Mapping the values and identities of academics who teach into widening participation university preparation programs
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Paper/Presentation Title | Mapping the values and identities of academics who teach into widening participation university preparation programs |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Balloo, Kieran, Crane, Daniel, Crank, Russell, Hopkins, Susan, McGovern, Mary, Parkes, Geoffrey, Penno, Julie, Ramos, Fabiane, Singh, Niharika, Todd, Nicholas, Wilson, Victoria, Windsor, Angela and Worsley, Sue |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://srhe.ac.uk/ |
Conference/Event | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2022 |
Event Details | Society for Research into Higher Education International Research (SRHE) Conference 2022 Delivery Online Event Date 05 to end of 09 Dec 2022 Event Description About the SRHE Conference The SRHE International Research Conference attracts wide participation from researchers globally. It provides a stimulating international forum for papers of an empirical or scholarly nature relating to research into higher education, in the broadest sense, and from a breadth of different disciplinary perspectives. The conference is highly participative, promoting the dissemination and exchange of ideas in a variety of formats, across a range of research domains. Event Web Address (URL) |
Abstract | Practitioners who teach into university/tertiary preparation programs play an important role in widening and maintaining participation by delivering foundation programs for dealing with educational inequalities. Yet, there is limited research on how these practitioners conceptualise and frame their multiple roles, values and identities. Therefore, this study explored what it means to be a contemporary tertiary preparation practitioner at an Australian university. Ten academics who teach into university preparation programs co-constructed concept maps representing perceptions about their roles. These maps were then analysed using thematic analysis to identify patterns in perceptions. The findings highlighted that although practitioners were motivated by a desire to improve social mobility, this conflicts with the neoliberal demands of education as a commodity. There was also the perception that the tertiary preparation area sits at the periphery of higher education, which contributes to its perceived lack of prestige as an academic discipline. |
Keywords | academics; higher education; university preparation programs |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390407. Inclusive education | |
470208. Culture, representation and identity | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q9vw3/mapping-the-values-and-identities-of-academics-who-teach-into-widening-participation-university-preparation-programs
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