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Qualitative Life-grids
Drawing upon their large three-year mixed-method study comparing four English university sociology departments, the authors demonstrate the benefits to be gained from concisely recording biographical stories on life-grids....
A Bernsteinian view of learning and teaching undergraduate sociology-based social science
Taking a perspective drawn from Basil Bernstein, the paper locates itself at the boundary between teaching as transmitting disciplinary knowledge and teaching as a set of generic ‘good practice’ principles. It first discusses...
How do students' accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?
In this article we examine how students' accounts of the discipline of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees. Based on a phenomenographic analysis of 86 interviews with 32 sociology and criminology...
How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?
Dissertations are positioned as the capstone of an undergraduate degree, bringing together what students have previously learned from their programmes through a piece of independent research. However, there is limited research...
Quality and Inequality in Undergraduate Courses
Summary of Main Findings
‘The Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First
Degrees Project’ was a longitudinal investigation of sociology and related social science degree courses in four universities see...
‘The Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First
Degrees Project’ was a longitudinal investigation of sociology and related social science degree courses in four universities see...
Published by: University of Nottingham
How do students' accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?
In this article we examine how students' accounts of the discipline of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees. Based on a phenomenographic analysis of 86 interviews with 32 sociology and criminology...
The influence of curricula content on English sociology students' transformations
Previous research identifies the importance of feminist knowledge
for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social
justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding
feminist knowledge in higher...
for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social
justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding
feminist knowledge in higher...
‘Not everybody walks around and thinks “That’s an example of othering or stigmatisation”’
This article places itself in conversation with literature about how the experience and outcomes of university education are structured by intersections between social class, ethnicity, gender, age and type of university...
How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?
Dissertations are positioned as the capstone of an undergraduate degree, bringing together what students have previously learned from their programmes through a piece of independent research. However, there is limited research...
Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences
Existing ways of understanding the transformative potential of students’ undergraduate experiences either focus solely on the formal educational elements of these experiences or present an overly static picture of students’...
Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences
Existing ways of understanding the transformative potential of students’ undergraduate experiences either focus solely on the formal educational elements of these experiences or present an overly static picture of students’...
The influence of curricula content on English sociology students' transformations
Previous research identifies the importance of feminist knowledge
for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social
justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding
feminist knowledge in higher...
for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social
justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding
feminist knowledge in higher...
Quality and Inequality in Undergraduate Courses
Summary of Main Findings
‘The Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First
Degrees Project’ was a longitudinal investigation of sociology and related social science degree courses in four universities see...
‘The Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First
Degrees Project’ was a longitudinal investigation of sociology and related social science degree courses in four universities see...
Published by: University of Nottingham
Qualitative Life-grids
Drawing upon their large three-year mixed-method study comparing four English university sociology departments, the authors demonstrate the benefits to be gained from concisely recording biographical stories on life-grids....
A Bernsteinian view of learning and teaching undergraduate sociology-based social science
Taking a perspective drawn from Basil Bernstein, the paper locates itself at the boundary between teaching as transmitting disciplinary knowledge and teaching as a set of generic ‘good practice’ principles. It first discusses...
‘Not everybody walks around and thinks “That’s an example of othering or stigmatisation”’
This article places itself in conversation with literature about how the experience and outcomes of university education are structured by intersections between social class, ethnicity, gender, age and type of university...
Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents
This article examines the ways in which a high-quality system of undergraduate education is represented in recent policy documents from a range of actors interested in higher education. Drawing on Basil Bernstein’s ideas, the...
Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents
This article examines the ways in which a high-quality system of undergraduate education is represented in recent policy documents from a range of actors interested in higher education. Drawing on Basil Bernstein’s ideas, the...
DeLone and McLean Information Systems Success Model in a Blended-Learning Context
Ibrahim Alfaki
Oct 01, 2021
This study evaluates the success of the blended-learning mode in the context of a higher education institution in the Arabian Gulf region, utilizing the updated DeLone and McLean information systems success model. Students were...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Assessing the Success of Mobile Banking in Saudi Arabia
This study aims at re-specifying and extending the DeLone and McLean information systems success model and verifying the extended model in the context of mobile banking applications. The model integrates a relationship-driving...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Greer Students Crowned as Homecoming King and Queen
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Fellow students voted online for junior Willie Meier and senior Tori McLean as Homecoming King and Queen for Winthrop's Homecoming Fall 2011. Meier and McLean accepted their crowns Saturday, Nov. 12, during halftime of the men's...
Published by: Winthrop University
How Do We Construct a Child-Friendly Emergency Management Framework?
Monica Sanders
Jan 01, 2022
When considering vulnerable populations, or those with the most cascading obstacles that cause them to be susceptible to certain hazards and events, children are among the most vulnerable. Those living in poverty or in...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Strom Thurmond's Granddaughter Shares Thoughts on Her Family's Legacy
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Several months after Thurmond's death in 2003, his bi-racial grown daughter and eldest child, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, revealed that Thurmond was her father. Monica Williams-Hudgens is her daughter. Now living in the state...
Published by: Winthrop University
The Grizzly, February 16, 1999
Erny Hoke, Joanna Doyle, Brian Hess, Chris Cocca, Tarika Tiggett, Joe Pope, Kim Inglot, Lou Nemphos, Jeff Church, Stephanie Restine
Jan 01, 0001
Date Auction Helps Ursinus Senior and Community Charity Jordanian Student Reacts to Leader's Death Art History Minor Approved Professors, Students Mark Bookstore Opening Opinion: Life After Bill and Monica; Cuban Threat...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper gymnastics wrestling Basketball ProTheatre S.U.N. bookstore Nzadi Keita Art Department Nour Moghrabi cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
The Case of Organizational Innovation Capability and Health Information Technology Implementation Success
Organizational innovation capability is defined as the ability to continuously transform knowledge and ideas into new products, processes and systems for the benefit of an organization and its stakeholders. This study examines...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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