter Knight,Paul Trowler

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EBOOK: Departmental Leadership in Higher Education

By: Peter Knight,Paul Trowler

This book is primarily aimed at those who have, or will have, a role in leading departments or teams in higher education institutions. It examines the ways in which mainstream leadership thinking does - and does not - apply to departments and teams in HEIs and suggests that departmental leadership is critical to institutional well-being. A series of substantive chapters explores assessment, learning and teaching, research and scholarship, administration and continuing professional development, and the final chapter discusses the ways in which individuals learn how to lead. The book offers a way of looking at the practice of leading rather than presenting a selection of tips or tools for leadership, but is studded with fascinating views from departmental leaders and extensive practical advice.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335232035

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9780335232031

Academic Tribes and Territories

By: Tony Becher,Paul Trowler

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Academic Tribes and Territories

By: Tony Becher,Paul Trowler

Acclaim for the first edition of Academic Tribes and Territories: '...Becher's insistence upon in-depth analysis of the extant literature while reporting his own sustained research doubled the thickness of the material to be covered...Academic Tribes and Territories is a superb addition to the literature on higher education...There is here an education to be had.' (Burton R. Clark, Higher Education) '...Becher's landmark work. The higher education community - both practitioners and educational researchers - need to assimilate and to heed the message of this important and insightful book.' (Alan E. Bayer, Journal of Higher Education) 'a bold approach to a theory of academic relations...The result is a debt to him {Becher} for all students of higher education.' (The Times Educational Supplement) 'a classic in its field...The book is readily accessible to any member of the academic profession, but it also adds significantly to a specialist understanding of the internal life of higher education institutions in Britain and North America. I confidently predict that it will appear prominently on citation indices for many years.' (Gareth Williams, Studies in Higher Education) How do academics perceive themselves and colleagues in their own disciplines, and how do they rate those in other subjects? How closely related are their intellectual tasks and their ways of organizing their professional lives? What are the interconnections between academic cultures and the nature of disciplines? Academic Tribes and Territories maps academic knowledge and explores the diverse characteristics of those who inhabit and cultivate it. This second edition provides a thorough update to Tony Becher's classic text, first published in 1989, and incorporates research findings and new theoretical perspectives. Fundamental changes in the nature of higher education and in the academic's role are reviewed and their significance for academic cultures is assessed. This edition moves beyond the first edition's focus on elite universities and the research role to examine academic cultures in lower status institutions internationally and to place a new emphasis on issues of gender and ethnicity. This second edition successfully renews a classic in the field of higher education.

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0335230644

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Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

Thesis Structure, Content & Completion

By: Paul Trowler

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Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

Thesis Structure, Content & Completion

By: Paul Trowler

This short book is designed to be helpful for anyone who wants to create a good structure for their doctoral thesis; one in which they can be confident that they have covered all the bases. It is part of Paul Trowler's series, originally written for the Kindle, Doctoral Research into Higher Education.The book is not designed to create a template for thesis structure to be followed slavishly, rather it offers suggestions and advice as well as indications of where some options are low risk and others high risk when it comes to examination of the thesis.The book is concise, while still being comprehensive and useful, at around 12,000 words (about 40 printed pages). It gives guidance on the contents of thesis chapters and subsections of those chapters, indicating what needs to be covered and how to prepare the content in the best way. An appendix points to sections in the book that are useful for those who are at the beginning of the doctoral journey and need to construct a research proposal.There are sections indicating the “deadly sins” that experienced examiners and supervisors frequently see in doctoral theses, and which can seriously damage their quality. But this is balanced this with a discussion of “valuable virtues”, giving a description of what qualities characterise a good thesis based on higher education research.The book's audience is doctoral students doing research into higher education, including those who are just starting out, as well as people further along in the process. Each section covers one of the chapters that an Education doctorate which uses primary data normally contains, but also points out those areas where a non-standard approach might be better, and why.

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Criminal Appeals Handbook

By: Joel Bennathan KC,Rebecca Trowler KC,Gregory Stewart

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Criminal Appeals Handbook

By: Joel Bennathan KC,Rebecca Trowler KC,Gregory Stewart

With a Foreword by Sir Adrian Fulford, Vice President, Court of Appeal Criminal Division. Are you appealing from the Crown Court or the Court of Appeal? The Criminal Appeals Handbook, Second Edition is THE 'how to' guide to appealing from the Crown Court to the Court of Appeal and beyond, to assist those who seek to challenge a conviction or sentence imposed in the Crown Court. In short, concise chapters this book describes each stage of the appeals process and introduces the reader to the language, law and procedure of pursuing an appeal. It presents ways of investigating what may have gone wrong and what resources and funding is available through legal aid, in order to identify potential grounds of appeal. In addition it provides an overview of interlocutory appeals, responding to prosecution appeals and considering the position of defendants who suffer from mental disorders. It follows the process through to the conclusion of the case in the Court of Appeal, and beyond, covering appeal to the Supreme Court, the Criminal Case Review Commission, and international remedies through the ECtHR and UNHRC. The Second Edition is updated to take account of: The revised Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service Guide to the procedures that must be followed on appeal Amended statutes, Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions in relation to appeals Recent substantive case law in relation to key appellate issues, including the duty of fresh representatives in conviction appeals to consult trial lawyers Important guidance given by the Court of Appeal on the meaning of 'substantial injustice' The court's approach to further information or evidence in sentence appeals and the role of the Court of Appeal in relation to Sentencing Guidelines An invaluable guide to an often-daunting area of criminal litigation for barristers, solicitor advocates and students of the topic. '...a truly useful insight to the otherwise, potentially daunting, web of Court of Appeal procedure... the Criminal Appeals Handbook is a hugely impressive work... I, for one, will not be making my way to the High Court from now on without a copy' Counsel (Review of the previous edition) Joel Bennathan QC, Doughty Street Chambers, has an established defence practice in serious and complex crime with a specialism in a broad range of appeals. He is listed as a band 1 QC by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. Rebecca Trowler QC, Doughty Street Chambers, is listed as a leading Band 1 silk in criminal law. She has extensive experience in the most serious, complex and highprofile criminal trials and appeals. Gregory Stewart is a director at GT Stewart where he is head of their specialist appeals team. They are a nationwide firm undertaking private and publicly funded appeals. They have acted in many notable appeal cases and are recommended ranked in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526508869

