Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Policy Discourses and the Illusion of Best Practice
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-28040-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

This book explores the discourses in learning and teaching policy in UK higher education, traces how these ideas are recontextualised at institutional level and reveals the differences between policy discourses and lecturers’ and students’ experiences. The author argues that policy ideas around learning and teaching are not simply value-free ‘best practice’ but reflect the socio-political context of higher education. The study uses an innovative conceptual framework of critical discourse studies (CDS) and Bernstein’s sociology of pedagogy to provide critical lenses to uncover the underlying messages of policy. The book will interest a wide academic audience including anyone involved in higher education globally.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horrod, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Learning & teaching in higher education and why it matters.- Chapter 2: Guiding approaches and study design.- Chapter 3: WHO the key people are.- Chapter 4: WHAT to learn and teach.- Chapter 5: HOW to learn and teach.- Chapter 6: How POLICY should be implemented - And why in that way.- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Why policy on learning & teaching matters.

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Horrod is Assistant Professor in TESOL at the University of Nottingham, UK. She has extensive experience in TESOL, applied linguistics and academic literacies in UK higher education. Her research interests include higher education policy, practices and identities using a critical discourse studies’ approach.