Minding the Gap? Young People's Accounts of Taking a Gap Year as a Form of Identity Work in Higher Education

Autor/in	King, Andrew
Titel	Minding the Gap? Young People's Accounts of Taking a Gap Year as a Form of Identity Work in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 14 (2011) 3, S.341-357 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Higher Education; Social Class; Young Adults; Interviews; Self Concept; Maturity (Individuals); Stopouts; Personal Autonomy; Experiential Learning; Employment Opportunities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Selbstkonzept; Reifung; Ausstieg; Individuelle Autonomie; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance
Abstract	A Gap Year is a break in an educational career, principally taken between leaving school and beginning university. Previous research on the Gap Year has suggested it is a form of social class positioning or forum for undertaking transitions in identity during young adulthood. This paper extends this research into the context of higher education itself. The paper illustrates, by a detailed analysis of interview data, that significant identity work is undertaken by young people in their accounts of their Gap Year. It demonstrates that this identity work, involving talk of confidence, maturity and/or independence, is related to two forms of distinction: a life course distinction and a social distinction. The paper discusses the significance of this identity work for our understandings of the Gap Year, its place in young people's transitions to adulthood and for future research. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10