Within the themes of understanding attainment and challenging practice, the book sets out to explore student attainment as complex and multifaceted. It achieves this by looking at different conceptualizations of what attainment means and to whom; how attainment is shaped by different and often competing agendas and vested interests.
Within the themes of understanding attainment and challenging practice, the book sets out to explore student attainment as complex and multifaceted. It achieves this by looking at different conceptualizations of what attainment means and to whom; how attainment is shaped by different and often competing agendas and vested interests.
Dr Graham Steventon is a senior lecturer in Criminology at Coventry University. He has published and presented at international conferences on pedagogy and the use of technologies for teaching, learning and assessment. Dr Debra Cureton works as a research fellow at the University of Wolverhampton focusing on student experience and success. Lynn Clouder is Professor of Professional Education and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning Enhancement in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction 1. Influencing change through a strategic approach to student attainment 2. Dilemmas in addressing the ethnicity attainment gap 3. Addressing the attainment gap at the University of Derby: from theory to practice? 4. Linking attainment to interculturalism and global citizenship 5. The secret of student success: student identity, belonging and the psychological contract 6. Intellectuality, student attainment and the contemporary higher education system 7. Authentic learning: a route to student attainment? 8. Mentoring for attainment 9. Student attainment through activity-led cooperative learning 10. Mixing metaphors for academic writing development 11. Building a house on sand? Are vocational education and training qualifications an (in)equitable stepping-stone to success in higher education? 12. (not) Talkin¿ `bout my generation: is higher education engaging older learners? 13. Being a student and becoming a professional: tensions and challenges in attaining a professional identity Issues, controversies and debates: concluding thoughts
Preface Introduction 1. Influencing change through a strategic approach to student attainment 2. Dilemmas in addressing the ethnicity attainment gap 3. Addressing the attainment gap at the University of Derby: from theory to practice? 4. Linking attainment to interculturalism and global citizenship 5. The secret of student success: student identity, belonging and the psychological contract 6. Intellectuality, student attainment and the contemporary higher education system 7. Authentic learning: a route to student attainment? 8. Mentoring for attainment 9. Student attainment through activity-led cooperative learning 10. Mixing metaphors for academic writing development 11. Building a house on sand? Are vocational education and training qualifications an (in)equitable stepping-stone to success in higher education? 12. (not) Talkin¿ `bout my generation: is higher education engaging older learners? 13. Being a student and becoming a professional: tensions and challenges in attaining a professional identity Issues, controversies and debates: concluding thoughts
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