Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: This book describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education and pays 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...read more

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Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

In this up-to-date introduction to a key policy area, Paul Trowler puts current education policy into context by showing how it has evolved over time and in response to different political ideals. He examines what education policy is, how it is formulated and, crucially, how implementation processes affect outcomes. He looks at the key issues facing the government today and at how the research process feeds into policy-making. This concise guide, suitable for student or professional, features:* policy landmark tables* illustrative case studies* summaries of key points* guides to further reading* useful websites and addresses* a glossary of key terms.

Product Description: Paul Trowler takes a closer look inside one British university to explore how academic staff at the ground level respond to changes in higher education. During the period of this study, there was considerable expansion in student numbers as well as the implementation of several new systems and structures, particularly those associated with the "credit framework": the constellation of features associated with the assignment of credit value to assessed learning, including modularity, franchising and the accreditation of prior learning...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Presenting information on education and training, this text is up-to-date with the changes in the education and training systems that have occurred recently. It aims to help students to investigate and understand these changes and how they affect society generally.

Product Description: The "Sociology in Action" series for A and AS level sociology and related courses is designed to involve students actively in their study of the subject. Investigative in approach, this book involves students by showing them how they can "use" the media in a practical way to understand the issues presented...read more