Frailty in Transition? Troubling the Norms, Boundaries and Limitations of Transition Theory and Practice

Autor/inn/en	Gravett, Karen; Kinchin, Ian M.; Winstone, Naomi E.
Titel	Frailty in Transition? Troubling the Norms, Boundaries and Limitations of Transition Theory and Practice
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 39 (2020) 6, S.1169-1185 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gravett, Karen) ORCID (Kinchin, Ian M.) ORCID (Winstone, Naomi E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1721442
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Learning Processes; Epistemology; Student Development; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Teacher Student Relationship; Neoliberalism; Concept Mapping; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Learning process; Lernprozess; Erkenntnistheorie; Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Concept Map; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article focuses on 'transition' and how it is understood within higher education. Drawing on data from concept map-mediated interviews at two institutions, we examine the conceptions of transition held by academic and professional staff, who work to support students' learning into and through higher education. We suggest that normative understandings of transition often draw upon a grand-narrative that orchestrates and reiterates a stereotypic understanding of students' experiences. Often this narrative involves students' interpellation into a field of discourse where the subject is constructed as both homogeneous and in deficit: ill-prepared, lacking in independence, as vulnerable and in need of support. However, this study suggests that beneath this discourse lies a more nuanced picture: one where students' experiences can be conceptualised as diverse and fluid. Moreover, we employ the concept of pedagogic 'frailty' to expose the significance of the environments and wider contexts in which students 'transition', and to explore the impact of systemic tensions upon students' experiences. This article further argues that future research should shift discussions away from the deficits of students, and examine how we can make underlying environmental and systemic challenges more explicit, in order to widen our understanding and discussions of these constraints. (As Provided).
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