Entering Higher Education After 30: What Can Be Learned from Biographical Narratives of Non-Traditional Students

Q3 Social Sciences

Studia Paedagogica Pub Date : 2021-01-25 DOI:10.5817/SP2020-4-6

Leanete Thomas Dotta, Carlinda Leite, Amélia Lopes

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The needs of the market and of knowledge society, combined with democratic ideals, have justified policies that encourage the adult population to continue their studies. Portugal has been following this political movement, which in turn drives non-traditional students to higher education. In order to uncover the reasons that lead these students to enter higher education and the challenges it poses to them, research was conducted using biographical narratives. These narratives revealed the existence and effects of intrinsic motivations related to the satisfaction of learning and to the pleasures of taking part in stimulating activities and of achieving or overcoming something. They also showed the importance of having strategies to combat dispositional, situational, and institutional barriers in order to prevent non-traditional students from dropping out.

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30后进入高等教育：从非传统学生的传记叙述中学到什么

市场和知识社会的需要，加上民主理想，为鼓励成年人口继续学习的政策提供了正当理由。葡萄牙一直在关注这场政治运动，这场运动反过来又驱使非传统学生接受高等教育。为了揭示导致这些学生进入高等教育的原因及其对他们构成的挑战，使用传记叙事进行了研究。这些叙述揭示了内在动机的存在和影响，这些动机与学习的满足感、参与刺激活动的乐趣以及实现或克服某些事情的乐趣有关。他们还展示了制定策略来克服性格、情境和制度障碍的重要性，以防止非传统学生辍学。

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Studia Paedagogica Social Sciences-Education

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1.00

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Studia Paedagogica publishes original papers on education, upbringing and learning from all spheres of social life. The papers are theoretical, but mainly empirical as the journal publishes research undertaken in the Czech Republic and abroad. The journal publishes only original research papers and is open to both experienced and early researchers. Early researchers can publish their papers in the section Emerging Researchers of the journal and are offered intensive editorial support. The journal is interdisciplinary - it covers current topics in educational research while at the same time providing scope for studies grounded in other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, two issues are dedicated to general interest articles and are in Czech, two issues are on a single topic and are in English. Studia Paedagogica is a peer reviewed journal published by the Masaryk University. The executive editors are members of the staff of the Department of Educational Sciences and the editorial board comprises of international experts. The name of the journal is derived from the name of its predecessor, Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis brunensis (Sborník prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity), which was issued from 1996 to 2008. However, the tradition of the journal dates much further back as the pedagogical-psychological series of the journal was published even between 1966 to 1995.