Brown, Eleanor Joanne orcid.org/0000-0003-4987-801X, Dunlop, Lynda orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-8149 and Scally, Jayme (2018) “It’s about not achieving the outcomes that you necessarily expected”:Non-formal learning in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education. pp. 52-67. ISSN 1356-2517
Abstract
This study explores students’ experiences of a non-formal living-learning community in a UK higher education institution. The participants were students from different countries and academic disciplines who came together with a shared interest in international development and human rights. The experiences of students were investigated using the capability approach (Sen 1999; Walker 2012) as a framework for understanding students’ personal development through their participation in the community. This approach focuses on the ability of the student participants to lead lives they have reason to value, and allows us to consider development beyond employability. The research included participant observations and interviews. We found there were four key features of the learning community that were important in fostering the outcomes they identified as valuable. We argue that it is beneficial to open such spaces in higher education, as they provide opportunities for student-led skills development and engagement with social justice issues.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Non-formal learning; capability approach; valued outcomes; learning community; social justice education |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2018 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:13 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2018.1541880 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13562517.2018.1541880 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138493 |