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Direct linkNiven, Penelope – Perspectives in Education, 2013
This paper explores the situated nature of the epistemological values of a social science discipline as it finds expression in a particular department. Although it explores Becher and Trowler's anthropological conception of disciplinary "territories" and tribes ([1989]/2001) it finds deeper resonances in Trowler's more recent notion of "teaching…
Descriptors: Political Science, College Freshmen, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
