Life Meanings for Past and Present: Case Studies of Four Retired Faculty

Autor/inn/en	Firmin, Michael W.; Craycraft, Anna
Titel	Life Meanings for Past and Present: Case Studies of Four Retired Faculty
Quelle	In: Educational Research Quarterly, 32 (2009) 4, S.17-35 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0196-5042
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Retirement; Qualitative Research; Research Methodology; Adjustment (to Environment); Lifelong Learning; Hermeneutics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Pensionierung; Qualitative Forschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Hermeneutik
Abstract	This empirical study employed the inductive qualitative research method with four faculty who retired from a private, religiously-affiliated, Midwestern university. Participants possessed diverging experiences and representative prototypes. The literature suggests that higher education likely will experience significant numbers of retired faculty within the next decade. However, relatively little has been reported about this population, motivating us to utilize qualitative methodology. Analysis of transcribed interviews showed four different portraits emerging. In "A Life of Service", the woman represents faculty who continue professional activities after formal retirement. "Vaguely Dissatisfied," typifies faculty who felt squeezed into retirement and are not generally happy in this life phase. The third we labeled, "Renaissance Man." He has used retirement as a time to peruse new intellectual pursuits and find personal fulfillment. We called our final account, "Family Affair." This person belongs to a generation of women for whom family is particularly meaningful. For her, retirement has centered around connections with children and grandchildren, with professional interests from retirement day. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Behavioral Research Press. Grambling State University, Math Department, P.O. Box 1191, Grambling, LA 71245. Tel: 318-274-2425; Web site: http://www.gram.edu/education/erq/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10