How Personal and Familial Narratives Affect the Decision Making of Mature-Aged First-in-Family Students Pursuing University

IF 1.5 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Adult Education Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI:10.1177/07417136231211579

Laurie A Chapin, Monique A Fabris, Humberto Oraison

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Abstract

Mature-age students who are the first in their family to attend university have navigated a challenging road to higher education. The aim of the present study was to understand the influence and interaction of familial and personal stories of this cohort and their choices about university study – why they initially did not go after high school, and what brought them to university years later. Six first-year students at an Australian university completed qualitative interviews which were thematically analysed. Findings indicated that early in life families discouraged higher education, but students were able to integrate these familial stories with new, life-affirming, personal stories. Students’ choice to attend university was related to psychological capital and agentic abilities via the stories of optimism, hope, efficacy and resilience. Familial stories acted as forerunners to resilience-building for envisioning life-affirming stories about future opportunities for university study and for stability a university degree represented.

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个人和家庭叙事如何影响成年第一家庭成员的大学选择

作为家里第一个上大学的成年学生，他们的高等教育之路充满了挑战。本研究的目的是了解这一群体的家庭和个人故事的影响和相互作用，以及他们对大学学习的选择——为什么他们最初没有上高中，以及几年后是什么让他们上了大学。澳大利亚一所大学的六名一年级学生完成了主题分析的定性访谈。研究结果表明，早期家庭不鼓励学生接受高等教育，但学生能够将这些家庭故事与新的、肯定生活的、个人的故事结合起来。大学生上大学的选择与心理资本和代理能力的关系通过乐观、希望、效能和弹性的故事表现出来。家庭故事是建立复原力的先驱，用来设想关于未来大学学习机会和大学学位所代表的稳定性的肯定生活的故事。

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Adult Education Quarterly EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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3.20

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Adult Education Quarterly (AEQ) is a scholarly refereed journal committed to advancing the understanding and practice of adult and continuing education. The journal strives to be inclusive in scope, addressing topics and issues of significance to scholars and practitioners concerned with diverse aspects of adult and continuing education. AEQ publishes research employing a variety of methods and approaches, including (but not limited to) survey research, experimental designs, case studies, ethnographic observations and interviews, grounded theory, phenomenology, historical investigations, and narrative inquiry as well as articles that address theoretical and philosophical issues pertinent to adult and continuing education.