'Don't Let Anyone Bring Me down Again': Applying 'Possible Selves' to Understanding Persistence of Mature-Age First-in-Family Students

Autor/inn/en	Delahunty, Janine; O'Shea, Sarah
Titel	'Don't Let Anyone Bring Me down Again': Applying 'Possible Selves' to Understanding Persistence of Mature-Age First-in-Family Students
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 40 (2021) 3, S.461-475 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Delahunty, Janine) ORCID (O'Shea, Sarah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2020.1771682
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Maturity (Individuals); Adults; Females; First Generation College Students; Nontraditional Students; Student Motivation; Goal Orientation; Experience; Imagination; Self Concept; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reifung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schulische Motivation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Erfahrung; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This article applies the framework of possible selves to the motivation and persistence behaviours of one group of university students. We draw on possible selves to consider how particular goal-focused actions and life experiences may significantly shape movements towards imagined futures. Utilising a narrative approach from longitudinal data, this article considers the ways in which possible selves were articulated by five first-in-family students, all of whom were mature-aged women returning to formal learning. A series of vignettes enabled us to explore how students themselves conceived of this movement into university, and how hoped-for selves were considered and enacted (or not). The ways in which societal expectations and expected life trajectories impact (re)conceptualisation of 'selves' are discussed, particularly when individuals choose an unexpected or non-normative life course. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01