A Social Realist Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: The Morphogenesis of Agency

Autor/in	Case, Jennifer M.
Titel	A Social Realist Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: The Morphogenesis of Agency
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 34 (2015) 5, S.841-852 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2015.1011095
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Engineering Education; Personal Narratives; Undergraduate Students; Realism; Social Theories; Self Concept; Socioeconomic Background; Interviews; Educational Research; Higher Education; Learning; Participant Observation; Case Studies; South Africa (Cape Town) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ingenieurausbildung; Erlebniserzählung; Realismus; Gesellschaftstheorie; Selbstkonzept; Sozioökonomische Lage; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernen; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	Contemporary critiques of student learning research call for new theoretical and methodological approaches. This article proposes a social realist approach to this research, using the morphogenetic theory of sociologist Margaret Archer. The applicability of this approach is demonstrated by reference to an empirical study of engineering students at a South African university, using narrative analysis. In the article itself, two narratives are given in some detail, illustrating the key outlines of the analysis. Students' emerging personal identities are shown to be highly dependent on their social backgrounds, yet when in the university the possibilities for the morphogenesis of student agency are very constrained. A critical interrogation of these findings proposes that a true higher education should facilitate the development of an enlarged sense of agency for students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01