Trowler, Paul (2015) Change theory and changing practices::enhancing student engagement in universities. In: Student engagement in Europe. Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg, pp. 160-171. ISBN 9789287179715
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Abstract
This chapter argues that initiatives designed to enhance student engagement in universities need to be underpinned by an explicit and workable theory of change and change management. It sets out a social practice approach to conceptualising the operation of workgroups in higher education and goes on to elaborate the corollaries of this in terms of the management of change. The chapter concludes with a vignette designed to illustrate how these concepts might be elaborated in a departmental situation.