First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life Motivations, Transitions and Participation /

First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life Motivations, Transitions and Participation /

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This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the experiences of First in Family (FiF) or first-generation students in higher education. It draws upon narratives of students and their family members and spans the entire university student life cycle (pre-entry,...

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Main Authors: O'Shea, Sarah (Author), May, Josephine (Author), Stone, Cathy (Author), Delahunty, Janine (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:2nd ed. 2024.
Subjects:
Educational sociology.
Education, Higher.
Social structure.
Equality.
Career education.
Sociology.
Social groups.
Sociology of Education.
Higher Education.
Social Structure.
Career Skills.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I
  • 1. Setting the Scene
  • 2. The Lack of What ...?: First-in-Family Learners and their University Experience
  • 3. Disrupting the Deficit - Beyond Notions of Lack for First-in-Family Students
  • 4. What Am I Waiting for? - Part II - 5. Trailblazing: Motivations and Relationship Impacts for First-in-Family Enabling Students
  • 6. The Online Student Experience: New Challenges for Engagement and Support
  • 7. 'So How Was Big School Today?' Family Perceptions of HE Participation
  • 8. Parents Managing University and Family Life
  • 9. Motivated Men: First-in-Family Male Students
  • 10. 'Hey You! You've Got This and You Are Smart': Motivated Women Drawing on 'Sisu' to Persist and Succeed at University
  • 11. Concluding Thoughts.

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