Student Agency and Self-Formation in Higher Education

This edited volume argues for positioning students at the centre of higher education, drawing from the concepts of student agency and self-formation. The volume highlights that higher education has broader and more important purposes than what a neoliberal human capital approach would suggest, and e...

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Other Authors: Oldac, Yusuf Ikbal (Editor), Yang, Lili (Editor), Lee, Soyoung (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Students at the Heart of Higher Education: An Introduction
  • Part I Conceptualising Student Self-Formation in Higher Education
  • 2. Antecedents of the Self-Formation in Social Theory and Educational Philosophy: What Do They Tell Us About Structure and Agency?
  • 3. Agency and Student Development in Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Disciplinary Exploration
  • 4. The Mechanism of Student Agency in Self-Formation Through Knowledge Engagement in Higher Education
  • Part II Depicting Student Agency in International Higher Education
  • 5. Student Agency and Becoming in Internationalized Programs in Vietnamese Universities
  • 6. Conceptualizing the Employability Agency of International Graduates
  • 7. The Role of Higher Education Institutions In Fostering Students’ Cosmopolitan Agency and Self-Formation
  • Part III Linking Student Agency In Higher Education with the Wider Society
  • 8. The Civic Aspect of Student Self-Formation in International Higher Education: Apprenticeship in New Worldviews
  • 9. New Spaces for Agency in Doctoral Education: An Ecological Approach