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oapen-20.500.12657-850632023-11-15T09:17:26Z Using Social Theory in Higher Education Y.S. Low, Remy Egan, Suzanne Bell, Amani theory in practice higher education pedagogy contemporary social issues Indigenous Australians identity politics empathy critique Southern theory necropolitics brain sciences bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBA Social theory bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMT Teacher training bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSN Social work This open access book offers a unique and refreshing view on working with social theory in higher education. Using engaging first-person accounts coupled with critical intellectual analysis, the authors demonstrate how theory is grappled with as part of an ongoing practice rather than a momentary disembodied encounter. In a structure that creates a space for relational dialogue, each chapter is followed by a response from another author, demonstrating the varied interpretive possibilities of social theory. Collectively the authors invite the reader to engage with them in questioning the usefulness of social theory in higher education teaching and research, in considering its possibilities and limits, and in experiencing the opportunity it offers to understand ourselves and our work differently. Written in a way that is scholarly yet accessible, the contributors explore how social theories can be used to think through issues that are emerging as key social and political concerns in higher education and beyond. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and early-career academics, as well as established scholars. 2023-11-13T16:42:05Z 2023-11-13T16:42:05Z 2024 book ONIX_20231113_9783031398179_21 9783031398179 9783031398162 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/85063 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-39817-9.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-39817-9 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-39817-9 10.1007/978-3-031-39817-9 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 c20d5ff2-868c-4aa1-99a0-badbbff0cba9 9783031398179 9783031398162 Palgrave Macmillan 284 Cham [...] University of Sydney The University of Sydney open access
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This open access book offers a unique and refreshing view on working with social theory in higher education. Using engaging first-person accounts coupled with critical intellectual analysis, the authors demonstrate how theory is grappled with as part of an ongoing practice rather than a momentary disembodied encounter. In a structure that creates a space for relational dialogue, each chapter is followed by a response from another author, demonstrating the varied interpretive possibilities of social theory. Collectively the authors invite the reader to engage with them in questioning the usefulness of social theory in higher education teaching and research, in considering its possibilities and limits, and in experiencing the opportunity it offers to understand ourselves and our work differently. Written in a way that is scholarly yet accessible, the contributors explore how social theories can be used to think through issues that are emerging as key social and political concerns in higher education and beyond. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and early-career academics, as well as established scholars.
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