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Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education
This cutting-edge Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of key developments in the field of student engagement, with particular reference to equity and diversity issues. Promoting a more holistic and inclusive understanding of engagement, it highlights key empirical findings alongside practical case studies, presenting valuable recommendations for the field.
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This cutting-edge Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of key developments in the field of student engagement, with particular reference to equity and diversity issues. Promoting a more holistic and inclusive understanding of engagement, it highlights key empirical findings alongside practical case studies, presenting valuable recommendations for the field.
Leading scholars address the contemporary issues and complexities of student engagement with focus on how these are enacted within diverse learning communities. They analyse theoretical perspectives on student engagement, focusing on implications for students from under-represented or educationally marginalised groups, and present international case studies. This Research Handbook illustrates effective, practical strategies to enhance engagement across the student body, adding an invaluable contribution to this continually developing field.
The Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education is an authoritative reference for academics, practitioners, students and scholars specialising in education policy, educational theory, the sociology of education and politics and public policy. It is also of interest to policymakers and staff working across all subject areas in the higher education field.
Leading scholars address the contemporary issues and complexities of student engagement with focus on how these are enacted within diverse learning communities. They analyse theoretical perspectives on student engagement, focusing on implications for students from under-represented or educationally marginalised groups, and present international case studies. This Research Handbook illustrates effective, practical strategies to enhance engagement across the student body, adding an invaluable contribution to this continually developing field.
The Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education is an authoritative reference for academics, practitioners, students and scholars specialising in education policy, educational theory, the sociology of education and politics and public policy. It is also of interest to policymakers and staff working across all subject areas in the higher education field.
Critical Acclaim
‘This book is especially recommended for those involved in engagement research, policy-making, curriculum design, and educational practices, serving as a critical resource for navigating and enhancing student engagement in an evolving educational landscape.’
– Ryan Naylor, Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association
‘Working with an impressive range and depth of contributors, Stone and O’Shea have created a brilliant “manifesto for success” for anyone in higher education globally who is interested in genuine student engagement in our complex social, political and geographic contexts. I highly recommend this excellent book.’
– Marcia Devlin, Victoria University, Australia
‘A key point in this very timely and welcome Research Handbook is the need for a plurality of approaches to support a plurality of students. This fascinating book, crammed with exemplars and cases is ideal to “dip in to”; although the whole is complex and contested there is a huge amount of learning being shared here.’
– Liz Marr, Open University and University of London, UK
– Ryan Naylor, Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association
‘Working with an impressive range and depth of contributors, Stone and O’Shea have created a brilliant “manifesto for success” for anyone in higher education globally who is interested in genuine student engagement in our complex social, political and geographic contexts. I highly recommend this excellent book.’
– Marcia Devlin, Victoria University, Australia
‘A key point in this very timely and welcome Research Handbook is the need for a plurality of approaches to support a plurality of students. This fascinating book, crammed with exemplars and cases is ideal to “dip in to”; although the whole is complex and contested there is a huge amount of learning being shared here.’
– Liz Marr, Open University and University of London, UK
Contents
Contents
Foreword: developing a conceptual framework of student engagement xxiii
Ella Kahu
1 Introduction: the story behind the book 1
Cathy Stone and Sarah O’Shea
PART I UNDERSTANDING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
2 The quest for the holy grail of student engagement: curriculum as the
engagement integrator 7
Sally Kift
3 The relational turn in student engagement 28
Kelly E. Matthews, Jason M. Lodge and Melissa Johnstone
4 Online student engagement in higher education – what it is, why we
need it, and how we can promote it 39
Alice Brown
PART II STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF
DIVERSE COHORTS
5 University student engagement and disability 55
Matt Brett, Kelly George, Elizabeth Knight and Melinda Hildebrandt
6 Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other under-served
university students through Indigenous relationality 72
Bep Uink, Renae Isaacs-Guthridge and Rebecca Bennett
7 Engagement and the first-in-family student: creating a manifesto for success 87
Sarah O’Shea
8 Traversing engagement in higher education for student-carers 102
Sally Savage and Deborah Munro
9 Enabling pedagogies: engaging with students into and through higher education 119
Anna Bennett and Penny Jane Burke
10 Belonging, wellbeing and engagement: perspectives of regional, rural
and remote students 133
Janine Delahunty and Nicole Crawford
11 Analysing regional student engagement: identifying institutional
strategies for student success 149
Karen Nelson, Kylie Readman, Ian Stoodley and Catherine Picton
12 Reexamining engagement in Australian higher education: insights from
students with Culturally and Linguistically Marginalised Migrant and/or
Refugee (CALMMR) backgrounds 167
Rachel Burke, Sally Baker and Tebeje Molla
13 Challenging the institutional habitus: to what extent has research about
commuter student engagement in England transformed higher education
providers? 182
Liz Thomas
14 Enhancing online student engagement: lessons from the pandemic 199
Cathy Stone
15 Strengths-based engagement with student veterans: reframing
possibilities and challenges for higher education institutions 213
Katie R. Sullivan and Kay Yoon
PART III INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT: CASE STUDIES IN ACTION
16 Engaging Indigenous Australian students: the I-Place Ecology Tool 225
Maria Raciti, Jennifer Carter, David Hollinsworth and Kathryn Gilbey
17 Engaged with what, whom, when, how and why? Longitudinal and
relational engagement in online postgraduate education in Scotland 241
Tim Fawns
18 Gypsy, Traveller and Roma students in UK higher education: an ethic
of engagement through the student lifecycle 255
Emily Danvers and Natalie Forster
19 Student engagement efforts in a new university in Rwanda 271
Rex Wong
20 Enhancing student engagement and attainment through Credit for Prior
Learning in the US 286
Matt Bergman, Michele Rice, Kendrah Pearson and Tracy Robinson
21 Student civic engagement practices from an equity perspective: case
studies from Austrian universities 302
Franziska Lessky, Sabine Freudhofmayer, Magdalena Fellner and Katharina
Resch
22 Engaging students at a French-speaking Canadian distance university 316
Patrick Plante, Gustavo Adolfo Angulo Mendoza, Caroline Brassard, Serge
Gérin-Lajoie, Cathia Papi and Isabelle Savard
23 Students as partners in higher education assessment in Australia 331
Jacqui Peters, Kate Moncrieff, Cassandra Iannucci and Dylan Scanlon
24 Pūrehuroatanga: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study in
whole-of-institution student engagement and success 348
Giselle Byrnes and Tere McGonagle-Daly
25 The effect of Korean students’ goal orientations on engagement in
synchronous online classes 365
Sun Joo Yoo, Sooyoung Kim and Youn Kyung Seo
26 Theoretical foundations for storying a knowledge basket: enhancing
student engagement in Indigenous studies in the Australian context 380
Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Nisa Richy, Lisa Oliver, r e a (Regina)
Saunders and Stephanie Gilbert
27 Conclusion: final thoughts and take-home messages 397
Sarah O’Shea and Cathy Stone
Foreword: developing a conceptual framework of student engagement xxiii
Ella Kahu
1 Introduction: the story behind the book 1
Cathy Stone and Sarah O’Shea
PART I UNDERSTANDING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
2 The quest for the holy grail of student engagement: curriculum as the
engagement integrator 7
Sally Kift
3 The relational turn in student engagement 28
Kelly E. Matthews, Jason M. Lodge and Melissa Johnstone
4 Online student engagement in higher education – what it is, why we
need it, and how we can promote it 39
Alice Brown
PART II STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF
DIVERSE COHORTS
5 University student engagement and disability 55
Matt Brett, Kelly George, Elizabeth Knight and Melinda Hildebrandt
6 Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other under-served
university students through Indigenous relationality 72
Bep Uink, Renae Isaacs-Guthridge and Rebecca Bennett
7 Engagement and the first-in-family student: creating a manifesto for success 87
Sarah O’Shea
8 Traversing engagement in higher education for student-carers 102
Sally Savage and Deborah Munro
9 Enabling pedagogies: engaging with students into and through higher education 119
Anna Bennett and Penny Jane Burke
10 Belonging, wellbeing and engagement: perspectives of regional, rural
and remote students 133
Janine Delahunty and Nicole Crawford
11 Analysing regional student engagement: identifying institutional
strategies for student success 149
Karen Nelson, Kylie Readman, Ian Stoodley and Catherine Picton
12 Reexamining engagement in Australian higher education: insights from
students with Culturally and Linguistically Marginalised Migrant and/or
Refugee (CALMMR) backgrounds 167
Rachel Burke, Sally Baker and Tebeje Molla
13 Challenging the institutional habitus: to what extent has research about
commuter student engagement in England transformed higher education
providers? 182
Liz Thomas
14 Enhancing online student engagement: lessons from the pandemic 199
Cathy Stone
15 Strengths-based engagement with student veterans: reframing
possibilities and challenges for higher education institutions 213
Katie R. Sullivan and Kay Yoon
PART III INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT: CASE STUDIES IN ACTION
16 Engaging Indigenous Australian students: the I-Place Ecology Tool 225
Maria Raciti, Jennifer Carter, David Hollinsworth and Kathryn Gilbey
17 Engaged with what, whom, when, how and why? Longitudinal and
relational engagement in online postgraduate education in Scotland 241
Tim Fawns
18 Gypsy, Traveller and Roma students in UK higher education: an ethic
of engagement through the student lifecycle 255
Emily Danvers and Natalie Forster
19 Student engagement efforts in a new university in Rwanda 271
Rex Wong
20 Enhancing student engagement and attainment through Credit for Prior
Learning in the US 286
Matt Bergman, Michele Rice, Kendrah Pearson and Tracy Robinson
21 Student civic engagement practices from an equity perspective: case
studies from Austrian universities 302
Franziska Lessky, Sabine Freudhofmayer, Magdalena Fellner and Katharina
Resch
22 Engaging students at a French-speaking Canadian distance university 316
Patrick Plante, Gustavo Adolfo Angulo Mendoza, Caroline Brassard, Serge
Gérin-Lajoie, Cathia Papi and Isabelle Savard
23 Students as partners in higher education assessment in Australia 331
Jacqui Peters, Kate Moncrieff, Cassandra Iannucci and Dylan Scanlon
24 Pūrehuroatanga: an Aotearoa New Zealand case study in
whole-of-institution student engagement and success 348
Giselle Byrnes and Tere McGonagle-Daly
25 The effect of Korean students’ goal orientations on engagement in
synchronous online classes 365
Sun Joo Yoo, Sooyoung Kim and Youn Kyung Seo
26 Theoretical foundations for storying a knowledge basket: enhancing
student engagement in Indigenous studies in the Australian context 380
Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Nisa Richy, Lisa Oliver, r e a (Regina)
Saunders and Stephanie Gilbert
27 Conclusion: final thoughts and take-home messages 397
Sarah O’Shea and Cathy Stone
