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Epistemic (In)justice (2020)
Book Chapter
McLean, M. (2020). Epistemic (In)justice. In Locating Social Justice in Higher Education Research. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

It can be useful to think of the injustices of higher education as occurring in three phases: coming into higher education (access); being at university (participation); and going out of university into the rest of life (outcomes). I bracket for now... Read More about Epistemic (In)justice.

How higher education research using the Capability Approach illuminates possibilities for the transformation of individuals and society in South Africa (2018)
Book Chapter
McLean, M. (2018). How higher education research using the Capability Approach illuminates possibilities for the transformation of individuals and society in South Africa. In P. Ashwin, & J. Case (Eds.), Higher Education Pathways: South African Undergraduate Education and The Public Good (112-124). CapeTown: African Minds

The capability approach offers a normative framework for thinking how higher education can support human well-being and fulfilment. It was developed with a focus on poverty reduction by the economist Amartya Sen during the 1980s (see, inter alia, 19... Read More about How higher education research using the Capability Approach illuminates possibilities for the transformation of individuals and society in South Africa.

Analysis of Curriculum and Pedagogies (2018)
Book Chapter
McLean, M. (in press). Analysis of Curriculum and Pedagogies. In The Sage Encyclopaedia of Higher EducationSAGE Publications (UK and US)

Curriculum here is defined as what knowledge, skills and values are taught and pedagogy as how they are taught and learned. Good quality higher education curriculum and pedagogy are the vehicles for the reproduction of knowledge, skills and values w... Read More about Analysis of Curriculum and Pedagogies.

Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Jenkins, C., Barnes, C., McLean, M., Abbas, A., & Ashwin, P. (2017). Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’. In M. Walker, & M. Wilson-Strydom (Eds.), Socially just pedagogies, capabilities and quality in higher education: global perspectives. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55786-5

Diversity University’ is a large university in London, UK, which appears in the bottom-third of national league tables and provides education for poorer students, often from ethnic minority groups. The Sociology Department at Diversity was the focus... Read More about Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’.

The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., & Ashwin, P. (2016). The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum. In P. Scott, J. Gallacher, & G. Parry (Eds.), New languages and landscapes of higher education. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198787082.003.0004

This Chapter addresses three questions: What is good quality university teaching? How can it be achieved? How can it be assessed? To address these questions we start by making a case for a multi-dimensional, rich conceptualisation of teaching, drawi... Read More about The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum.

For love of people, culture and society: expert commentary (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., LeFanu, S., & Bruce, S. (2016). For love of people, culture and society: expert commentary. In K. M. Quinlan (Ed.), How higher education feels: commentaries on poems that illuminate emotions in learning and teaching. Sense Publishers

The commentary is on a set of poems about the teaching of social sciences and sensitive topics. It takes the poems as pedagogical case studies, pointing out what can be learning from them.

A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., & Walker, M. (2016). A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice. In F. Trede, & C. McEwan (Eds.), Educating the deliberate professional: preparing for future practices. Springer International Publishing

This chapter casts ‘deliberate professionalism’ as ‘public-good professionalism’. It brings to thinking about educating the deliberate professional a ‘capabilities approach’ lens, as it has been developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. The autho... Read More about A capabilities approach to educating the deliberate professional: theory and practice.