The Minoritisation Of Higher Education Students: An Examination Of Contemporary Policies And Practice (Routledge Research In Higher Education)

Cultural versus educational differences -- The nature of equality in education -- 9 Academic study -- Studying for a degree can be hard -- Personal struggles -- Demanding workloads -- Apathy and 'dominant students' -- Curriculum -- Eurocentrism -- Academic support -- Teaching -- The nature of academic study -- 10 Beyond experience: why discussion and debate are important -- 'Judges of certainty' -- Interpreting experiences -- Determining ethnic or social factors -- Difference versus particularity -- Discrimination, exclusion or neither? -- The importance of discussion and debate -- The nature of student experience -- 11 Summary and conclusion -- Realism and absolute equality are the way forward -- Talk of an 'ethnic' attainment gap without conclusive evidence minoritises students -- Social interventions: indoctrination but not education -- Social attributes are thought to determine attainment rather than human agency -- Leniency and unprofessional behaviour foster feelings of unequal treatment -- The new type of deficit talk underrates resilience and human agency -- Experiences tell us little unless discussed and debated -- The minoritisation of higher education students -- Final thoughts -- References -- Index

• • Author: Ruth Mieschbuehler
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Nov 01, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 168 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138676527
• • ISBN-13: 9781138676527