Dr Lesley Morrell L.Morrell@hull.ac.uk
Associate Dean (Education)
Dr Lesley Morrell L.Morrell@hull.ac.uk
Associate Dean (Education)
Dr Dom Henri D.Henri@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies
Professor Graham Scott G.Scott@hull.ac.uk
Director, Teaching Excellence Academy
© 2017, The Author(s). Learner autonomy is a primary learning outcome of Higher Education in many countries. However, empirical evaluation of how student autonomy progresses during undergraduate degrees is limited. We surveyed a total of 636 students’ self-perceived autonomy during a period of two academic years using the Autonomous Learning Scale. Our analysis suggests that students do not perceive themselves as being any more autonomous as they progress through University. Given the relativity of self-perception metrics, we suggest that our results evince a “red queen” effect. In essence, as course expectations increase with each year, each student’s self-perceived autonomy relative to their ideal remains constant; we term this the “moving goalpost” hypothesis. This article corroborates pedagogical literature suggesting that providing students with opportunities to act autonomously and develop confidence is key to developing graduates who have the independence that they need in order to be successful in the workplace.
Henri, D. C., Morrell, L. J., & Scott, G. W. (2018). Student perceptions of their autonomy at University. Higher Education, 75(3), 507-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0152-y
Acceptance Date | Apr 4, 2017 |
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Online Publication Date | Jun 6, 2017 |
Publication Date | 2018-03 |
Deposit Date | May 3, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 6, 2017 |
Journal | Higher education |
Print ISSN | 0018-1560 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-174X |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 75 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 507-516 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0152-y |
Keywords | Autonomy; Self-efficacy; Independent learning; Employability; Student-led learning; Autonomous learning scale |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/451005 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-017-0152-y |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
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