Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community
An integral part of the higher education (HE) journey is the act of ‘becoming’ a student, however students who are first in their families (FiF) to attend university have had limited exposure to the HE environment. Innovatively for research with this cohort, this paper draws on situated learning the...
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| description | An integral part of the higher education (HE) journey is the act of ‘becoming’ a student, however students who are first in their families (FiF) to attend university have had limited exposure to the HE environment. Innovatively for research with this cohort, this paper draws on situated learning theory to examine how learning to become a university student occurs through participation within the university community of practice. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with FiF learners at the end of their degrees, i.e. successful students, the analysis describes students’ movement from initial participation at the periphery of the university community to fuller participation. This paper offers practical insights into how we might support and engage this cohort to improve student retention. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-904662023-03-08T03:40:56Z Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community Groves, Olivia O'Shea, Sarah Social Sciences Education & Educational Research Community of Practice Situated Learning Participation First in family Higher education Persistence TRANSITION SUCCESS JOURNEY An integral part of the higher education (HE) journey is the act of ‘becoming’ a student, however students who are first in their families (FiF) to attend university have had limited exposure to the HE environment. Innovatively for research with this cohort, this paper draws on situated learning theory to examine how learning to become a university student occurs through participation within the university community of practice. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with FiF learners at the end of their degrees, i.e. successful students, the analysis describes students’ movement from initial participation at the periphery of the university community to fuller participation. This paper offers practical insights into how we might support and engage this cohort to improve student retention. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90466 10.1016/j.ijer.2019.08.014 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100705 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ELSEVIER SCI LTD fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Education & Educational Research Community of Practice Situated Learning Participation First in family Higher education Persistence TRANSITION SUCCESS JOURNEY Groves, Olivia O'Shea, Sarah Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title | Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title_full | Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title_fullStr | Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title_short | Learning to ‘be’ a university student: First in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| title_sort | learning to ‘be’ a university student: first in family students negotiating membership of the university community |
| topic | Social Sciences Education & Educational Research Community of Practice Situated Learning Participation First in family Higher education Persistence TRANSITION SUCCESS JOURNEY |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170100705 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90466 |