Widening Participation in Higher Education
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
9781137283412 (ISBN)
List of Tables, Charts and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION: ISSUES IN WIDENING PARTICIPATION Introduction: Widening Participation in Contemporary Context; T.Hinton-Smith Changing Policy Discourses on Equity and Diversity in UK Higher Education: What is the Evidence?; M.David Widening Participation in Universities in England and Wales: Is There a Connection with Honours Degree Achievement?; M.Yorke Wider Still and Wider? A Historical Look at the 'Open-ness' of the Open University of the United Kingdom; A.Woodley PART II: ENGAGING WITH HIGHER EDUCATION AS A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT: ACCESS AND MOTIVATION Good Students, Bad Pupils: Constructions of 'Aspiration', 'Disadvantage' and Social Class in Undergraduate-led Widening Participation Work; Y.Taylor Mature Women Students, Study Motivation and Employability; R.Woodfield Lone Parent Students' Motivations for and Hopes of Higher Education Engagement; T.Hinton-Smith PART III: NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 'Choosing a Student Lifestyle?' Questions of Taste, Cultural Capital and Gaining a Graduate Job; M.Stuart , C.Lido & J.Morgan Transformation or Trauma: The Transition to Higher Education of Non-traditional Students; P.Frame , L.Measor & P.Wilcox Non-traditional Adult Students: Access, Drop-out, Retention and Developing a Learner Identity; B.Merrill The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success; J.Field & N.Morgan-Klein PART IV: WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS Widening Participation Trends in Sweden: Regulations and their Effects, Intended and Unintended; C.Berggren & C.Cliffordson Trends in Widening Participation in French Higher Education; M.Moreau Widening Participation in Spanish Higher Education: Will the Current Reform Promote the Inclusion of Non-traditional Students?'; M.Padilla-Carmona Experiencing Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: The Symbolic Power of Being a Student; L.Morley Womenand Students of Colour as Non-traditional Students: The Difficulties of Inclusion in the United States; A.MacLachlan Widening Participation and 'Elite' Online Education: The case of the University of California; S.Earl-Novell Conclusion: Assessing Progress and Priorities in Widening Participation; T.Hinton-Smith Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Issues in Higher Education |
| Zusatzinfo | XV, 330 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | Capital • Diversity • Education • higher education • Identity • Inclusion • Motivation • Nation • Participation • Transformation • University |
| ISBN-13 | 9781137283412 / 9781137283412 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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