Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success

dc.contributor.authorKotta, Linda
dc.contributor.authorCase, Jenni
dc.contributor.authorLuckett, Kathy
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-26T11:43:53Z
dc.date.available2017-10-26T11:43:53Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2017-10-26T11:43:20Z
dc.description.abstractNearly sixteen years into the new democracy, student success at South African universities continues to be differentiated along lines of race. The tendency has been to define the problem in terms of student deficit. This article suggests that this is a limited view of a complex problem. The study investigates the case of a South African universitys engineering department and its historical struggle with the success of black students. It is an exploration of students progression through a design course and the associated pedagogical realities. Using a social realist approach, this study shows that the higher education environment is a complex of necessary contradictions which create a situational logic for agents. In the process of navigating the inconsistencies of a system in which academic development and quality assurance work against each other, it seems that black students get caught in the middle, with deleterious consequences for the countrys transformative agenda.
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.20853/28-2-338
dc.identifier.apacitationKotta, L., Case, J., & Luckett, K. (2014). Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success. <i>South African Journal of Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25821en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKotta, Linda, Jenni Case, and Kathy Luckett "Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success." <i>South African Journal of Education</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25821en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKotta, L., Case, J., & Luckett, K. (2014). Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success. South African Journal of Higher Education, 28(2), 514-532.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Kotta, Linda AU - Case, Jenni AU - Luckett, Kathy AB - Nearly sixteen years into the new democracy, student success at South African universities continues to be differentiated along lines of race. The tendency has been to define the problem in terms of student deficit. This article suggests that this is a limited view of a complex problem. The study investigates the case of a South African universitys engineering department and its historical struggle with the success of black students. It is an exploration of students progression through a design course and the associated pedagogical realities. Using a social realist approach, this study shows that the higher education environment is a complex of necessary contradictions which create a situational logic for agents. In the process of navigating the inconsistencies of a system in which academic development and quality assurance work against each other, it seems that black students get caught in the middle, with deleterious consequences for the countrys transformative agenda. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success TI - Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25821 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/25821
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKotta L, Case J, Luckett K. Contradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success. South African Journal of Education. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25821.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Education
dc.source.urihttp://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe/index
dc.subject.othersocial realism
dc.subject.otherstudent success
dc.subject.otherengineering education
dc.subject.othersituational logic
dc.subject.otheracademic development
dc.titleContradictions in the situational logic of the university: implications for student success
dc.typeJournal Article
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