IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/elg/eechap/22430_3.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

The relational turn in student engagement

In: Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education

Author

Listed:
  • Kelly E. Matthews
  • Jason M. Lodge
  • Melissa Johnstone

Abstract

We situate this chapter in relational concepts of student engagement that evoke notions of intersubjective relationships. These in turn shape how students see themselves as learners and participants in the social dynamics of educational institutions. We argue that the pandemic accelerated a relational turn in student engagement discourse and practices, particularly within the influence of teaching staff (academics/faculty) responsible for curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment design and implementation. However, while relational notions of student engagement were central and centred, understanding how to foster such engagement in online environments was peripheral. We advocate for approaches that co-develop engagement and learning design theories that intersect with professional development opportunities to upskill and reskill tertiary teaching staff so they enact relational theories of engagement into their practices.

Suggested Citation

  • Kelly E. Matthews & Jason M. Lodge & Melissa Johnstone, 2024. "The relational turn in student engagement," Chapters, in: Cathy Stone & Sarah O’Shea (ed.), Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education, chapter 3, pages 28-38, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:22430_3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.elgaronline.com/doi/10.4337/9781035314294.00012
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Education; Politics and Public Policy;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:22430_3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Darrel McCalla (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.e-elgar.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.