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Student Engagement in Neoliberal Times
Nick Zepke
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Description for Student Engagement in Neoliberal Times
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
This book investigates origins, meanings, uses and effects of student engagement in higher education, and addresses three core questions: (1) Why is student engagement so visible in higher education today? (2) What are its dominant characteristics? (3) What is missing in the popular view of student engagement? These questions pave the way for a fresh approach to student engagement.
The book argues that an elective affinity between student engagement and policies embedded in neoliberalism, the dominant ideology of the early 21st century, enables student engagement to transcend diverse intellectual and practice contexts. This affinity encourages quality learning and teaching ... Read more
This book investigates origins, meanings, uses and effects of student engagement in higher education, and addresses three core questions: (1) Why is student engagement so visible in higher education today? (2) What are its dominant characteristics? (3) What is missing in the popular view of student engagement? These questions pave the way for a fresh approach to student engagement.
The book argues that an elective affinity between student engagement and policies embedded in neoliberalism, the dominant ideology of the early 21st century, enables student engagement to transcend diverse intellectual and practice contexts. This affinity encourages quality learning and teaching ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811031984
SKU
V9789811031984
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About Nick Zepke
Nick Zepke is a recently retired Associate Professor in adult education in the Institute of Education at Massey University in New Zealand. He has taught, researches and publishes in three interrelated areas: learner centred teaching, education policy studies, and lifelong and lifewide education. He has published six books, more than 100 articles in respected international and local journals, and numerous ... Read more
Reviews for Student Engagement in Neoliberal Times
“This book is beneficial in that it provides alternative directions for developing brand-new student engagement from critical and emancipatory perspectives. If you are devoted to developing your own engagement pedagogy far away from the influence of the elective affinity, keen on critical analyses in education, or seek a path to achieve a more just society, then this book is meant ... Read more