From "Confusion" and "Fear" to "Broadened Horizons." Students' Transformative Experiences in Two Higher Education Contexts: Argentina and Sweden.
In: Journal of Transformative Education, Jg. 22 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 137-156
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This article explores students' experiences of intellectual, social, and emotional growth during the first year at university and the extent to which these experiences can be considered transformative (Mezirow, 1981). The study is a qualitative interpretive multiple-case study built on semi-structured interviews with students in two higher education contexts, Argentina and Sweden. The results show that most students experience similarly interrelated changes concerning self-confidence, knowledge- and language-abilities, critical thinking, and values and beliefs. For some students, these changes lead to profound shifts in how they perceive themselves and their possibilities. Such transformative experiences are emancipatory and empowering, giving students more control over their lives. Other students are gradually changing, experiencing growth in knowledge, literacy, and self-confidence. However, they do not yet experience profound changes in their worldview and how they perceive themselves. Contextual factors related to family life and future profession affect the significance students attach to experienced changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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From "Confusion" and "Fear" to "Broadened Horizons." Students' Transformative Experiences in Two Higher Education Contexts: Argentina and Sweden.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bergman, Lotta ; Hessel, Frida |
Zeitschrift: | Journal of Transformative Education, Jg. 22 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 137-156 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1541-3446 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/15413446231179896 |
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