"My Children ... Think It's Cool That Mum Is a Uni Student": Women with Caring Responsibilities Studying Online

Autor/inn/en	Stone, Cathy Margaret Mary; O'Shea, Sarah Elizabeth
Titel	"My Children ... Think It's Cool That Mum Is a Uni Student": Women with Caring Responsibilities Studying Online
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 35 (2019) 6, S.98-110 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stone, Cathy Margaret Mary)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Nontraditional Students; Time Management; Foreign Countries; Student Responsibility; Family Relationship; Adults; Distance Education; First Generation College Students; Academic Persistence; Student Motivation; Electronic Learning; Caregiver Role; Undergraduate Students; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Zeitmanagement; Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Schulische Motivation; Australien
Abstract	Much has been written about the growing influence and reach of online learning in higher education, including the opportunities that this can offer for improving student equity and widening participation. One area of student equity in which online learning has an influence is that of gender equity, particularly for mature-age students. This article explicitly explores how the dual identities of student and family carer are managed by women studying online. It highlights the largely invisible yet emotional and time-consuming additional load that many women are carrying and discusses the importance of this being recognised and accommodated at an institutional level. Online study has the potential to facilitate a more manageable and achievable study path for students with caring responsibilities, most of whom are women. Institutional understanding and awareness are required for this potential to be truly realised, thereby reducing educational inequity. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01