Merridy Wilson-Strydom

University Access and Success

Capabilities, diversity and social justice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book Merridy Wilson-Strydom applies the capabilities approach to better understand university access and participation and draws on a rich case study from South Africa to critically and innovatively explore the complex and contradictory terrain of access with success. The book integrates quantitative and qualitative research with theory and practical application to provide a new framework for considering and improving the transition from school to university.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781138294400
• ISBN-10: 1138294403
• Artikelnr.: 50445946

Autorenporträt

Merridy Wilson-Strydom is Director in the Directorate for Institutional Research and Academic Planning at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Access and Social Justice
Chapter 3: The Capabilities Approach
Chapter 4: Access and the Capabilities Approach
Chapter 5: School-University Interface: Learner and student voices
Chapter 6: A Capabilities List for the Transition to University
Chapter 7: Diversity, Conversion Factors and Capabilities
Chapter 8: University Access for Success