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Nästesjö, Jonatan – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Due to the changing landscapes of higher education, a large body of research has studied how scholars make sense of academic identities and careers. Yet, little is known about how academics actually 'work' on their identities to navigate normative demands and complex career structures. This paper explores how scholars negotiate career scripts…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Self Concept, Career Choice
Günter, K. P.; Bussière, L. F.; Gromes, R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
Higher education biology (HEB), a discipline where women undergraduates are numerically overrepresented in most Western universities, has been given little attention in exploring norms of scientific practice from a student perspective. This study brings into focus how biology students negotiate identities in relation to figured worlds of HEB.…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Foreign Countries, Biology
Thunborg, Camilla; Bron, Agnieszka; Edström, Eva – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2013
Changes in higher education (HE) in Sweden, from elite to mass education, with an increased number of students and institutions, has raised questions about the role of HE in society. Relating to conflicts between discourses of employability, democracy, traditional academic norms and experiences of non-traditional students, the aim of this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Students, Student Experience, Student Motivation
Bron, Agnieszka – 2002
The process by which people construct and reconstruct their identities when they face cultural changes resulting from education, learning, or moving to another culture was examined through a study of narratives from immigrants to Sweden and students who were in the process of learning to become researchers at a well-established university, as well…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Biographies, Change Agents, Consciousness Raising
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Lyxell, Bjorn; Adamson, Lena – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Examines 44 college students to explore identity development in late adolescence. Examined self-concept, existential questions, and content and communication patterns. Results demonstrate a positive and stable self-concept in most of the participants. The self-concept quality was significantly related to how subjects experienced adults' interest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Existentialism