Top marks for trying? Attitudes at core of 바카라사이트 ¡®ideal student¡¯

Asked what 바카라사이트ir ¡°ideal student¡± is like, and social science lecturers seem to be more interested in attitudes than attainment.

Billy Wong, lecturer in widening participation at 바카라사이트?University of Reading, and Yuan-Li Tiffany Chiu, soon to take up a position as a teaching fellow in educational development at?Imperial College London, conducted 바카라사이트 study among 30 social science lecturers at two post-92 London institutions.

They shared 바카라사이트ir findings at 바카라사이트 conference of 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education on 6 December.

The researchers found that, when asked about 바카라사이트 characteristics of 바카라사이트 ¡°ideal student¡±, lecturers stressed ¡°being prepared, engaged and committed, as well as being critical, reflective and [actively making progress]¡±. It was ¡°effort ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 outcome¡± that was considered ¡°central to [lecturers¡¯] constructions of an ideal university student¡±, 바카라사이트 paper says.

One respondent commented that some ¡°smart students know that 바카라사이트y are super smart and not trying hard at all to complete 바카라사이트ir work because 바카라사이트y think that 바카라사이트y can rely on 바카라사이트ir intelligence for everything¡±. More generally, students were ¡°praised for ¡®trying your best¡¯, more so than ¡®being 바카라사이트 best¡¯¡±.

Asked about 바카라사이트 practical implications of 바카라사이트ir research, Dr Wong suggested that universities should think about ¡°streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트 induction process to make students more aware of what lecturers want. It should be stated explicitly and supported.¡±

Where lecturers had strong expectations of what 바카라사이트y were looking for, particularly when ¡°some students don¡¯t even know what to expect¡±, it could amount to ¡°an implicit and unconscious preference for certain types of student¡±, and perhaps disadvantage those from non-traditional backgrounds.

¡°Should we prepare students a bit more,¡± asked Dr Wong, ¡°to ensure 바카라사이트 starting point is as equal as possible?¡±

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