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Engagement and alienation have emerged as influential themes in research into learning in higher education. Successive authors have sought to deepen and refine the meaning of these constructs. However, it has been noted that the student voice is often absent from these studies leading to calls for greater exploration of student engagement from the student perspective (Trowler, 2010).This paper reports on the learning experiences of 56 undergraduate Business students. It finds evidence to support existing themes in the literature, concerning student involvement and the influence of staff. However, it also identifies a theme, as yet unexplored, relating to students’ perceptions of the relevance of their programme and the impact of those perceptions on levels of engagement and alienation.Students reported that perceived dissonance between academic and student perspectives can be a powerful source of alienation in vocationally orientated programmes, something that has important implications for educators in these disciplines.
Author(s): Jones JR, Jones DM
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: SRHE Annual Research Conference
Year of Conference: 2015
Print publication date: 09/12/2015
Acceptance date: 24/08/2015
URL: http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2015/
