The Underestimated Significance of Practitioner Knowledge in the Scholarship on Student Success
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Project MUSE in The Review of Higher Education
- Vol. 30 (4), 441-469
- https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2007.0032
Abstract
The scholarship on student success, particularly for minority groups, has two limitations. One is the lack of attention to practitioners' knowledge, beliefs, experiences, education, and feelings of self‑efficacy as factors that influence student outcomes. The other derives from the traditional science assumption that the researcher produces generalized knowledge that is translatable into "best practices" that are implemented locally by practitioners. These epistemological limitations can be addressed by the conceptualization of a phronetic social science for higher education where practitioners assume the role of researchers and develop context‑dependent knowledge and experience about how to facilitate student success.Keywords
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