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Staff Conceptions of Curricular and Extracurricular Activities in Higher Education
- Source :
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Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning . May 2010 59(5):615-626. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This paper explores conceptions of curricular and extracurricular in UK higher education. Reporting on a case study of staff understandings of the extracurricular we argue that our data highlight the lack of debate about curricular matters. We found that there was considerable blurring of boundaries in conceptions of the curricular and extracurricular and argue that this is related to the lack of any stable or explicit conception of the curriculum in UK higher education. The paper highlights issues of recognition and non-recognition of the sorts of cultural capital which flow from traditional and other forms of extracurricular activities (ECA) and points to the continued gendering of caring and its valuing. Recognition of capital from within diverse communities and derived from activities which have not been traditionally conceptualised as ECA might contribute to graduate outcomes, but there are limitations to a politics of recognition. We argue that account also needs to be taken of the materiality of student lives and the constraints they face.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0018-1560
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ924204
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-009-9269-y