The hero's journey : stories of women returning to education.
This article draws upon the metaphor of the 'hero's journey' to further analyse seven stories of women returning to education. These stories have formed the basis of a recent book publication by the authors and are derived from two complementary but separate research studies. None of...
| Institutions: | Open Universities Australia University of Newcastle University of Wollongong |
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International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education v.5 n.1 p.79-91 https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.186
2014
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| Acceso en liña: | https://doi.org/10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.186 |
| Summary: | This article draws upon the metaphor of the 'hero's journey' to further analyse seven stories of women returning to education. These stories have formed the basis of a recent book publication by the authors and are derived from two complementary but separate research studies. None of the women featured in this article have a parent who went to university and all have a number of competing demands in their lives including families, partners and employment. The article both frames the richly descriptive nature of these stories within a heroic metaphor and also indicates how these stories, whilst unique, share common thematic elements and turning points. The article foregrounds these commonalities capturing a universal narrative and also explores how this mythical framework could be used by both educators and students to conceptualise movements within this environment. [Author abstract] |
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