Academic tribes and territories intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines
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 o...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Buckingham u.a.
The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open Univ. Press
2001
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed. |
| Schriftenreihe: | SHRE and Open University Press Imprint
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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? Academic Tribes and Territories maps academic knowledge and explores the diverse characteristics of those who inhabit and cultivate it. Contents: 1. Landscapes, Tribal Territories and Academic Cultures. - 2. Points of Departure. - 3. Academic Disciplines. - 4. Overlaps, Boundaries and Specialisms. - 5. Aspects of Community Life. - 6. Patterns of Communication. - 7. Academic Careers. - 8. The Wider Context. - 9. Implications for Theory and Practice. - Appendix: Data for the Initial Study (HoF/text adopted) |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: 1989 / by Tony Becher |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 238 S |
| ISBN: | 9780335206278 978-0-335-20627-8 0335206271 0-335-20627-1 033520628X 0-335-20628-X |