Analysing Teaching-Learning Interactions in Higher Education

Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education at Lancaster University, UK.

• Part One - Introductions; 1 Introduction; Part Two; 2 Conceptualising Structure and Agency; 3 What does the current research tell us about how teaching and learning experiences are structured?; Part Three - Understanding Different Aspects of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; 4 Conceptualising the Institutional Careers of Academics and Students; 5 Conceptualising the Teaching-Learning Environment as Interacting Activity Systems; 6 Concptualising the Institutional Field of Higher Education; 7 Conceptualising Disciplinary and Pedagogic Discourses in Higher Education; Part Four - Where Next?; 8 Understanding Teaching and Learning Interactions in Higher Education; 9 Conclusion.

'A major contribution to the study of teaching and learning in higher education through its perceptive analysis of theoretical frameworks and their implications. Ranging across studies of perception, identity, activity systems, field and pedagogic device, Paul Ashwin offers both an accessible review and a wealth of ideas for the future development of understanding.' Andrew Pollard, Professor of Education and supports educational research, Institute of Education, University of London, UK, University of Bristol, UK, and University of Cambridge, UK