The Expansion of Higher Education: A Consideration of Control, Funding and Quality

Bathmaker, Ann‐Marie

doi:10.4135/9781446215043.n8

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“…A new integrated theory of learning, based on the circumstantial curriculum, suggests that the individual factors relating to action and choice are considerably more complex than has been considered by government bodies and FE agencies. Ideas and findings here have parallels with studies undertaken by Bloomer (1999), Bloomer and Hodkinson (2000), Ecclestone (2002) and Bathmaker (2003), yet the new theory stresses, at all times, the importance of viewing the circumstantial curriculum as a personal construct.…”

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Life and learning in further education: constructing the circumstantial curriculum

Gibson

2004

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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This paper considers experience of further education (FE) from a student perspective. Students were involved in a longitudinal research project designed to develop a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of their progress on a vocational study programme. Using case studies as part of a multi-method research strategy, students' motivation and logic were examined to create a better understanding as to why they enrolled on the course, how they experienced the course and how they made decisions about subsequent progression. The links between experience of FE and students' broader lives were explored in relation to situated learning theory and learning careers. This enabled in-depth analysis of students' beliefs, their experiences and learning and their perceptions about the context for learning. The students' lives are full of complexities that are often either ignored or misunderstood by educational planners. This article discusses the outcomes of the research and includes a description of the 'circumstantial curriculum', a concept to denote the individual collection of factors that define each student in this setting.

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Life and learning in further education: constructing the circumstantial curriculum

Gibson

2004

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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“…4 The core beliefs of universities were united in the search for truth and in so doing were committed to exposing learners to the best thinking in the world. 5 Barnett 6 suggests that in the search for truth the core beliefs were to be critical of the self, respectful of others, tolerant of opposing views and committed to the generation of new knowledge. These core beliefs were central to the Catholics and the Classicists who were two of the most powerful bodies within the university.…”

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The Distinctiveness of the EdD within the University Tradition

Taysum¹

2006

Journal of Educational Administration and History

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“…The defining features included academic subjects, didactic teaching and lecturers with their own research agendas (Bathmaker, 2003). Students were predominantly young middle-class males.…”

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The evolution of Education Studies in higher education in England

Burton

Bartlett

2006

The Curriculum Journal

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In this article we examine the recent development of Education Studies as an undergraduate subject of study in England. The evolution of Education Studies is inextricably linked to the political context which it exists to critique. Changes within teacher education have spawned education studies in a number of guises. It is only latterly that policy changes have created the conditions for Education Studies to thrive as a subject in its own right. The genesis of the subject is traced through a brief historical analysis and its current various manifestations are outlined. The nature of Education Studies is discussed. Fundamentally, the authors contend that Education Studies provides a set of analytical discourses that facilitate critique of shifting knowledge bases, policy contexts and socio-economic developments as they impact upon education.

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The Expansion of Higher Education: A Consideration of Control, Funding and Quality

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Life and learning in further education: constructing the circumstantial curriculum

Life and learning in further education: constructing the circumstantial curriculum

The Distinctiveness of the EdD within the University Tradition

The evolution of Education Studies in higher education in England

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