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Academic tribes and territories : intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines / Tony Becher and Paul R. Trowler.

By:

Becher, Tony [author.]

Contributor(s):

Trowler, Paul [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2001Edition: Second editionDescription: xv, 238 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

033520628X
9780335206285
0335206271
9780335206278

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

378.12 22

LOC classification:

LB2331.74.G7 B43 2001

Contents:

Landscapes, tribal territories and academic cultures -- Points of departure -- Academic disciplines -- Overlaps, boundaries and specialisms -- Aspects of community life -- Patterns of communication -- Academic careers -- The wider context -- Implications for theory and practice.

Review: "How do academics perceive themselves and colleagues in their own disciplines, and how do they rate those in other subjects? How closely related are their intellectual tasks and their ways of organizing their professional lives? What are the interconnections between academic cultures and the nature of disciplines? This title maps academic knowledge and explores the diverse characteristics of those who inhabit and cultivate it." "The second edition provides a thorough update to the original text, incorporating research findings and new theoretical perspectives. Fundamental changes in the nature of higher education and in the academic's role are reviewed and their significance for academic cultures is assessed. This edition examines academic cultures in lower status institutions internationally and places emphasis on issues of gender and ethnicity."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.

"How do academics perceive themselves and colleagues in their own disciplines, and how do they rate those in other subjects? How closely related are their intellectual tasks and their ways of organizing their professional lives? What are the interconnections between academic cultures and the nature of disciplines? This title maps academic knowledge and explores the diverse characteristics of those who inhabit and cultivate it." "The second edition provides a thorough update to the original text, incorporating research findings and new theoretical perspectives. Fundamental changes in the nature of higher education and in the academic's role are reviewed and their significance for academic cultures is assessed. This edition examines academic cultures in lower status institutions internationally and places emphasis on issues of gender and ethnicity."--BOOK JACKET.

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