Dominant discourses in higher education : critical perspectives, cartographies and practice / Ian Kinchin and Karen Gravett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinchin, Ian M., author.

Gravett, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Philosophy.

College teachers--Training of.

College teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

"This book examines the dominant discourses in higher education. From the moment academics enter higher education, they are met with binaries such as teaching vs. research, quantitative vs. qualitative research, and constructivists vs. positivists. When embarking upon a teaching career in a university there are further binaries that immediately present themselves, with deep vs. surface learning probably being the most pervasive. Kinchin and Gravett contend that this presents a distorted view and contributes to the disconnect between the aims and observable practice of higher education. Rather than celebrating difference, dominant discourses tend to seek similarities in an attempt to simplify and manage the environment, in what the authors perceive as a less than scholarly mode. In order to break down the barriers between 'structuralist' or 'traditional' academics and those who are more familiar with poststructuralist, critical perspectives, the authors explore the overlaps between these perspectives to offer a richer and more inclusive interrogation of the dominant discourses that pervade higher education. Offering methodological approaches to explore these perspectives, the authors bring together academics working in different parts of the university and examine the concept of a 'rich cartography', exploring how this can offer meaning within higher education research and practice"

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Foreword, Catherine Manathunga (University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)

Part I: Considering the Landscape

1. Thinking beyond Neoliberal Discourses

2. Thinking and Doing with Theory

Part II: Putting Theory to Work

3. Positioning the Student

4. The University Environment

5. Ecologies of Teaching and Ecosystems of Learning

6. Expertise in Context

Part III: Emerging Polyvalent Lines of Flight

7. Contested Concepts in Higher Education

8. Concept Mapping

9. After Method

10. Towards a Relational Pedagogy

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-18028-9

1-350-18031-9

1-350-18030-0

OCLC:

1277182877