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Higher education pedagogies [[electronic resource] ] : a capabilities approach / / Melanie Walker
| Higher education pedagogies [[electronic resource] ] : a capabilities approach / / Melanie Walker |
| Autore | Walker Melanie |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Society for Research into Higher Education |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.001 |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - Aims and objectives
College teaching - Philosophy College teachers - Professional ethics Moral education |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786610948338
1-280-94833-7 0-335-22820-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Halftitle; Current titles; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part 1; Chapter 1; Part 2; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part 4; Chapter 7; Bibliography; Index; The society for research into higher education |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457438503321 |
Walker Melanie
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| London, : Society for Research into Higher Education | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa : Opportunities, Obstacles and Outcomes
| Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa : Opportunities, Obstacles and Outcomes |
| Autore | Walker Melanie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/9826942 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
McLeanMonica
MathebulaMikateko |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - Economic aspects - South Africa
Students - South Africa - Economic conditions |
| ISBN | 1-928502-40-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 - Raising 'learning outcomes' for inclusive higher education: The Miratho Project -- Rationale for pursuing the human development capability approach (CA) -- Methodology and methods of data generation -- Note on data analysis -- The longitudinal life-history interviews -- Participatory research -- Student survey -- Ethical conduct of the research -- Use of secondary datasets -- Capability-based learning outcomes in the Miratho Matrix -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 - Capabilities and functionings: Reconceptualising learning outcomes -- Part 1: The capability approach, poverty and higher education -- Poverty reduction and the capability approach -- Higher education and the capability approach -- Part 2: Problematising 'learning outcomes' for inclusive higher education -- The politics of learning outcomes -- Measurement challenges -- Part 3: Learning outcomes as capability-based key functionings -- Learning outcomes at the level of teaching sessions and modules -- Learning outcomes at the level of programmes and institutions -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 - A challenging context and intersectional conversion factors -- Objective conversion factors: Society and economy -- Objective conversion factors: University -- Foregrounding poverty -- Brief commentary on the hardship numbers -- Poverty and well-being of university students -- Subjective conversion factors emerging from life-history interviews -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 - The Miratho Capabilitarian Matrix: Evaluating individual achievements and institutional arrangements -- Step one: A principled method -- Step two: Identifying capability domains and key functionings -- Epistemic contribution domain -- Ubuntu domain -- Practical reason domain -- Navigation domain -- Narrative domain.
Emotional balance domain -- Inclusion and participation domain -- Future work or study -- Step three: Miratho Matrix -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 - Opportunities and obstacles in achieving higher education access -- Material conversion factors: Money/funding -- Educational conversion factors: Schooling -- Environmental conversion factors: Geography and community -- Geography -- Community -- Social conversion factors: Information and extended family and significant others -- Information -- Extended families and significant others -- Personal conversion factors: Attitudes, values and characteristics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 - Possibilities for student transformation through capability-enhancing university participation -- Part 1: Academic participation -- Material conversion factors and students' engagement in processes of learning -- Environmental conversion factors and students' experiences of university -- Social conversion factors and students' experiences of being at university -- Educational conversion factors -- Part 2: Non-academic participation -- Personal conversion factors and students' engagement in extra-curricular activities -- Conclusion: Conversion factors for university participation -- Summary of findings about capabilities for participation -- CHAPTER 7 - Pathways for moving on from university -- Part 1: Different pathways for moving on from university for Miratho students -- Further study pathway -- Employment pathway -- No pathway: Studies completed but unemployed -- Part 2: How conversion factors influenced moving-on pathways -- Educational conversion factors and their effect on labour market opportunities -- Material conversion factors and their influence on moving on -- Social conversion factors and their effects on moving on -- Environmental conversion factors and moving on -- Personal conversion factors and students' moving on. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 - Five students' life histories: Conversion factors, functionings and inequality -- Mashudu: Metro -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Sonto: City -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Aphiwe: Provincial -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Madoda: Rural -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- Rimisa: Country -- Life before university -- University access -- University participation -- Moving on from university -- What these five life histories tell us about low-income university students -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 - Access, participation and moving on for low-income youth -- Changing the informational basis for justice judgements -- Practical operationalisation of ideas -- Summary of findings -- Challenges and change -- Concluding thoughts -- Appendix A. Conversion factor tables for Ntando -- Appendix B. Ideas for the measurement of capability domains and functionings -- References -- Index -- Back cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585983903321 |
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Walker Melanie
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| Oxford : , : African Minds, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reparative Futures and Transformative Learning Spaces
| Reparative Futures and Transformative Learning Spaces |
| Autore | Walker Melanie |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Disciplina | 378.015 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BoniAlejandra
VelascoDiana |
| Soggetto topico |
Decolonization
Social justice Pedagogia crítica Justícia social |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-45806-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Photos -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Reparative Futures Through Transformative Learning Spaces: An Intersectional Approach for Decolonised and Sustainable Human Development -- Repair and Future Pathways -- What Form of Learning Might Enable Repair, Dignity, and Recognition? -- Decolonisation -- Combined Capabilities -- Introducing the Chapters Which Follow -- References -- Chapter 2: Post-Truth, Difficult Knowledge, and Reparative Futures: Nurturing Affective Solidarity for Transformative Learning Spaces -- Introduction -- Post-Truth as Difficult Knowledge -- Reparative Futures and Reparative Pedagogies -- Nurturing Affective Solidarity as a Form of Reparative Pedagogies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Youth Voices on Social Justice: Doing Repair Work in a South African Higher Education Space -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framing -- Methodology and Methods -- Intersecting Elements for Reparative Praxis: Archive (Curriculum), Pedagogy and Relationships -- A Curriculum Archive -- Stories About Gendered Power -- A Story About Racism -- Stories About the Power of Education -- A Story About Not Fitting In |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910805570103321 |
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Walker Melanie
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| Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Universities, employability and human development / / by Melanie Walker, Samuel Fongwa
| Universities, employability and human development / / by Melanie Walker, Samuel Fongwa |
| Autore | Walker Melanie |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 248 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 378 |
| Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher
Educational sociology Career education Life skills Education and state Higher Education Sociology of Education Career Skills Life Skills Educational Policy and Politics |
| ISBN | 1-137-58452-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Contextual and Policy Conditions -- Chapter 2. Graduate Employability, Global Shifts and Local Realities -- Chapter 3. A Human Capabilities Conceptualisation of Employability -- Chapter 4. Employability and Conversion Factors -- Chapter 5. Access and Participation -- Chapter 6. Democratic Citizenship -- Chapter 7. Employers and Graduate Opportunities -- Chapter 8. Aspirations, Capabilities and Navigating Future-Forward -- Chapter 9. Human Development, Capabilities and Graduate Employability.-. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162853303321 |
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Walker Melanie
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| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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