Shifting Dimensions of Autonomy in Students' Research and Employment

Autor/inn/en	Willison, John; Sabir, Fizza; Thomas, Judith
Titel	Shifting Dimensions of Autonomy in Students' Research and Employment
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 36 (2017) 2, S.430-443 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2016.1178216
Schlagwörter	Student Research; Student Employment; Masters Programs; Student Empowerment; Research Skills; Business Administration Education; Ethics; Skill Development; Semi Structured Interviews; Pretests Posttests; Student Attitudes; Longitudinal Studies; Student Experience; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenforschung; Studentenarbeit; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Studienberechtigung; Forschungsleistung; Ethik; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Schülerverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Studienerfahrung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This study considers the conceptual space, or extent of autonomy, given to coursework Masters students before, during and after a Business Ethics course that explicitly developed and assessed their research skills. This vocationally oriented and academically challenging course used the "Research Skill Development framework" as its conceptual model to reshape the learning and assessment environment, articulating to students not only the research skills required, but also clarifying the resulting autonomy in their research-orientated learning. In the study, seven students attended semi-structured interviews and transcript analysis of interviews revealed the level of student-declared autonomy before commencing coursework Masters, while completing the Business Ethics course, and near the end of their Masters degree. All of the students interviewed were studying part-time and working part-time, and so the applicability of the research skills to students' work environment emerged as a major issue of interest. This paper richly represents the students' perceptions, and is the first paper to directly address coursework Masters student autonomy in research in a longitudinal manner; as such it provides a deep and nuanced understanding of the conceptual space that students need for success in study and as preparation for employment. (As Provided).
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