A journey of negotiation and belonging: understanding students' transition to science and engineering in higher education
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The paper presents results from a longitudinal study of students’ decisions to enrol on a higher education science programme and their experiences of it. The aim is to give insights into students’ transition process and negotiation of identity. This is done by following a cohort of 38 students in a series of qualitative interviews during a 3-year period starting as they were about to finish upper secondary school. We find that the students’ choice of study is an ongoing process of meaning-making, which continues when the students enter higher education and continuously work on their identities to gain a sense of belonging to their science or engineering programme. The use of a narrative methodology provides understanding of choice of study as involving changes in future perspectives and in the interpretation of past experiences. Further, we gain access into how this meaning-making process over time reflects the students’ negotiations in terms of belonging to higher education and their coping strategies when their expectations of their new programme interact with their first-year experiences.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | C S S E |
Vol/bind | 9 |
Sider (fra-til) | 755-786 |
Antal sider | 32 |
ISSN | 1871-1502 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - aug. 2014 |
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Online pr. okt. 2013
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