Disparities in Student Attainment: A Tale of Two (City)
Universities
Professor Glynis CousinDr Debra Cureton
Overview
• Context• General Findings• Conceptual Issues• Working with Sensitive Issues• Interventions, Impacts and Outputs
Context
Funded by
Data Collection Data Findings
General Findings
Pedagogy
Cultural and Social Capital
Relationship
Psycho-social Processes
Conceptual Issues
• Categorisation and post-race approaches
• The Pygmalion effect & folk pedagogies (Bruner, 1996)
• Empowering student partners
Conceptual Developments
• The impact of the affective domain to learning and attainment
• The psychological contract (Rousseau, 2000)
• The lecturer interlocutor (Cousin, 2011)
Working with Sensitive Issues
Empowering MethodologiesPlayful Reflection
Interventions, Impacts and OutputsAction Research•Assessment Choice/ Type•Peer monitoring•Blind marking•Aspiration raising•The Advantage Module
Impacts•Accessible assignment briefs•Fit to submit criteria•Annual monitoring •Reduction of the attainment gap
Outputs•Information for parents website•How to guides: lecturers•How to videos: students
Contact Details
• Professor Glynis Cousin– [email protected]
• Dr Debra Cureton– [email protected]
• Website– www.wlv.ac.uk/disa