Students as consumers? There is a potential alternative

Samuel Grogan

Abstract


This paper offers a reconsideration of the student as consumer. Through playfully finding similarity between a university and a gym, students are recognised as creators, or co-creators, of their educational journey and therefore producers, rather than consumers.


Keywords


Consumerism; Student experience; Learning; Co-creation

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References


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v10i2.502

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