Representations of the Academic

Challenging Assumptions in Higher Education
Herausgeber: Mcniff, Jean

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This thoughtful volume challenges widely accepted, traditionalist scientific notions of à â Ë the academicà â â à â â prevalent in higher education institutions globally à â â in order to promote best practice, and redefine the field as accessible, inclusive, and forward thinking.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Higher Education
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781138483989
• ISBN-10: 1138483982
• Artikelnr.: 66267708

Autorenporträt

Jean McNiff is Professor Emerita of Educational Research at York St John University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Gamification of personal learning trajectories 3. Unruly
thought: Valuing and supporting academics who manage mental health issues
4. Whose knowledge counts? The academic, academic knowledge and epistemic
justice 5. Encouraging teachers and learning support assistants (LSAs) to
see themselves as researchers 6. Truth in a time of untruth: The academic
as public educator 7. Cross-cultural doctoral PhD-supervision as
transformative academic practice 8. Wrighting an academic life as a
practitioner researcher: Constructing knowledge on the home front, at the
university, throughout the Americas, and in our global community 9. The
cut: Women and the practice of female genital mutilation in Kuria, Kenya
10. Developing teacher professionalism in an era of neo-liberalism 11.
Total nursing: Reclaiming nursing for the patient 12. Developing new
research networks in Latvia 13. Afterword