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dc.contributor.authorKofinas, Alexander K.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T10:57:06Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T10:57:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-26
dc.identifier.citationKofinas AK (2017) 'Managing the sublime aesthetic when communicating an assessment regime: The Burkean Pendulum', Management Learning 49 (2) 204-221en
dc.identifier.issn1350-5076
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1350507617738864
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/622338
dc.description.abstractThe importance of understanding students’ engagement is prominent in higher education. Assessment is a main driver of student engagement, a phenomenon known as backwash. I argue that students’ engagement with learning is often driven by an aesthetic motivation. I establish the connections between Burke’s (and Kant’s) conceptualisation of aesthetics as a dichotomy of beauty and the sublime (which I label the Burkean pendulum) to motivation. I explore the links between this aesthetic motivation and the assessment regime focusing on the Burkean/Kantian sublime and suggest four communication strategies to manage the sublime when it arises in students’ education journeys. My contributions are twofold:firstly, I introduce the Burkean Pendulum as a means for educators to reflect on the aesthetic aspects of their designed assessment regimes. Secondly, I propose a framework of communication strategy narratives (Thriller, Horror, Exploration, and Action) that could be used to manage the sublime of the assessment regime.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGEen
dc.relation.urlhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1350507617738864
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dc.subjectteaching and learningen
dc.subjectaestheticsen
dc.subjecthigher educationen
dc.subjectX342 Academic studies in Higher Educationen
dc.titleManaging the sublime aesthetic when communicating an assessment regime: The Burkean Pendulumen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalManagement Learningen
dc.date.updated2017-10-31T10:52:48Z
html.description.abstractThe importance of understanding students’ engagement is prominent in higher education. Assessment is a main driver of student engagement, a phenomenon known as backwash. I argue that students’ engagement with learning is often driven by an aesthetic motivation. I establish the connections between Burke’s (and Kant’s) conceptualisation of aesthetics as a dichotomy of beauty and the sublime (which I label the Burkean pendulum) to motivation. I explore the links between this aesthetic motivation and the assessment regime focusing on the Burkean/Kantian sublime and suggest four communication strategies to manage the sublime when it arises in students’ education journeys. My contributions are twofold:firstly, I introduce the Burkean Pendulum as a means for educators to reflect on the aesthetic aspects of their designed assessment regimes. Secondly, I propose a framework of communication strategy narratives (Thriller, Horror, Exploration, and Action) that could be used to manage the sublime of the assessment regime.


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