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Emotional journeys: young people and transitions to university.
- Source :
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British Journal of Sociology of Education . Mar2009, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p123-136. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper offers an interpretation of the role of emotions in understanding the transitions that young people make to university. I draw on qualitative research with a group of non-traditional students, entering elite universities, to argue that youth transitions are emotional as well instrumental affairs. I argue that choice-making processes incorporate both trust in, and fear of, the transitions infrastructure, and that these emotions infuse more instrumental judgements about the economic benefits of higher education. I also demonstrate that emotional aspects of class - including feelings of entitlement to education and the rejection of normative student identities - constitute the experience of 'being' or 'doing' a student. A broader understanding of how young people become university students then depends not just on developing a new identity but on the complex interaction between emotion and infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01425692
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37139989
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01425690802700123