Improving Opportunities to Engage in Learning: A Study of the Access to Higher Education Diploma

ISBN-13: 9781138943407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 146 str.

Nalita James; Hugh Busher

Opis

Little has been written about the importance of the Access to Higher Education Diploma and the impact it has on changing non-traditional adult learners' lives, particularly those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is the first book based on empirical research to show the importance of Access to Higher Education courses in England, from the perspectives of the students and tutors. Chapters explore students' struggles with institutional and social structures in the current political and socio-economic climate, before identifying how the transformation of their learner identities is facilitated in the courses by collaborative cultures and supportive tutors.