Open AccessRethinking College Student Development Theory Using Critical Frameworks
Author(s) -
Valerie Luutran
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v28i3.3648
Subject(s) - jargon , scope (computer science) , student affairs , value (mathematics) , sociology , critical theory , development theory , work (physics) , pedagogy , engineering ethics , epistemology , political science , psychology , higher education , philosophy , law , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , machine learning , economics , market economy , programming language
Within orientation, transition, and retention (OTR) and the broader scope of the student affairs profession, we collectively value practice informed by theory and research. However, despite it being nearly 100 years since our seminal text, The Student Personnel Point of View (American Council on Education, 1937), was published, we rarely take time to revisit and critique the theories informing our work. In Rethinking College Student Development Theory Using Critical Frameworks, Elisa S. Abes, Susan R. Jones, and D-L Stewart do just that by directing the work toward practitioners and avoiding the frequently inaccessible academic jargon associated with theory.