You are not signed in. Sign in.
Share:
Category Books
- Fiction Books & Literature
- Graphic Novels
- Horror
- Mystery & Crime
- Poetry
- Romance Books
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Thrillers
- Westerns
- Ages 0-2
- Ages 3-5
- Ages 6-8
- Ages 9-12
- Teens
- Children's Books
- African Americans
- Antiques & Collectibles
- Art, Architecture & Photography
- Bibles & Bible Studies
- Biography
- Business Books
- Christianity
- Computer Books & Technology Books
- Cookbooks, Food & Wine
- Crafts & Hobbies Books
- Education & Teaching
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Foreign Languages
- Game Books
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health Books, Diet & Fitness Books
- History
- Home & Garden
- Humor Books
- Judaism & Judaica
- Law
- Medical Books
- New Age & Spirituality
- Nonfiction
- Parenting & Family
- Pets
- Philosophy
- Political Books & Current Events Books
- Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Reference
- Religion Books
- Science & Nature
- Self Improvement
- Sex & Relationships
- Social Sciences
- Sports & Adventure
- Study Guides & Test Prep
- Travel
- True Crime
- Weddings
- Women's Studies
Assessing Sociologists in Higher Education »
Authors: Eric Harrison, Robert Mears
ISBN-13: 9780754616450, ISBN-10: 0754616452
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Eric Harrison
Book Synopsis
The process of producing the accountability assessments that sociology departments are now required to write due to the higher levels of external regulation of universities is addressed in this collection of eight essays. The contributors discuss the new assessment standards in various ways, writing on the changes occurring in universities as a whole, the different approaches used by different departments, the reliability of marking dissertations, and the potential of student involvement in assessment (with case studies). All the contributors are sociologists or research students at universities in the UK; Harrison is a research student at Nuffield College in Oxford, Mears teaches at Bath Spa U. College.
Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| List of Tables and Figure | ||
| List of Contributors | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | Called to Account: the Last Autonomous Profession | 7 |
| 3 | The Practice of Assessing Sociology | 21 |
| 4 | Benchmarking the Sociology Discipline | 41 |
| 5 | The Limits of Managerialism and the Need for Collegialism in Assessment: the Case of Dissertations in Sociology | 61 |
| 6 | Capturing Experience and Sorting it Out: Using Autobiographical Approaches as Learning Strategies in Social Science | 79 |
| 7 | Using Computer-assisted Assessment in Sociology | 97 |
| 8 | Social Relations and Intellectual Evaluation in Self and Peer Assessment | 123 |
| 9 | Conclusion: Reflection and Speculation | 143 |
| Bibliography | 153 | |
| Index | 159 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Social Science
Nonfiction All Nonfiction Education - General & Miscellaneous
Teaching & Teacher Training Teaching - Social ScienceNonfiction
All Nonfiction Education - General & Miscellaneous
« Previous Book Ohio 3rd Grade Teacher's Resource
Next Book » Culture And Critique