Whose benefit is it anyway? Dispelling the deficit model of non-traditional learners in higher education using focus groups

Although it is a commonly held view that Foundation Year students lack the confidence and the academic skills usually held by ‘typical’ university learners (Ford and Grantham, 2003; Marshal, 2016), anecdotal evidence would contradict this deficit view. Many Foundation Year students have held challen...

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Main Author: Marie Clifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Education Studies Association 2019-12-01
Series:Educational Futures
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Online Access:https://educationstudies.org.uk/?p=11394
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