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Academic tribes and territories:

intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines
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Contents

Points of Departure
23
Academic Disciplines
41
Overlaps Boundaries and Specialisms
58
Copyright

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About the author (2001)

Paul Trowler is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Central Lancashire. His background is in sociology and teacher education in the post-compulsory sector, and he is course leader of an MA in Strategic Leadership in Education.

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TitleAcademic tribes and territories: intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines
SRHE and Open University Press Imprint
AuthorsTony Becher, Paul Trowler
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherSociety for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized31 Oct 2008
ISBN033520628X, 9780335206285
Length238 pages
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Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Education / Essays
Education / General
Education / Higher
Education, Higher
Universities and colleges
Universities and colleges - Curricula - United States
Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Curricula
Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Faculty
Universities and colleges - United States - Faculty
Universities and colleges/ Great Britain/ Curricula
Universities and colleges/ Great Britain/ Faculty
Universities and colleges/ United States/ Faculty
  
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