The Risks of "University Speak": Relationship Management and Identity Negotiation by Mature Students off Campus

Autor/in	O'Boyle, Neil
Titel	The Risks of "University Speak": Relationship Management and Identity Negotiation by Mature Students off Campus
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 25 (2015) 2, S.93-111 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2015.1018921
Schlagwörter	Risk; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Academic Discourse; Foreign Countries; Self Concept; Interpersonal Relationship; Adult Students; Educational Experience; Working Class; Social Mobility; Nontraditional Students; Educational Attainment; Higher Education; Language Usage; Social Environment; Educational Environment; Grounded Theory; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Discourse; Diskurs; Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Bildungserfahrung; Arbeiterklasse; Soziale Mobilität; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sprachgebrauch; Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Irland
Abstract	Research finds that participation in higher education is generally empowering for mature students but that it can also create tensions in their off-campus relationships. This article reports on findings from an ongoing study of the experiences of mature students at university in Ireland and draws from interviews with 15 such students in the final year of their studies. Following similar research by Baxter and Britton in the UK, the article considers how mature students experience and represent changes in identities and social relationships brought about by entry to higher education. Specifically, the article focuses on the risks associated with using newly acquired academic language (or "university speak") off campus. The findings reported here complement existing research and offer support for Baxter and Britton's suggestion that mature students often experience compartmentalisation and fragmentation in their self-identities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01