A Sociology of Teaching, Learning and Enhancement: improving practices in higher education

Abstract

This paper examines the relative lack of attention given to learning and teaching issues at the departmental level in universities. Using a social practice theory approach, the paper shows how the construction and enactment of teaching and learning regimes at the departmental level can have significant effects on the reception and implementation of intiatives designed to enhance practices and outcomes associated with teaching and learning in university contexts.

Keywords

• sociology
• teaching and learning
• higher education
• social practice
• cultures
• regimes