1st Edition
Emergent Pedagogy in England A Critical Realist Study of Structure-Agency Interactions in Higher Education
By Bushra Sharar
Copyright 2016
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
23 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book aims to show how a meta-theory of critical realism can be applied to research about pedagogy in the changing landscape of higher education in England. It introduces some of the key ideas of critical realism, and its potential to clarify complex issues that arise in research. This book draws on a critical realist study of structure/agency interactions in three contrasting higher... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Philosophical Framework 3. Structure, Agency and their interaction. 4. Knowledge and Pedagogy 5. The changing nature of higher education. 6. Methodology 7. University X 8. University Y 9. University Z 10. Conclusions
Biography
Bushra Sharar is the pen name of Dr Bushra Connors; a critical realist and a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
