In search of self : exploring student identity development / Chad Hanson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanson, Chad, editor.

Series:

New directions for higher education ; Number 166.

New Directions for Higher Education ; Number 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Education, Higher.

Identity (Psychology) in youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 can use to explore the process through which students develop new personal, civic, and professional identities. The research and ideas in this volume can assist in designing approaches to encourage student growth, and to help us understand what it means to attend and become a graduate of a college or university

Contents:

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-Authorship Uncritically 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 Dispositions Educating 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 Classroom The 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 Generation Our Meaning-Making Pedagogy; Storytelling; Moral Conversation; Conclusion; References; INDEX; Other Titles; Order Form; Advert; EULA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-118-91509-7

1-118-91510-0

OCLC:

881607174