Aspirations and Equality in Higher Education: Gender in a South African University

Autor/in	Walker, Melanie
Titel	Aspirations and Equality in Higher Education: Gender in a South African University
Quelle	In: Cambridge Journal of Education, 48 (2018) 1, S.123-139 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-764X
DOI	10.1080/0305764X.2016.1254159
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Womens Education; Academic Persistence; Decision Making; Academic Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Personal Autonomy; Equal Education; Sex Fairness; Student Attitudes; College Students; Interviews; Educational Attainment; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Individuelle Autonomie; Sexualaufklärung; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper considers ways to theorise aspirations in terms of capabilities and agency to function as human beings, as well as our resources to act and participate in this world using a South African case of women students' aspirations. In this analysis higher education should foster women's freedom as critical agents to make genuine choices about their lives and futures, including being able to engage critically with gender norms. The paper thus explores critical agency, together with aspirations--the goals one wants to reach in the future--that indicate which capabilities are valued and which could unlock critical agency. However, the paper also considers the ambiguities generated by the persistence of gender norms and the way these may work in higher education cultures to constrain what women have reason to value and hence their capabilities and achievements. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01