Researching Student Learning in Higher Education: A social realist approach Contributor(s): Case, Jennifer M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415662346 ISBN-13: 9780415662345 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs - Technology & Engineering | Engineering (general) |
Dewey: 620.007 |
LCCN: 2013005816 |
Series: Research Into Higher Education |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.91 lbs) 168 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |