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Fitting in or cooling out?: vocational learners in a traditional university, notes towards a research methodology

This paper draws on the early stages of a research project about vocational learners and their interactions with st... Show more
This paper draws on the early stages of a research project about vocational learners and their interactions with staff and systems in the setting of The University of Sheffield, a traditional university in the UK. In particular, the methodological options and implications associated with this type of research in this type of policy-oriented context are considered and a number of potentially ambiguous and challenging issues are identified. The authors then propose a study design that may help to address these. The paper opens with an overview of the theoretical and policy context for the research project. Following this, the process of developing a specific research design is described. The authors suggest that their study design lays the basis for an exploration of the ways in which specific identities and trajectories, for learners, but also for tutors and other higher education (HE) staff, are constructed, questioned and reconstructed through the interactions between learners, educators, systems and policy contexts. Show less

Authors: Owen, Jenny; Lewis, Margaret; Ritchie, Louise; Chapple, Freda ... [+] Show more

Conference name: European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Conference paper

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Higher education ... [+] Show more

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Fitting in or cooling out?: vocational learners in a traditional university, notes towards a research methodology