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...

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Publicado: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) 2011
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:882a95dd1b004da0ba3f57e2acfb6cf12021-11-29T14:04:16ZEngaging students in and with good academic work10.47408/jldhe.v0i3.1291759-667Xhttps://doaj.org/article/882a95dd1b004da0ba3f57e2acfb6cf12011-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://repl.gianfj.com/index.php/jldhe/article/view/129https://doaj.org/toc/1759-667XAbstractàIt 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. àDavid BaumeAssociation for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)articleKeywordsengagementlearningcourse designlearning activitieslearning outcomesTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Iss 3 (2011)
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course design
learning activities
learning outcomes
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learning outcomes
Theory and practice of education
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Engaging students in and with good academic work
description 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
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