Impact/Impasse: Revaluing University Classroom Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438498195)

Impact/Impasse argues for the value of everyday life in college classrooms. Quantifiable categories such as high-impact practice, student engagement, and integrative learning have captured the imagination of a generation of higher education researchers, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers. But they miss those mundane moments, or "impasses," that resist capture by metrics while nevertheless shaping student outcomes. Impact/Impasse blends critical theories and ethnographic research--conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic--to argue that learning happens in ordinary moments. Indeed, in sharing anecdotes from both in-person and virtual classrooms, the coauthors show how the so-called new normal is little different from the old in its neoliberal attachment to data. Impact/Impasse provides a conceptual and practical foundation for an alternative approach to valuing impacts on their own terms, in excess of quantification.

Author: Laura E. Smithers, Heidi Fischer, Faith A. Watrous
ISBN-10: 1438498195
ISBN-13: 9781438498195
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d