Modern Higher Education Students within a Non-Traditional Higher Education Space: Not Fitting In, Often Falling Out

Autor/in	Mc Taggart, Breda
Titel	Modern Higher Education Students within a Non-Traditional Higher Education Space: Not Fitting In, Often Falling Out
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 21 (2016) 1-2, S.86-97 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359 6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2015.1126420
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; College Students; Student School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Access to Education; Rural Areas; Cultural Capital; Barriers; Focus Groups; Interviews; Course Selection (Students); Organization; Scheduling; Student Personnel Workers; Academic Support Services; Withdrawal (Education); Student Needs; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Disposition; Kursabbruch
Abstract	A growing number of studies are focusing on the "fit" between the higher education student and the educational institution. These studies show that a lack of fit between the two generates anxiety, ultimately acting as a barrier to student learning. Research involving 23 higher education students attending a dual-sector further and higher education college in Northern Ireland was conducted in order to examine "this fit". It was assumed that this fit should be greatest in a local institute serving the needs of its local population. Findings however highlight that the expectation of what a student is and should be by an institute is not in tandem to the life the student lives. Study participants cited an institute lacking in understanding; an institutional habitus that does little to make this a space that supports the learning needs of students. While this lack of understanding has been found in traditional higher education institutions, it is most surprising to find that it exists in a dual-sector organisation. The paper concludes that those who deliver higher education in this space must understand and respond to the modern-day student, before success of this initiative can be achieved. (As Provided).
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