Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education (Improving Learning)

Synopsis

Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education presents a strong and coherent rationale for improving learning for diverse students from a range of socio-economic, ethnic/racial and gender backgrounds within higher education, and for adults across the life course. Edited by Miriam David, the Associate Director of the ESRC’s highly successful Teaching and Learning Research Programme, with contributions from the seven projects on Widening Participation in Higher Education (viz Gill Crozier and Diane Reay; Chris Hockings; Alison Fuller and Sue Heath; Anna Vignoles; Geoff Hayward and Hubert Ertl; Julian Williams and Pauline Davis; Gareth Parry and Ann-Marie Bathmaker), this book provides clear and comprehensive research evidence on the policies, processes, pedagogies and practices of widening or increasing participation in higher education. This evidence is situated within the contexts of changing individual and institutional circumstances across the life course, and wider international transformations of higher education in relation to the global knowledge economy. Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education also considers: the changing UK policy contexts of post-compulsory education; how socio-economically disadvantaged students – raced and gendered – fare through schools and into post-compulsory education; the kinds of academic and vocational courses, including Maths, undertaken; the changing forms of institutional and pedagogic practices within higher education; how adults view the role of higher education in their lives. This book, based upon both qualitative studies and quantitative datasets, offers a rare insight into the overall implications for current and future policy and will provide a springboard for further research and debate. It will appeal both to policy-makers and practitioners, as well as students within higher education.

Copyright:

2010

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781135282677

Related ISBNs:

9780203867976, 9780415495424, 9780415495417, 9780415495417, 9780415495424

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/22/20

Copyrighted By:

Miriam David, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Gill Crozier, Pauline Davis, Hubert Ertl, Alison Fuller, Geoff Hayward, Sue Heath, Chris Hockings, Gareth Parry, Diane Reay, Anna Vignoles and Julian Williams for editorial selection and material

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Miriam David

Edited by:

Ann-Marie Bathmaker

Edited by:

Gill Crozier

Edited by:

Pauline Davis

Edited by:

Hubert Ertl

Edited by:

Alison Fuller

Edited by:

Geoff Hayward

Edited by:

Sue Heath

Edited by:

Chris Hockings

Edited by:

Gareth Parry

Edited by:

Diane Reay

Edited by:

Anna Vignoles

Edited by:

Julian Williams