Promoting equity by illuminating academic roles and identities in teaching students from diverse backgrounds

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21691631
AutoresJuliana Ryan (0000-0002-5390-0198, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, autor de correspondencia), Sophie Goldingay (0000-0002-0776-1086, Deakin University), Sonja Macfarlane (0000-0002-8904-8945, Deakin Learning Futures, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia), Danielle Hitch (0000-0003-2798-2246, Deakin University)
Año2023
Volumen28
Número4
Páginas699-716
Fecha de publicación2023-05-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTeaching in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1356-2517 • E-ISSN: 1470-1294
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13562517.2020.1852203
OpenAlexW3110755193
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas34

While university participation has widened, retention and success rates remain lower for some diverse Australian undergraduate cohorts, e.g. students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, Indigenous students and students with disability. Institutional characteristics and culture are more important factors in attrition than student characteristics. This paper explores how universities could develop learning and teaching communities that are more inclusive through insights into some complex relationships between student diversity, academic roles and identities. Using a critical discursive psychology approach, we identified 12 different subject positions that Australian academics from 19 universities adopted in constructing their identities as teachers of students from diverse backgrounds. We critically discuss illustrative findings from one academic who adopted seven different subject positions to explore the impact of institutional context on social positioning and dynamics related to learning, teaching and student diversity. We conclude that a ‘students-as-partners’ approach could help universities to better recognise and value diversity

Attrition · Higher education · Indigenous · Library science · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Psychology