近年来英国促进高校学生投入的政策与实践

On the Student Engagement Policies and Practices in Institutions of Higher Education in the UK

学生投入是当前英国高等教育的热点领域之一。本文通过对有关文献的分析,重点围绕学生投入的模式、类型、层次和目的等,对英国高等教育背景下学生投入的概念做了说明。在此基础上,分析了关注学生投入的主要缘由,并就近年来英国在促进学生投入方面的政策和措施进行了梳理。文章最后就英国高校学生投入的特点进行了简要分析讨论,以便为我国开展学生投入的研究和实践提供有益的启示。

A key development in contemporary UK higher education is the growing interest in student engagement. This paper starts with an exploration of how student engagement is understood within the UK,focusing on literature that contains models,categorizations,levels,and purposes of student engagement. After that,the paper critically explores the main rationales for enhancing student engagement and outlines the policies and initiatives to promote and improve student engagement. Finally,it draws some conclusions about the unique features of the practices to engage students in UK higher education in order to develop a better understanding of what student engagement might mean here in China.