James / Busher Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning

A Study of the Access to Higher Education Diploma
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-37326-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Higher Education

Little has been written about the importance of the Access to Higher Education Diploma and the impact it has on changing non-traditional adult learners’ lives, particularly those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is the first book based on empirical research to show the importance of Access to Higher Education courses in England, from the perspectives of the students and tutors. Chapters explore students’ struggles with institutional and social structures in the current political and socio-economic climate, before identifying how the transformation of their learner identities is facilitated in the courses by collaborative cultures and supportive tutors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Nalita

Busher, Hugh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Closed Doors? The Landscape of Access to Higher Education: The Cinderella of the Education System. Methodological Approaches to Researching Access to Higher Education. Non-Traditional Adult Students and Educational Transitions. Struggling to Return to Formal Learning: Identities and Careers Part 2: Stepping through the Door? Practices of Transition and Becoming: Learning to Learn…Again. We all know why we’re here’: Access to Higher Education as a Community of Practice. Access to Higher Education Tutors’ Stories Part 3: Opening Doors? The Future of Access to Higher Education: Implications for Teaching and Learning. Challenging the Policy Context.

Über Autor(innen)

Hugh Busher is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leicester, UK.

Nalita James is Senior Lecturer in Lifelong Learning at the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester, UK.