First year students negotiating professional and academic identities: The case of scholarly soldiers
| Autor: | Paul Tranter, Linda Devereux, Kate Wilson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Professional development Identity (social science) Professional studies First year experience professional education student identity professional identity military education academic literacy lcsh:LB5-3640 Negotiation lcsh:Theory and practice of education Pedagogy Liberal education Institution Mathematics education Quality (business) Sociology Social identity theory media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 11-21 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 1838-2959 |
| Popis: | As they make the transition to tertiary study, first year students adopt complex new identities. In professional courses, this entails both academic and professional identities. This paper reports on a study of the first year experience at UNSW Canberra (the Australian Defence Force Academy). UNSW Canberra aims to provide a quality liberal education for future military officers. With on-going military training and supervision, students develop a strong sense of professional identity as members of the Defence Forces. But what of their identity as scholars? This paper discusses the question of academic identity in an institution with a specific professional goal and reflects on the implications for learning advisers and lecturers in professional courses at other universities. Using a framework of social identity complexity, our findings suggest that students who manage these dual identities effectively are more likely to succeed than those who are unable to reconcile their professional and academic selves. |
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