Inspiration from Home: Understanding Family as Key to Adult Women's Self-Investment

Autor/inn/en	Vaccaro, Annemarie; Lovell, Cheryl D.
Titel	Inspiration from Home: Understanding Family as Key to Adult Women's Self-Investment
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 60 (2010) 2, S.161-176 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713609336111
Schlagwörter	College Students; Nontraditional Students; Higher Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Learner Engagement; Females; Academic Achievement; Age Differences; Family School Relationship; Conflict; Stopouts; Student Motivation; Feminism; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Konflikt; Ausstieg; Schulische Motivation; Feminismus
Abstract	As the number of nontraditional-age students grows on college campuses, it is essential for higher education practitioners to understand if and how older students, especially women, become and remain engaged in their education. A review of the educational engagement literature reveals images of disengaged adult learners whose work and family responsibilities inhibit them from fully focusing on school. Yet other literature shows adult women excelling beyond their traditional-age peers. This qualitative study sought to better understand educational engagement for older women students. Overall, study findings revealed that although family can be a greedy institution, kin also served as a source of educational inspiration for women. A concept called self-investment is introduced as an alternative to educational engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10