Jade's story : using in-depth research interviews to produce narratives which illuminate students' complex and challenging higher education transitions /

My mixed-methods doctoral study (2009-2011) investigated the social backgrounds, aspirations and educational experiences of a 2009 cohort of commencing humanities students at an Australian university. I discussed various challenges they faced on and off campus impacting their studies. While the majo...

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Main Author:	Funston, Andrew (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:	SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:	College freshmen > Research > Australia > Case studies. Interviewing in sociology > Case studies. Étudiants de première année > Recherche > Australie > Études de cas. Entretiens (Sociologie) > Études de cas. College freshmen > Research Interviewing in sociology Australia Electronic books. Case studies
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Summary:	My mixed-methods doctoral study (2009-2011) investigated the social backgrounds, aspirations and educational experiences of a 2009 cohort of commencing humanities students at an Australian university. I discussed various challenges they faced on and off campus impacting their studies. While the majority of 2009 survey participants reported enjoyable and successful higher education transitions, around 25% did not continue into second year in 2010, although some returned to their studies more recently. Jade (a pseudonym) was one of those departing students, and I present extracts from transcripts to illustrate my approach to interviewing.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781473945746 1473945747