Mieschbuehler The Minoritisation of Higher Education Students

An examination of British higher education policies and practices
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-19701-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Higher Education

Research into ‘ethnic’ attainment differences in British higher education tends to depict students from minority ethnic backgrounds as disadvantaged, marginalised, discriminated against and excluded. This shapes the current theoretical perspectives adopted by university policies and informs practice across the country. The Minoritisation of Higher Education Students aims to show how current university policies and practice that intend to address reported ethnic attainment differences in British higher education perpetuate, rather than ameliorate, the status of minority ethnic higher education students.

Discussions throughout the book demonstrate that group-based social differentiation and student-centred education foster the idea that ethnic and social attributes matter and create a divisive subtext, which loses any sense of our common humanity. In this book the consequences of this perspective for students, their educational attainment and university education as a whole are examined. In particular a process of ‘minoritisation’ is identified that results from the current approaches to ethnic attainment.

The book should be of great interest to scholars, postgraduate students and professionals in the areas of higher education; learning and teaching; equality and diversity; ethnicity; and attainment. It should also be of interest to teaching staff and policymakers concerned with issues in higher education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mieschbuehler, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The ‘ethnic’ attainment gap

3. Discussions and debates emerging from the literature

4. Equality and education

5. Student grouping

6. Participatory versus intellectual student engagement

7. (Un)equal treatment

8. Academic study

9. Beyond experience: why discussion and debate is important

10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Mieschbuehler works as an Education Researcher in the College of Education at the University of Derby. Dr. Mieschbuehler is currently conducting research into education, vocational and higher education and career development. Her other research interests include training through apprenticeships, the philosophy and methodology of educational research and vocational and higher education policy and practice.