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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “troy heffernan”
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  • Bourdieu and Higher Education

    Life in the Modern University

    by Troy Heffernan ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book introduces Bourdieu in the context of higher education for unfamiliar readers or those who would like to see his theories applied in the higher education setting. It builds upon research into higher education leadership and administration to examine how the university sector has changed over recent decades and how it has been reshaped into its current form.The book draws together various ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Academy of the Oppressed

    Paulo Freire and How Academics Lost Control of the University

    by Troy Heffernan ...
    Series series Transforming Education Through Critical Leadership, Policy and Practice
    There is a need for constant assessment of an ever-changing leadership landscape, especially in universities, as we move towards the mid-twenty-first century. Decades of university reform has turned higher education into a system of corporate universities led by millionaire executive teams who are accountable to each other, university boards and senates, and governments, but rarely students or ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • The Marginalised Majority in Higher Education

    Marginalised Groups and the Barriers They Face

    by Troy Heffernan ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines how the higher education sector has approached marginalised student and staff populations. The author highlights how universities were historically, and largely remain, the domain of the privileged, and demonstrates how institutions have implemented systems to enhance access for people marginalised because of their gender, race, sexual identity, disability and/or social class. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
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    $16.19 USD

  • My Revision Notes: OCR A Level Sociology

    by Steve Chapman ...
    Manage your own revision with step-by-step support from experienced teacher and examiner Steve Chapman. Use a selection of examples activities to improve your understanding of sociological concepts. Apply sociological terms accurately with the help of definitions and key words.- Plan and pace your revision with the revision planner- Use the expert tips to clarify key points- Avoid making typical ... Read more

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  • Social Policy for Social Work

    Placing Social Work in its Wider Context

    by Karen Clarke, Lorraine Green ...
    Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an understanding is increasingly important as social workers are expected to work across institutional, professional and even national boundaries in new ways profoundly affected by the changing global context.This insightful book examines how shifts in the ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • Education Policy

    Process, Themes and Impact

    by Les Bell, Howard Stevenson ...
    Series series Leadership for Learning Series
    The study of educational leadership makes little sense unless it is in relation to who the leaders are, how they are leading, what is being led, and with what effect. Based on the premise that learning is at the heart of leadership and that leaders themselves should be learners, the Leadership for Learning series explores the connections between educational leadership, policy, curriculum, human ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Social Capital and Economics

    Social Values, Power, and Social Identity

    Edited by Asimina Christoforou, John Davis ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Economics
    This volume provides a collection of critical new perspectives on social capital theory by examining how social values, power relationships, and social identity interact with social capital. This book seeks to extend this theory into what have been largely under-investigated domains, and, at the same time, address long-standing, classic questions in the literature concerning the forms, ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Gender, Education and Work

    Inequalities and Intersectionality

    by Christine Eden ...
    Series series The Routledge Education Studies Series
    Girls outperform boys in educational achievement, yet women in work are less well paid, are underrepresented in positions of power and carry a disproportionate burden of care and childcare.Gender, Education and Work analyses and interprets the latest data and research in the field to offer detailed historical and sociological explanations for this continuing inequity, exploring different ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Community Development in an Uncertain World

    Vision, Analysis and Practice

    by Jim Ife ...
    In Community Development in an Uncertain World, Jim Ife draws on the principles of social justice, ecological responsibility and post-Enlightenment and Indigenous perspectives to advance new holistic approaches to community development. The book explores the concept of community development on a local and international scale in the context of globalisation and postcolonial theory. Students will ... Read more

    $76.29 USD

  • Social Work and the City

    Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work

    Edited by Charlotte Williams ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book critically explores ways of thinking about the city and its relevance for the profession of social work. It provides a colourful illustration of practice drawing on examples of social work responses to a range of issues emerging from the unprecedented scale, density and pace of change in cities. The associated challenges posed for social work include: the increased segregation of the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • The Equity Myth

    Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities

    by Frances Henry, Enakshi Dua, Carl E. James, Audrey Kobayashi, Peter Li, Howard Ramos, Malinda S. Smith ...
    The university is often regarded as a bastion of liberal democracy where equity and diversity are promoted and racism doesn’t exist. In reality, the university still excludes many people and is a site of racialization that is subtle, complex, and sophisticated. While some studies do point to the persistence of systemic barriers to equity in higher education, in-depth analyses of racism, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD