Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students

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dc.contributor.authorPym, Juneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKapp, Rochelleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:02:08Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:02:08Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 18 July 2011, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2011.582096.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis article describes a successful academic development programme in a Commerce faculty at a relatively elite, historically white university in South Africa. The writers argue that the programme has managed to achieve good results in recent years by moving away from deficit models of academic development for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The article draws on five years of data to illustrate how students' home discourses have influenced their negotiations of institutional discourses. It is argued that many of the students have shown considerable agency in gaining admission to university despite their social backgrounds, but experience a crisis of confidence and self-esteem in the new environment. The article describes how the new model of academic development has responded to this context by providing a more flexible approach to the curriculum, which attempts to harness students' agency as well as foster a sense of belonging to a learning community. Also described are the range of interventions that have been put in place specifically to develop a culture of learning and to promote social connectedness, identity and agency.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPym, J., & Kapp, R. (2013). Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students. <i>Studies in Higher Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8834en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPym, June, and Rochelle Kapp "Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students." <i>Studies in Higher Education</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8834en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPym, J., Kapp, R. 2013. Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students. Studies in Higher Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0307-5079en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Pym, June AU - Kapp, Rochelle AB - This article describes a successful academic development programme in a Commerce faculty at a relatively elite, historically white university in South Africa. The writers argue that the programme has managed to achieve good results in recent years by moving away from deficit models of academic development for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The article draws on five years of data to illustrate how students' home discourses have influenced their negotiations of institutional discourses. It is argued that many of the students have shown considerable agency in gaining admission to university despite their social backgrounds, but experience a crisis of confidence and self-esteem in the new environment. The article describes how the new model of academic development has responded to this context by providing a more flexible approach to the curriculum, which attempts to harness students' agency as well as foster a sense of belonging to a learning community. Also described are the range of interventions that have been put in place specifically to develop a culture of learning and to promote social connectedness, identity and agency. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Studies in Higher Education KW - academic development model KW - disadvantage KW - identity KW - agency KW - undergraduate LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 0307-5079 T1 - Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students TI - Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8834 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8834
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPym J, Kapp R. Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students. Studies in Higher Education. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8834.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAcademic Development Programme (ADP)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceStudies in Higher Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.582096en_ZA
dc.subjectacademic development modelen_ZA
dc.subjectdisadvantageen_ZA
dc.subjectidentityen_ZA
dc.subjectagencyen_ZA
dc.subjectundergraduateen_ZA
dc.titleHarnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate studentsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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