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Dave Harris (& Colleagues): essays, papers, courses
David Harris B.Sc (Econ), PGCE, MA, PhD (Lond)
Co-editors: A. Harris BA (Hons) (Lond), M. Rapsomanikis BA (Hons) (Lond)
Welcome! Here you will find free teaching materials written by me, my colleagues and some guests (often former students).
The materials cover Education (including Distance Education), Cultural Studies, Leisure Studies, Media Studies, Sociology.
principles & philosophy
contents page guests' pages  online tutorial  my CV           email me       


To get to the main list of teaching materials, click <contents page> above. Files are in alphabetical order.
The contents page also has a search engine to help you find things. I have also written special web
components to accompany my books (see opposite). These consist of a series of notes and  'reading guides' based on famous books or journal articles. It is not necessary to have read the books first (but do go and buy them!). There is also work provided by colleagues:
Dr Vanessa Parffrey (Theology, Education) Dr Robert Guyver (History, Education) Dr Will Large (Philosophy). Dr Paul Grosch (Philosophy, Education) Nick Sherriff
(Leisure, Recreation, Adult Education
Sean Gillen
(Leisure and Tourism)

 Ian Gilhespy  (Arts/lLeisure policy and management. Dr Paul Sutton  (Sociology and Social Theory) Joanna Haynes and Karin Murris (Philosophising with children)
Dr Alan Munton (English, Cultural Studies)
 
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My books and web-based components
# 1 (1987) Openness and Closure in Distance Education, Falmer (on the UK OU) -- chapter extracts here

# 2 (1992) From Class Struggle to the Politics of Pleasure..., Routledge (critcises British Cultural Studies) -- reading guides for #4 apply

# 3 (1996) A Society of Signs , Routledge (discusses postmodernism and Sociology) -- reading guides for #4

# 4 (2003) Teaching Yourself Social Theory, Sage (tries to make social theory accessible) -- reading guides here

# 5 (2004) Key Concepts in Leisure Studies, Sage  (defines Leisure Studies very broadly) -- reading guides here
Colleagues' books

Dr Will Large. Details of Will's book on Blanchot here
Dr Paul Grosch. Details of Paul's latest book, click here.
Joanna Haynes's book details here