Carl E James, Leanne E Taylor

First-Generation Student Experiences in Higher Education

Counterstories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work explores the experiences of students who attended university through an access program and how they brought their university experiences with them into adult life. This book is for educators, administrators, scholars, students, and community agencies interested in extending understandings of first-generation university students.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780367547165
• ISBN-10: 0367547163
• Artikelnr.: 64359508

Autorenporträt

Carl E. James is a Professor of Education, Youth & Equity Studies, and holds the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora at York University, Toronto, Canada. Leanne E. Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, and Editor in Chief of the Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Understanding the Lives, Experiences, and Ambitions of
First-Generation University Students; 1 Marginalized Youth in Postsecondary
Institutional Contexts; 2 Kofi: "Education Will Get You to the Station":
The Possibilities of Merit in University Education; 3 Tristana: "Education
Is a Way to Fight Oppression": Giving Back to the Community; 4 Laura: "I Am
Determined to Make Other Choices for My Life": Education as a Path to
Upward Social Mobility; 5 Sam: "If I'm Portuguese, I Can't Be Gay":
Negotiating Identity in a University Space; 6 Jasmine: "I Am Determined to
Break Away From my Antiquated Tradition": Education as Survival; 7 Amy: "I
Don't Need to Be Held Down by the Shackles of My Misery": Balancing Stigma,
Pride, and Expectations; 8 Ewart: "I Really Wasn't Ready": Expectations and
Dilemmas in Navigating University; 9 Jafari: "I Felt Alone and Out of
Place": The Experiences and Ambition of a "Non-Canadian"; Conclusion:
Reimagining Postsecondary Education