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In Search of Self : New Directions for Higher Education, Number 166.

Students become new and different people through the course of their education. When students earn the right to say, "I am a college graduate," that new status becomes a part of who they are. The authors in this volume-scholars from a range of fields-offer methods that staff and faculty ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanson, Chad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
Colección:J-B HE Single Issue Higher Education.
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  • In Search of Self: Exploring Student Identity Development; CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTES; Scope and Purpose; Chapter Outline; Conclusion; References; 1 Changing How We Think About the Goals of Higher Education; A Culture Shift; The Politics of Studying Students; The Rise of Human Capital Development; Conclusion; References; 2 How Shall I Live? Constructing a Life Story in the College Years; Narrative Identity: The Construction of a Life Story; Authenticity: Finding My Real Story; Virtue: Living a Good Life; Vocation: Making a Difference; Conclusion; References; 3 Self-Authorship.
  • The Journey Toward Self-AuthorshipUncritically Following External Formulas; Crossroads; Self-Authorship; Learning Partnerships; Future Research; References; 4 The Sociology of College Students' Identity Formation; A Brief Primer on Symbolic Interaction; Symbolic Interaction and College Student Identity Formation; Studying the Impact of College Through Symbolic Interaction: Future Directions; References; 5 Understanding Student Identity From a Socialization Perspective; Evolution of the Weidman Model; The Weidman Model in Current Research on College Student Development; Discussion; References.
  • 6 Deliberative Dialogue and the Development of Democratic DispositionsEducating Democratic Citizens; Deliberation as an Approach to Civic Education; Experimenting With Deliberation; The Need for Further Research; References; 7 Autoethnography: Inquiry Into Identity; What Is Autoethnography?; Designing a Course Based on Autoethnography; Course Logistics; Finding a Story to Tell and Defining a Research Question; Moving Around in a Story; Unlocking the Past to Open the Future; Leaning Into Life's Sharp Points; Conclusion; References.
  • 8 Shaking It Up: Deconstructing Self and Other in an International ClassroomThe Course and the Pedagogy; Results; The Boundaries of Friendship; Empathy and Echoing; Knowledge of Self and Other; Us and Them; Student Learning; Conclusion and Implications; Note; References; 9 Seeing College as a Rite of Passage: What Might Be Possible; Rites and Wrongs of Passage; Rites of Passage and Higher Education; College as a Place of Initiation; References; 10 Education for Making Meaning; Why We Do What We Do as Meaning-Making Mentors; The Meaning of Meaning-Making.
  • The Meaning-Making Quest for the Quarter life GenerationOur Meaning-Making Pedagogy; Storytelling; Moral Conversation; Conclusion; References; INDEX; Other Titles; Order Form; Advert; EULA.