Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education

This article explores how one cohort of first-in-family students narrated their movement into and through university, proposed as a form of boundary crossing. These metaphors emerged from the stories that students told about their persistence, with references ranging from institutional or organisati...

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Main Author: O'Shea, Sarah
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100705
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77826
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description This article explores how one cohort of first-in-family students narrated their movement into and through university, proposed as a form of boundary crossing. These metaphors emerged from the stories that students told about their persistence, with references ranging from institutional or organisational boundaries through to those imposed by self and others. Applying the sensitizing lens of boundary crossing, an analysis is provided of how learners navigated their transition into university and the types of persistence behaviours adopted. The focus is on those who traversed these boundaries, considering the nature of incursions and the ways these were negotiated within students’ everyday lives. This cohort all self-identified as being the first in their family to attend university but also acknowledged a variety of additional social, cultural and economic factors that impacted upon their educational journey.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-778262022-10-27T06:53:11Z Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education O'Shea, Sarah This article explores how one cohort of first-in-family students narrated their movement into and through university, proposed as a form of boundary crossing. These metaphors emerged from the stories that students told about their persistence, with references ranging from institutional or organisational boundaries through to those imposed by self and others. Applying the sensitizing lens of boundary crossing, an analysis is provided of how learners navigated their transition into university and the types of persistence behaviours adopted. The focus is on those who traversed these boundaries, considering the nature of incursions and the ways these were negotiated within students’ everyday lives. This cohort all self-identified as being the first in their family to attend university but also acknowledged a variety of additional social, cultural and economic factors that impacted upon their educational journey. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77826 10.1080/01425692.2019.1668746 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100705 Taylor & Francis fulltext
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Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title_full Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title_fullStr Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title_full_unstemmed Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title_short Crossing Boundaries: Rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
title_sort crossing boundaries: rethinking the ways that first-in-family students navigate ‘barriers’ to higher education
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100705
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77826