Working-Class Women Study Social Science Degrees: Remembering Enablers and Detractors

Autor/inn/en	Fraser, Heather; Michell, Dee; Beddoe, Liz; Jarldorn, Michele
Titel	Working-Class Women Study Social Science Degrees: Remembering Enablers and Detractors
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 35 (2016) 4, S.684-697 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2015.1137885
Schlagwörter	Working Class; Females; Higher Education; Social Sciences; Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Memory; Grounded Theory; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Gedächtnis; Australien
Abstract	In this article, we report on a feminist memory work project conducted with 11 working-class women in Australia. Participants responded to the question: "what helps and hinders working-class women study social science degrees?" The women confirmed that to succeed at university, they needed opportunities, resources, support and encouragement. We called these enablers and considered the role of "enlightened witnesses" [Miller, 1997. "The essential role of an enlightened witness in society." Retrieved from http://www.alice-miller.com/index_en.php?page=2]. Hindering the possibility of university success were detractors of many forms including inadequate resources and social conventions that discouraged the women from study. We describe saboteurs as undermining people and forces that the women had to overcome. We found that enlightened witnesses, broadly conceptualised, go some way but not all, to mitigating detractors and saboteurs that continue to hamper fair and meritocratic access to tertiary education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01