Researching Student Learning in Higher Education

Name: Researching Student Learning in Higher Education
Brand: Routledge
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By Case, Jennifer M.

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Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.With a larger and much more diverse intake than ever before, linked with a declining unit of resource, questions are being asked afresh around the purposes of higher education. Although much of the debate is currently focused on issues of student access and success, a simple input-output model of higher education is insufficient. This book turns this conversation on its head, by inserting a full consideration of student agency into the context of higher education.Working sociologically, it explores the influence of the social context on what the individual student achieves. The theoretical tenets of a social realist approach are laid out in detail in the book; the potential value of this approach is then illustrated by a case study of student learning in engineering education.Employing Margaret Archer's social realist theory, an analysis of student narratives is used to work towards a realist understanding of the underlying mechanisms that constrain and enable student success.Building on this analysis, the book develops a novel set of proposals for potential ways forward in improving student learning in higher education.

Product details

Edition:

illustrated

Number of Pages:

168

Release Date:

2013-08-22

Publication Date:

2013-08-08

Publisher:

Routledge

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0415662346

ISBN13:

9780415662345

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

423 g

Height:

161 cm

Width:

240 cm

Thickness:

14 cm

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