Enhancing Success at University: Understanding Our Students Through Their Learning Careers
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Reid, Felicity
Davidson, Janis
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University of Southern Queensland
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This article discusses a study that started from the premise that we can better support our students when we know who they are. The study used narrative analysis to explore reasons for success for undergraduate business students in a New Zealand university. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and the concept of learning careers (Bloomer & Hodkinson, 2000) the study gained insights into the students’ educational journeys, the development of an educated habitus (Nash, 2002) and the importance of the development of social, academic and emotional capital on the journey towards success. The study reinforced findings about the non-linear paths to and through university of some students, and the importance of parental emotional support in student success. It demonstrated the usefulness of the concept of learning careers to better understand who our students are, and consequently how to better support them to succeed.
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39 Education, 3904 Specialist Studies In Education, 1301 Education Systems, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 3903 Education systems, Student success, Bourdieu, Learning careers
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Student Success, ISSN: 2205-0795 (Print); 2205-0795 (Online), University of Southern Queensland, 13(1), 21-31. doi: 10.5204/ssj.2013
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Copyright (c) 2021 Felicity Reid, Janis Davidson. Creative Commons License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International Licence (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
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