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Reconceptualising Evaluation In Higher Education: The Practice Turn

The Practice Turn

By: Saunders, Murray,Trowler, Paul,Bamber, Veronica

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Reconceptualising Evaluation In Higher Education: The Practice Turn

The Practice Turn

By: Saunders, Murray,Trowler, Paul,Bamber, Veronica

This book evaluates the impact of projects to improve teaching and learning in Higher Education, focusing on evaluative practice.

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Writing Doctoral Project Proposals

By: Paul Trowler

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Writing Doctoral Project Proposals

By: Paul Trowler

This book is designed to be as helpful as possible for anyone who needs to write a doctoral research proposal in the area of higher education research. It is concise, while still being comprehensive and useful. Its audience is prospective doctoral students who have to write a project proposal which will be assessed for admission and perhaps for a scholarship to do their doctoral research, as well as those who have already been admitted to university but now need to have a full proposal approved.

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Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment And Curriculum In Higher Education

By: Bamber, Veronica,Trowler, Paul,Saunders, Murray

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Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment And Curriculum In Higher Education

By: Bamber, Veronica,Trowler, Paul,Saunders, Murray

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0335233759

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Frequently Asked Questions about Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

By: Paul Trowler,Prof Paul Richard Trowler

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Frequently Asked Questions about Doctoral Research Into Higher Education

By: Paul Trowler,Prof Paul Richard Trowler

This book asks, and answers, questions that doctoral researchers into higher education frequently have. It covers different aspects of the research process, from formulating research questions to convincing examiners of the robustness of the study. Founded in Paul's long experience teaching, supervising and examining at the doctoral level, both face-to-face and online, the book will be of value to anyone doing a doctorate in this area.

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EBOOK: Reconceptualising Evaluation in Higher Education: The Practice Turn

By: Murray Saunders,Paul Trowler,Veronica Bamber

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EBOOK: Reconceptualising Evaluation in Higher Education: The Practice Turn

By: Murray Saunders,Paul Trowler,Veronica Bamber

A considerable amount of money is invested in an ongoing basis on large scale projects to enhance the quality of teaching and learning within the higher education sector. Examples from the UK include the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund and the creation of CELTS - Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Similar initiatives can be found in most other Westernized countries. These projects (and other, smaller institutional projects) require evaluation, but the higher education sector has not conceptualized such evaluation work and therefore the opportunity to understand the value of such projects is frequently missed. Reconceptualising Evaluative Practices in HE aims to aid understanding, drawing on a set of evaluative practices from the UK and internationally to foster understanding, which will be of genuine value and relevance to higher education over an indefinite period of time.

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EBOOK: Departmental Leadership in Higher Education

By: Peter Knight,Paul Trowler

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Academic Tribes and Territories

By: Tony Becher,Paul Trowler

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EBOOK: Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education

By: Veronica Bamber,Paul Trowler,Murray Saunders,Peter Knight

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EBOOK: Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education

By: Veronica Bamber,Paul Trowler,Murray Saunders,Peter Knight

Higher education is a particularly complex site for enhancement initiatives. This book offers those involved in change a coherent conceptual overview of enhancement approaches, of the change context, and of the probable interactions between them. The book sets enhancement within a particular type of change dynamic which focuses on social practices. The aim is to base innovation and change on the probabilities of desired outcomes materializing, rather than on the romanticism of policies that underestimate the sheer difficulty of making a difference. Following a theoretical introduction to these ideas, there are case studies (from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Norway) at the national, institutional, departmental and individual levels, illustrating the argument that enhancement is best achieved when it works with social practices in real institutional and organizational settings. In a final section, the authors link the case examples and theoretical frameworks, inviting readers to consider their own enhancement situations and apply the 'frameworks for action' offered in earlier sections of the book. The book doesn’t offer quick-fix solutions but aims to support change with practical examples, conceptual tools and reflexive questions for those involved in change at all levels. It is key reading for higher education lecturers, managers, educational developers and policy makers.

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Reconceptualising Evaluation In Higher Education: The Practice Turn

The Practice Turn

By: Saunders, Murray,Trowler, Paul,Bamber, Veronica

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By: Saunders, Murray,Trowler, Paul,Bamber, Veronica

This book evaluates the impact of projects to improve teaching and learning in Higher Education, focusing on evaluative practice.

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Investigating Mass Media

By: Paul Trowler

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Investigating Mass Media

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This text is part of a series that aims to involve students actively in their study of the subject and encourage them to consider each topic in its wider social context. Practical assignments are provided through questions, essays and ideas for course work and students' own research. Thi s volume explores the relationship between the media and society, drawing students into active discussion of the controversial issues. It also shows how they can use media in a practical way. Revised and updated, this second edition contains material on such topics as: the media and mass culture; debates about deviance and mass media; the impact of the media on politics and policy making; bias in the media; media, age and class; and audience-reception analysis.

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