Researching Student Learning in Higher Education A social realist approach
Synopsis
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.
Book details
- Series:
- Research into Higher Education
- Author:
- Jennifer M. Case
- ISBN:
- 9781135120764
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203797402, 9780415662352, 9780415662352, 9780415662345, 9780415662345
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- 156
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2020-01-31
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2014
- Copyright by:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Education, Nonfiction