Collins Dictionary of Sociology

Politics & Social Sciences

Jary, David

Jary, Julia

Social Sciences

HarperCollins, Publishers

Sociology (Collins Dictionary)

Sociology

Collins

The Collins Dictionary of Sociology is a clear, balanced guide to the terms and concepts used in every area of sociology, and to related terms in political science, economics and anthropology. / More than 300 new entries / Dictionary-style definition at the beginning of each entry / Biographical entries on key figures in sociology and social theory, from Comte and Marx to Foucault and Habermas / Essential coverage of methodological terms and research techniques

Dictionary Of Sociology

Marshall Pickering

Web-linked Dictionary
SociologyThis dictionary provides a clear and balanced guide to terms and concepts used in every area of sociology.
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<li>Includes thousands of definitions of key terms</li>
<li>Covers methodological concepts and research methods relating to sociology, as well as related terms in the fields of anthropology, psychology, economics, and political science</li>
<li>Now includes numerous useful links to authoritative Web sites to further expand research in the field</li>
<li>Contains biographical entries on classical sociologists and contemporary theorists</li>
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Sociology: Web-Linked Dictionary (Collins Web-Linked Dictionary)

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Improving What is Learned at University (Improving Learning)

Received the ‘highly commended’ award by the Society for Educational Studies for books published in 2010. What is learned in universities today? Is it what students expect to learn? Is it what universities say they learn? How far do the answers to questions such as these differ according to what, where and how one studies?  As higher education has expanded, it has diversified both in terms of its institutional forms and the characteristics of its students. However, what we do not know is the extent to which it has also diversified in terms of ‘what is learned’. In this book, the authors explore this question through the voices of higher education students, using empirical data from students taking 15 different courses at different universities across three subject areas – bioscience, business studies and sociology. The study concentrates on the students’ experiences, lives, hopes and aspirations while at university through data from interviews and questionnaires, and this is collated and assessed alongside the perspectives of their teachers and official data from the universities they attend.  Through this study the authors provide insights into ‘what is really learned at university’ and how much it differs between individual students and the universities they attend. Notions of ‘best’ or ‘top’ universities are challenged throughout, and both diversities and commonalities of being a student are demonstrated. Posing important questions for higher education institutions about the experiences of their students and the consequences for graduates and society, this book is compelling reading for all those involved in higher education, providing conclusions which do not always follow conventional lines of thought about diversity and difference in UK higher education.

Improving What is Learned at University: An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education (Improving Learning)

BRENNAN, JOHN

Lebeau, Yann

Osborne, Michael

Richardson, John T.E.

Edmunds, Robert

Houston, Muir

Routledge

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