IMPROVING WHAT IS LEARNED AT UNIVERSITY by John Brennan, John T. E. Richardson, Michael Osborne ( 9780415480161 )

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IMPROVING WHAT IS LEARNED AT UNIVERSITY
AN EXPLORATION OF THE SOCIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL DIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

By:

John Brennan, John T. E. Richardson, Michael Osborne

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415480167

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9780415480161

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

3 December, 2009

Series:

Improving Learning

Pages:

256

Description:

Presents an insight into 'what is really learned at university' and how much it differs between students and between the universities they attend. This book challenges notions of 'best' or 'top' universities and demonstrates both diversities and commonalities in the experience of being a student.

Synopsis:

Received the 'highly commended' award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010. What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where and how one studies? As higher education has expanded, it has diversified both in terms of its institutional forms and the characteristics of its students. However, what we do not know is the extent to which it has also diversified in terms of 'what is learned'. In this book, the authors explore this question through the voices of higher education students, using empirical data from students taking 15 different courses at different universities across three subject areas - bioscience, business studies and sociology. The study concentrates on the students' experiences, lives, hopes and aspirations while at university through data from interviews and questionnaires, and this is collated and assessed alongside the perspectives of their teachers and official data from the universities they attend.Through this study the authors provide insights into 'what is really learned at university' and how much it differs between individual students and the universities they attend. Notions of 'best' or 'top' universities are challenged throughout, and both diversities and commonalities of being a student are demonstrated. Posing important questions for higher education institutions about the experiences of their students and the consequences for graduates and society, this book is compelling reading for all those involved in higher education, providing conclusions which do not always follow conventional lines of thought about diversity and difference in UK higher education.

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26 black & white tables, 11 black & white line drawings

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Routledge

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