Reflecting on higher education through a psychological lens
"Although a man may lose a sense of his own importance when he is a mere unit among a busy throng, all utterly regardless of him, it by no means follows that he can dispossess himself, with equal facility, of a very strong sense of the importance and magnitude of his cares." - Author: Charles Dickens, The… Continue reading There’s no such thing as the student voice: listening to the throng
Yesterday, I presented a talk on transitions into and through higher education from a psychological perspective at the Australian Centre for Applied Psychology (ACAP), in Sydney. Preparing and presenting the talk provoked some reflections on transitions, which I share here. Early in my teaching career, I recognised two key issues that seemed to affect how… Continue reading Transitions into and through university: stories of ducks and fish
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