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Workshop:
Understanding the student learning experience by the use of Nexus Analysis
John SandarsAssociate Professor
Associate Director of Student [email protected]
John CallaghanPostdoctoral researcher, Language Education group, School of Education
Leeds Institute of Medical Education
Methodology - Nexus Analysis
Ethnographic methodological strategy to develop an understanding of complex social actions
Ron Scollon (1939–2009) was a professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA
Ronald Scollon (2001). Mediated discourse: the nexus of practice. Routledge.
Ronald Scollon; Suzanne B. K. Scollon (2004). Nexus analysis: discourse and the emerging internet. Routledge.
Nexus Analysis
Nexus is a unique historical moment when separate social practices come together in a social action eg assessment failure
Social practices = interaction between individuals AND a range of different artefacts eg books/ guides /other people (discourses)
Doing a Nexus Analysis
[1] Engaging the nexus of practice
[2] Navigating the nexus of practice
[3] Changing the nexus of practice
[1] Engaging the nexus of practice
Identify – intersection of various recurrent cycles of social practices at a moment eg assessment failure
Researcher as part of the system and contributing to change and action
[1] Engaging the nexus of practice
Identify – intersection of various recurrent cycles of social practices at a moment eg assessment failure
Researcher as part of the system and contributing to change and action
[2] Navigating the nexus of practice
• Set boundaries of the navigation– eg learning /assessments
• Work through the trajectories (past, present and possible future) of people, places and situations
• Includes discourse analysis (interactions with mediating artefacts (wide range)
Aim is to identify recurrent cycles using range of data collection eg interviews/focus groups/observations/ texts
[3] Changing the nexus of practice
Seek change to nexus of practice by obtaining multiple perspectives
“Inquiry is social activism. We now think it is the only effective form of activism”
Background and Aims of Research
• To improve the learning experience of Medical Students
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• To understand the “culture” of teaching and learning– the “fit” of the learner and their environment
• Need to be informed by relevant theory – Nexus Analysis
Doing a Nexus Analysis
[1] Engaging the nexus of practice
[2] Navigating the nexus of practice
[3] Changing the nexus of practice
Nexus Analysis
• Explicit focus on change and improvement
• Deeper understanding helped by theoretical perspective
• Cross-disciplinary research (medical and critical discourse)