Beyond Hard Outcomes: "Soft" Outcomes and Engagement as Student Success

Autor/inn/en	Zepke, Nick; Leach, Linda
Titel	Beyond Hard Outcomes: "Soft" Outcomes and Engagement as Student Success
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (2010) 6, S.661-673 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Retention (Psychology); Learner Engagement; Teacher Educators; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Merkfähigkeit; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Neuseeland
Abstract	This paper questions current policy discourses that equate student success with hard outcomes like retention, completion and employment. It offers another view, one that uses "soft" outcomes and student engagement literature to widen our understanding of student success. In the paper, we first draw on literature to explore student engagement, usually understood as a means to achieve success, and "soft" outcomes as acceptable student outcomes, as success. We present possible indicators for these forms of success and a matrix of factors which influence such success. We then examine these ideas using data gathered from a project that investigated success as experienced by post-school foundation learners in Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The findings suggest that the ideas have value. Finally, we identify some implications for teachers, arguing that, contrary to some current views, all four quadrants in the matrix are the business of teachers. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10