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Routledge
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Routledge
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Increasingly, new academics are entering higher education without conventional research training and without a clear idea of what research actually involves. This is particularly true of academics who enter from having spent time in a profession including many in the newer disciplines. In addition, institutions of higher education which do not have a tradition of research are increasingly... Read more
1. What is research? 2. Rules; 3. Knowledge; 4. Problems and Questions; 5. Scholarship; 6. Research as a Commodity; 7. Research and Learning; 8. Research and Teaching; 9. Research as Discourse; 10. The future
Biography
Angela Brew works in the Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is President of the Higher Education Research and Development Society Australasia (HERDSA)
'To say that this book is stimulating would be a massive understatement. It should be required reading for all those concerned with trying to understand academic notions of research, including all researchers. I would add that it is beautifully written; I found myself reading it from cover to cover, almost in a single sitting.' - Roger Brown, Studies in Higher Education
'Addressed to the academic community, but in content and style it merits a wider readership' - Michael Duffy, TES
