Rethinking ‘Learning’ in Higher Education
Viewing the Student as Social Actor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8097250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Williams (0000-0001-5209-1395, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 296-323 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Critical Realism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7430 • E-ISSN: 1572-5138 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jcr.v11i3.296 |
| OpenAlex | W1550555250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 20 |
A number of authors from different theoretical perspectives have called for new interdisciplinary ways of considering learning within the higher education context. Peter Jarvis's lifelong learning perspective offers a viable alternative, but lacks a strong theory of the person as self, agent and actor. In response I propose that Margaret Archer's realist social theory has a particular utility for bridging ‘common dualisms’ as part of an interdisciplinary enquiry into higher education learning, and offers a strong theory of the person
Bridging (networking · Context (archaeology · Education theory · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Higher education · Learning theory · Lifelong learning · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Social learning · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Philosophy
Academics teaching and learning at the nexus
Understanding the challenges entailed in decolonising a Higher Education institution
What’s in a conference theme? Some reflections on critical realist research and its emergence in Africa over a period of 20+ years
Learner agency in the context of innovative learner environment
Responding to misrecognition from a (post)/colonial university
Shame, Anger and the Lived Experience of School Disengagement for Marginalised Students
People, personal projects and the challenging of social structures
Theorising student engagement in higher education
A social realist perspective on student learning in higher education
Emergent interactions
The flourishing and dehumanization of students in higher education
What Is a Person?
Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
Realist Social Theory
Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Making our Way through the World
Bringing Knowledge Back In
Relational Interdependence Between Social and Individual Agency in Work and Working Life
Teaching, as Learning, in Practice
Being Human
Learning for an unknown future
Sociocultural and Constructivist Theories of Learning
On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |