'What Are You Going to Do With That Major?' Colloquial Speech and the Meanings of Work and Education

Autor:	Stacey M. B. Wieland, Daniel J. Lair
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Colloquialism Higher education Work (electrical) business.industry Strategy and Management Communication media_common.quotation_subject Pedagogy Sociology Function (engineering) business media_common
Zdroj:	Management Communication Quarterly. 26:423-452
ISSN:	1552-6798 0893-3189
Popis:	This article explores the function of the ubiquitous question, “What are you going to do with that major?,” in advancing particular meanings of work, higher education, and the work–higher education relationship. Analyzing 110 student descriptions of encounters with the question suggests that the colloquialism powerfully shapes student interpretations of work and education, cementing vocational understandings of higher education and perpetuating a linear view of careers. Such interpretations pressure students to make early commitments to particular identities and induce significant anxiety, particularly in those whose majors are not seen as preparing them for preferred forms of work.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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