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1. Teaching in an age of complexity : exploring academic change and development in higher education
Sammanfattning : Higher education (HE) has expanded and diversified at an unprecedented rate over the last two decades in response to a rapidly changing educational and political climate. Change and development are omnipresent, a constant part of university teachers’ sociocultural and organisational practice at multiple levels; the micro-level, the meso-level and the macro-level Against this background, the aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence academic change. LÄS MER
2. Microcultures in the meso level of higher education organisations – the Commons, the Club, the Market and the Square
Sammanfattning : Higher education (HE) is and has been a growing concern for various stakeholders for a considerable time. Sometimes contradictory attempts to reform HE have increased the pressure on academic teachers and contributed to an experience of demand overload. LÄS MER
3. Influencing teaching and learning microcultures. Academic development in a research-intensive university
Sammanfattning : The focus in this thesis is to explore theoretical perspectives and strategies for academic development, particularly in a research-intensive university. The purpose is to investigate academic development that aims to support and influence individual academic teachers and groups of teachers, in the different social collegial contexts that they work in, here called microcultures. LÄS MER
4. What we talk about when we talk about change : a study of change practice and change agency in higher education
Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with change practice, particularly in one specific higher education institution. The thesis examines theoretical perspectives of change practice and presents five empirical studies that, in different ways, contribute to our understanding of how universities and its members engage around and view opportunities for change. LÄS MER
5. Företagsekonomi och ekonomiska studier i Litauen : Om ett universitetsämnes konstituering
Sammanfattning : Studier av omständigheterna kring ett ämnes framväxt och utveckling är en del av pedagogisk forskning. Uppsatsen belyser ekonomisk utbildning i Litauen utifrån de förändringar som frigörelsen från forna Sovjetunionen inneburit och studiens syfte är att ge en bild av hur företagsekonomi som universitetsämne formats i Litauen 1988-1997. LÄS MER
