Imperial College London
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Dr Tiffany Chiu

Central Faculty, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship

Principal Teaching Fellow in Educational Development
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 8711t.chiu

 
 
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Location

 

S508Sherfield BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Wong:2020:10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010,
author = {Wong, B and Chiu, YLT},
doi = {10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010},
journal = {Journal of Further and Higher Education},
pages = {54--68},
title = {University lecturers’ construction of the ‘ideal’ undergraduate student},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010},
volume = {44},
year = {2020}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Research on the ‘ideal’ or ‘good’ student tends to be situated within compulsory schooling. Few recent studies have focused on lecturers’ conceptualisation and construction of the ‘ideal’ university student. Informed by 30 in-depth interviews with lecturers from two post-92 English universities within the social sciences, we explore how the notion of ‘ideal’ student is understood in contemporary higher education. We focus on lecturers’ expectations of undergraduate students, as well as their views of the ‘ideal’ student in different teaching and learning contexts. We identified specific personal and academic skillsets that are desirable of students, including preparation, engagement and commitment, as well as being critical, reflective and making progress. The ability to achieve high grades, interestingly, is rarely mentioned as important. Implications for policy and practice are discussed as we present a much-needed update on the current features of the ‘ideal’ university student, which can influence student experience, especially the lecturer-student relationship.
AU  - Wong,B
AU  - Chiu,YLT
DO  - 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010
EP  - 68
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0309-877X
SP  - 54
TI  - University lecturers’ construction of the ‘ideal’ undergraduate student
T2  - Journal of Further and Higher Education
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62880
VL  - 44
ER  -
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