Implicit Resilience Theories: A Qualitative Study of Context-Shapers at Higher Education Institutions
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| Title: | Implicit Resilience Theories: A Qualitative Study of Context-Shapers at Higher Education Institutions |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Datzer, Daniela (ORCID |
| Source: | Studies in Higher Education. 2022 47(12):2553-2574. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Resilience (Psychology), Higher Education, College Students, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, STEM Education, Dropout Prevention, School Holding Power, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Germany |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2022.2091538 |
| ISSN: | 0307-5079 1470-174X |
| Abstract: | High dropout rates in STEM disciplines are certainly among the most crucial challenges that higher education is facing. While prior research has mainly applied an individual-centered approach that has helped identify factors explaining student dropout, an important yet under-examined issue is how those responsible for shaping the academic environment of students vary in their implicit assumptions of why some students persist while others drop out. In this study, we shift the focus toward the narratives regarding the reasons for student drop out. We report on an in-depth qualitative interview study comprising 59 deans of studies, administrators (i.e. quality managers and student advisors), and student representatives. This group of individuals contributes to the challenge of reducing student dropout by shaping the teaching and learning environment of students at German higher education institutions. Our grounded-theory model indicates that these context-shapers attend to different implicit theories on what constitutes resilient versus non-resilient students. The implicit resilience theories, in turn, result in dropout being legitimized in different ways, which determines the judgements made by context-shapers in terms of actions suitable to reduce student dropout. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1371287 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | High dropout rates in STEM disciplines are certainly among the most crucial challenges that higher education is facing. While prior research has mainly applied an individual-centered approach that has helped identify factors explaining student dropout, an important yet under-examined issue is how those responsible for shaping the academic environment of students vary in their implicit assumptions of why some students persist while others drop out. In this study, we shift the focus toward the narratives regarding the reasons for student drop out. We report on an in-depth qualitative interview study comprising 59 deans of studies, administrators (i.e. quality managers and student advisors), and student representatives. This group of individuals contributes to the challenge of reducing student dropout by shaping the teaching and learning environment of students at German higher education institutions. Our grounded-theory model indicates that these context-shapers attend to different implicit theories on what constitutes resilient versus non-resilient students. The implicit resilience theories, in turn, result in dropout being legitimized in different ways, which determines the judgements made by context-shapers in terms of actions suitable to reduce student dropout. |
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| ISSN: | 0307-5079 1470-174X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03075079.2022.2091538 |
