Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student assessment as a disciplinary technology

Raaper, Rille

doi:10.1080/13562517.2018.1456421

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“…Higher Education students are often characterised as consumers seeking value-formoney, inducing a fear amongst academic staff that the more traditional values of liberal education are being eroding away. However, the adequacy of this view is being more frequently questioned (Jones, Vigurs, and Harris 2020;Raaper 2019). The data analysis discussed in this paper helps to contribute to this developing counterview by problematising the student-as-consumer mantra.…”

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Academic literacies and the tilts within: the push and pull of student writing

Aiken

2021

Teaching in Higher Education

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A theoretical understanding is offered to help explore how students attempt to reconcile divergent narratives around the purposes of Higher Education in relation to their own writing. Drawing from the twin notions of centripetal and centrifugal forces, the paper discusses the ways that students both follow and resist convention in their own writing, and their reasons for doing so. In revealing the intricate oscillation between restrictive and expansive writing approaches, the research suggests that students 'tilt' their writing according to a diverse and broad understanding of higher education learning. Derived from semistructured interviews with undergraduate students at a pre-1992 university, the research challenges the over-emphasis placed on consumeristic agendas of students and provides insights beneficial for practitioners involved in the supporting and assessing of student writing in Higher Education.

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Academic literacies and the tilts within: the push and pull of student writing

Aiken

2021

Teaching in Higher Education

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“…In the life of modern universities, ideas about the consistent organization of the educational environment, active methods of extracurricular activities of students are actively used [13][14][15][16].…”

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Ideas of experimental pedagogy and pedagogical psychology in Russia and Kazakhstan

Romanov

Zakharishcheva

2021

SHS Web Conf.

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The article draws attention to the sphere of historical and pedagogical knowledge. Being a product of the development of human society, it lies at the core of contemporary and future pedagogical culture. The mature conventional wisdom helps people to forge their own path in the modern world, to determine their self-identification and the prospects for their personal growth. The historical heritage of the first half of the 20th century, rich in invariant ideas, scientific and pedagogical experience, is viewed here by means of its inclusion in the construction of all spheres of life in modern Russia and Kazakhstan, including the development of pedagogy and psychology. The article reveals the stages of scientific activity of the outstanding teacher and psychologist A.P. Nechaev, characterizing the main milestones and dynamics of the formation of domestic experimental pedagogy at the beginning of the 20th century. It highlights the scholar’s ideas about syndromic psychology, holistic, mental and moral development of the personality, which are relevant even today. The research is based on conceptual ideas of dialogical pedagogy, problem-personalistic approach, retrospective, comparative historical and historical-phenomenological methods. Experimental pedagogy as a phenomenon of the early 20th century ceased to exist without quite exhausting its capabilities, but it laid the foundation for and determined the strategic development direction of child psychology, pedagogical psychology, genetic psychology, childhood ethnography, differential psychology and differential psychophysiology, and the experiment became a sturdy part of the scholarly apparatus of pedagogy and psychology. The potential of experimental pedagogy made it possible to pose and solve large-scale issues of creating a new school, scientific and pedagogical centers, finding solutions to a wide range of psychological and pedagogical problems, designing research schools that develop natural science, psychological and pedagogical problems of education and upbringing. The invariant ideas of this direction of moral, mental and intellectual development of students are also relevant at the beginning of the 21st century and can be used in the practice of contemporary school education.

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“…The Student as Consumer (SaC) approach consolidates the inclusion of students and universities under the Consumer Rights Act (Gov.Uk 2015). Consumerism and the commercialisation of education has been noted in other countries (Raaper 2019 andFrost 2019). For those working in higher education these changes have resulted in performance criteria to demonstrate worth which, according to Beck and Young (2005) has undermined academic professional identity.…”

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Discourse tensions: Professional socialisation into nursing within the university education system

Jackson

Steven

2020

Nurse Education Today

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Starting university brings expectations of new experiences and a good social life (Morton and Tighe 2011), however student nurse experience may not mirror these expectations. The aim of this study was to identify any indications of 'differentness' expressed in students talk, track development and changes in student language over the duration of their programme, and explore how language might situate lecturers and students within a professional socialisation process.Using Discourse Analysis (Potter and Wetherell 1987), interviews (n=17) were conducted with 8 lecturers and 7 volunteer student nurses multiple times over 3 years (April 2013 -August 2016.Analysis uncovered three discourse tensions, each showing resonance with students and their lecturers: The university student and the student nurse; The Nursing and Midwifery Council registrant and the lecturer; Student nurses as consumers of their university education.Students did not appear to align themselves with the university after experiencing clinical practice, and lecturers' language attempted to position students away from traditional student experiences to protect professional standards.

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Students as consumers? A counter perspective from student assessment as a disciplinary technology

Cited by 30 publications

References 37 publications

Academic literacies and the tilts within: the push and pull of student writing

Academic literacies and the tilts within: the push and pull of student writing

Ideas of experimental pedagogy and pedagogical psychology in Russia and Kazakhstan

Discourse tensions: Professional socialisation into nursing within the university education system

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