A01=Monica McLean
Author_Monica McLean
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Product details
- ISBN 9780826484710
- Weight: 210g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jun 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is an intellectually lively book with genuine scholarly ambition. McLean outlines the main trends in university pedagogy within the context of academic practices (funding, curriculum development, audit, access etc.) and socio-economic developments. The author: shows how to relate 'macro' issues (e.g. globalization) to 'micro' issues (approaches to teaching); challenges the paradigm of education as a purely 'technical rational' process designed to contribute to economic growth; and argues that the process will not achieve its desired ends and ignores other, more emancipatory, values in education. Whilst supporting an 'evidence-informed' and research-led approach to developing pedagogy, McLean demonstrates that these conceptions need to include a role for action research and reflective practice.
Dr Monica McLean is Lecturer in Higher Education at Oxford University. She has published numerous articles in UK and US journals such as: Teaching in Higher Education.
