Pushing the boundaries: Critical research in Higher Education

Clegg, Sue

Abstract

In her keynote Sue Clegg will argue that we need to ask critical questions about how we
think about higher education. We need to debate how we, as practitioners, respond to
the changing expectations of students, and government reshaping of the purposes of
higher education. Critical research can destabilise common sense assumptions enabling
us to pose more theoretically-informed questions. If we are to engage in debates about
routine pedagogical practices and how we might attend to the student ‘voice’ we need
more sophisticated ways of understanding the relationship between theory and practice.

Citation

Clegg, S. (2009, September). Pushing the boundaries: Critical research in Higher Education. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment Conference : Critical Voices, Critical Times, University of Salford

• Presentation Conference Type: Speech
• Conference Name: Education in a Changing Environment Conference : Critical Voices, Critical Times
• Conference Location: University of Salford
• Start Date: Sep 15, 2009
• End Date: Sep 16, 2009
• Deposit Date: Oct 13, 2009
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• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference