Engaging students in and with good academic work

Authors

  • David Baume

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i3.129

Keywords:

Keywords, engagement, learning, course design, learning activities, learning outcomes, skills

Abstract

AbstractàIt is proposed that efforts to enhance student engagement should focus attention on student engagement with good academic/professional/vocational work; hereafter, for simplicity, ââ¬Ëgood workââ¬â¢. Three main reasons are advanced for this proposition. First: engaging with good work can provide a strong and clear motivation and goal for students who want to become competent or expert in a discipline, profession or vocation. ââ¬ËEngaging withââ¬â¢ here carries two hugely overlapping meanings; consuming (which includes, but is not limited to, reading, observing, critiquing, exploring, discussing and analyzing) and producing. Second: any programme, any module, any suggested student learning activity, any proposed teaching method, can be tested by answering the question ââ¬ËWill it clearly and directly help the student to engage with, to consume and/or produce, good work?ââ¬â¢ And third: in engaging with good work, the student is always clear about the point and purpose of what they are doing ââ¬â to identify the qualities of good work, to critique work against these qualities, and to produce good work. à

Author Biography

David Baume

Author detailsàDavid Baume PhD SFSEDA FHEA is an independent higher education researcher, evaluator, consultant, staff and educational developer and writer. He was founding chair of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA); a founder of the Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG); and founding editor of the International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD). David was previously a Director of the Centre for Higher Education Practice at the Open University. He has co-edited three books on staff and educational development, and published some 60 papers, articles and reports on higher education teaching, assessment, evaluation, course design, portfolios and personal development planning. E-mail: adbaume@aol.com.à

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Published

03-04-2011

How to Cite

Baume, D. (2011) “Engaging students in and with good academic work”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (3). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.v0i3.129.

Issue

No. 3 (2011)

Section

Opinion Pieces

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