Engaging students in and with good academic work
AbstractàIt is proposed that efforts to enhance student engagement should focus attention on student engagement with good academic/professional/vocational work; hereafter, for simplicity, ââ¬Ëgood workââ¬â¢. Three main reasons are advanced for this proposition. First: engaging with good work can...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
| Published: |
Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/882a95dd1b004da0ba3f57e2acfb6cf1 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | AbstractàIt is proposed that efforts to enhance student engagement should focus attention on student engagement with good academic/professional/vocational work; hereafter, for simplicity, ââ¬Ëgood workââ¬â¢. Three main reasons are advanced for this proposition. First: engaging with good work can provide a strong and clear motivation and goal for students who want to become competent or expert in a discipline, profession or vocation. ââ¬ËEngaging withââ¬â¢ here carries two hugely overlapping meanings; consuming (which includes, but is not limited to, reading, observing, critiquing, exploring, discussing and analyzing) and producing. Second: any programme, any module, any suggested student learning activity, any proposed teaching method, can be tested by answering the question ââ¬ËWill it clearly and directly help the student to engage with, to consume and/or produce, good work?ââ¬â¢ And third: in engaging with good work, the student is always clear about the point and purpose of what they are doing ââ¬â to identify the qualities of good work, to critique work against these qualities, and to produce good work. à|
|---|