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An Interview with Geoff Whitty and Michael Worton.
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Barton, Len; Rowland, Stephen – Teaching in Higher Education, 2003
Two university academic administrators discuss tensions between their values and constraints under which they work, suggesting that universities develop a clear understanding of higher education's social purposes in a changing world (commitment to establishing a culture of collegiality that welcomes difference and awareness of the "bigger picture"…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Educational Responsibility
Experiencing CATE: The Impact of Accreditation upon Initial Training Institutions in England.
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Barton, Len; And Others – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1992
British researchers examined the impact of a new teacher training accreditation system on training institutions. The paper discusses interviews with institutions regarding accreditation, examining factors which influenced and constrained interviewees' perspectives and institutional responses. It notes ways in which staff took advantage of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Change Strategies
Making Things Difficult: Developing a Research Approach to Teaching in Higher Education.
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Rowland, Stephen; Barton, Len – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
Issues and problems encountered in teaching a university faculty development course are discussed. The course focused on sustained reflection and classroom research as a means for improving instruction. Issues include the challenge of addressing each teacher's needs and transforming course learning and shared experience into better classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Content
Lessons for Higher Education: The University as a Site of Activism
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Lynch, Kathleen – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
Len Barton is acutely aware of the power of the academy to either enhance critical thinking or to depress it. He is a true academic, never accepting the received wisdom or perspective of any given sociological standpoint, no matter how powerful or fashionable it was at the time. He has encouraged and promoted a unique blend of professional and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Justice, Ideology
Voicing Concerns: Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Education Reforms.
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Arnot, Madeleine, Ed.; Barton, Len, Ed. – 1992
The 11 papers in this book address, from a sociological perspective, a variety of contemporary educational reform issues in Great Britain. The papers examine the direction and role of sociological research in education. Sociology education has an important role to play in raising questions about the British educational system and its premises. The…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education
Beyond Communitarianism: Citizenship, Politics and Education.
Demaine, Jack, Ed.; Entwistle, Harold, Ed. – 1996
Thirteen authors reflect on different ideas of communitarianism and citizenship and on the ways those ideas find application in the fields of education, politics, and social welfare. Looking beyond communitarian ideology, the volume offers a more detailed discussion of citizenship in contemporary society. The essays are: (1) "Beyond…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties