Dismantling The “Good Student” Myth:
Rethinking Engagement, Inclusion, And Success In Higher Education
Co-editors Dr Pratibha Ram (King’s College London, UK) and Prof Sin-Wang Chong (University of St Andrews, UK) invite scholars and researchers to contribute chapters to this edited volume, developed for the Routledge Research in Higher Education series.
Higher education has long operated around an implicit yet powerful ideal: the “good student.” Students are frequently expected to be articulate, confident, visibly engaged, academically resilient, and successful within standardised systems of assessment. Speaking regularly in class, asking questions, contributing confidently to group activities, performing successfully in presentations and examinations, and displaying professionalism often become proxies for engagement, capability, and academic success.
We welcome chapter proposals that address, but are not limited to, the following themes.
- Constructing the “Good Student"
- Performing the “Good Student”
- Accessing the “Good Student”
- Dismantling the “Good Student” Myth
Contributions can be conceptual chapters, empirical research, mixed-methods studies,
qualitative research, and quantitative research. Each chapter should engage clearly with the central concept of the “good student” by identifying how the ideal operates within the context being examined, critically analysing the assumptions, structures, or practices through which it is constructed, performed, or unequally accessed, and explaining the consequences for students, educators, institutions, or higher education systems.
Interested authors are invited to submit a chapter proposal of no more than 500-750 words.
Please include the purpose or central argument of the chapter, the methodology where applicable, the expected contribution to higher education scholarship and/or practice, and an explicit explanation of how the chapter engages with and helps to interrogate or dismantle the “good student” myth.
Please include the following in your proposal
- Chapter title
- Author name(s), affiliation(s), and contact details
- Proposal of 500-750 words
- Selected theme from the four themes listed above
- Five to eight keywords
- A short author biography of 100 words
Please submit proposals using this link Routledge Research in Higher Education series: Call for book chapter – Fill in form
To find out more information, please read the Call for Book Chapter here