Impact/Impasse (Paperback)

Heidi Fischer

ISBN 10: 1438498195 / ISBN 13: 9781438498195

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2024

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Paperback. Makes a case for the valueand ultimately impactof seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.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. Makes a case for the value-and ultimately impact-of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impact/Impasse (Paperback)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438498195
• ISBN 13: 9781438498195
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Makes a case for the value―and ultimately impact―of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.

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.

About the Author

Laura A. Smithers is Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership at the University of Nevada, Reno. Heidi Fischer is Content Director at Hanover Research. She is the author of Unemployment: The German Case, A Critical Analysis of Political Discourse. Faith A. Watrous is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology and Program Evaluation at Old Dominion University.