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A theory of student agency in higher education

Klemenčič, Manja·2023·Research Handbook on the Student Experience in Higher Education
DOI 10.4337/9781802204193.00010
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This chapter proposes a theory of student agency in higher education as an overarching framework for structuring ideas about conditions of student experiences and student outcomes. Student agency is defined as students’ capabilities to navigate, influence, and take responsibility for their learning and education pathways and environments. The student agency model accounts for time, space, and place dynamics to explain the double ‘conversion’: the conversion of agentic orientations into a set of capabilities that comprise student agency and the conversion of student agency into student experiences and outcomes. The theory of student agency focuses on relationships between structures and students’ capabilities such as intentionality, forethought and self-direction, self-regulation and reflexivity, self-awareness and self-authorship, self-efficacy and self-determination, and mental wellbeing. It addresses the questions: (1) What is student agency? (2) What are the student agency dynamics across, time, space, and place in higher education? (3) How does student agency affect student outcomes?

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Authors
Klemenčič, M.
ORCID
Klemenčič, Manja
Venue
Research Handbook on the Student Experience in Higher Education
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published
2023-11-28
Pages
25-40
DOI
10.4337/9781802204193.00010
OpenAlex
W4388938733
Cited by
39
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1
FWCI
67.73
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Social Sciences › Education › Educational Leadership and Innovation
Keywords
student agency, higher education, student experience, student outcomes, self-regulation, self-determination, self-efficacy, self-authorship, psychological well-being, student ability, principal-agent model

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