- Title
- Non-traditional student achievement: Theory, policy and practice in Australian higher education
- Creator
- Devlin, Marcia
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/75451
- Identifier
- vital:7362
- Abstract
- In addition to the intrinsic commitment that higher education institutions, and the individuals and teams within them, have to the achievement and success of non-traditional students, the links between government widening participation policy, performance measurement and funding to universities will now provide an additional incentive. The future growth of the number and proportion of non-traditional students in Australian universities will focus attention keenly on student achievement. This paper argues that particular theories may be helpful in understanding the experiences and perspectives of non-traditional students and, therefore, in informing policy and practice within institutions and beyond to facilitate student achievement. In particular, notions of role theory, cultural capital, the hidden curriculum at university and socio-cultural theory in action are examined and utilised to inform suggestions for proactive responses in both the ‘public and private lives of higher education’ (Trow, 1975)
- Relation
- Keynote address presented at 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1301 Education Systems; 1399 Other Education
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