Accommodating Marginalized Students in Higher Education: A Structural Theory Approach

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WP Wahl Louis H. Falik (San Francisco State University, California, USA)

Accommodating Marginalized Students in Higher Education

A Structural Theory Approach

WP Wahl, Louis H. Falik (San Francisco State University, California, USA)

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Routledge
29 November 2024

Learning; Educational psychology; Education: care & counselling of students; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Adult education, continuous learning

Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education

This book defines and examines the needs of the marginalized student and presents a theoretically grounded model to guide institutions of higher education toward developing new and more effective programmatic responses.

Taking the implementational experience of the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, as a case study, it investigates the experience of students who present problems of learning and inadequate preparation for sustained performance, including learning disabilities, lack of study skills, motivational factors, and cultural support systems. Further, it identifies the pressure for institutions to be responsive to social and political pressures to accommodate the needs of students previously excluded from participation in higher educational or vocational training opportunities. In addressing this timely area of development, the authors formulate a unique conceptual foundation for the consideration of a new paradigm, based on cognitive and biosocial theories: those of the theory of structural cognitive modifiability and mediated learning experience and of Feuerstein and Bronfenbrenner’s ecosystem structural orientation.

Innovative, applicational, and optimistic in nature, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, administrators, and postgraduate level students working across the fields of higher education, educational psychology, and student counseling.

By: WP Wahl, Louis H. Falik (San Francisco State University, California, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032457758
ISBN 10: 1032457759
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 29 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

WP Wahl is Director of Student Life at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Louis H. Falik is Professor Emeritus of Counseling at San Francisco State University, USA.