Researching Student Learning in Higher Education - A social realist approach (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Research into Higher Education
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Jennifer. M Case
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	156
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-66234-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	0-415-66234-6
Barcode:	9780415662345

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