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Student Engagement: Identity, Motivation and Community (Learning in Higher Education series) by Claus Nygaard; Stuart Brand; Paul Bartholomew; Luke Millard; Liam Burns; Craig Mahoney is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Student Engagement: Identity, Motivation and Community (Learning in Higher Education series) about?

<p>Today, Higher EducationInstitutions (HEIs) are bombarded by pressures and challenges demandinginnovative responses. Although international higher education continues toexperience considerable growth, there still is a need to review the learninglandscapes of mature higher education systems. In such times, and especiallywhen the financial demands on prospective students change, the relationshipsbetween the student and the university, or more crudely between the customerand the provider, are modified and expectations are likely to rise. Inresponse to these challenges, a common central theme has been the need toimprove 'student engagement'. Yet this is a term which is widely used but oftenmisunderstood or misinterpreted. As Student Engagement: Identity, Motivationand Community shows, student engagement needs to be addressedsystematically and strategically, requiring far more than the adoption of a'consumer' approach to student learning, or palliatives such as the cosmeticboosting of student numbers on university committees. The underlying challengesrequire empowering students across institutions to make change for themselves, so creating 'active citizens'. All the chapters of this g

Author

Claus Nygaard; Stuart Brand; Paul Bartholomew; Luke Millard; Liam Burns; Craig Mahoney

Publisher

Libri Publishing Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781907471650