Building Knowledge in Higher Education - 9780367463328

Taylor & Francis

Building Knowledge in Higher EducationEnhancing Teaching and Learning with Legitimation Code Theory\nAuthor(s): Christine Winberg, Sioux McKenna, Kirstin Wilmot\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367463328, 978-0367463328\nSynopsis\nFrom pressures to become economically efficient to calls to act as an agent of progressive social change, higher education is facing a series of challenges. There is an urgent need for a rigorous and sophisticated research base to support the informed development of practices. Yet studies of educational practices in higher education remain theoretically underdeveloped and segmented by discipline and country. Building Knowledge in Higher Education illustrates how Legitimation Code Theory is bringing research together from across the disciplinary map and enabling practical change in a rigorously theorized way. \n\nThe volume addresses both students and educators. Part I explores ways of s.