Family Fortunes: Female Students' Perceptions and Expectations of Higher Education and an Examination of How They, and their Parents, See the Benefits of University

Autor/in	Shaw, Angela
Titel	Family Fortunes: Female Students' Perceptions and Expectations of Higher Education and an Examination of How They, and their Parents, See the Benefits of University
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 39 (2013) 2, S.195-207 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2012.713549
Schlagwörter	Educational Benefits; Females; Student Attitudes; Student Educational Objectives; Expectation; Parent Attitudes; Higher Education; Mixed Methods Research; Attitude Change; Educational Attitudes; Background; Socioeconomic Background; Case Studies; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Family Influence; College Students; College Graduates; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsertrag; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten; Expectancy; Erwartung; Elternverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Hintergrundinformation; Sozioökonomische Lage; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Collegestudent; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin
Abstract	This paper details a case study undertaken in 2011 which examined a small group of female students', and their parents', perceptions of the purpose of a university education. The research is underpinned by a review of the literature examining the views held by academics and politicians as to the benefits of higher education and of research in the field of student choices, as related to habitus and their familial experience of higher education. Data collection involved the use of mixed methods to investigate perceptions and expectations about higher education on arrival at university and whether for a small sample of postgraduate respondents, these perceptions had changed over time. The findings showed that initially there is a belief that higher education is primarily a route to economic gain but, three years after graduation, the respondents consider their time spent at the university--primarily--as a period of personal growth and fulfilment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10